The Fly (1986) - re:View
Added 2024-08-15 15:05:10 +0000 UTC
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Yeah I was surprised to hear him say that, too!
Alex Russell
2024-09-21 16:09:12 +0000 UTCHaven't seen The Fly in a while, but I wonder how much of the boss's third-act turnaround was a real turnaround. Could he have also seen a way to get rid of the perceived competition while taking on the role of savior? People (or Cronenberg characters) being what they are, it was probably a mix. As a kid I saw TV commercials for a Superfly sequel. I was totally baffled at why there was no superhero in a fly costume onscreen. What a difference Cronenberg would have made to that experience.
Kurt
2024-08-28 12:02:38 +0000 UTCI don't. They're all three great movies.
casey
2024-08-22 19:33:29 +0000 UTC"Videodrome" is the only movie I've ever seen, that truthfully can be called "visionary"... ... ... eat shit and die, Zack Snyder...
Manuel Johnen
2024-08-18 12:37:09 +0000 UTCOr to relieve himself from the nightmare of being a monster fused with a machine, painfully and slowly crawling on the floor.
Juan Calvo
2024-08-18 01:32:47 +0000 UTCInspired by this video watched Videodrome. It is easily my top-10 movies. What a fantastic prediction of what social media is going to be like in its final form. Violence! Sexual deviance! Paranoia! Another re:View-vorthy movie feat Jay.
Juho Lepistö
2024-08-17 23:35:09 +0000 UTCSuch a disturbing movie. I saw it a few times at the theater and maybe once on video. I don’t think i could watch it again. A Re:View of Scanners would be good. Maybe a whole Cronenberg marathon!
Mike St Louis
2024-08-17 16:59:36 +0000 UTCYou should add the Shakma! trailer clip to all RLM videos.
andrew
2024-08-17 02:17:37 +0000 UTCI haven’t thought of MonsterVision in decades. That, and Spinetingler Theater on Saturday afternoons, were my introduction to 70s and 80s horror movies - albeit edited for cable.
andrew
2024-08-17 01:59:27 +0000 UTCIt's about family. Or maybe no one locks their doors in Canada, as Michael Moore taught the world.
Juan Calvo
2024-08-17 00:32:39 +0000 UTCAnd no one in the department store stared at the fight. Not even a wide eyed stare at the floor.
Allison PM
2024-08-16 21:11:36 +0000 UTCNot a single person enters a building in a normal way. All the sudden, they’re in your house.
Allison PM
2024-08-16 21:08:10 +0000 UTCShe never considered an EPO. He refuses to give her key back. Where’s HR?!
Allison PM
2024-08-16 21:07:31 +0000 UTCSHUT YOUR MOUTH THAT MAN IS A TREASURE. I hope he lives to play the 2000-year-old man literally!
Neil Peart, Lord of Drums
2024-08-16 20:49:43 +0000 UTCI remember seeing 'The Fly' in the theatre in '86. It was the same summer as 'Aliens' - a movie which blew me away, while 'The Fly' grossed me out. (You can guess which one I saw 3x in the theatre and which one I only saw once and didn't rewatch again for a few years.)
DonMac
2024-08-16 12:20:53 +0000 UTC"Philip Kaufman is one of those directors who doesn't get anything close to the credit he deserves. He's brilliant." Listen to his commentary track for 2004's "Twisted", he's a pretentious fuck that's vanished so far up his own ass you can't even see him anymore...
Manuel Johnen
2024-08-16 08:03:53 +0000 UTC"The 1976 Invasion of the Body Snatchers is absolutely amazing." Amazing they released that movie two years before it was made... Also, I don't like it. Ferrara's "Body Snatchers" from 1993 is much better.
Manuel Johnen
2024-08-16 08:02:34 +0000 UTC"I'm not that familiar with David Cronenberg's early stuff." COLIN WHAT. You're Canadian and you work in visual effects. I've never been so disappointed in you. You're not my son anymore!!
Neil Peart, Lord of Drums
2024-08-16 08:00:01 +0000 UTCThe 1976 Invasion of the Body Snatchers is absolutely amazing. I recently bought the Arrow Video release. Well worth it. Philip Kaufman is one of those directors who doesn't get anything close to the credit he deserves. He's brilliant. EDIT: Honestly, I don't even see any of these as "remakes." The 2011 The Thing is a remake. These others are basically their own movies very very loosely adapted from the original concepts.
Neil Peart, Lord of Drums
2024-08-16 07:56:33 +0000 UTCRoxy Music is so fucking good. Everything through Country Life is amazing. And Bryan Ferry did some pretty cool stuff on his own, but this song definitely isn't part of it :P
Neil Peart, Lord of Drums
2024-08-16 06:57:49 +0000 UTCJay, will you and Mike (possibly Rich too) review Alien Romulus?
