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Started by Darth Geek, August 09, 2020, 03:02:23 PM

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Darth Geek

I learned that Shamens will punish cannibals by giving them superpowers.


dbsommer

Quote from: Darth Geek on August 09, 2020, 03:02:23 PM
I learned that Shamens will punish cannibals by giving them superpowers.

Ah, then the same lesson the Egyptians taught in 'The Mummy' then.

fodder650

I learned that if a girl shows up in a room from your window then you should go out your front door because reasons
Werewolf bites are the same as vampire bites.
Boom mics arent the only thing that can be in a scene
There are werewolf pups
There are plot werewolfs that go out and explain things to people for no good reason
"When optometrists become cameramen" may become my favorite Rifftrax line for no good reason
Oh and werewolves know witches
In Mortal Kombat the witches can win in Rampage
I learned that that when I learned about the witch thing there was far more to it because again.. reasons that i wont go into here
Fodder's just this guy, you know.

Darth Geek

Quote from: fodder650 on August 10, 2020, 08:52:49 AM

In Mortal Kombat the witches can win in Rampage

I was thinking more Altered Beast


CJones

I learned this director subscribes to the George Lucas school of directing: Use as much extraneous CGI as possible.

Darth Geek

Quote from: CJones on August 10, 2020, 09:51:19 AM
I learned this director subscribes to the George Lucas school of directing: Use as much extraneous CGI as possible.
And as much pointless green screen as possible.


dbsommer

#6
I learned what a super shitty, low budget version of 'The Howling' looks like. Seriously, the premise was very similar.
I learned if I lived near Boston and heard that accent on a regular basis, I would depopulate the state.
I learned The Howling VII might not be the worst Werewolf movie ever made. But only maybe. It did have flashbacks that never occurred, literally had 20 minutes of footage of the Howling IV, had four full versions of country songs with line dancing shot in a bar, had explanations that made no sense, was based on real people that lived in a town in the middle of nowhere who as boring as you'd think... you know, it probably was still worse than this by a single iota.
I learned Tommy Wiseau can make a linear film and other filmmakers can't.
I learned you can be so lazy you CGI even basic things like rolling down a hill. Not shooting in a woods despite them being everywhere.

Pastor of Muppets

I learned that it is possible to make simulated cricket sounds even more annoying than actual crickets in your home.
I learned why the early 2000s TV show Boston Public had no Boston accents.  This movie used them all up.
I learned that some people will use cheap CG effects for absolutely mundane things like rolling on the ground, windows, and road signs.
I learned that sometimes home movies get the services of film distributors somehow.
I'm not particularly religious, and I don't really like Muppets, but I do love word play.

kunedog

I learned that I really enjoy rewatching an RLM ep after its subject's been covered by a riff:

It's a different experience after seeing the whole movie (which I'd usually never do riffless), especially when it's a couple years later and I've forgotten most of the RLM commentary.


Quote from: Darth Geek on August 10, 2020, 01:32:24 PM
Quote from: CJones on August 10, 2020, 09:51:19 AM
I learned this director subscribes to the George Lucas school of directing: Use as much extraneous CGI as possible.
And as much pointless green screen as possible.
Quote from: dbsommer on August 14, 2020, 12:31:48 AM
I learned you can be so lazy you CGI even basic things like rolling down a hill. Not shooting in a woods despite them being everywhere.

Both RLM and MKB wondered at this.  Could the explanation be that the top priority was not to get the fursuits costumes dirty?  Reviewing that part of the movie, it seems to be done for all the fight scenes where the suits end up on the ground (floor).


Quote from: fodder650 on August 10, 2020, 08:52:49 AM
I learned that if a girl shows up in a room from your window then you should go out your front door because reasons

It occurs to me now that she completely disappears for the rest of the movie (unless I missed her, or she's in a cut scene).


Fuzzy Necromancer

I learned that sometimes, a very shady werewolf gal will spontaneously break into a teenage guy's house just to have consensual, non-murdery sex with him, and not even try to eat them, although they might bite him by accident. Seriously that was the top plot twist of the film. Not even the "you've been eating your father" could come close.
Love doesn't hurt. It kills.

"Where there's smoke, there's a smoke-making machine."

Trekker4747

#10
I learned Rifftrax did this movie 5 months after its release.  (Hey, it was a long year!)

I learned that movies don't need to have any linear logic to where characters are, where they are going and where they are in relation to one another.  Seriously, I'm still trying to figure out the lay out and floor-configuration of that bar, giant basement store rooms behind walk-in cooler doors and... access to lower floors... under... cabinets?