Obscure Movie Night! Tuesday Open Thread

It’s another Mid August Tuesday, bitches! And yooooouuu know what that meeeeeeans:

Fuck All.

It means Nothing. Not “nothing” in terms of relative unimportance or lack of distinguishing characteristics. Capital-N Nothing, as in a sheer and utter existential vacuum. An area of spacetime so flat and featureless as to somehow have inverse curvature. On Tuesday, August 9, 1983 a self-sustaining room-temperature fusion reaction was spontaneously achieved in the microwave of a Gas ‘n Fill service station in Owasso, Oklahoma. After 3 hours it winked out of existence, because it was far too interesting of an event for an August Tuesday.

Sorry. I’ll stop.

Even the NFL news is boring shit that Should Not Be News:

-The Falcons, of all teams, are the first to reach 100% vaccinated status. Congratulations on finally having a lead you can’t blow, Atlanta.

-The Raiders will require proof of vaccination for fans at home games, which I presume will mean those guys who stand on the Strip and hand out escort cards will have a new aspect to their business.

-Urban Meyer finally admitted that without the help of a crack squad of murderers and ineligible players, even he couldn’t make Tim Tebow a Thing at the professional level.

We all knew this was coming. No one on the Jags thought he’d make the roster  It was a transparent media stunt, and it WORKED. Despite being Openly Ridiculous, the move meant  various Tebow jerseys were the Top Five Sellers on NFLShop less than 24 hours after signing. More than actual Jacksonville savior-in-waiting Trevor Lawrence. More than Tom Terrific. Answer me this: is there a more sought-after, more easily-manipulated group in modern America than White Evangelicals? Is it because critical thinking skills are actively discouraged in favor of being spoon-fed comforting but illogical bullshit?

There is Absolutely Fuck All of any interest on television tonight, other than perhaps Lego Masters. MLB continues its Three Quarters deathmarch, with the only interesting race being whether MLB has the stones to pull the trigger on suspending Trevor Bauer for the season before this week-to-week bullshit forces them to decide whether letting him back for the playoffs is worth the PR nightmare.

The NBA “Summer League” is going on. The WNBA is going on. Woo.

After last week’s smashing success of bringing FDR: American Badass to the masses’ attention, I’m going to slip you another Obscure Movie Hot Tip: Death at a Funeral (2007).

PLEASE NOTE: This is NOT the 2010 Chris Rock remake. It was…fine…but lacked the style and timing of the original by Frank Oz.

Yes, Yoda/Fozzie/Cookie Monster Frank Oz. He’s also a genius director, giving us Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors and the criminally-underrated What About Bob?

The premise is simple: an extended English family gathers for the funeral of the patriarch. Hilarity ensues.  I don’t want to give too much away, but there’s sex, money, drugs, poop jokes and Peter Dinklage.

It’s also a who’s-who of people in other stuff you recognize. Matthew Macfayden (Succession, et al), Rupert Graves (Sherlock), Ewan Bremner (Trainspotting), Peter Vaughan (GoT) and Jane Asher (Paul McCartney’s girlfriend). It also stars Alan Tudyk, who you BETTER recognize from Firefly, Resident Alien, A Knight’s Tale, Dodgeball and Rogue One.

 

It’s a great movie. Good date night.

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Gumbygirl

I swear I just posted this! See ya tomorrow

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Doktor Zymm

After consistently having network connectivity issues with Windows 10 for over a year, I finally just gave up and plugged the damn thing in with an ethernet cable, like it’s 2001 or some such nonsense.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Redshirt, i commend you for the banner quote

SonOfSpam

Funny and also completely accurate.

Mr. Ayo

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SonOfSpam

The Taliban is the Republican id.

Gumbygirl

Talibaptists. Scary as fuck.

Anthony In TX

Hashtag not all Texans

SonOfSpam

Maybe, but you’re still being monitored.

And for fuck’s sake, get your hands out of your pants.

