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Are those the same guys behind Thankskilling?
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Netflix is why Asylum makes shitty movies (Article)
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I work with a guy who has written a few scripts for Asylum on the side. He sounds like he has a ton of fun writing them.
FunkyPajamas
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Just wait until they start releasing gems like No Country for Old Gentlemen or There Shall be Blood.
Did you somehow miss the abundance of awful D tier movies when browsing their selection? I swear since they removed those 2000+ titles they've got more terrible movies than ones worth watching :|
WordAssassin
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Are those the same guys behind Thankskilling?
NO
That is TROMA, not Asylum. TROMA make fucking awful horror movies, and that's coming from someone who really enjoys shitty horror movies. Thankskilling is without any redeeming quality save for one single line.
Asylum movies are at least fun to watch in their badness, and you can tell the people making them had fun too. TROMA probably have fun making their movies but so far I haven't had any fun watching them.
Holy fucking shit
Asylum is actually really, really close to my house. I've been very tempted on numerous occasions to go over there and ask for a job.
Brian Griffin
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From the wiki page on their Barely Legal movie:
I think I need to watch some of these, preferably while stoned.
Lol wut?
I think I need to watch some of these, preferably while stoned.
I paid actual money to stream Jack the Giant Killer. It was actually great! RedLetterMedia was right about that one.
One of the best Asylum movies that came out recently. The CGI was also pretty decent.
The trailer is here: http://www.theasylum.cc/product.php?id=224
Wow, count me in as being surprised how well CGI can look even at bargain prices.
DiscoJer
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Asylum to me is no different than the B movies you'd see from the 50s and 60s.
Okay, some of their movies are shameless copies, which you didn't see that, but Hollywood does that on their own, a lot of times 2-3 movies with the same subject will come out in the same year.
This is it's the White House being taken over by terrorists. Coincidence?
Okay, some of their movies are shameless copies, which you didn't see that, but Hollywood does that on their own, a lot of times 2-3 movies with the same subject will come out in the same year.
This is it's the White House being taken over by terrorists. Coincidence?
So, basically,they are the Gameloft of movie makers? (for non gaming people, they make blatant copy-paste games out of the most popular games, like how Modern Combat is a rip-off of Call of Duty and Shadow Guardian copies Uncharted).
I mean, they'd probably be able to make some of these copy-paste movies even without Netflix telling them. Pacific Rim has had somewhat huge nerd-buzz for a long time now so they now there's at least some demand for it.
I mean, they'd probably be able to make some of these copy-paste movies even without Netflix telling them. Pacific Rim has had somewhat huge nerd-buzz for a long time now so they now there's at least some demand for it.
XANDER CAGE
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None of these movies are any fun because everyone involved knows they're stupid. Bad writing, acting, effects etc isn't much of a spectacle when that was the goal in the first place.
Non-naive camp isn't satisfying.
VistraNorrez
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No, Troma did not do Thankskilling. And Troma movies are mostly great. I love The Toxic Avenger, and Part IV was a good sequel. But Terror Firmer is another classic from them. Not to mention Class of Nukem High, Sgt. Kabukiman, and Poultrygeist.
Someone didn't watch Sharknado.
Monkeylord
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Are those the same guys behind Thankskilling?
It clearly says on that poster "In Broad Daylight Films presents..."
There's your answer. It was neither.
Count Dookkake
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lol.
BattleMonkey
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They used to make instant money off physical rental locations alone. Every blockbuster would carry multiple copies of any movie they put out as a new release, so that was instant sales of thousands of dvd copies for any movie they made. They are done so cheap that it's almost instant profit. You would walk into a blockbuster and they would have 5 copies of whatever shitty asylum new release on the shelf. Course now that most locations are boarded up I doubt they make as much off physical, but the streaming sites are taking care of that quick.
Course title is misleading as it's not just Netflix and article quickly says as much. Also SyFy often pays for half the budget on these films for Asylum for the exclusive rights and cut of the profits.
Course title is misleading as it's not just Netflix and article quickly says as much. Also SyFy often pays for half the budget on these films for Asylum for the exclusive rights and cut of the profits.
