A Merry Mark L Lester Christmas with Class...of 1984/1999
CatBusRuss might need to do some research because this may be the last Merry Mark L. Lester Christmas. Last year, he covered what maybe perhaps his most memorable films, "Showdown in Little Tokyo" and "Commando". Our host is prepping for a 1986 panel to tour the comic cons, so maybe he will get around to watch "Armed and Dangerous" to compare and contrast with "Police Academy 3: Back in Training", but reviewing "Class of 1984" and the "Class of 1999" franchise may address the pinnacle of his filmography.
He did not direct "Class of 1999 II: The Subsitute", but when you compare it to his attempts to become the next Roger Corman, like "Groupie", there is a lot of potential left on the table. It should be accepted as fact, a little more or just some Eric Roberts could elevate them both to B-Movie classics.
Lester is a man who knew his limitations, and these class of movies show that he was a wise director because of it.
“I Dig Crazy Flicks” was founded as “Ninety For Chill”. It is Russ Stevens’s blog dedicated to movies with runtimes between 70 to 100 minutes. This runtime was the standard for horror movies and goofball comedies. Without the time for drawn out narratives, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what would stick was the rule. Thus, craziness ensues, and cinephiles like CatBusRuss want to preach the greatness of embracing the insanity.
Recent Episodes
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CatBusRuss explores what are perhaps the most influential movies Mark L Lester ever directed: the classic “Class of 1984” and the “Class of 1999” franchise. The Roger Corman influence is shown in White Snake exploitation tale “Groupie”.
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CatBusRuss reviews the anime “A Whisker Away” and how the second day of Chicago TARDIS actually provided a non-Whovian panels and activities to do after a very neurospicy day one.
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CatBusRuss knows a lot about “Doctor Who”, but does he really know anything about the BBC’s most famous television show? This is his tale of how he fought to enjoy this strange fandom.
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The Stevens’s siblings needed to be in Chicago on Thanksgiving for the “Doctor Who”, TARDIS. Only the Lombard AMC had food for sell that holiday, so CatBusRuss & ThePoeticCritic went to the movies.
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Episode 248
It is Thanksgiving Week, and CatBusRuss is very thankful for the opportunity to interview the writer/director of "Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse", Kyle Weingart. If you want a story about good food in a desolate land, this is a far better tale than the white washing of colonialism's effect on Native Americans.
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Episode 247
The conclusion of CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl's conversation about the most politically-minded movie from John Carpenter, "They Live": The two paid recognize the actor/stuntman legend Al Leong and the use of props from far more renowned films. Let's go bust some Reagan policies.
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Episode 246
“They Live” is the film that truly opened CatBusRuss up to the works of "The Horror Master" John Carpenter. Featuring Keith David and Rowdy Roddy Piper, CatBus considers it his favorite flick from JC. Gregory Carl joins Russ to discuss this satirical action movie.
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Episode 245
CatBusRuss hosts a panel at GalaxyCon Des Moines to determine who was the King of Violence-for-Violence Sake Cinema. Could it actually have been Sho Kosugi with “Pray for Death”.
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Episode 244
CatBusRuss is joined by Andrew “Couchman Bakes” Tiede & Jorge Marrero from not a “Not a Strong Start” to discuss John Carpenter’s action masterpiece. This is a film that may have led to the thought that “KPop Demon Hunters” might work.
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