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Lakitu
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(03-08-2007, 10:30 PM)
 
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Big Trouble in Little China voted best bad movie of all time #1

List from Maxim

Quote:
20. The Beastmaster: Half Conan and half Dr. Dolittle, loincloth-wearing Marc Singer is Dar, a man who talks to the animals…and kills people.

19. Hard Target: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s lone film with Wilford Brimley is good family fun, provided your idea of family fun is watching homeless Vietnam vets being hunted for sport.

18. Hot Dog…The Movie!: It has skiing, a jagoff German and topless scenes. Instant classic.

17. Over the Top: A Stallone steamer about a man who regains his son’s love by arm wrestling.

16. Tango & Cash: Ali and Frazier. Magic and Bird. Sly and Kurt. It’s a dream pairing of B-movie icons in the tale of rival cops who bond by putting grenades in people’s pants.

15. They Live: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has sunglasses that enable him to see that many people are, in fact, aliens. It’s a real crowd pleaser.

14. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins- They were looking for a blockbuster action franchise. That didn’t happen.

13. Boondock Saints: Writer-director Troy Duffy was supposed to be the next Tarantino. His one film pre-flame-out features Willem Dafoe swishing it up as a gay FBI agent.

12. Starship Troopers: Satire of fascism or just miserably acted flick about kids who wanna squash some bugs? At least it stars Doogie Howser!

11. The Toxic Avenger: Troma Films’ masterpiece reveals what happens when a nerdy janitor falls in toxic waste: superpower strength to rip off a person’s arm and beat him with it.

10. Best of the Best: James Earl Jones, Eric Roberts and the US karate team beat Koreans into kimchi.

9. Missing in Action: While Vietnam wasn’t much fun at the time, it’s made for a lot of awesome movies. This one may not have the cinematic merit of Full Metal Jacket, but it has something better: Chuck Norris.

8. Commando: After a former Latin American dictator snatches his daughter, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ex-GI John Matrix must rescue her using only violence and one-liners: “I let him go,” “He’s dead tired.”

7. The Island of Dr. Moreau: Your chance to see Brando with an ice bucket on his head.

6. Billy Madison: The inspiring tale of a lad who just wants to “touch the hiney.”

5. Dead Alive: In this pre-Lord of the Rings gorefest by Peter Jackson, zombies battle with Father McGruder, the kung fu priest.

4. Dolemite: The coolest/worst made blaxploitation flick. A pimp tries to duck the boom mike drifting into shoots.

3. Showgirls: Nomi’s a small-town gal with big dreams to become a topless dancer in Vegas. She must first endure sleazy casino execs, rock stars and much gratuitous nudity.

2. Porky’s: The subplot about anti-Semitism wasn’t the best, but respect must be paid for bringing glory holes to the mainstream and teaching us why Kim Cattrall is called Lassie.

1. Big Trouble in Little China: Kurt Russell needs to save a green-eyed girl from a Chinese man who wants to marry her so that he can take over the universe. Or something like that. Honestly, no one knows what’s actually going on in this guns and kung fu mishmash, but if you spot it while flipping channels you will watch it until the end.

Thanks to HyperZone.

It's not my fault, blame Mirror.co.uk.

Last edited by Lakitu : 03-09-2007 at 02:39 PM.
Tim-E
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(03-08-2007, 10:32 PM)
 
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#2

Anything involving the opinion of someone from Maxim automatically means what they're going to say isn't important.
Saitou
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(03-08-2007, 10:32 PM)
 
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#3

Commando??

Poppycock. These idiots don't know what the **** they're doing.
GoutPatrol
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(03-08-2007, 10:32 PM)
 
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#4

What the hell? All of those movies are awesome. Except Showgirls.
sprsk
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(03-08-2007, 10:33 PM)
 
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#5

What the ****?
Alucard
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(03-08-2007, 10:34 PM)
 
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#6

I thought Maxim writers were men?
thesoapster
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(03-08-2007, 10:34 PM)
 
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#7

Billy Madison? yarite.
BobLoblaw
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(03-08-2007, 10:34 PM)
 
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#8

F***in blasphemy. BTILC is no where near as bad as most movies. Even those released today. :|
Rimshot
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(03-08-2007, 10:35 PM)
 
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#9

There's no love for Eggchen in todays society :(
probune
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(03-08-2007, 10:35 PM)
 
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#10

It's not a good movie but nearly every movie released nowadays is worse
TheOMan
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(03-08-2007, 10:37 PM)
 
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#11

The fact that Commando is on that "list", puts the credibility of said "list" into the toilet.
Drensch
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(03-08-2007, 10:39 PM)
 
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#12

Half of that list was classics.
Sinatar
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(03-08-2007, 10:40 PM)
 
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#13

DEAD ALIVE
COMMANDO
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

WHAT. THE. CRAP.
Rimshot
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(03-08-2007, 10:40 PM)
 
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#14

Originally Posted by Lakitu:
The 1989 action film Best of the Best, which starred Eric Roberts, was also branded one of the worst of the worst by the US magazine Maxim.

