Movie Defense Force: Showgirls

[OtherSideofSky]

...I'm stunned.

This is, bar none, the most beautiful thing that I have ever seen. Truly, Jim Sterling is a being too good for this world.

 

[saintdane05]

If there was a way to squeeze one or both of those shows into the Tommy Westphall universe, suddenly this explanation of Showgirls would be entirely plausible!

This is also why I don't know anything about Power Rangers.

That's not as weird as the Power Ranger fans knowing nothing about Voltron. You guys owe your entire childhood to Voltron! Get down on your knees and thank Voltron for giving Saban the idea. But now, I've lost you by two degrees of old-ness.

Please. Votron fans better start giving blowjobs to us Super Sentai fans. Who need to bow down to the great image of Spiderman.

 

[Ohlookit'sMatty]

Well I'm sold, Jim you've done it again!

Movie marathon idea: We watch all of Saved by the bell then all of Twin Peaks then top it all off with Showgirls! all the while trying to fig out the links between the two

-M

 

[TheSchaef]

Please. Votron fans better start giving blowjobs to us Super Sentai fans. Who need to bow down to the great image of Spiderman.

Well, first of all, Power Rangers was basically created from repurposing Super Sentai action footage. Second of all, neither Super Sentai nor Supaidaman ever aired on national television in the US.

By contrast, Voltron was a show widely syndicated in the US during the 80s, and its popularity created an opportunity, which Saban seized in creating a live-action take on the formula.

Bottom line, everybody (ten years younger than me) watched Power Rangers. But the reason they were conjured, is that everybody (my age) watched Voltron. You cannot say that the US was awash in Super Sentai merchandise in the 70s, despite its longevity in Japan.

 

[Greymanelor]

Have to say, I'm mildly disappointed in this video. It feels rather against the spirit of Movie Defense Force. So far the series has focused on actually defending movies that have a, possibly undeserved, bad reputation. Showgirls, by the videos own admission, isn't that. It really is as bad as everyone says. Many people find it entertainingly awful and derive pleasure from that, but at the end of the day awful is still awful. There are already so many talking heads on the internet who promote bad-but-entertaining cinema, hoping that this was just a one-off for the series and not a precedent for things to come.

 

[Weaver]

lol it was awesome hearing Jim try not to crack up as he builds up "the showgirlsverse".

 

[Smurf McSmurfington]

Yep, I'm sold.