@Louisa I'm still in shock that we got Edward James Olmos dong. Mostly shadowy and in motion dong, but non-sexualized dong in a movie is so exceedingly rare that I can forgive "this character decided to bare his ass for some reason"
The people that decided to film most of the Fallout show in a California state park should have watched this
I like the aesthetics of this movie more than most of its other aspects. The urban ruin is cool. The cop spy center is cool. The sets are nice and things are moody.
I'm just gonna mark " Cops not helpful" on my bingo card. This cop hasn't been helpful in keeping my attention.
I didn't realize that was Edward James Olmos. I don't think I ever saw him in anything before the Battlestar reboot.
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This movie shoulda cut everything except naked Edward James Olmos and that kitty from the lady's apartment. And some of the location shots.
if you are looking at that little bike and thinking 'that would be fun as hell' that's exactly what an ebike is except it burns no gas, is silent, and weighs 1/10th as much.
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@SnoopJ It's definitely a leitmotif for the USS Reliant, burned into my brain at a basic childhood neural level.
There's a line in the novel Red Dragon where the protagonist is so fatigued trying to solve the serial-killer case that he's operating on "the level where six feet was always the height of his father and north was Highway 61", or close to that.
taking psychic damage left and right being pingponged between this wolf footage and the racism #monsterdon
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"I told you, it's all in the head."
Ok, but I think I made it pretty clear that I was looking for someone who can actually turn into a wolf. Know anybody like that?
#monsterdon This reminds me of when I went to Sydney. They've turned the Harbor Bridge into a tourist trap and they give guided tours where you climb across the top like a construction worker. Terrifying, but good fun.
Anyway, I'm sure something will happen in this film eventually.
Olmos really looked like John Travolta at that point #Monsterdon
and now: racism! probably a lot of racism
Furries used to be way more intense.
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[CAT PURRING]
holy shit James Horner really just copied his own notes for the ALIENS score, huh?
that motif is verbatim re-used
#monsterdon I'm not sure I follow what just happened. Did he see the wolf? Or did he just randomly decide to throw her down the stairs?
WERE-SQUITO
@xerozohar A werewolf is for life, not just for Christmas.
#monsterdon Whitley Streiber, hopeless "brilliant" slobs who never do anything brilliant and who can't even give a straight answer to a simple question DO NOT DESERVE a beautiful, intelligent woman doting on them!! Stop it
meanwhile, in the dalek invasion of earth
Weather Underground mentioned!
man, 1981 graphics is fun, where all text has to be in MICR/OCR-A
I forgot to mention that the evil rich guy had a pentagram ring with a goat on it, so this movie spreads the harmful stereotype that satanists are rich.
Was thinking I hadn't seen Gregory Hines do anything in a long time.
Looks like he died in 2003 at the age of 57. Too bad, was a decent actor.
"And the Oscar for best corpse genitals in a drama goes to..."
βEvery fifth head or so was alive.β #Monsterdon
hey, they're WEREwolves, not SWEARwolves!
It always amuses me how computers, TVs, and phones in a fancy car were like the pinnacle of wealth and technology in this era.
Like my phone is more powerful than all of that stuff now.
I don't know, something about wolves and native americans. Here's 1 million to film and 3 million for the coke to finish the writing.
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Thanks #monsterdon pack for the fun comments for sprucing-up this dog-slow drag of a film, and to @Taweret for hosting!
We're Wolfen. We don't need no steekin' elevators #Monsterdon πΊ #Wolfen
If not antagonist, why antagonist shaped?
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#monsterdon uuuuuugh is this Whitley Streiber's story, "white men are the REAL monsters, see what a good ally I am, anyway native American people are basically a kind of fae" bullshit
@Louisa I'm sure the Wolfen has a nice one.
Does any part of NY still look like this? I visit at least twice a year, and I don't think I've ever seen it look as bad as this movie.
The urban decay on display is insane.
Somebody involved in this movie really likes butts
Good lord they even got a mooning joke in
So now what?
Wanting
needing
waiting
For you
to posterize my love
@ottaross Wolf-o-vision comes with google maps. #monsterdon
james horner PLEASE I am trying to watch the movie
#monsterdon She pay for that apartment on a cop's salary?