Michael Gussler
2024-08-16 00:18:10 +0000 UTCI rewatched this movie recently and couldn't help but think that in this movie a woman of a bygone era is resigned to deal with 2 creepy men, the horror being the realization of who is the creepiest in terms of having the most twisted sense of morality. And the 80s yuppie in this 80s movie becoming the least egregious alternative, I'm sure that means something.
Juan Calvo
2024-08-15 23:40:15 +0000 UTCRegarding the mysteriously omitted song, 'Help Me' by Bryan Ferry, it's not on Spotify, but you can find a remarkably uninspired music video for it on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-Yte9X1go ), slapping a handful of shots from the trailer in for good measure. It's kind of a synth-y mess, so it makes sense that they'd leave it out. That being said, while looking around for this song, I stumbled into a DIFFERENT Bryan Ferry song, his own version of a 1970 Kris Kristofferson tune, 'Help Me Make It Through The Night'. Remarkably, I think Ferry's version of this song would have made a pretty darn decent end theme. It starts with a great, slow, plodding heartbeat-like bass line with soft lyrics gently convincing a woman not to leave. The lyrics are poetic and kinda spot-on. Then, for an absurd comedy beat, the chorus kicks in with country electric guitars. In fact, I just played the movie and the end song side by side; I love it!
neuracnu
2024-08-15 22:41:26 +0000 UTCShakmaaaaaa! This movie traumatized me as a kid and now I love it, still bawl like a baby when he pulls the shotgun up to his head, only thinking of Jordy Verrill makes me laugh again
Elizabeth Thompson
2024-08-15 22:34:14 +0000 UTCSehr gut
Elizabeth Thompson
2024-08-15 22:31:36 +0000 UTCYou should do more official inductions into the BotW Hall of Fame. Typhoon should be in.
bootblacking
2024-08-15 22:24:41 +0000 UTCAs usual, Typhoon really ties the movie together. Never heard of the other actors. Colin's story is on par with Mike's Joe Pilato story (starring Michael Berryman).
Bill Wilson
2024-08-15 20:08:41 +0000 UTCPending RIP to Mel Brooks
David S
2024-08-15 19:11:26 +0000 UTC'The Fly' remake took the original and upped the horror element. 'The Thing' remake took the original and upped the horror element. 'The Blob' remake took the original and upped the horror element. 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' took the original and upped the horror element. I think there may be a pattern here for good remakes.
DonMac
2024-08-15 19:03:36 +0000 UTCCool discussion. Thank you RLM!
AllGoodNamesRGone
2024-08-15 18:15:35 +0000 UTCGreat re:View. Thank you!
Marvin Falz
2024-08-15 17:50:11 +0000 UTCI really like how The Fly ends. The final monster form isn't that horrifying to me, because Seth Brundle has completely lost his human body at that point. The horror comes from his transformation, but I just love that character moment where Brundle aims the shotgun at his head to relieve her from guilt.
Marvin Falz
2024-08-15 16:41:05 +0000 UTCI hate that "The Blob" is somehow lumped in with those other two movies...
Manuel Johnen
2024-08-15 16:21:20 +0000 UTC🪰‘Pukes on Comment section, invites all to the buffet’. 🪰🪰🪰
Frazzled Doo
2024-08-15 16:05:31 +0000 UTCCongrats on doing The Holy 80s Horror Trifecta: The Thing The Blob The Fly - You have completed the Trinity of best horror remakes of the 80s.
AshesBoomstick
2024-08-15 15:58:18 +0000 UTCGasp! My favorite movie! One of the few perfect films.
Notation
2024-08-15 15:38:55 +0000 UTCGuten Morgen... und wenn wir uns nicht mehr wiedersehen, guten Tag, guten Abend und gute Nacht. :D
Manuel Johnen
2024-08-15 15:33:39 +0000 UTCSo nice to see Jay finally getting to talk about one of the best, ultimate pervert films
Chris Jones
2024-08-15 15:18:58 +0000 UTCguttentag!
casey
2024-08-15 15:16:36 +0000 UTCNice. I wasn't expecting that this morning
Kellic
2024-08-15 15:15:19 +0000 UTCGood morning!
Katy
2024-08-15 15:12:54 +0000 UTCGood afternoon
Michaela Ivalu
2024-08-15 15:11:48 +0000 UTCGood evening!
Juho Huuki
2024-08-15 15:11:21 +0000 UTCGood morning!
Kendi Lawton
2024-08-15 15:10:45 +0000 UTC