OMG ! How could they!!
It has one of the best moviequotes of all time!!

"Just take the pain and pack it in!!"
fallengorn
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(03-08-2007, 10:40 PM)
 
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#15

Now THIS is madness! When we had that John Carpenter movie survivor thing, BTILC was one of the last ones to go.
sprsk
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(03-08-2007, 10:40 PM)
 
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#16

Originally Posted by Rimshot:
OMG ! How could they!!
It has one of the best moviequotes of all time!!

"Just take the pain and pack it in!!"


POP ITT!!!!
HyperZone<3
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(03-08-2007, 10:41 PM)
 
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#17

Dead Alive = Braindead fer the rest of the world.

That's utterly retarded in of itself. Maxim (shakes fist in anger)
Stoney Mason
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(03-08-2007, 10:41 PM)
 
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#18

Another good reason why I don't read shit mags like Maxim, FHM, etc. At least Playboy has decent to good writing. I never understood the popularity of those other mags.
I Push Fat Kids
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(03-08-2007, 10:42 PM)
 
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#19

I have seen some shitty lists...but JESUSSONOFJOSEPH is that bad.
Diablos
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(03-08-2007, 10:42 PM)
 
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#20

There are so many BAD movies that I don't think one could possibly name an individual movie as the worst of ALL TIME.
bluemax
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(03-08-2007, 10:42 PM)
 
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#21

This means war!
DarienA
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(03-08-2007, 10:47 PM)
 
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#22

Who did this must burn in hell.
automagnus
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(03-08-2007, 10:47 PM)
#23

Maxim is on crack.
This is the only movie list that matters
http://imdb.com/chart/bottom
Grizzlyjin
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(03-08-2007, 10:48 PM)
 
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#24

Big Trouble in Little China AND Commando?!
bengraven
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(03-08-2007, 10:49 PM)
 
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#25

Dead Alive? Look, Commando is a movie that's so bad it's good and BTiLC is a bad movie that's ****ing fun as hell, but Dead Alive is a horror comedy made on a shoestring budget. It shouldn't even be on that list of studio films for God's sake.
Armitage
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(03-08-2007, 10:50 PM)
 
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#26

Have you guys ever seen Maxim's game reviews? This doesn't surprise me.
Linkzg
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(03-08-2007, 10:51 PM)
 
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#27

that is a terrible list
Grizzlyjin
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(03-08-2007, 10:52 PM)
 
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#28

Originally Posted by Armitage:
Have you guys ever seen Maxim's game reviews? This doesn't surprise me.

True, I remember them giving Bloodrayne a high score. Actually it might have been a 5/5...might have to check on that.
HyperZone<3
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(03-08-2007, 10:53 PM)
 
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ATTENTION, OP MISSED THE POINT. #29

its the list of Best Bad Movies.
so its a list of Good/Bad films, not Bad/Bad films.

So its still idiotic, but they actually do enjoy the films listed.
The 20 Greatest Awful Movies of All Time
Originally Posted by Less respectable then Playboy:
20. The Beastmaster: Half Conan and half Dr. Dolittle, loincloth-wearing Marc Singer is Dar, a man who talks to the animals…and kills people.

19. Hard Target: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s lone film with Wilford Brimley is good family fun, provided your idea of family fun is watching homeless Vietnam vets being hunted for sport.

18. Hot Dog…The Movie!: It has skiing, a jagoff German and topless scenes. Instant classic.

17. Over the Top: A Stallone steamer about a man who regains his son’s love by arm wrestling.

16. Tango & Cash: Ali and Frazier. Magic and Bird. Sly and Kurt. It’s a dream pairing of B-movie icons in the tale of rival cops who bond by putting grenades in people’s pants.

15. They Live: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has sunglasses that enable him to see that many people are, in fact, aliens. It’s a real crowd pleaser.

14. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins- They were looking for a blockbuster action franchise. That didn’t happen.

13. Boondock Saints: Writer-director Troy Duffy was supposed to be the next Tarantino. His one film pre-flame-out features Willem Dafoe swishing it up as a gay FBI agent.

