tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post6437812000267230933..comments2024-03-28T20:46:33.836-04:00Comments on Final Girl: Film Club: LifeforceStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-67475910430609623952008-06-26T09:58:00.000-04:002008-06-26T09:58:00.000-04:00If I had to sum up my feelings in one word: almos...If I had to sum up my feelings in one word: almost. It almost could have been great. It could almost have been awful. It almost kicked ass. It almost sucked.<BR/><BR/>The one definitive thing to say is Charlie Manson is a lousy actor. I really can't think of a single film where I liked Steve Railsback or even thought he did a good job...except when he did Charlie Manson in Healter Skelter. He always has a look of somebody that dropped a load in his pants and it's his own, dirty secret...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-6411456800828246372008-06-25T02:07:00.000-04:002008-06-25T02:07:00.000-04:00I had a tough time with this one. I wanted to love...I had a tough time with this one. I wanted to love the damn thing but for some reason I just couldn't Maybe it was the dry sections.<BR/><BR/>So, I didn't review it as much as I questioned my sanity for not loving a movie featuring nudie alien vampires.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://pierce81.blogspot.com/2008/06/fgfc-lifeforce-better-late-than-never.html" REL="nofollow">le click?</A><BR/><BR/>Also I'm very late, I blame society.FatalPiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02650173927932329844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-90358481420836601182008-06-24T16:30:00.000-04:002008-06-24T16:30:00.000-04:00Sorry bwana, I missed your comment about Kinski an...Sorry bwana, I missed your comment about Kinski and VENOM! While I agree that *any* film is made better by the addition of some Vitamin K2, CREATURE offers a nice slice of 80s outer space Klaus. "This creature is sly!"Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07527634771122333837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-45774752973956471552008-06-24T16:21:00.000-04:002008-06-24T16:21:00.000-04:00Hi,Here's my "Lifeforce" blog entry, made with lov...Hi,<BR/><BR/>Here's my "Lifeforce" blog entry, made with love just for you (but in french so you cannot read it!)<BR/><BR/>http://acheteretentretenirsatronconneuse.blogspot.com/2008/06/lifeforce-1985.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876697266560804989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-1221928488179281152008-06-24T16:08:00.000-04:002008-06-24T16:08:00.000-04:00Just a really great flick and I've always admired ...Just a really great flick and I've always admired Hooper's excellent scenes of apocalyptic London mayhem. Another piece of useless trivia, Hooper was the original director of the Klaus Kinski flick VENOM (which K2 chose to do over playing the Toht role in RAIDERS). Hooper apparently had some sort of meltdown and was replaced by Piers Haggard.<BR/><BR/>My LIFEFORCE review from a bit ago:<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/4y45plDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07527634771122333837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-70414961128856015932008-06-24T15:42:00.000-04:002008-06-24T15:42:00.000-04:00Space vampires and 80's spencer's light shows - th...Space vampires and 80's spencer's light shows - that's good enough for a drunken Friday night for me! Actually space vampires remind me of a book I read awhile ago by Christopher Pike - did I just let slip that I have actually read Pike books? Oh well the book was pretty good - now I have to watch the movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-87824046776233114242008-06-24T14:34:00.000-04:002008-06-24T14:34:00.000-04:00Hooper worked with Kinski on VENOM before Hooper w...Hooper worked with Kinski on VENOM before Hooper was fired. I remember hearing during the making of LIFEFORCE that Billy Idol was gonna be one of the space vampires maybe because Hooper had directed the "Dancing with Myself" video.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-28679482732743434162008-06-24T13:34:00.000-04:002008-06-24T13:34:00.000-04:00Klaus Kinski would have *owned* as Tom the Psychic...Klaus Kinski would have *owned* as Tom the Psychic Astronaut. Or as "Space Girl."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-84690773359021650772008-06-24T08:39:00.000-04:002008-06-24T08:39:00.000-04:00As with many of theses things, LIFEFORCE needed so...As with many of theses things, LIFEFORCE needed some Klaus Kinski. Or Hooper should've been fired and replaced by Bud Cardos again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-14817775200686095052008-06-24T07:41:00.000-04:002008-06-24T07:41:00.000-04:00Oops...I totally forgot...I got as far as checking...Oops...I totally forgot...I got as far as checking where I could rent it.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm. Next time...Natazzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602667069762466989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88312637911798095652008-06-24T02:36:00.000-04:002008-06-24T02:36:00.000-04:00Why is it easier to get 21 people to review a movi...Why is it easier to get 21 people to review a movie than it is to get the same number over to your house to <I>watch</I> a movie?Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-24160375037289910722008-06-24T02:04:00.000-04:002008-06-24T02:04:00.000-04:00Mine's up!Zombie vs. Shark reviews 'Lifeforce'Mine's up!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://zombievsshark.