No respect for pumas
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zustiferThe Pumaman (1980), Alberto De Martino (MST3K version). September 1, 9pm? View count: Four?
Oh, ThePumaman. An institution of hilarity. The imdb trivia page is pretty terrible:
"Hypnosis through shaky cam! Why spend lots of money on special effects? We'll just screw with camera lens. Nobody will know the deference."
Yes, the... deference. Anyway, it's mylar that someone poked with their finger. Anyway anyway, the movie is a cavalcade of awful. The flight sequences (because pumas can fly, don'tcha know) have the protagonist suspended by his belt, so that he bluescreens around in sort of an upside-down V shape. Protagonist's sort of Mayan-looking buddy who has a Prince Valiant haircut and throws protagonist out of a couple of windows is, as the MST3K guys note, more charismatic, likeable, and active than protagonist. Love interest (I guess) is someone whose mouth you don't want close to your face, not to mention a black-vinyl-wearing, uh, scientist? I can't remember, but she's like that one sort of recent James Bond movie where that lady with the boobs plays a nuclear physicist. I mean, these concepts, boobs and science, are compatible, but you wouldn't know it from Hollywood. Anyhow.
Oh, and Donald Pleasance, totally slumming in this movie. He was in The Great Escape, for god's sake. But it all does add up to near-constant hilarity, so honestly, I can't be too sad about it.
Otherwise, I'm sad about Madeleine L'Engle. I only ever read Wrinkle in Time and Wind in the Door, and, oh, Swiftly Tilting Planet, but those were damn well enough. They were in such a good universe, with pleasing, believable characters. I think I will reread them.
Oh, ThePumaman. An institution of hilarity. The imdb trivia page is pretty terrible:
"Hypnosis through shaky cam! Why spend lots of money on special effects? We'll just screw with camera lens. Nobody will know the deference."
Yes, the... deference. Anyway, it's mylar that someone poked with their finger. Anyway anyway, the movie is a cavalcade of awful. The flight sequences (because pumas can fly, don'tcha know) have the protagonist suspended by his belt, so that he bluescreens around in sort of an upside-down V shape. Protagonist's sort of Mayan-looking buddy who has a Prince Valiant haircut and throws protagonist out of a couple of windows is, as the MST3K guys note, more charismatic, likeable, and active than protagonist. Love interest (I guess) is someone whose mouth you don't want close to your face, not to mention a black-vinyl-wearing, uh, scientist? I can't remember, but she's like that one sort of recent James Bond movie where that lady with the boobs plays a nuclear physicist. I mean, these concepts, boobs and science, are compatible, but you wouldn't know it from Hollywood. Anyhow.
Oh, and Donald Pleasance, totally slumming in this movie. He was in The Great Escape, for god's sake. But it all does add up to near-constant hilarity, so honestly, I can't be too sad about it.
Otherwise, I'm sad about Madeleine L'Engle. I only ever read Wrinkle in Time and Wind in the Door, and, oh, Swiftly Tilting Planet, but those were damn well enough. They were in such a good universe, with pleasing, believable characters. I think I will reread them.
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