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Post by kds on Apr 22, 2021 19:07:35 GMT
Given that the entertainment business is still being slowed by COVID, I guess it's not too surprising to find a blurb about the 34th anniversary of Police Academy 4? Yeah, that's right. I LOVED this movies growing up. I still really enjoy the original, though the sequels not so much. But, I do think a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes is a tad harsh. ultimateclassicrock.com/police-academy-4-movie/This movie also launched the solo career of one Brian Wilson.
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Post by kds on Apr 23, 2021 13:33:00 GMT
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 23, 2021 14:08:32 GMT
Given that the entertainment business is still being slowed by COVID, I guess it's not too surprising to find a blurb about the 34th anniversary of Police Academy 4? Yeah, that's right. I LOVED this movies growing up. I still really enjoy the original, though the sequels not so much. But, I do think a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes is a tad harsh. ultimateclassicrock.com/police-academy-4-movie/This movie also launched the solo career of one Brian Wilson. I bought the Police Academy 4 soundtrack album just for "Let's Go To Heaven In My Car". I immediately taped the song onto a cassette. I never listened to the album a single time.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 23, 2021 14:11:39 GMT
I almost-- ALMOST--want to listen to the soundtrack now, just to see whether you've been missing anything! What if Chico DeBarge's "I Like My Body" is a lost masterpiece!?
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Apr 23, 2021 14:21:41 GMT
I almost-- ALMOST--want to listen to the soundtrack now, just to see whether you've been missing anything! What if Chico DeBarge's "I Like My Body" is a lost masterpiece!? I can dig the album out of the closet and give you a good deal on it.
Not to get carried away, but Brian Wilson, arguably one of the greatest composers/producers of the rock era, reached some real lows in his solo career - appearing on the Police Academy 4 soundtrack with those other...artists, having his solo album (Sweet Insanity) rejected, appearing on that Dick Clark TV-special singing and dancing to "Night Time", appearing on The New Leave It To Beaver, and on and on. I mean, this man was once up there with Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Phil Spector, and other giants. Of course, Spector appeared on I Dream Of Jeannie, so...
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Post by kds on Apr 23, 2021 14:24:04 GMT
I actually had this soundtrack on record. I think I got it as a gift because I liked the movie back then.
As I recall, Garry Glenn's Winning Streak and Southern Pacific's Shoot for the Top were pretty fun, albeit very basic, late 80s pop rock songs.
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Post by kds on Apr 23, 2021 14:25:08 GMT
I almost-- ALMOST--want to listen to the soundtrack now, just to see whether you've been missing anything! What if Chico DeBarge's "I Like My Body" is a lost masterpiece!? I can dig the album out of the closet and give you a good deal on it.
Not to get carried away, but Brian Wilson, arguably one of the greatest composers/producers of the rock era, reached some real lows in his solo career - appearing on the Police Academy 4 soundtrack with those other...artists, having his solo album (Sweet Insanity) rejected, appearing on that Dick Clark TV-special singing and dancing to "Night Time", appearing on The New Leave It To Beaver, and on and on. I mean, this man was once up there with Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Phil Spector, and other giants. Of course, Spector appeared on I Dream Of Jeannie, so...
In fairness, he also gave us "Night Time." So, some of this was self inflicted.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 23, 2021 14:35:19 GMT
I'm laughing at "Shoot For The Top" by Southern Pacific.
Because it reminds me so much of this song from Boogie Nights.
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Post by kds on Apr 23, 2021 17:28:39 GMT
I'm laughing at "Shoot For The Top" by Southern Pacific.
Because it reminds me so much of this song from Boogie Nights.
That Boogie Nights song was originally featured on the soundtrack to the animated 1986 Transformers movie.
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Post by Kapitan on Apr 23, 2021 17:32:34 GMT
They're both just so much of that '80s, "inspirational" kind of pop-"hard" rock cheese.
BW's "Believe In Yourself" could be remixed to be exactly of that ilk, now that I think about it.
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Post by kds on Apr 23, 2021 18:01:24 GMT
They're both just so much of that '80s, "inspirational" kind of pop-"hard" rock cheese.
BW's "Believe In Yourself" could be remixed to be exactly of that ilk, now that I think about it.
I could see that. I still think had Let's Go To Heaven in My Car hitched its wagon to a different horse, it could've been a hit. It was more 80s fluff than BW, but it worked for The Grateful Dead. Back to post, it's funny that Police Academy 3 and 4 both underperformed, yet they made three more movies. I guess they were so cheap to make that they were profitable.
