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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar (1999), a live-action adaptation of the famed French comic book series. A pair of superpowered Gauls get into a bunch of comical antics fighting the Romans, who have been unable to conquer the village that the wily protagonists defend. Hilarity ensues. Director is Claude Zini, who has made a whole career out of silly slapstick stuff; this is his best-known film. Its sequel, Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002), is better-regarded, but we should probably see the original film first. Big hit in France at the time.
Next is Last Action Hero (1993), a meta-action film from John McTiernan, the guy behind Predator (1987), Die Hard (1988), and The Hunt for Red October (1990). A boy obsessed with action movies is sucked into a film’s universe, whereupon he becomes the ward of over-the-top badass Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Uh-oh, the bad guy has escaped into the real; time to go get him. This bombed at the time, but has now accrued a cult following.
We’ll start at 8PM EST on Blorptube, right here:
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Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar: https://letterboxd.com/film/asterix-obelix-take-on-caesar/
- Last Action Hero: https://letterboxd.com/film/last-action-hero/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133385/parentalguide/
- Last Action Hero: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/18250
CWs for Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar:
- Objectification of female characters.
- Slapstick violence.
- Alcohol.
- Fistfighting.
- Torture.
- War scenes.
CWs for Last Action Hero:
- Sexual assault: a bad guy gropes a woman.
- Someone is burned alive.
- Torture.
- Death by falling.
- Death of child.
- Death of parent.
- Kidnapping.
- Copaganda.
- Sex.
- Car crash.
- Blood and gore.
- Gun violence.
Links to movies:
- Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar: https://tankie.tube/w/7C3sbNmySdjsoBzFTjhwPz
- Last Action Hero: https://tankie.tube/w/2UDpdNG3sZn8hwUxS5U4Nf