12. Starship Troopers: Satire of fascism or just miserably acted flick about kids who wanna squash some bugs? At least it stars Doogie Howser!

11. The Toxic Avenger: Troma Films’ masterpiece reveals what happens when a nerdy janitor falls in toxic waste: superpower strength to rip off a person’s arm and beat him with it.

10. Best of the Best: James Earl Jones, Eric Roberts and the US karate team beat Koreans into kimchi.

9. Missing in Action: While Vietnam wasn’t much fun at the time, it’s made for a lot of awesome movies. This one may not have the cinematic merit of Full Metal Jacket, but it has something better: Chuck Norris.

8. Commando: After a former Latin American dictator snatches his daughter, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ex-GI John Matrix must rescue her using only violence and one-liners: “I let him go,” “He’s dead tired.”

7. The Island of Dr. Moreau: Your chance to see Brando with an ice bucket on his head.

6. Billy Madison: The inspiring tale of a lad who just wants to “touch the hiney.”

5. Dead Alive: In this pre-Lord of the Rings gorefest by Peter Jackson, zombies battle with Father McGruder, the kung fu priest.

4. Dolemite: The coolest/worst made blaxploitation flick. A pimp tries to duck the boom mike drifting into shoots.

3. Showgirls: Nomi’s a small-town gal with big dreams to become a topless dancer in Vegas. She must first endure sleazy casino execs, rock stars and much gratuitous nudity.

2. Porky’s: The subplot about anti-Semitism wasn’t the best, but respect must be paid for bringing glory holes to the mainstream and teaching us why Kim Cattrall is called Lassie.

1. Big Trouble in Little China: Kurt Russell needs to save a green-eyed girl from a Chinese man who wants to marry her so that he can take over the universe. Or something like that. Honestly, no one knows what’s actually going on in this guns and kung fu mishmash, but if you spot it while flipping channels you will watch it until the end.
They really should have included Best of the Best 2 instead, but otherwise its not actually completely terrible.
GoutPatrol
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(03-08-2007, 10:55 PM)
 
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#30

What the hell? Those movies aren't bad (except for Showgirls, again.) They are classics.
Pachinko
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(03-08-2007, 10:55 PM)
 
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#31

It's hard to make a catagory for this really. I mean what is considered bad these days ? a top 100 or so worst films list would basically be the entire run of mystery science theatre so if you exclude those as too bad to even be considered there's still plenty films that are worse then big trouble in little china I'm sure.
robertsan21
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(03-08-2007, 10:59 PM)
 
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big trouble in little china kicks ass!

worst movie of all time should be Narnia, one of few movies that I really wanted to walk out on at the cinema
Dynamite Shikoku
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(03-08-2007, 10:59 PM)
 
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#33

wtf? those movies are awesome
Kabuki Waq
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(03-08-2007, 11:02 PM)
#34

Big Trouble in Little China? WTF? that movie was so far ahead of its time it was unbelievable. Starship Troopers was awesome too. what kind of Manabyte came up with this list?
Phobophile
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(03-08-2007, 11:05 PM)
 
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#35

JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE READ POST #29
ImperialConquest
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(03-08-2007, 11:05 PM)
 
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#36

20. The Beastmaster: Half Conan and half Dr. Dolittle, loincloth-wearing Marc Singer is Dar, a man who talks to the animals…and kills people.

19. Hard Target: Jean-Claude Van Damme’s lone film with Wilford Brimley is good family fun, provided your idea of family fun is watching homeless Vietnam vets being hunted for sport.

18. Hot Dog…The Movie!: It has skiing, a jagoff German and topless scenes. Instant classic.

17. Over the Top: A Stallone steamer about a man who regains his son’s love by arm wrestling.

16. Tango & Cash: Ali and Frazier. Magic and Bird. Sly and Kurt. It’s a dream pairing of B-movie icons in the tale of rival cops who bond by putting grenades in people’s pants.

15. They Live: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has sunglasses that enable him to see that many people are, in fact, aliens. It’s a real crowd pleaser.

14. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins- They were looking for a blockbuster action franchise. That didn’t happen.

13. Boondock Saints: Writer-director Troy Duffy was supposed to be the next Tarantino. His one film pre-flame-out features Willem Dafoe swishing it up as a gay FBI agent.

12. Starship Troopers: Satire of fascism or just miserably acted flick about kids who wanna squash some bugs? At least it stars Doogie Howser!

11. The Toxic Avenger: Troma Films’ masterpiece reveals what happens when a nerdy janitor falls in toxic waste: superpower strength to rip off a person’s arm and beat him with it.