I missed something. How did he just walk into her place like that? Does he have a key?
i am fading fast here folks
any of you who have driven 6h in one day with lots of stop and go traffic will relate
gonna try and make it to the end though
Yes, dude, we get it -- you like wolves, and they like you too... for DINNER #Monsterdon πΊ #Wolfen
I knew I recognized the obviously autistic taxidermist/natural historian actor!
Tom Noonan plays Dr. Ferguson, and has been in all kinds of stuff... this was only his fourth movie.
F/X, Robocop 1/2, The Astronaut's Wife... all bigguns.
This was the world before fur suits
Reality is just LIKE a STATE OF MIND MAAAAAAAN
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Is this one of those dogs that can sniff out Alzheimer's?
land back movement, lfg
#Monsterdon πΊ #Wolfen Pardon me -- I was distracted by the female character's incredibly ROOMY APARTMENT WITH A VIEW
xoxo,
Manhattanite in a Shoebox
The working title was "people walking around quietly".
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I can't believe they did the scary movie cat surprise clichΓ©.
caaaaaaaaaaaat
Fun fact: The brooklyn bridge is a thing I can sell you shares in if you are as gullible as this joke suggests.
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Oh shit are they listening to Tom Waits?
please just eat this insufferable guy already
Wolf hater... #monsterdon
"South Bronx and Wall Street, what's the connection?" Societal pressures and power dynamics as seen through the lens of hahahahahah sorry I can't finish it's just racism
Grumble in the Bronx
I like the bald hair-ologist
I mean is the Wolven's only crime the resistance of gentrification?
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@xerozohar Imagine transforming into a wolf just to hop a turnstile
You can get a thermal imaging camera that plugs into your phone for like $100 off Amazon these days.
Now I want an Italian sausage.
You sure you don't want a haircut? You could lose the headband. You're lookin' like Columbo watched Rambo once and got excited about it
@kamikat Running Scared is a fun buddy cop film he did with Billy Crystal in the early-ish 80's. #monsterdon
@RobynGoodfellow That should be on a Bingo card
Chekov's Morgue
My favorite part of a morgue is where you get to build a birdhouse
I know itβs 1981 and they were practically mandatory but itβs very weird to see Albert Finney in a headband, #Monsterdon
3 kills in 10 minutes. Excellent work, movie. Keep it up.
Hi, I'm afraid we might be in for some terrible racist tropes, based on these opening shots
RE: https://mas.to/@ShibaEveryHour/116909959050875909
Nicely timed, Shiba Every Hour!
Okay, well. That was a movie. One last thing, as usual.
Was WOLFEN (1981) the WORST #Monsterdon movie of the year?
And with that we jump off the Brooklyn Bridge to end another #monsterdon ! Loved the cinematography; hated the script. Acting was up and down. I had fun but was bored a fair bit.
thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting this shindig! Extra thanks to @JoeWynne for all the trivia tonight, and for @cherizilla 's bingo and @ryan 's stream if you partake.
That's it for me everyone, see you next week for whatever we pick! Zzzzzzzz.
And don't forget:
They really did not know what to do to wrap up this plot, did they?
"β¦and we'll do a psychedelic multi-dissolve sequence of running wolves and stuff, with some vague voice-overs and roll credits."
What if instead of shooting the wolves you poured them glasses of bourbon from the fancy home bar?
ποΈποΈ
It is technically true that wolf society has no need of detectives.
Passive keyless entry and electric windows would not be invented for another 5000 years.
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It a floof!
Boop!
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Aaaand movie is .... over?
No?
Please?
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Good boy! Get the cop!
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@huronbikes It's music by James Horner who did the Wrath of Khan soundtracks. #monsterdon
Look nothing personal, but I'm gettin real tired of looking at this dude.
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Thank you Mr. Exposition
the M16 with a long scope taped to the non-parallel handle is a pretty awesome choice of props to make for the gun #monsterdon
Now I want potato chips, thanks to Gregory Hines #Monsterdon πΊ #Wolfen
@SnoopJ lol I was like "so they're using shots in shadow, to hide the fact that he's wearing a speedo of some kindβ ope, no, there's his bits" #monsterdon
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Well @Taweret is revenged for Hines eating so much food on mic.
Where the werewolf ass tho
those parabolic mics... remember when those were on the sidelines at football games?
not looking forward to the coroner (Whittington? did we even get his name? I have trouble remembering names in this movie) being killed in this scene
he's one of the least dislikeable characters