Pretty much ANY bad movie would make a great RPG setting, as long as by "bad" we mean "cheesy."

Quote from: RPGPundit;10098041980s Flash Gordon?

...is in no way a bad movie. It's like "what if Star Wars were made for grownups?"

Quote from: Dumarest;1009879...is in no way a bad movie. It's like "what if Star Wars were made for grownups?"

Oh, come on.  I loved that movie, but tongue is firmly in cheek.  Well, not in the script, but in the way the actors took Max von Sydow's advice and decided to camp it up by playing it utterly straight faced.

"I had to torture your daughter.  Interesting girl.  I think she rather enjoyed it."

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1009899Oh, come on.  I loved that movie, but tongue is firmly in cheek.  Well, not in the script, but in the way the actors took Max von Sydow's advice and decided to camp it up by playing it utterly straight faced.

"I had to torture your daughter.  Interesting girl.  I think she rather enjoyed it."

It's a classic schlock film and one of my top ten of all time. Mr. von Sydow makes the film for me.

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1009899"I had to torture your daughter.  Interesting girl.  I think she rather enjoyed it."

I think that quote lends support to Dumarest's appraisal. Being for 'grownups' doesn't mean it can't be tongue in cheek.

On topic, I could see building a campaign around the Gamma One movies... Wild Wild Planet, Snow Devils, War of the Planets, and (unofficially) The Green Slime. All of them bad, but entertaining... and full of cheazo late-60s scifi vibe.
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Somone has to have mentioned LOGAN'S RUN right?

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I think I've watched that film a hundred times. And just not for Jenny Agutter.

Right, you also watch it for Farrah Fawcett.
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Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1009899Oh, come on.  I loved that movie, but tongue is firmly in cheek.  Well, not in the script, but in the way the actors took Max von Sydow's advice and decided to camp it up by playing it utterly straight faced.

"I had to torture your daughter.  Interesting girl.  I think she rather enjoyed it."

Exactly, it's appreciated by grownups who understand how silly these movies are to begin with, unlike (for example) Star Wars with its dull earnestness.

Quote from: Dumarest;1009965Right, you also watch it for Farrah Fawcett.

In general, yes, but that picture looks like she's seriously re-evaluating the life decisions which lead her to be there that day.

Quote from: Dumarest;1009967Exactly, it's appreciated by grownups who understand how silly these movies are to begin with, unlike (for example) Star Wars with its dull earnestness.

Movie 1: actors take a ridiculous premise and play it utterly straight, and it is understanding how silly these movies are to begin with.
Movie 2:  actors take a ridiculous premise and play it utterly straight, and it is  dull earnestness.

I frankly enjoy Flash Gordon better than ANH, but I'm at a loss when trying to see any real functional difference.

Quote from: Willie the Duck;1010014In general, yes, but that picture looks like she's seriously re-evaluating the life decisions which lead her to be there that day.




Movie 1: actors take a ridiculous premise and play it utterly straight, and it is understanding how silly these movies are to begin with.
Movie 2:  actors take a ridiculous premise and play it utterly straight, and it is  dull earnestness.

I frankly enjoy Flash Gordon better than ANH, but I'm at a loss when trying to see any real functional difference.

Yeah, Luke Skywalker grabbing the princess under one arm and swinging on a rope across a bottomless chasm is so earnest and dull.

Anybody mentioned Orgasmo yet? https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/orgazmo/

On a side note, and also with reference towards doing a genre not done before, I am genuinely surprised that nobody has ever sought to license South Park as a RPG setting. Think about it, it could really work!

Quote from: TrippyHippy;1010089Anybody mentioned Orgasmo yet? https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/orgazmo/

On a side note, and also with reference towards doing a genre not done before, I am genuinely surprised that nobody has ever sought to license South Park as a RPG setting. Think about it, it could really work!

Shut your fucking mouth, unclefucker!

Quote from: Gronan of Simmerya;1009899Oh, come on.  I loved that movie, but tongue is firmly in cheek.  Well, not in the script, but in the way the actors took Max von Sydow's advice and decided to camp it up by playing it utterly straight faced.

"I had to torture your daughter.  Interesting girl.  I think she rather enjoyed it."

Lorenzo Semple (RIP) deliberately wrote it to be over-the-top silly. I'm pretty sure one of the reasons he got the job was because he was the main writer for the Batman TV show with Adam West (by far the best version of Batman). He said in an interview that at first De Laurentiis wanted a more straight-ahead action/space adventure, but once Star Wars came out, that was scrapped.*


Anyway, my two favorite parts of Flash Gordon were Peter Wyngarde as Klytus ("An obscure body known as the planet... Uuuuuuth!") and Timothy Dalton saying this line with a straight face:

[video=youtube;m4iu3VbexYw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4iu3VbexYw[/youtube]

The football fight scene always cracked me up because you could tell Flash really played for the Jets: He was doing OK at first, but you just knew it would end badly.

[video=youtube;rAp57G1hLn0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAp57G1hLn0[/youtube]



* Originally, George Lucas wanted to make Flash Gordon after THX-1138, but he was turned down and had to create his own space opera.

Quote from: Dumarest;1009967Exactly, it's appreciated by grownups who understand how silly these movies are to begin with, unlike (for example) Star Wars with its dull earnestness.

You're dumb.

Quote from: Elfdart;1010154You're dumb.

Not compared to you.