10. Best of the Best: James Earl Jones, Eric Roberts and the US karate team beat Koreans into kimchi.

9. Missing in Action: While Vietnam wasn’t much fun at the time, it’s made for a lot of awesome movies. This one may not have the cinematic merit of Full Metal Jacket, but it has something better: Chuck Norris.

8. Commando: After a former Latin American dictator snatches his daughter, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ex-GI John Matrix must rescue her using only violence and one-liners: “I let him go,” “He’s dead tired.”

7. The Island of Dr. Moreau: Your chance to see Brando with an ice bucket on his head.

6. Billy Madison: The inspiring tale of a lad who just wants to “touch the hiney.”

5. Dead Alive: In this pre-Lord of the Rings gorefest by Peter Jackson, zombies battle with Father McGruder, the kung fu priest.

4. Dolemite: The coolest/worst made blaxploitation flick. A pimp tries to duck the boom mike drifting into shoots.

3. Showgirls: Nomi’s a small-town gal with big dreams to become a topless dancer in Vegas. She must first endure sleazy casino execs, rock stars and much gratuitous nudity.

2. Porky’s: The subplot about anti-Semitism wasn’t the best, but respect must be paid for bringing glory holes to the mainstream and teaching us why Kim Cattrall is called Lassie.

1. Big Trouble in Little China: Kurt Russell needs to save a green-eyed girl from a Chinese man who wants to marry her so that he can take over the universe. Or something like that. Honestly, no one knows what’s actually going on in this guns and kung fu mishmash, but if you spot it while flipping channels you will watch it until the end.




WTF?! SOme of those are classics and some of the best films to come out in the 80s..

and I remember beating off to Showgirls at least once, that's got to stand for something.



This is like the recent Forbes list where they voted McHale the best GM in sports..
EVERYONE calls for his head!!! Wolves' fans, the media.. EVERYONE!!!

I mean, good grief, he's had Kevin Garnett his whole career and has done squat!

They've won 2 playoff series
They've lost 8 playoff series
They've currently missed the playoffs two years in a row


edit: Just read psot 29 as instructed above.. Meh, McHale is still THE worst GM of the past 10 years.

Audi.
Philia
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(03-08-2007, 11:08 PM)
 
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#37

GG Lakitu on reading comprehension!

They're SO bad that they're so awesome. And we all know it. I'm surprised Goonies didn't make the list.
Stoney Mason
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(03-08-2007, 11:13 PM)
 
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#38

With that new comprehension in place that is still a shitty list.




but Big Trouble in Little China is an amazing film.
evilromero
(03-08-2007, 11:13 PM)
 
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#39

I'm sorry but are we ONLY talking about wide release Hollywood films here? Because there are horrible films that fly under the radar every year. This is a joke.
Coin Return
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(03-08-2007, 11:17 PM)
 
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#40

Where the **** is Troll II?! A small taste:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=WIo7Eq4Xq5Y

Good to see "They Live" on there, that movie rocks balls off.
sooperkool
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(03-08-2007, 11:18 PM)
 
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#41

I knew something was up because the actual worst movie ever is Freddy got Fingered
bengraven
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(03-08-2007, 11:19 PM)
 
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#42

Okay, I take it back. This list is great.
BobLoblaw
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(03-08-2007, 11:23 PM)
 
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#43

15. They Live: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has sunglasses that enable him to see that many people are, in fact, aliens. It’s a real crowd pleaser.


LOL. Credibility. Lost. "I've come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass....and I'm all out of bubble gum."
terrene
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(03-08-2007, 11:27 PM)
#44

Edit: READ POST #29 PEOPLE

Last edited by terrene : 03-09-2007 at 08:26 PM.
ConfusingJazz
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(03-08-2007, 11:29 PM)
 
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#45

Originally Posted by BobLoblaw:
LOL. Credibility. Lost. "I've come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass....and I'm all out of bubble gum."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wp_K8prLfso
maynerd
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(03-09-2007, 12:04 AM)
 
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#46

Worst Worst Movie of All Time List EVER.
nubbe
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(03-09-2007, 12:07 AM)
 
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#47

Wow, many of those are true cult classics O_o
Great Rumbler
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(03-09-2007, 12:19 AM)
 
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#48

This is a list of the BEST movies that are BAD. BEST BAD MOVIES.

Good grief.
kennah
(03-09-2007, 12:26 AM)
 
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#49

No love for Roadhouse?
nitewulf
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(03-09-2007, 12:28 AM)
#50

if by worst they mean "one of the best", then yeah, sure!
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