How does that work exactly. Unblock.us is just a DNS change that lets you do things in the UK and the US n' stuff. But how does Netflix know what region you're coming from when it shows you the selection? It's not like a typical VPN where you're choosing a country's server to go through.
XANDER CAGE
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Bad/weird movies aren't very interesting when they're stupid on purpose. Why would I watch it?
You left out the best Asylum movie ever made:
Well god damn, Sherlock Holmes, Dinosaurs, Sea Monsters and Dragons. Along with the guy who was Ianto in Torchwood and the guy was Reed the tactical officer on Enterprise, I feel I need to see this film now.
brianjones
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netflix's streaming selection is terrible.. full of junk movies like this
SolidSnakex
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Its mostly a bore (and normally I love these dumb asylum flicks), but the last 30 minutes are worth it.
The climax involves
a war-crazed general launching nukes, and one of the robots shoving the nuke into the kaiju and flying them both up into space, and being rebounded back to earth by the resulting explosion
Their Sherlock Holmes film not only has the best poster of all time, its also surprisingly really watchable. Recommended.
VeryGooster
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The funny thing is I'm more offended by the animated movie knock-offs (I've seen them for Brave and Kung Fu Panda among other) than any of these Asylum movies.
Battle of LA is a movie that everyone needs to experience. Truly something special
ROFL
The budget for this scene must have been -$10
Monkeylord
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Battle of LA is a movie that everyone needs to experience. Truly something special
The Sergeant that sounds like Popeye and just won't die cracks me up every time.
GuitarAtomik
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I love the way the cover of this reads visually. Like you slowly pan down and see the title of Sherlock Holmes.
Then the actors. "Yep. Pretty standard Sherlock it seems".
Then the text "The world's greatest detective has finally met his match".
"What could be his match?"
You say to yourself as you continue down the box and then BOOM! A fucking T-Rex, fire breathing dragon, and giant octopus are staring at you. Superb.
Skiptastic
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Somewhere, Roger Corman is smiling.
peaceiscloser
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See, I did this exactly! Genius poster design, really. The first thing I noticed was the Sherlock Holmes and not the FUCKING T. rex. Hahahahahaha. +1 Asylum.
Also the CG in that Age of Dinosaurs trailer was actually not half bad. Would have been groundbreaking 10 years ago.
itwasTuesday
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What is Sharknado based off of?
peaceiscloser
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Wait what the hell, I thought Netflix was supposed to have their entire catalog.
I can't find their Sherlock Holmes film. I actually wanted to watch it.
I can't find their Sherlock Holmes film. I actually wanted to watch it.
That sounds like a dream job, zero pressure to write a good movie or be profitable or anything like that. You can just come into work and think of the most ridiculous premise for a movie and shit out a script in a couple days.
Battle of LA is a movie that everyone needs to experience. Truly something special
lmao, that looks exactly like the iPhone novelty app "Action Movie FX".
What? No.
peaceiscloser
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...for a B-Movie? Yes.
Chopper Dave
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Sharknado is actually a very fun "so bad it's good" movie. I watched it last night actually. Wish I had a gif of the guy chainsawing a shark in two as it hurls toward him about 50 MPH. Anime would get away with it 
WordAssassin
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Hahaha holy shit. I had such a bad experience with it last Thanksgiving, and everyone at the party was saying it was Troma, I didn't even notice on the poster that it wasn't. Hahaha wooooow thanks for correcting me guys.
The Troma movies I've seen have all been terrible (with the exception of Cannibal: The Musical). I've heard Father's Day is excellent though. And apparently they had something to do with the production/release of Slither, which I adore, so maybe they aren't as completely awful as I thought.
twinturbo2
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My thought exactly. Kenan is on Saturday Night Live, and Kel... damn.
Battle of LA is a movie that everyone needs to experience. Truly something special
i'm weak.
Battle of LA is a movie that everyone needs to experience. Truly something special
A freeze frame when the head pops up with, "nope, nope, nope," before the grenade throw would be hilarious.
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