part of me is so happy to read this but part of me knows it a horrible idea. NOT because the first was so bad, but because the second is going to be bad in an unenjoyable way. showgirls took itself seriously and ended up a hot campy mess and that is the beauty of it. this sequel knows why people loved the original and is going to try and recapture that, but its going to be so inauthentic!
and are they even going to be able to get half of the original cast back? although i dont know if i want to see jessie spano in a gstring again.
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@Lymed: Wow. Really? Because...it's like campy on LSD bad. The story makes no sense, it's shot like a Skinemax film, and everyone's acting is so over the top it makes Passions look like Shakespeare. I was hoping that was on purpose...
@tiredfairy: It's right up there with Russ Meyer's Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, which is the campiest campfest of all times. (Needless to say, I highly recommend it!) Bonus points: The screenplay was written by the film critic, Roger Ebert.
@tiredfairy: Only a brilliant filmmaker could create something like "Showgirls". It's awfulness is so sustained, and there is not a boring minute in it. I've maintained for some time that the film is actually an extended and hilarious critique of the script that Esterhaus delivered to Verhoeven. I know that's not actually true, but I choose to believe it.
@BabyJane: "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" is actually the only Russ Meyer flick that I think is really mean-spirited. Homophobic and sexist in a way that his other films are not. "Vixen" is my very favorite. Quite "Strangers With Candy" in flavor, and genuinely satirical. I think Ebert's script for "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" really missed the point of Meyer's other, better flicks.
@AJ: hopefully they will get work quickly, as they are probably some of the most talented in the area....but of course, that means others won't be able to get jobs....now I'm sadder
I'm always surprised when something comes along to remind me that the Tropicana is still open and operational. That thing's a relic of a long-gone era on the Strip. Figured they would have imploded it and built some new luxury-hotel-casino there on that corner by now.
I just want to go inside and take a whiff in and have it smell kind of like a dying 1950s department store. I remember the Sands smelled like that when we visited it as a kid... there's something sad, creepy, yet comforting in that musky smell...
@wednesdayam: I stayed there a few years ago (whaaat? It was cheap and convenient), and besides the smell of crushed dreams, there are also mirrors in the bedroom. On the ceiling. Above the bed.
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and are they even going to be able to get half of the original cast back? although i dont know if i want to see jessie spano in a gstring again.
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Her acting like she was electrocuted by Mr. Twin Peaks wang was one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
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and I LOVE your avatar.
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I just want to go inside and take a whiff in and have it smell kind of like a dying 1950s department store. I remember the Sands smelled like that when we visited it as a kid... there's something sad, creepy, yet comforting in that musky smell...
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