Comments on: Damn The Onion’s AV Club 2: Electric Boogaloo http://www.samwilkinson.org/2008/06/22/damn-the-onions-av-club-2-electric-boogaloo/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:06:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Brief Essays With Pictures » Blog Archive » Interviewing Robert Davi http://www.samwilkinson.org/2008/06/22/damn-the-onions-av-club-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-49487 Brief Essays With Pictures » Blog Archive » Interviewing Robert Davi Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:46:00 +0000 http://www.samwilkinson.org/2008/06/22/damn-the-onions-av-club-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-49487 [...] I quibble with The Onion AV Club from time to time, but this is inexcusable: how do you interview Robert Davi and not mention his dynamic performance in the brilliant Maniac Cop 2 and Maniac Cop 3? [...] [...] I quibble with The Onion AV Club from time to time, but this is inexcusable: how do you interview Robert Davi and not mention his dynamic performance in the brilliant Maniac Cop 2 and Maniac Cop 3? [...]

]]> By: Brief Essays With Pictures » Blog Archive » The Onion Strikes Again http://www.samwilkinson.org/2008/06/22/damn-the-onions-av-club-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-41271 Brief Essays With Pictures » Blog Archive » The Onion Strikes Again Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:49:55 +0000 http://www.samwilkinson.org/2008/06/22/damn-the-onions-av-club-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-41271 [...] Earlier this week, I posted this criticism of The Onion’s AV Club. Coming later today: a podcast about this particular subject. Then they decide to tackle Punch-Drunk Love, one of my favorite movies. [...] [...] Earlier this week, I posted this criticism of The Onion’s AV Club. Coming later today: a podcast about this particular subject. Then they decide to tackle Punch-Drunk Love, one of my favorite movies. [...]

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]]> By: Stewart http://www.samwilkinson.org/2008/06/22/damn-the-onions-av-club-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-41141 Stewart Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:31:49 +0000 http://www.samwilkinson.org/2008/06/22/damn-the-onions-av-club-2-electric-boogaloo/#comment-41141 I mostly agree with these recent arguments about "kitsch" pleasures. But for the sake of completeness, let me suggest another angle: There are, in fact, some things which one can enjoy watching, without actually being enjoyable themselves. For instance, I might legitimately enjoy watching <i>The State of the Union</i> addresses, while still finding them horrible. It helps if you turn it into a drinking game, of course. There are conceivably movies which are only enjoyable due to the fact that, while watching them, you are insulting them, and that process is what you really enjoy (as opposed to the movie itself). I think most MST3K movies fit into that category. If you watched one of those films, and the guy next to you was like, <i>"No, no, this film was ground-breaking. Stop making fun of it," I think it would be a lot less enjoyable. The enjoyment comes from the active process, not just from the observation of the film. I mostly agree with these recent arguments about “kitsch” pleasures. But for the sake of completeness, let me suggest another angle: There are, in fact, some things which one can enjoy watching, without actually being enjoyable themselves. For instance, I might legitimately enjoy watching The State of the Union addresses, while still finding them horrible. It helps if you turn it into a drinking game, of course.

There are conceivably movies which are only enjoyable due to the fact that, while watching them, you are insulting them, and that process is what you really enjoy (as opposed to the movie itself). I think most MST3K movies fit into that category. If you watched one of those films, and the guy next to you was like, “No, no, this film was ground-breaking. Stop making fun of it,” I think it would be a lot less enjoyable. The enjoyment comes from the active process, not just from the observation of the film.

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