Top 10 - 1980's Movie Villains #10 - 6

Here are my picks for the top 10 1980's movie villains. I feel I really picked some great film villains for you to enjoy. If you have your favorite please feel free to post. Here are the first 5...

 

10. Biff Tannen - Back to the Future I-III

Biff's best lines!!!

This is one bad guy that gets no love. Biff Tannen played by Thomas F. Wilson in the Back to the Future films. I chose him because he is such a dick head and has no redeeming qualities what so ever. He is a bully by trade and he torments the shit out of the McFly clan all through time. He never really learns his lesson in the films. I guess he turns good in the end but he is still an ass. I tip my hat off to Biff Tannen the 10th best villain.

9. Mama Fratelli - The Goonies

 Making Chunk talk!!!

Anne Ramsey was a great actress and it really shows in the amazing movie The Goonies. She plays the great villain Mama Fratelli. She is leader of the Fratelli crime family that consist of Mama and her three dimwitted sons. She is pure evil throughout the film, going as far as chaining her son Soth in the basement. I always wondered what his name really was...She never learns her lesson either and that is why she is a classic villain at number 9.

8. Lord Dark Helmet - Spaceballs

Lord Helmet plays with his dolls!!! 

What can I say about this character that hasn't been said already? To me this movie would be nothing if it wasn't for the performance of Rick Moranis. You gotta love a villain that is smarter than the man in charge of him. He gives on the best lines of any bad guy in movie history: " So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb." Gotta love this evil doer! Please Mr. Moranis come out of retirement. Off to number 7.

7. Ivan Drago - Rocky IV

Training montage!!! 

I saw Rocky IV back in the day with my dad and it really mad you hate Russia with a passion. Ivan Drago is the ultimate Russian bad guy, I mean he killed Apollo Creed for God sakes. He is played by the under used Dolph Lundgren, how this guy never became his own action hero the world will never know. Mr Drago is so evil he used steroids to cheat in boxing. Those damn Russians they cheat at everything. U - S - A!!!

6. El Guapo - Three Amigos

El Guapo's party!!! 

Alfonso Arau played El Guapo so well I really believed he is keeping a town hostage down in Mexico. I watch way to many movies. I know it is another comedy but Mr. Guapo is a great villain and deserves his day in the sun, well not the Mexico sun anyways. He keeps a town hostage he shoots Lucky Day in the arm and he kills his own men. He is a bad ass with a bad ass sweater he got for his birthday. El Guapo we salute you!

The top five will be here on Monday so keep an eye out for it. I looked long and hard into the top 5 you will not be disappointed. Even if you are I don't care.


Till Monday...

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Who made who?

 

Maximum Overdrive (1986)

Directed by Stephen King

  

This is one movie I've seen over and over again. You gotta love a movie about electronic devises coming to life and killing everyone in sight. Even the toaster and walkman try to kill people. Damn I forgot, a walkman is a way to listen to music in the '80's. It was like a ipod with a tape deck. Back to the flick...

Stephen King wrote this short story called Trucks in his Night Shift book back in the day. Mr. King thought it would be cool to do a zombie story but instead of cool zombies killing people it would be machines killing people. I think it took him one crazy coked up night to come up with this plot. Some of my favorite movies are when people are stuck in one place and are tormented by some evil force like big mac trucks. Especially one with the Green Goblins face from the Spider-man comics.

This is movie is so silly and strange a lot of people consider it the first of the horror/comedy movies that plague the theaters now a days. To add to the silly it is directed by King himself. It was his directorial debut and his last job as director...I wonder why? I read an interview with King where he states that he had no clue what he was doing and that he was coked up while making this classic.

The movie stars Emilio Estevez as Bill and that is the most exciting thing about his character. This movie has no stars, well I guess Pat Hingle is pretty big. He was in the original Batman movies as Commissioner Gordon. But beyond these two we don't have much to work with here.

As the title card states in the beginning the Earth passes the tale of a mysterious comet and all hell breaks loose. All the electronics come to life and begin to kill everyone in sight. That is just a Monday afternoon in King's world. A small group of people get stuck in a gas station and have to pump gas to their truck overlords. They decide that this isn't the life for them so they make a plan to head to an island that doesn't have cars or electronics. I have one questions can't planes get there?

Let's just say that a lot of people die and they try to get to safety. A great adventure is had by the heroes and viewer.

On a side note this movie has an amazing sound track provided by AC/DC. They were chosen because Mr. King is a big fan as am I. Having this sound track on tape, it is played in a walkman, I can say that it is a must have.

So check out Maximum Overdrive and enjoy a forgotten classic today before it is too late. It is only a matter of time before mac trucks take over the world and become our overlords. Maybe you can answer the age old question thrust upon us by AC/DC...who made who...

6/10

Why did this get canceled?! Episode 3

Titus (2000-2002)

Created by Brian Hargrove, Jack Kenny, and Christopher Titus

Why does FOX cancel all of their shows? Just to name all the shows that have gone through the great people of FOX would make up it's own blog. Today we have Titus, one show that really should have lasted. 

The show revolves around the comedy of Christopher Titus. If you get the chance check out his comedy special Norman Rockwell is Bleeding, it is by far one of the funniest stand up specials ever. Titus is about a family for the new age, you have the drunk father with no wisdom and tough love, the half brother that is insane, the young couple that are very co-dependent, and their friend who is clearly gay. I for one love this show because it throws what we know of sitcoms on it's ass.

The cast really shine in the show, they shot this like a play in front of a live studio audience. Christopher Titus is the star, he plays himself for the most part. Cynthia Watros plays is girlfriend Erin, who comes from a more messed up family than Titus. Zach Ward plays Titus' half brother Dave. You might remember Ward from a little movie called A Christmas Story, he plays the bully that gets his ass beat. David Shatraw plays Tommy, Titus' friend who acts very gay. Rounding out the cast is Papa Titus played by Stacy Keach. 

There are black and white scenes in the show that feature Titus talking about what is happening. Almost like a little voice in his head. There are flash backs like when Titus falls into a fire drunk, which is a true story. That was what really put this show apart from the rest, it was based on stories from Titus' real life. Some plot lines include: Mom Titus shooting her husband, Papa Titus' drinking problem and Erin's dysfunctional family.

I own this one on DVD and it still holds up today even though it isn't that old. If you have a dysfunctional family and who doesn't. This show is for you. 

I read on line that they are going to bring this show back as a sequel with Titus divorced and his dad dead. Again he is going to take stories from his real life. I hope it does come back.

Till next time...