Anthony In TX

I’ve gotta start remembering to turn Alexa off in the evenings

Gumbygirl

Dude, I lived in Alabama for years. There are good people everywhere, unfortunately they’re outnumbered in too many places. You don’t have to apologize for being a lovely blue dot in a sea of red

Anthony In TX

Texas is my home state and it’s so depressing that, although the cities are by and large blue (or blue-ish), there’s a LOT of Texas that ain’t city and ain’t blue but does vote. Hopefully things will change, but I’d be willing to bet with gerrymandering and voter suppression it won’t be any time soon.

Gumbygirl

I know. It sucks. I seldom ventured out of Birmingham because the rubes were scary, but I met the best people I’ve ever known in the ‘Ham.

Anthony In TX

One of the hardest things is getting people who are anti-Republican to just care. I have a friend who is 30 yars old and wasn’t even registered to vote. I tried everything to get her to register before the 2020 election, even offering to do it for her, and she still didn’t care. She doesn’t see how the elections affect her, even though she’s a middle-class homeowner who hates Ted Cruz, Greg Abbott, and Donald Trump. It’s easy to lose hope when you encounter that all the time.

Gumbygirl

Yup, it’s frustrating as hell.

Doktor Zymm

I am really regretting that we didn’t try to get one of our Californian contingent on the recall ballot. We could have sent a paragraph into the homes of millions of unsuspecting Californians

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Wow that’s actually a good idea.

ballsofsteelandfury

Platform: No Pants

BrettFavresColonoscopy

DFO: Open the door, take off your pants, and spread it by word of mouth

SonOfSpam

There is a nonzero chance I’ll run for…something someday.

Gotta lose a bunch of weight and get some money (I like money).

Won’t win, but my speeches will be appreciated by a few (ok just you guys).

Doktor Zymm

I just read a thing about mice losing weight by making them sweat fat. I’m looking forward to the day when there will be lots of skinny, greasy people running around!

Gumbygirl

I could power the fryers at McDonalds for months.

SonOfSpam

Boy howdy.

Gumbygirl

It’s not that bad! I’m not obese, just chonky.

SonOfSpam

No no, I meant “boy howdy” in that I am fat and agreeing with the fryer comment for ME. I have not stayed married for 26 years by calling women fat.

Gumbygirl

And that’s why you’re my favorite. Don’t tell the others!

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blaxabbath

With this enormous following, dfo should be able to mobilize to make one us at least County Dog Catcher.

Mr. Ayo

We’ve already gotten us a rocking dog.

Can’t wait to see what we drag back to the clubhouse next!

Doktor Zymm

I am voting against the recall, but my respect for Newsom has dropped significantly because he didn’t just say “fuck off, this is idiotic” as his candidate statement

BrettFavresColonoscopy

It really is time to reform the repeal and ballot initiative process in CA. It’s all thinly veiled money grubbing stupidity with a veneer of good government when what we really need is campaign finance and redistricting reform. If the legislature passes things the voters don’t like, vote them out, don’t legislate via ballot initiative. But that only works when elections actually matter.

Doktor Zymm

All the plus ones

SonOfSpam

YES IT FICKING IS.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

FICK YEAH

blaxabbath

Campaign Finance and Corruption are the two issues that need to be addressed before ANYTHING can be improved.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

My CA recall ballot got here today! I voted NO, and then I voted for the closest thing to a Commentist Party candidate.

Dunstan

My postal carrier delivered me my neighbor’s ballot, and I briefly considered committing a felony but declined.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yeah, I can’t stop thinking about it either.
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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Or…wait. You were talking about a different felony, weren’t you.

Dunstan

Eh, to be fair, I’m usually contemplating several felonies at any given point in time.

Doktor Zymm

Oh, I should go check my mail!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It’s circular day, too! Tri-tip is on sale at Vons!

Gumbygirl

Dammit, I was in there today, but I just got stuff on my list and got the fuck out.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Sale doesn’t start until tomorrow. You’ve got until next Tuesday.

Gumbygirl

That’s right! I have been thinking all day it’s Wednesday.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

I think I’m still registered to vote in CA, but since I’m not a criminal Republican, I won’t be voting in an election in a state where I no longer live. Looking at you, the Herschel Walker family.

