@disqus_EpUfB0cQuA:disqus - I don't think Dirty Harry cared.

Is this that International Conspiracy of Democratic Socialists and Jew Filmmakers I keep hearing Hillary Clinton Steve Bannon Huma Abedin Donald Trump rave on about, @ggtimallin:disqus…?

@avclub-e3f5ab7f02122f95b801e13e2c586d6a:disqus - which version of Once Upon a Time in America?

@disqus_u7oaSAuNNC:disqus - Roger Corman argued the same thing, that the economic model for "B Movies" ended when the studios had to divest themselves of their theater chains and there was no longer any incentive to produce low-cost original second features to be shown in their own theaters. Now-independent theater…

See it, @disqus_u7oaSAuNNC:disqus - it's a true B-Movie classic.

Under Joe Bob's real name John Bloom, he's written a really interesting history of Motorola's "Iridium" Communications Satellite system, Eccentric Orbits: The Iridium Story, and how it revolutionized mobile phone technology.

Yes, Danger: Diabolik! is a legit great movie, as is This Island Earth (which they made fun of in MST3K: The Movie), @avclub-1b9a80606d74d3da6db2f1274557e644:disqus . But there are a lot of stinkers Joel and the 'Bots made hilariously enjoyable - try watching Pod People sometime without them mocking the New Age Score,…

It's real, it's hilariously bad, @avclub-222afbe0d68c61de60374b96f1d86715:disqus and @avclub-16db446cafb1ffb1466e71eaf97a4f49:disqus !

::puts on my hockey mask, loads my crossbow pistols, spray-paints my teeth silver:: I call Hang Off The Side Gunport, @TheTuckPendletonMachine:disqus !

Correction, @nevillearthurross:disqus - Zeppelins used Hydrogen for buoyancy, and that was because in WWI they'd been used as military aircraft, so the US (at the time, the only country with known large deposits of natural Helium) refused to sell it to Germany. Subsequently, natural Helium has been found in the Middle…

Oh, if you only knew the emerging realities of The Age of President Trump, @TheTuckPendletonMachine:disqus ….

I LOVED Airport '79, @disqus_40FzYhly4K:disqus! It managed to be as gloriously cheesy as Starcrash, only with bigger names and worse special effects!

At least they're both car culture movies, @avclub-cf4b19e32ce29fef04468ac9d2a6787d:disqus …?

That's a great combo, @matthew_durham:disqus !

How about Laserblast with You Light Up My Life?

Absolutely, @disqus_KMKe0tqoWs:disqus! But the reasoning was Streisand's a much bigger name, and as a result would pull in a larger audience - at the same time, this quirky little Magic Realist romantic comedy suddenly cost several times more than it otherwise would have to accommodate her salary and entourage! (She…

Lisa Eichhorn, who was in Yanks, The Talented Mr. Ripley and has played a bunch of different one-offs in the Law & Order franchise, was originally supposed to play the female lead, Cheryl. A couple days into shooting, Streisand gets in touch with the producers and tells them she'd love to play the part - so Eichhorn…

KYLO REN GIVES YOU A THUMB'S-UP!

@disqus_KMKe0tqoWs:disqus - I liked it, and to my surprise my wife was a huge fan. I mentioned it to her over breakfast this morning, after telling her I'd pre-ordered the book - her response was, "Eyes of Laura Mars wasn't a B-Movie!"

Bet Carpenter could have carried it off, @martincoxhead:disqus !