RE: The Last Movie You Watched
February 8, 2022 at 9:58 am
(This post was last modified: February 8, 2022 at 10:50 am by emjay.)
(February 8, 2022 at 12:40 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:(February 7, 2022 at 11:33 pm)emjay Wrote: What is this Project anyway, that's making you watch through all these unknown b-movies? Always been kinda curious... combined with a feeling of 'rather you than me'
A while back, I decided to give myself a proper New Year's Resolution: watch one of the worst films of all time every week. And we're not simply talking bad movies like The Room or Plan 9 From Outer Space. I'm talking the worst of the worst. Specifically movies TVTropes considers "So Bad It's Horrible." And there's a lot there (and that's even counting the few movies I've exempted from the Project.) As in, this is the fourth year I've kept it up and there's still a long ways to go before the well runs dry; and several months before I run out of movies on proper streaming services.
It was inspired by one of the film blogs I follow, 366 Weird Movies, which had the dubious honour of canonising my all-time favourite film and the worst film I had ever seen up to that date. And also my realisation that the latter might not actually count as a film, due to consisting mostly of a spliced-in addition of another film so unrelated that not only could it be replaced with another film entirely, but certain prints actually did, and my decision to find out what the worst real movie ever made was. At this point, it's A Certain Sacrifice.
And why Deep Hurting? Well, I'll let Dr. Forrester and TV's Frank explain:
Surprisingly, only two of the films featured in the Project (The Beast of Yucca Flats and The Wild World of Batwoman) were actually on MST3K.
That's really awesome... really inspiring; both what you're doing and how long you've been doing it... but still 'rather you than me'
Inspiring because it's expanding your horizons so much... ie I don't know about you, or you before you started doing this but for me, despite the wealth of choice on say Netflix, Prime, Spotify etc I find it really hard to pick something completely new to watch/listen to, and you'd be hard-pressed to see me ever pressing the 'surprise me' button on Netflix or listening to a random Spotify playlist it recommends to me, instead sticking with the familiar and only rarely venturing out very far beyond that, but I'm guessing that's very different for you, at least now after doing this for so long? Ie through this not only have you learnt how to roll the dice/spin the wheel on what you watch but also to live in the moment, accept what you've given, and try and find the joy in anything? As I said, still rather you than me in the specific case of worst films ever (but even with that I'm guessing you've come to enjoy it very much?, probably in some of those in-the-moment senses... finding hidden gems or nuggets of interest, and getting to play film critic etc), but in general it's something I'd really like to try, just to spin the wheel a bit more, on what genres or whatever I watch/listen to, forcing myself out of my comfort zone to expand my horizons a bit more. So yeah, keep up the good work and thanks for the inspiration 
(February 8, 2022 at 12:13 am)The Valkyrie Wrote:(February 7, 2022 at 11:33 pm)emjay Wrote: Nah, for me the non-existent third was my favourite (please don't kill me
It was a similar feeling for me with Star Trek; my favourite series of that being DS9, precisely because it's more of a long term, persistent story, as compared to TNG or Voyager which are more based on lots of individual self-contained stories. And within DS9 again it was the last series that interested me most... more all out war. So I guess I'm a sucker for that.
What is this Project anyway, that's making you watch through all these unknown b-movies? Always been kinda curious... combined with a feeling of 'rather you than me'
DS9 is my favourite Trek series.
As far as I'm concerned, the Jar Jar Abrams "Trek" doesn't exist. The movies I saw were absolute crap. The only good thing in them was Karl Urban as McCoy.
I've been watching Discovery, though it can be hard to follow at times, especially season two.
Yeah, with DS9 I just love the interplay between the different races, the loyal Jem Hadar, the paranoid Founders, the, I suppose, often fence-sitting Cardassians, etc and the changing alliances between them.
Trek doesn't exist for me either but only because I've never heard of it, until now
I think I've only watched one Star Trek film, possibly two, but the main one I remember is 'The Voyage Home' (with the whales)... I do like that film, especially when they land on modern day (or then modern day) earth... so like Spock on the bus etc As for the modern series, I don't really know much about them, or have any particular desire to see them. Basically, I'm not a trekkie... I tend to watch Star Trek somewhat under duress (not a lot of duress, don't get me wrong... I usually enjoy it once I start watching it... but it just takes a bit to get me going, and I did like it a lot more while I was growing up)... same with events; I've been to several Star Trek conventions/events, often in the costume of Odo, as lent to me by my friend, but always slightly under duress Ie there as a plus one for my friend, who is a massive trekkie, and also helping his friends, who set up and run some of these events for charity. So I was mainly there behind the stalls instead of in front of them, but one time I did wander off and get to actually meet my favourite character from DS9, Odo - the late Rene Auberjonois. He was such a nice guy, and so down to earth, completely different than Colm Meaney who was right next to him, and a total diva as far I could tell - didn't even want to go meet him on principle. So yeah, when I was talking to Rene, I wasn't even in costume, at that time feeling a little less confident than usual and having a break from it, but he talked me into going and putting it back on just to take a picture with him, which he then did and gave me for free, so I felt kind of honoured.