Doktor Zymm

So did you vote for the Cannabis Policy advisor, or the entertainer without a last name?

litre_cola

No last name? Are you sure it isn’t a Brazilian futbol star?

Doktor Zymm

I suspect it is a drag queen, or possibly a Brazilian drag queen that plays futbo. I will see if the voter info guide has answers

Gumbygirl

Nope it’s Angelyne, the blonde who buys billboards of herself, and drives around in a pink car. She’d be better than Uncle Tom Elder. Why doesn’t that fucker ever blink? Talk about your serpent DNA, the qtards might be on to something with him!

Doktor Zymm

Who is this guy who just put “search YouTube” as his statement. He doesn’t even say to search youTube to find out who he is! I will assume he represents the voting interests behind the youTube recommendation engine

ballsofsteelandfury

Holy shit she’s still alive???

I met her once at a parking lot on the Sunset Strip. It was surreal.

Doktor Zymm

Oh, it must be the “can you dig it?” guy

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

David Moore – he’s a public school teacher in Oakland.

Gumbygirl

I don’t have mine yet, but San Bernardino County assures me it’s on the way. I did get the voter guide.

litre_cola

Easy now. I think the Jays are playing very well now too and I am nawt a Jays fan whatsoever.

Horatio Cornblower

I don’t have a lot of faith in the Yankees keeping this up. They have no real closer, the line-up is very prone to strike-outs, and Aaron Boone is still the manager.

But I do find that meme funny.

Doktor Zymm

Today I tried another ice cream novelty I got from H-Mart, the green tea adzuki bean bar. Good, and good value at only 90 calories, but still far behind the sweet corn ice cream sandwich in the yum categorycomment image

Sharkbait

I should look at specialty markets here to see if they have these magical treats

Doktor Zymm

There are a lot of H marts around now, so definitely worth checking to see if there is one near you, and they will have the best selection.

Sharkbait

Burlington and Cambridge. Hell yes!

Horatio Cornblower

Yankees sweep a double-header from the Red Sox, and I immediately switch over to NESN to watch their post-game analysis because I am a sad, pathetic, and petty little man.

litre_cola

Oh I definitely peruse the fan sites of teams whoever I cheer for just beat. It is delicious. Radio call in shows are even better.

Horatio Cornblower

Oh I can’t wait for WEEI tomorrow!

I can smell the schadenfreude already.

litre_cola

Millwall fans knew they got beat by a better side today and seem to be pleased that they got their late goal. Need more tears!

Horatio Cornblower

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And we thought they knew how to complain in Milwall!

Dunstan

For the same reason, I sometimes treat myself to a little Fox News on certain Election Nights. I got to see the 2012 Karl Rove meltdown live.

Horatio Cornblower

That was fantastic. His insistence that Ohio was going to come in red and that harpy Megyn Fox marching down to the stats nerds closet to drag them out and confront Rove with where the remaining numbers were coming from was just delightful.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

That night was basically the end of Karl Rove.

Horatio Cornblower

We are richer for having lost him.
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Horatio Cornblower

I see some genius is way ahead of me…
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Redshirt

My Redlegs followed putting up two touchdowns with struggling to get an extra point. Your NL Wild Card Contender, everybody!

Redshirt

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Horatio Cornblower

When I was in high school there was a kid in my town who had lost both his hands because he had fallen off some sort of electric towers and made the incredibly poor decision to grab the wires to break his fall.

He lived, but had hooks for his hands, wrists, and a good portion of both forearms. Drove a really cool sports car of some sort, that had obviously been specially adapted. Paid for it with the lawsuit/settlement money.

Not sure I would have made that trade myself.

Redshirt

I don’t need a sports car. What body part do I need to part with to get a reliable sedan?

Horatio Cornblower

Shit, get hit by the right guy, (i.e. a drunk with a high-limit per person limit), and I’ll get you an attorney who can get you that with a bruised wrist.

Game Time Decision

Just don’t use the balm, Kramer

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Seems like it would be a good comeback at a bar when a girl tells you “go fuck yourself” and you hold up your hooks and reply “I would if I could”.

