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b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:31 PM ... and it still stinks after all these years. Here's why: 1. Andrew McCarthy. He's paired with dummies and corpses and he's upstaged every time. 2. James Spader as YET another slimy yuppie character with slick hair. This guy's career needs a Spielberg war drama or a dedicated teacher in an inner-city school type flick. 3. The script. By-the-numbers poopie, right down to the "evil" brunette girlfriend. How follicist. (That's right, I think I just made that one up). 4. Meshach Taylor as Hollywood Montrose. Other unfunny movie supporting characters and RuPaul are lining up to personally bitch-slap him for that one. 5. The "Do You Dream About Me?" music montage where Andrew and Kim Cattraal dance horribly around the mall and act like dummies... literally. 6. Jefferson Starship singing "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now." 7. Kim Cattraal... wait, scratch that. She has since made up for herself with her role on "Sex & the City." If you have the stomach for it, check out the wedding scene at the end. You can pinpoint the exact moment in Kim's face when she finally realized what she signed on to in the first place. Audience members everywhere sympathize. 8. That "Police Academy" guy as the security guard with a dog named Rambo who is afraid of mannequins... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9. Meshach Taylor as Hollywood Montrose. 10. Meshach Taylor... period. Check out "Damien: Omen 2" and fast-forward to the 'imperiled doctor in the elevator scene.' You won't be disappointed. Then watch Arsenio Hall in the opening moments of "Amazon Women on the Moon." No particular reason. It's just really funny. BONUS Making poor little Estelle Getty ("The Golden Girls") unfunny and boring was an enormous feat. This film gave her the 'confidence' to sign on for "Stop! Or My Mom Will..." Ah, f**k it. IP: Logged
justina Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:32 PM stop hurting yourself like this. no more bad movies. IP: Logged
salty j. leftist Junior Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:33 PM You're thinking of mannequin two n the move. The original mannequin was pretty good. mannequin two... not so good. IP: Logged
rollerfink Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:33 PM Number 5 is alive. IP: Logged
D. Lane Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:34 PM next thing you know he'll be watching "stop or my mom will shoot" for his getty fix.... sad, sad.... IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:35 PM quote: Originally posted by justina: stop hurting yourself like this. no more bad movies. I couldn't help it. I just couldn't look away. IP: Logged
amymallett Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:35 PM B-man - do you dream about me? sorry, had to be said? IP: Logged
coyote's dicks Junior Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:35 PM Mannequin is a good movie. It had HEART god damn it. IP: Logged
amymallett Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:36 PM SWITCHER!!!!! IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:36 PM quote: Originally posted by salty j. leftist: You're thinking of mannequin two n the move. The original mannequin was pretty good. mannequin two... not so good. Both were pretty bad. "Mannequin 2" was excrement smeared over the bagel of my day. IP: Logged
justina Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:36 PM quote: Originally posted by coyote's dicks: [B][/B] even coyotesix gets a poke...in many ways... IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:38 PM quote: Originally posted by rollerfink: Number 5 is alive. Don't get me started on that one. "Whatever God wants, he keeps." Oh, and Ally Sleepy's Richard Simmons-style afro. What was up with that. And Steve Guttenberg and his coffee inkblots. And animals. And "More Than A Woman." And sexual relations with a piece of machinery... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Uh... that movie was for kids? IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:39 PM quote: Originally posted by D. Lane: next thing you know he'll be watching "stop or my mom will shoot" for his getty fix.... sad, sad.... Estelle Getty's a saint. She just made some bad choices to pay the bills. She's only human. IP: Logged
El Topo is a tool Junior Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:39 PM The first mannequin was pretty good. I thought the funniest part was when Jon Cryer got hit by the Prince and Company sign and went flying in the air and Bea Arthur gave him a job. IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:40 PM quote: Originally posted by amymallett: B-man - do you dream about me? Even when the light comes. When I close my eyes... ... ... ... ... Oh God, I walked right into that one. IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:41 PM quote: Originally posted by coyote's dicks: Mannequin is a good movie. It had HEART god damn it. No, that was Jefferson Starship. Common mistake. High 80s hair, shoulder pads, ear-spliiting vocals. IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:43 PM quote: Originally posted by amymallett: SWITCHER!!!!! Well, he was one sick puppy. There was nothing different between his relationship with Emmy than there was between little Bobby Hill and that plastic hairdresser head on "King of the Hill." IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:44 PM quote: Originally posted by El Topo is a tool: The first mannequin was pretty good. I thought the funniest part was when Jon Cryer got hit by the Prince and Company sign and went flying in the air and Bea Arthur gave him a job. That already sounds like a better movie. Imagine Rue McClanahan as Mannequin. ... ... ... ... ... Uh, never mind. IP: Logged
BJ Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:53 PM BMAN you're BACK! I thought you were gone for a bit... sending email! IP: Logged
coyote's dicks Junior Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:55 PM I know it had Jefferson Airplane, but I meant that it had HEART as in... emotion? It had SOUL it was a story about REAL FUCKING PEOPLE AND REAL FUCKING MANNEQUINS LIVING THEIR LIVES! A beautiful think if you can pull it off. The band heart is spelled with the E. IP: Logged
F A R T R A Junior Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:56 PM I think you meant BEAUTIFUL THING... fake coyote. Fa fa fa. The folly of typing too fast. IP: Logged
salty j. leftist Junior Member	posted 06-21-2001 04:59 PM That fucking scene in mannequin where the nerdy guard with the erection kisses the bad guy, who happens to be a hot chick in the end was FUN-EE! IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-21-2001 05:56 PM quote: Originally posted by BJ: BMAN you're BACK! I thought you were gone for a bit... sending email! Nah. It was simply the longest lurk in my entire Project Greenlight career. IP: Logged
b-man Member	posted 06-22-2001 03:41 PM quote: Originally posted by salty j. leftist: That fucking scene in mannequin where the nerdy guard with the erection kisses the bad guy, who happens to be a hot chick in the end was FUN-EE! For you trivia buffs, that hot chick got killed by a flying pirahna (!) in James Cameron's cinematic opus, "Pirahna 2: The Spawning." IP: Logged

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