CHEEZE-O-RAMA!

[furtech]

K0he Sci Fi Channel is having a "made-for" festival of films tomorrow (Sunday): a bad-movie bonanza! Looks like apocolyptic future + mutants! Sounds like a great day to do some heavy-duty house-cleaning!

Right now I'm watching another "made-for", a giant monster made-for called, "Reptilian". Ridiculous plot, bad dialogue and one-take acting. Great stuff! And even though the monster is bad CG (boo!), at least they show it a LOT (as opposed to trying to hide its mediocraty with flash-cuts).

EDIT: Oh, now I get it! "Reptilian" is the re-named piece of Korean cheese, "Yongary"! That explains the good miniatures and bad mattes! They should have stuck with foam goliaths!

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[ysengrin.livejournal.com]

"Reptilian" is the re-named piece of Korean cheese, "Yongary"

Ah! Now it makes sense - I came in halfway through "Reptilian" and wondered why they kept calling the beastie "young Gary" . . .

[nicodemusrat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I rented Reptilian a while back. (No guilt: it was free as part of "2 for 1 day" at the video house.)

Definitely was bummed at the CG monster. The dialog features some of the worst cliches ever! That plus the bad overacting (plus the bizarre flying packs) made it amusingly watchable.

Thanks for the tip about today's Sci-Fi schedule, too!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

I love it when the Sci Fi Channel does festivals like this: it's the perfect background to clean up the house with! Cleaning distracts one just enough to trick you into thinking the films have nice, tight plots. Nothing to do about the dialogue, but at least there's no danger of getting sucked into story or dialogue.

[penh.livejournal.com]

Yes, "Reptilian" is the Americanized "2001 Yonggary," which is a remake of the original South Korean "Taekoesu Yonggary," aka "Yongary, Monster from the Deep." It was their attempt to muscle in on the Japanese-dominated "giant monsters smashing things" genre. Needless to say, it didn't work out all that well. I'm not sure why Yonggary loses a 'g' in the translation, though.

I personally am skipping most of today's offerings, but I'm currently watching yesterday's "Deep Shock," the first movie to showcase the awesome scary power of giant electric eels. Keep an eye on the Sci-Fi Channel... there's a veritable swarm of "mutant, giant, or simply pissed off animals on the rampage" movies heading our way in the next few months. Whee!

[furtech.livejournal.com]

But...Terminal Invasion has *Bruce Campbell* and *Chase Masterson*! So far this has been a pretty quality "B" movie/shlock/entertainment. Decently intriguing story, great character actors, good production values. All it needs are some werewolves and I'd buy the DVD!

OMG-- one character (smart-mouth black guy) just mentioned the Sci Fi Channel! Talk about pandering!

[penh.livejournal.com]

Hey, I said "most" of today's offerings! I've got "Terminal Invasion" safely stashed in my ReplayTV box, and am about to start watching it even as I type these words you're reading right now! I'm not gonna pass up a Bruce Campbell movie!

[was1.livejournal.com]

Heh, sounds like some good quality cheese, I'll have to keep an eye out for it if it ever returns. I did record (and fast-forward through) Sabertooth and except for a couple of fun/silly CGI shots of the monster, the movie really stank. I've heard Dog Soldiers was somewhat decent though.

Ah, thank you for the cheesy movie, Sci-Fi channel. Too bad they had to go and cancel MST3K, they could've released their films direct to Mike and the bots.

[furtech.livejournal.com]

"Dog Soldiers" was excellent: tight little werewolf film that made the most of a limited budget. Perfect for B-movie house-cleaning or just a breezy viewing. And they used *real* costumes for the werewolves-- none of that CG crap!

Joel Hodgeson is deserving of a MacArthur Grant!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*hehheh* I hope you were able to tape some of your favorite most-entertaining features in this marathon! :D