WSo8M: (6) Risky Business v. (11) An American Werewolf in Ld

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Samatha Baker Division, Fort Arnold regionals:

(6) Ricky Business


(11) An American Werewolf in London

[bmfc1]

Risky Business: oh, that train scene.

[Guest AG/DC]

No passion for either here. But I wonder how many of these films Curtis Armstrong is going to end up in.

[Guest themetfairy]

I liked both of these films. American Warewolf scared the hell out of me. But Risky Business is iconic - I had to go for that.

[Vic Sage]

2 good pics, but i went with RISKY BUSINESS. The great Tangerine Dream score, and its the GRADUATE of its generation. Established Cruise as a star. It's smarter than it pretends to be, which is consistent with its general theme of cynicism.

WEREWOLF is a solid blend of horror and comedy, which is hard to pull off. But it's failure is inherent in the werwolf genre... the hero is doomed. So you've got to make his ultimate demise meaningful, in some way, in order to justify the tragedy. But it wasn't. He just gets shot after going on a rampage. Also, the failure to include the Zevon song is fatal.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Watching the Werewolf trailer reminded me how badly I wanted to be sent to a hospital in London. I think that flick was pretty brilliant. Scary and funny: Hard to beat.

[Vic Sage]

Jenny Agutter was way hot. Did you ever see WALKABOUT?

[Guest cooby]

werewolf

[Benjamin Grimm]

I also voted for the werewolf.

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

I voted for Werewolf while drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.

Oh, and my hair was perfect.

[metsmarathon]

i think i've seen risky business, and i'm pretty sure i haven't seen werewolf, no no vote for me here...

[Guest AG/DC]

Well, hopefully this exercise leads us to catch up on some viewing.

[metsmarathon]

i should update my netflix...

but tehn i've gotta watch daylight first for that to matter.

[Fman99]

I'm a werewolf guy. Interpret that as you like.

[Guest AG/DC]

Dead heat at 10.

[Guest cooby]

ALways couldn't stand what's his snooty face. Tom Cruise.

[Guest AG/DC]

What's His Snooty Face just pulled into the lead.

[Guest cooby]

What's his Snooty Face probably logged on and voted for himself.

Take that Tom Cruise! Here's a woman that doesn't droll over you! H A!

[Guest themetfairy]

I used to think he had a great smile. Now he's just creepy.

[dgwphotography]

I loved both movies, but as Fairy said, Risky Business is iconic, and that does it for me.

[soupcan]

Vic Sage wrote: Jenny Agutter was way hot. Did you ever see WALKABOUT?

I saw that! That was her? Cool.

Voted Werewolf.

[Guest AG/DC]

Logan's Run.

[soupcan]

AG/DC wrote: Logan's Run.

Yeah but she wasn't naked in that.

If memory serves the only nudity in Logan's Run was a brief Farrah Fawcett boobie shot.

[dgwphotography]

soupcan wrote: AG/DC wrote: Logan's Run. Yeah but she wasn't naked in that. If memory serves the only nudity in Logan's Run was a brief Farrah Fawcett boobie shot.

I thought that was in the ridiculous Saturn movie she did with Kirk douglas...

[Guest cooby]

please, the thought of that movie is enough to make me sick again

[soupcan]

Iubitul wrote: I thought that was in the ridiculous Saturn movie she did with Kirk douglas...

Oh that was full frontal stuff in Saturn 3.

The LR breast apperance was just a small cameo

[batmagadanleadoff]

Vic Sage wrote: 2 good pics, but i went with RISKY BUSINESS. The great Tangerine Dream score, and its the GRADUATE of its generation. Established Cruise as a star. It's smarter than it pretends to be, which is consistent with its general theme of cynicism. WEREWOLF is a solid blend of horror and comedy, which is hard to pull off. But it's failure is inherent in the werwolf genre... the hero is doomed. So you've got to make his ultimate demise meaningful, in some way, in order to justify the tragedy. But it wasn't. He just gets shot after going on a rampage. Also, the failure to include the Zevon song is fatal.

Vic, I kinda like your post. But in the end, I can't bring myself to vote for the tyrannical and creepy asshole.

[Guest cooby]

soupcan wrote: Iubitul wrote: I thought that was in the ridiculous Saturn movie she did with Kirk douglas... Oh that was full frontal stuff in Saturn 3. The LR breast apperance was just a small cameo

Unfortunately it is Kirk Douglass's butt that still haunts my memories of that film. Farrah's butt was probably just fine.

[Guest AG/DC]

The film is about priveleged college brats slumming in Europe though, at some level --- one of your horror-as-metaphor thingies --- isn't it? Something about their inability to survive even the slightest of cutural shifts without contracting lycanthropy.

Oh sure, you thought you could go to Europe and fuck around and meet an open-minded nurse, but you fucked up and your parents can't help you, you stupid shit. Hey, that kind of likens it to Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns, and Money."

Anyhow, the soundtrack was fun anyway.

I rank the early eighties werewolf movies:

1) An American Werewolf in London
2) The Howling
3) Teen-Wolf
4) A Company of Wolves
5) Wolfen

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Iubitul wrote: soupcan wrote: AG/DC wrote: Logan's Run. Yeah but she wasn't naked in that. If memory serves the only nudity in Logan's Run was a brief Farrah Fawcett boobie shot. I thought that was in the ridiculous Saturn movie she did with Kirk douglas...

I think there was an orgy scene, too, in Logan's Run. That was an odd little flick.