I'm having a really hard time making up my mind about what movie to watch this Thursday (since The Vault STILL ISN'T FUCKING FINISHED), so I thought I'd check and see if anyone has already seen either of these:
"For All Mankind" is widely considered the best space documentary ever made. It follows the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. It's really well done, not cheesy, and tells the story of human spaceflight in a pretty straightforward way. On a selfish level, I've kind of been wanting to show this so that when I talk about space or my job or whatever, you'll have a frame of reference for what I'm talking about.
On the other hand, the instant cult-classic "Black Dynamite" is really fucking awesome. Essentially a spoof of 70s era blacksploitation films (made in 2009), I think of it as the black Big Lebowski. The music fucking rules, it's hilarious and very self-aware, and uses a lot of famous black actors and porn stars. It's way better than I'm describing and a lot of fun to watch. Tons of subtle nods and homage.
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So, have any of you seen either? What are you in the mood for?
Either way, I'm drinking a 40 with my pizza.
House Havican Thursday at 7.
Haven't seen either, would watch either, will drink 40 either way.
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I wanna see For All Mankind this week and Black Dynamite another week.
ReplyDeleteI'd be totally down with either but am with Rory that For All Mankind is my first vote -- you sold it! See you Thurs!
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen either and will watch either one but I was wondering if you had a space documentary starring black porn stars from the 70s bc i want to watch that one plz
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ReplyDeleteWhoa! I'm pretty excited about both of these. Below are three little known facts about me - only two of them are true. Guess the ones that are actually true and that will tell you my pick for the movie (although I am cool with either one).
ReplyDelete1. From about 5 years old to about 12, I drank exclusively Tang and milk because my mom read me a book that said astronauts drank Tang and that weightlessness weakened your bones so you needed more calcium. I wanted to be ready for my launch.
2. In high school, my nickname was "Black Dynamite"
3. The first beer I ever drank was a West-Texas-barn-in-July-temperature 40 of Miller High Life.
See you Thursday.
I'm going to go ahead and guess #2 is the untruth (but I kind of hope I am wrong).
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