Guess the Movie

[dinky]

Hell Comes to Frogtown had a opening kinda like that.

ok. what ON EARTH possessed you to pick that up off the rental shelf (or click the link, etc)?

Surely Roddy Piper can do no wrong?

ah. say no more.

[maxpayne2409]

i also downloaded and watched hell comes to frogstown altho i might avoid the 2 sequels, they odnt even have roddy piper in either/thankfully whichever lol

[barry]

i also downloaded and watched hell comes to frogstown altho i might avoid the 2 sequels, they odnt even have roddy piper in either/thankfully whichever lol

Sucker as I am for anything post-apocalyptic, I stayed away from the sequels as well. When one guy writes, directs, stars and fetches the frigging tea as well, you do have to wonder about the quality.

[maxpayne2409]

lol yeah i know what you mean, it seems like "hmmm hes doin all that... could it be because the films so shit nobody else wanted to be involved in it", the first frogstown was ok tho, altho thats probably just the roddy factor coming into play

[MCMLXXXVIII]

Doppelganger (Journey to the Far Side of the Sun) maybe? Either its a helmet or a really hairy head.

Sorry, you're wrong.

It's neither a helmet nor big hair in the image. Think nerdy!

[maxpayne2409]

nerdy eh? star trek V - The Final Frontier? or would that be classed as nerdy and shit

altho im also going to think perhaps its capricorn one? the suit looks like possible late 70s space suit, and i remember there were bits of it in a desert

[mw2merc]

Nerdy? Napolian Blownapart, I mean Dynamite?

Sucker as I am for anything post-apocalyptic, I stayed away from the sequels as well.

Ditto that one. Last really good one I saw was '28 Days Later'.

When one guy writes, directs, stars and fetches the frigging tea as well, you do have to wonder about the quality.

Like Shamalan & Tarentino.

[spudthedestroyer]

Terry Gilliam made a good point about the 'do it all directors', and he should know about what he comments are hinting at, when he said that its the near constant interferance by studio, producers and writers all struggling for input on the project that makes the director's job almost unbareable on the 'big projects', and ultimately, that's why a heck of a lot of director's go for total control, even though in the end it may result in less refined screenplays and lesser quality writing (and ideas).

It was a comment on Brazil. He loved the project (it was his "baby") but because he cared for it so much, that he felt several screenwriters had to be involved (even though he hated anyone his project) to make it as refined as possible. Some director's just can't let that happen to their projects feeling it compromises the vision. Others are just under the false impression that they can actually write jack

[barry]

When one guy writes, directs, stars and fetches the frigging tea as well, you do have to wonder about the quality.

Like Shamalan & Tarentino.

They only make cameo appearances. In the Frogtown case Scott Shaw co-directs, co-writes and plays Hell himself. His co-conspirator/co-everything is Donald Jackson who does more or less the same. By the fourth (straight to video) movie Shaw only acts and can't be arsed to do more.

[dinky]

yeah, but shyamalan's last two appearances were REALLY feckin' preachy or, in the last case, pasted into the movie to make it seem at all plausible. don't even remember the first two.

[maxpayne2409]

When one guy writes, directs, stars and fetches the frigging tea as well, you do have to wonder about the quality.

Like Shamalan & Tarentino.

They only make cameo appearances. In the Frogtown case Scott Shaw co-directs, co-writes and plays Hell himself. His co-conspirator/co-everything is Donald Jackson who does more or less the same. By the fourth (straight to video) movie Shaw only acts and can't be arsed to do more.

no he doesnt, sam hell is played by roddy piper

[barry]

no he doesnt, sam hell is played by roddy piper

Only in the very first one. They replaced him immediately thereafter.


Update: The last two movies changed Sam Hell to Max Hell, the son or some crap. But Roddy did only appear in the first one. I suspect the change to Max Hell was prompted by the exit of Roddy.

[jakobx]

i think we need a new picture

[maxpayne2409]

yeah but its still not scott shaw as hell in frogstown 2 either, its robert Z'Dar, scott shaw isnt involved till frogsotwn 3 - toad warrior

but yeah the change is gay

[MCMLXXXVIII]

A better look at this fella, the main character in the film:

[dadsarmy]

Is it defcon3 or defcon4

[MCMLXXXVIII]

Is it defcon3 or defcon4

Nope.

[jakobx]

come on....give us some hints

whats it about
when was it made
where was it made

[MCMLXXXVIII]

Okay, it's not a post-apocalyptic film as it might appear from the second pic, and it was made in the 70s. Both screenshots are from the beginning of the film.

[maxpayne2409]

i know it aint def-con 4 anyway coz ive got it on dvd and its never sunny once in the entire god damn crappy movie