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Post by kds on May 19, 2021 12:58:28 GMT
Yesterday's passing of Charles Grodin reminded of a bit part he played in the 1994 cult comedy So I Married An Axe Murderer.
IMHO, the movie is criminally underrated. It might be the only Mike Myers starring role where he plays a normal character, and features a great supporting cast with Nancy Travis and Anthony LaPaglia, along with small roles from Alan Arkin, Michael Richards, Steven Wright, Phil Hartman, and Grodin.
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Post by Kapitan on May 19, 2021 20:22:05 GMT
Yesterday's passing of Charles Grodin reminded of a bit part he played in the 1994 cult comedy So I Married An Axe Murderer. IMHO, the movie is criminally underrated. It might be the only Mike Myers starring role where he plays a normal character, and features a great supporting cast with Nancy Travis and Anthony LaPaglia, along with small roles from Alan Arkin, Michael Richards, Steven Wright, Phil Hartman, and Grodin. I haven't seen So I Married An Axe Murderer in probably 25 years, and honestly I've barely thought about it (or most Mike Myers movies...he actually fell almost entirely off my radar despite being super-huge in the 90s). I ought to give it another look.
The past few days I started rewatching Vikings, which is on Hulu right now but is usually on a couple of the major services. While I think the battle scenes are a bit excessive--I never got into the hyper-violent style that really has come into fashion in the past decade or two, and frankly feel no need to SEE an axe cleave a head to understand the horror of it--I do enjoy it. I'd actually like to learn a lot more about that period in general...and not only because I'm more or less descended from Vikings, being Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and German.
(Also, to those of you of English, Scottish, Irish, and French descent: my apologies.)
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Post by kds on May 20, 2021 12:38:14 GMT
Yesterday's passing of Charles Grodin reminded of a bit part he played in the 1994 cult comedy So I Married An Axe Murderer. IMHO, the movie is criminally underrated. It might be the only Mike Myers starring role where he plays a normal character, and features a great supporting cast with Nancy Travis and Anthony LaPaglia, along with small roles from Alan Arkin, Michael Richards, Steven Wright, Phil Hartman, and Grodin. I haven't seen So I Married An Axe Murderer in probably 25 years, and honestly I've barely thought about it (or most Mike Myers movies...he actually fell almost entirely off my radar despite being super-huge in the 90s). I ought to give it another look.
The past few days I started rewatching Vikings, which is on Hulu right now but is usually on a couple of the major services. While I think the battle scenes are a bit excessive--I never got into the hyper-violent style that really has come into fashion in the past decade or two, and frankly feel no need to SEE an axe cleave a head to understand the horror of it--I do enjoy it. I'd actually like to learn a lot more about that period in general...and not only because I'm more or less descended from Vikings, being Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, and German.
(Also, to those of you of English, Scottish, Irish, and French descent: my apologies.)
I think I last watched it a few years ago when I found it on DVD at a local Big Lots for $3. (SCORE!!). I still love Myers' Wayne's World and Austin Powers movies, although I find the former franchise far more rewatchable, along with his SNL skits. But, I think So I Married an Axe Murderer is his most "grounded" movie. The main character he plays has no wigs, no exaggerated accents, no false teeth, no over the top catch phrases. Although, he just couldn't help himself with the Scottish caricature he plays in a dual role as his own father.
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Post by Kapitan on May 21, 2021 13:10:42 GMT
Interesting little story about a new documentary about former pro wrestler Baron Von Raschke, an AWA (the league based in Minnesota before the WWF--now WWE--took over the national pro wrestling landscape from the previous, regional leagues) legend. I remember watching The Baron do his signature move, the Claw, as a prototypical bad guy.
The old AWA was great in my childhood. It's amazing how many later-famous pro wrestlers either came from here or spent a lot of time here. The Road Warriors, Jesse "The Body" Ventura, Greg Gagne, Curt "Mr. Perfect" Henning, Von Raschke, the Iron Sheik, Bobby "The Brian" Heenan, "Jumpin'" Jim Brunzell, and more were locals. Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan were among those who spent a lot of time in the AWA, too.
Funny how much that "sport" changed during my lifetime. In my early childhood, they would film matches on a soundstage with a small audience on one side, a made-for-local-TV event, and perform live in mostly mid-sized auditoriums around the region. By the mid-80s, of course, the WWF had come to massive popularity and was selling out stadiums, not to mention selling action figures, cartoons, music videos and albums...
Ah, childhood...
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