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/final-girl-film-club-tobe-hoopers-lifeforce/" REL="nofollow">Zombie vs. Shark reviews 'Lifeforce'</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-12268000707329144842008-06-23T23:58:00.000-04:002008-06-23T23:58:00.000-04:00Ditto -mine's here.Thanks!Ditto -<BR/>mine's <A HREF="http://stinkylulu.blogspot.com/2008/06/lifeforce-1985-assorted-moments-of.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!StinkyLuluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11765533714740641857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-50009950177952263682008-06-23T23:51:00.000-04:002008-06-23T23:51:00.000-04:00One more review for the pile.And before the deadli...One more <A HREF="http://www.overthinkingit.com/2008/06/23/was-it-sexual-yes-overwhelmingly-so-and-horrible/" REL="nofollow">review</A> for the pile.<BR/><BR/>And before the deadline! Technically!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88890424844867681522008-06-23T23:23:00.000-04:002008-06-23T23:23:00.000-04:00Just in time:http://cinevistaramascope.blogspot.co...Just in time:<BR/><BR/>http://cinevistaramascope.blogspot.com/2008/06/web-of-destiny-carries-your-blood-and.htmlAndrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-43594596292126827792008-06-23T21:05:00.000-04:002008-06-23T21:05:00.000-04:00your girlfriend or boyfriend completely sucks the ...<I>your girlfriend or boyfriend completely sucks the life out of you</I><BR/><BR/>Or, if you're very lucky, both!Arbogasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12670776992289080245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-20245352059368470582008-06-23T19:41:00.000-04:002008-06-23T19:41:00.000-04:00I got my review!http://www.invasionofthebmovies.co...I got my review!<BR/><BR/>http://www.invasionofthebmovies.com/lifeforce.html<BR/><BR/>-JasonJason Sotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892643201429905459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-15598050074907465892008-06-23T19:36:00.000-04:002008-06-23T19:36:00.000-04:00Father always said I'd never be a Film Club Coolie...Father always said I'd never be a Film Club Coolie. Take THAT, old man!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for letting my stupid one-off past the velvet rope, Stacie. You've got the best posse on the intertubes and it's an honor to be the weak link. One quibble, though? It's "Bloggy Creek," not "Boggy." I wouldn't kvetch but the barely-clever title's pretty much all my site's got going for it.<BR/><BR/>Off to drown myself in Lifeforce analysis. I watched it twice and I've still got some lingering questions about, oh, pretty much everything that happened after the shuttle fire. Hopefully a fellow Coolie will help me clear things up.<BR/><BR/>"Coolie" is so going in the occupation field the next time I fill out a 1040.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-19312199565323056582008-06-23T19:27:00.000-04:002008-06-23T19:27:00.000-04:00my review is ready but my site isn't :( *sadcore*my review is ready but my site isn't :( *sadcore*Wes Fiercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629748691939917979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-37855481464035106182008-06-23T18:53:00.000-04:002008-06-23T18:53:00.000-04:00Useless trivia:Billy Idol was originally supposed ...Useless trivia:<BR/><BR/>Billy Idol was originally supposed to be one of the male space vampires...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-31409637980440221762008-06-23T18:35:00.000-04:002008-06-23T18:35:00.000-04:00Sorry it's later than I intended but I've done a r...Sorry it's later than I intended but I've done a review<BR/><BR/>http://killeverybodyinthewholeworld.blogspot.com/2008/06/lifeforce.html<BR/><BR/>It's not remarkably entertaining. Although nobody else seems to think the film is a gay love story. Just me then.Rhubarbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18420649578714138660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-49215263621192085702008-06-23T18:07:00.000-04:002008-06-23T18:07:00.000-04:00One of these months, JA, you're gonna do the film ...One of these months, JA, you're gonna do the film club, dammit!!<BR/><BR/>I'll admit, there are sections of Lifeforce that are drier than a beef-jerkified corpse, so falling asleep is understandable.Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-10255036110776855252008-06-23T18:01:00.000-04:002008-06-23T18:01:00.000-04:00I totally fell asleep trying to watch this movie l...I totally fell asleep trying to watch this movie last week and haven't been able to make myself pick it up again. And now I don't have to, because A) Stacie's recap is inevitably better than what's on-screen; it always is, and B) I have once again fumbled my Film Club opportunity. Le sigh.Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-64432372108695380742008-06-23T16:28:00.000-04:002008-06-23T16:28:00.000-04:00"Lifeforce"...you have and always will be my frien..."Lifeforce"...you have and always will be my friend...I love you...if it wouldn't make my DVD sticky...I would kiss youDan Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13449572903461644278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-70251763191762247122008-06-23T16:17:00.000-04:002008-06-23T16:17:00.000-04:00It's definitely Larroquette on the opening V.O. --...It's definitely Larroquette on the opening V.O. -- I don't think anyone's asked him about LIFEFORCE... he gave up the whole story which led to his TCM involvement on an Onion A/V Club interview.<BR/><BR/>Being a good friend of Hooper's, I'd think that he'd do LIFEFORCE... and they could even afford to pay him!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com