The Off-Topix "So Bad, its' Good" Omnibus Thread

[Matthew-NC]

We've all seen them, those films so bad they turn around into "good" films....TV Tropes has its own page,

So Bad, It's Good - TV Tropes

Once in a while, a work turns out to be so bad, it creates a disruption in the badness continuum and wraps right around to good. Rather than it unintentionally Breaking the Fourth Wall like usual, something about the specifics of the work in …

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Once in a while, a work turns out to be so bad, it creates a disruption in the badness continuum and wraps right around to good. Rather than it unintentionally Breaking the Fourth Wall like usual, something about the specifics of the work in question instead cause an enjoyable, though equally unintended, emotional response in the viewing public. Maybe the hubcap-on-a-wire flying saucers are cute, the spontaneous brothel scene goes on for so long it's hilarious, or the technically oriented find humor in the way the hacker can suborn the traffic lights of New York with no perceptible effort.

Whatever the reason, a truly horrid piece of work can become an unintentional riot and even get its own fandom for its very lack of quality. This can well be an ongoing process as attitudes change, budgets grow, and cynicism increases.

 

[Matthew-NC]

In the chairs for this short: (Left) @Cam (Middle) @Matthew-NC (Right) @PGen98 (a/k/a Crystal)

And some of our (and the fans!) comments for this short? Hoo boy...

--Cam: As if Gary Oldman walking around on his knees wasn't crazy enough, we got this.
--The Crystal tea kettle is full steaming with this one 😂 (to which Matthew replied, "She was laughing so hard its' a wonder she didn't pass out.")
--Cam: This was Gary Oldman's "Role of a lifetime"
--This is clearly hilarious on its own but Crystal’s laugh gets me EVERY TIME😂🤣 (Cam: "It gets all of us!")
--Matthew: Kate Beckinsale can say whatever she wants to me to be fair.
--Kate Beckinsale did go out with that SNL comedian...this checks out
--She didn’t realize the the camera was Rolling That was a real conversation accidentally filmed. She found out it was filmed and pretended she knew to cover up that she is a weirdo perv.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316768/

 

[Matthew-NC]

In the chairs for this one.....
(Left) @MrDawn wearing the Weyland-Utani shirt, (Middle) @Matthew-NC (wearing the Flynn's Arcade shirt) and (Right) @PGen98 (a/k/a Crystal, wearing a Space Camp shirt)

Some of the comments.....
--The aghast silence is funnier than saying anything.
--The looks of absolute shock and disgust on you guy's faces is priceless
--This is an insane movie. The craziest part is how anyone who touches the big ol diamond gets burned by it. That's not how diamonds work. (Matthew: "It was the 80's...")
--One of SBIG best reactions. Mr. Dawn's confused hands on head, Crystal shouting out "that's her brother" & Matthew looking on in utter shock 😂😂😂
--That was....Crystal went through all of the emotions.
--The best part of this episode was Crystal getting truly indignant at the dog being killed, not the incest, not the sister being murdered, or the surrogate mother being murdered. Just pure rage at the dog being done bad. (Mr. Dawn: "We were all indignant at the dog getting killed.")
--Poor Crystal was glitching HARD over this one 😂

White Fire

White Fire is a 1984 French-Turkish-American action thriller directed by Jean-Marie Pallardy and starring Robert Ginty, Belinda Mayne, Fred Williamson, Gordon Mitchell, and Jess Hahn. The plot concern two siblings, Boris and Ingrid Donelly (Ginty …

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--Cult Classic: Has been a popular one among the French B-movie lover scene.
--Squick: The frequent incestuous overtones between Boris and Ingrid. Notably, Best of the Worst referred to the whole film as being "poorly disguised fetish porn."
--WTH Costuming Department?: Olaf, the villain, runs a mining company... wearing a red jumpsuit and his inner-base henchmen wear Darth-Vader-like uniforms for some reason.
--Star-Derailing Role: The film arguably killed Belinda Mayne's potential future as a leading lady. Being in one sleazy, exploitive role after another did not do well for her reputation as an actress, and White Fire seems to have been the final straw. Since then, she's mostly appeared in minor film roles and on television, most prominently as the titular Chimeron queen in the Doctor Who episode "Delta and the Bannermen".