Captain Spaulding freaks me out

[Millhouse]

Just tried watching The Devil's Rejects. 

[captain spaulding]

Tried watching? I assume you did not finish it. 

[AHB]

Classic..

[Millhouse]

Nope, can't watch it.

[AHB]

The lords of Salem is even worse.. 

[Pacu]

Love captain spaulding and baby firefly. Gotta watch House of 1000 corpses first though.

[Lynn LeFey]

Loved House of 1000 Corpses. Didn't even finish Devil's Rejects, I thought it was that bad. It reminded me of a less successful 'From Dusk Till Dawn' (first half), with a little 'Natural Born Killers' mixed in, and for the record, I also didn't like Natural Born Killers.

Although I like the character of Captain Spaulding in both movies.

And the Captain Spaulding on the boards IS a character. Maybe a different subject altogether.

[captain spaulding]

Loved House of 1000 Corpses. Didn't even finish Devil's Rejects, I thought it was that bad. It reminded me of a less successful 'From Dusk Till Dawn' (first half), with a little 'Natural Born Killers' mixed in, and for the record, I also didn't like Natural Born Killers.

Although I like the character of Captain Spaulding in both movies.

And the Captain Spaulding on the boards IS a character. Maybe a different subject altogether.

Do you mean bad as in poorly written/filmed or as in morbid?

I found House of 1000 Corpses to be a bit poorly filmed and The Devils Rejects to be filmed much better. Both morbid. 

Yes I am a character. Its a fact that is awesome and terrible all rolled up into one multitool loving package. I hate clowns by the way. Confused yet? 

[zoidberg]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

[captain spaulding]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

[zoidberg]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

Wrong answer buddy. 

[captain spaulding]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

Wrong answer buddy. 

Meh. I'm not here to make people happy. 

[Yadda]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

Wrong answer buddy. 

Meh. I'm not here to make people happy. 

+1

[ColoSwiss]

To show you how behind the times I am, this is the only Captain Spaulding I'm familiar with.

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know."

[captain spaulding]

To show you how behind the times I am, this is the only Captain Spaulding I'm familiar with.

"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know."

I was waiting for someone to bring this up. 

[Lynn LeFey]

Do you mean bad as in poorly written/filmed or as in morbid?

Mostly it was the writing. House of 1000 Corpses did a good job as an homage to 70's slasher films. Devil's Rejects... let me see if I can explain it. It's like it was trying WAY to hard to SHOCK me. And I don't shock, so it came across as a clumsy effort. Worse, there wasn't any plot that I could see, and none of the characters were sympathetic. So, it was one big ball of pointless violence.

Morbid doesn't bother me. I went to Art Institute or Pittsburgh, and was within a hair's breadth of going into special effects there under Tom Savini. There is no amount of blood or gore that bothers me. At least not fake blood and gore. There is mostly no atrocious act in film (again the fake kind) that bothers me. But when 'shocking' violence is all a film has, I find it meh.

Hope that clarifies.

As for 'shot better', I am about 99% certain that House of 1000 Corpses was shot the way it was intentionally, to emulate low budget 70's films. For instance, there are no color filters used on bare fluorescents in the film, making them all look greenish. This is the hallmark of low-budget 'shot in a real location' movies. Then again... House of 1000 Corpses was only a 7mil movie, so it WAS kind of low budget.

[captain spaulding]

Do you mean bad as in poorly written/filmed or as in morbid?

Mostly it was the writing. House of 1000 Corpses did a good job as an homage to 70's slasher films. Devil's Rejects... let me see if I can explain it. It's like it was trying WAY to hard to SHOCK me. And I don't shock, so it came across as a clumsy effort. Worse, there wasn't any plot that I could see, and none of the characters were sympathetic. So, it was one big ball of pointless violence.

Morbid doesn't bother me. I went to Art Institute or Pittsburgh, and was within a hair's breadth of going into special effects there under Tom Savini. There is no amount of blood or gore that bothers me. At least not fake blood and gore. There is mostly no atrocious act in film (again the fake kind) that bothers me. But when 'shocking' violence is all a film has, I find it meh.

Hope that clarifies.

As for 'shot better', I am about 99% certain that House of 1000 Corpses was shot the way it was intentionally, to emulate low budget 70's films. For instance, there are no color filters used on bare fluorescents in the film, making them all look greenish. This is the hallmark of low-budget 'shot in a real location' movies. Then again... House of 1000 Corpses was only a 7mil movie, so it WAS kind of low budget.

Makes perfect sense. I never really thought about House of 1000 Corpses emulating budget 70's films, but I think you are correct. Its been quite a while since I have seen House of 1000 Corpses.

[zoidberg]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

Wrong answer buddy. 

Meh. I'm not here to make people happy. 

Sure, I can understand that. Just remember that clowns are people too and we don't need the hate. 

[captain spaulding]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

Wrong answer buddy. 

Meh. I'm not here to make people happy. 

Sure, I can understand that. Just remember that clowns are people too and we don't need the hate. 

I didn't mean it like that.

I should of said I was scared of clowns as a child. I do not hate them at all. Especially not ones that are Kiwis.

[zoidberg]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

Wrong answer buddy. 

Meh. I'm not here to make people happy. 

Sure, I can understand that. Just remember that clowns are people too and we don't need the hate. 

I didn't mean it like that.

I should of said I was scared of clowns as a child. I do not hate them at all. Especially not ones that are Kiwis.

Kiwi clowns good, ozzie ones not so much. 

[PTRSAK]

I don't like that you hate clowns.

Well the only clown I actually like is my Avatar if that helps. 

Wrong answer buddy. 

Meh. I'm not here to make people happy. 

Sure, I can understand that. Just remember that clowns are people too and we don't need the hate. 

I didn't mean it like that.

I should of said I was scared of clowns as a child. I do not hate them at all. Especially not ones that are Kiwis.

Kiwi clowns good, ozzie ones not so much.