You could also probably pinch girls’ bottoms with reckless abandon; when they objected you could just claim “my hook got caught on your skirt when you walked by.”

Sharkbait

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Horatio Cornblower

I want to make slow, sweet love to this meme.

But I’m over 50, so at best I’m going to hit it and quit it within 5 minutes and then fall asleep watching baseball highlights.

Game Time Decision

And hurt yourself in the process

/stretch first

Wakezilla

“I told you that Covid19 is a libturd conspiracy! Look at that fairy rainbow!”

Republicans

Dunstan

Even Billy Joel doesn’t like that song.

Redshirt

Billy Joel doesn’t like any of his songs. That helps because his songs always have a subtext feeling of a combination self-loathing, wanting, loneliness, hopelessness and despair. Which explains why I’m a fan.

Horatio Cornblower

Finally, Billy Joel and I have something in common.

Dunstan

Redshirt is a fan of both of you?

Horatio Cornblower

Oh undoubtedly.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

He shouldn’t, it’s very bad.

Gumbygirl

This is for you, Jake!

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BugEyedBoo

Download Torchlight II, so you can have your own combat alpaca. Or internet porn.

Sharkbait
scotchnaut

“Tell you what-I promise I won’t spit on you while we’re having sex tonight.”

and the other one I liked-

“So what have you been looking into? Aside from glory holes.”

Sharkbait

Mrs Sharkbait and I are watching 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown uploads in YouTube. Better than what else is on.

litre_cola

We ripped through them all. Soooo good.

Redshirt

Let’s just say it: Alan Tudyk is amazing at almost every role he does.

Anthony In TX

He deserves to be SO much more famous than “cult popular.”

Redshirt

He stole “Harley Quinn” and “Doom Patrol” when he was on the screen.

Anthony In TX

I love Doom Patrol so much and was ecstatic to see they’re coming out with season 3 soon!

litre_cola

Well at least SecsiMexi futbol is on. Apart from that it is utter dreck.

Anthony In TX

HEY HOW ‘BOUT THEM COTTAGERS
TOP OF THE TABLE, BABY
WHOOOOO COME ON YOU WH*TES!!!!!

litre_cola

Was down at the pub with a mate who is from Millwall. He was furious within the 1st three minutes. Was bliss.

Anthony In TX

They made it interesting in the last 10, but I’m proud of the way the boys pulled it off.

Redshirt

I don’t fault Tim Tebow for trying to be a TE. I fault Urban Meyer doing it in 2021 in the pros instead of 2006 in college.

Brocky

Tebows predecessor chris leak was brought in as an undrafted free agent by the bears in 2007, and he was also a national championship winner.

I never knew why people didnt think he was that good compared to tebow. Can’t quite place my finger on it.

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Anthony In TX

Crystal ball is dark on this one…

blaxabbath

Mmmmmm I dunno, seems like more of a Magic 8-Ball prediction, ya know what I mean?

litre_cola

I think he came up here for a tryout with someone but did nae make it.

Redshirt

I gotta admit, I have more faith in the Taliban creating a fully inclusive democracy than I do the Republicans.

Gumbygirl

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ballsofsteelandfury

Banner!

Anthony In TX

Answer me this: is there a more sought-after, more easily-manipulated group in modern America than White Evangelicals?

/checks Trump’s support among white evangelicals

NOPE

Anthony In TX

https://twitter.com/SteveHenson/status/1427733875531292674?s=20

I guess we’re doing the “she’s an adult who’s had sex so he definitely isn’t guilty of beating the shit out of her” defense.

Cool.

Redshirt

…and that is why if a woman asks me to get rough with her, I’m asking for a signed consent with everything she wants me to do.

And when she is reviewing the document, that is my cue to sneak out the nearest window, because she is nuts!

Anthony In TX

I’ve had “don’t hit women” so deeply ingrained in my brain from my upbringing that when a girl first asked me to lightly spank her I legitimately considered declining. I can’t imagine actually choking or really hitting someone I’m having sex with.

litre_cola

Same here. Absolutely.

Gumbygirl

Yup. Huuuuge difference between a little hanky spanky and a ginormous visible purple bruise on the cooch. I’m pretty sure no one signs up for that.

Anthony In TX

It’s pretty standard victim-blaming, which is ratcheted up to 10 when a woman is sexually assaulted.

She’s had sex, therefore she’s easy, therefore she’s a slut, therefore she knew what she was getting into, therefore she put herself in that position, therefore she actually shoulders some of the blame, therefore he’s not really at fault.

Because as we all know, the only people who commit sexual assault are the victims of sexual assault.

Gosh, why don’t more women come forward?

Horatio Cornblower

According to Twitter, so this is undoubtedly wildly inaccurate, the woman in question had testified that she was *new* to sex. If you say something like that, and the defense knows that you like banging ballplayers, then it’s open season on your past because you’ve lied, and your credibility is always relevant.

This is why I tell my clients that the only thing I ask is that they either just don’t lie, or only lie if they know that every single person who would know that they were lying is either dead or soon will be.

scotchnaut

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That wasn’t what I wanted

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Oh, and I’ve seen that obscure movie. Lady BFC loves it, and I thought Steve the Pirate was outstanding.

Gumbygirl

I love that movie! Today, Gumby watched a classic. ” Cannibal Women of the Avocado Jungle.” He says two thumbs up!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

1.5 thumbs if you get too close

Horatio Cornblower

You’re lucky if it’s just thumbs.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Yum! Now I’m hungry for guacamole and, um…carnitas.

Gumbygirl

I am having guac tonight in my chicken soft tacos with black bean and corn salsa. I’m looking forward to them, oh yes I am!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

My two favorite things on the internet today:

https://twitter.com/laurenpeikoff/status/1427765636474806273?s=19

Anthony In TX

“I’m a landlord with 24 properties, and Joe Biden’s policies are gonna make me have to sell one of my 3 jets.”

My god, when will someone start doing something for the 1%?

BugEyedBoo

If Engineered Tax Services guy didn’t make out like a fat rat with the available loans last year, he deserves to lose one of his jets.

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Horatio Cornblower

It’s even worse than that: that dude now has to live in his own private jet.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

It says in the article that he’s making 15% less profit than usual. Like, he’s not even losing money, he’s just making slightly less profit than usual.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Someone should mess with his transponder so his next flight ends up landing on Cannibal Avocado Jungle Island.

Horatio Cornblower

Someone should mess with his transponder so his next flight ends up landing just short of Cannibal Avocado Jungle Island.

Gumbygirl

I’m pretty sure it’s not an island, it’s somewhere around San Bernardino. High budget on this film, it has Adrienne Barbeau AND Shannon Tweed!

Horatio Cornblower

Reminds me of the old Steve Martin line about drunks at Vegas chorus girl shows: “There must be 57 tits up there!”

Anthony In TX

“My profits aren’t quite as high as they have been” is a HELL of a thing to whine about when you’re a fucking multi-millionaire.

Gumbygirl

If only…

scotchnaut

As a tribute to Tebow, my next post will be composed in Can’t Block Editor.

BeefReeferLives

Frank Oz also directed (& I think he was one of the producers as well) of “In & Of Itself”.
If you haven’t seen it before, I recommend it. (bit of a mindfuck though, especially at the end)

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’ve heard that is quite good.

BeefReeferLives

It’ll make you think.

BeefReeferLives

Frank also had a cameo in the Blues Brothers. His acting chops are underrated…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw__irwL6pY

Anthony In TX

Well, he does play Yoda. Although at 6’2″ I wonder how they fit him in the suit.

blaxabbath

Wonder how Robert Saleh feels about the events in Afghanistan?

Dunstan

He sympathizes with the people at the Kabul airport. He know what it’s like to realize that jets aren’t going to take you anywhere.

Anthony In TX

Not very nice of you to nab comment of the week honors this early

Gumbygirl

This one made me dance around the room!
Waving my AK and ululating.

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BugEyedBoo

Ululating? Does that have to do with lady parts? Or is it that thing that hangs in the back of your throat?

Anthony In TX

Yes