Best 'Cable Fodder' films of all time?

Those of you who were around to witness the birth of cable TV will remember that, in its infancy, cable TV networks played the same movies over and over and over again. Some were good, some were bad, some were so bad they achieved a degree of sublime greatness that cannot be matched, and some were simply great.

So...

On edit: If you choose an 'Other,' it has to be from the 1980s, the Golden Age of Cable Fodder. All others past 1990 are pretenders.

Think 1980s.

They had demo tapes of the new jet car prepped and everything. But they couldn't sell it to the networks.

on a lot lately in my area. Which is fine. Better movie than its been given credit for. Others that come to mind; CaddyShack, Planes Trains Autos, Aurthur.

Why the hell isn't Shakes the Clown ever rerun every other weekend?

Yoyodyne Propulsion Labratories!!!

Don't pull on that, you never know what it might be attached to...

with a young Matthew Broderick :)

Poltergeist, they showed this movie constantly in cable's early days.

"The Idolmaker", and "Hollywood Knights" always being on cable back in the prehistoric days.

Rowdy Roddy Piper picks up a pair of sunglasses one day and suddenly he can see all the aliens who are posing as humans, and all the propaganda (Obey, Submit) they've hidden within every billboard and broadcast transmission. There are bad sell-out humans, too. Roddy and his buddy team up with other freedom fighters to smash the system. Coooool.

The first evidence that Harrison Ford was going to have a career after Han Solo/Indiana Jones. You can't go wrong with Danny Glover as a bad guy, and Kelly McGillis in cinema's first topless Amish scene. :-) Still a cool movie nearly 20 years on cable, and definitely a staple of the Fodder Era.

.....the best that you can do...is faaaaall in loooove!! :loveya:

...MY HUSBAND HAS A GUN!!!!:D

Well, I'll go with the Cable fodder of my age group.
"Red Dawn" and "Ferris Bueller's day off"

:scared:

I'd forgotten that one.

The ultimate proof that I am a geek girl...I own a copy of the novelization of that movie. *only half-embarassed grin*

Ken Marshall was a hottie in those tight tight pants. And Liam Neeson was pretty damn fine even if he didn't hardly say anything. Yummmmmm.

As I recall, the Atari 5200 was their answer to the George Plimpton "sophistication" of Intellivision, which was our game system of choice when I was a lad.

Some of the HBOs have been replaying Krull recently. I'd never seen it before, and I watched as much as I could stomach -- about up until a very young-looking Liam Neeson was killed off.

Saw it so many times back then.


Wooriers...come out and play-ay

If I remember correctly, this was played over and over and over back in the 80's on cable, but it was actually kind of a good one.

WARGAMES OH YES

wargames close second though.

Taken a look at the pay channels lately? Same thing repeated constantly...

Over and over and over and over and over and over and over....

Terry

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x946824

Check the link in the original post, then my reply last night.

Sorta like being the best ice hockey player from Ecuador!

w/Michael Douglas

:D

than owning the paperback of Krull...I own a hardback copy of the novelization of "Clash of the Titans".

"Who is the master?" SHO-NUFF!

Man. I left a lot off.

I never forget the night I saw that movie. I was thinking OK this must be some grade z rotten grade horror flick.. But BOY was i wrong..I love it when im suprised by a movie like that.

I remember that being on almost constantly when I first got cable in the mid-80s.

It wasn't the best (by a long stretch), but it was the king of cable fodder. I'd check the HBO listings and they would look like this:

7:00 PM - Beastmaster
9:00 PM - Beastmaster
11:00 PM - Beastmaster
1:00 AM - Beastmaster

Tuesday - All-day Beastmaster Extravaganza!
Wednesday - Just in case you missed it - Beastmaster
Thursday - wait for it...

Another one I forgot.

That was my little brother's favorite movie as a kid and we had to watch it EVERY FREAKIN' DAY. I think it was the very first thing anyone in my house ever recorded on the vcr. I'm still trying to forget I ever saw it.

Ok. Ok. I admit it. I thought Marc Singer was a hottie running around with no shirt or pants on back when I was like 12 or 13. But I grew out of it. :)

I can watch that movie over and over again.

seemed to be on every other day.

I know Babs is a liberal hero, but she makes me :puke:

C'mon, admit it, that movie kicked ass.

:bounce:

where he plays a child talent caster. this was in the 1990s so maybe it wont work. but i swear it was on loop for three years. i saw it during christmas at my cousins house (we didnt have cable) three years in a row.

He's in the background during the early Wall Street scenes.

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'Excalibur' was the first movie I can remember seeing over and over and over again on cable.
Not a bad movie, IMO, but I could probably recite every line of dialogue by now.


-chef-

of those bugs crawling in (I think it was) Chekov's ear. Bleh.

My husband will watch these movies everytime they are on even though he has the boxed set gathering dust on the bookshelf. :eyes:

It's a retelling of Heart of Darkness with a post-neo-feminist hook. Starring Bill Maher, Shannon Tweed, and Adrienne Barbeau. Yummy.

Pretty in Pink
Sixteen Candles
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Breakfast Club
(yes I love John Hughes)

There's this other fantasy film I can't recall the name of... but I saw it a lot and loved it. I hate when this happens!

there are enough geeks here that one of us will remember it. Trust me. :)

One of my all time favorites. :D Can't believe I almost forgot the title!

Great concept, terrible leading man. However, it has Michael Ironsides, so all is forgiven.

Plus, maybe the greatest opening scenes in any splatter movie.

Chapter 2, When I laugh, Goodbye Girl

That movie was on every freakin' day on HBO.

the "Tremors" anthology? Any nominee in this category should, by all rights, feature Kevin Bacon.

edit: ooops someone already said that one.

Well,how about that Val Kilmer movie about really smart kids. I remember watching that more than a few times.

edit: Real Genius was the name of that movie.

an excellent list

i chose Flash Gordon

Flash's Theme (May):

Flash - Ah - Saviour of the universe
Flash - Ah - He'll save every one of us
Seemingly there is no reason for these
Extraordinary intergalactical upsets (ha ha ha)
What's happening Flash?
Only Dr Hans Zarkov formerly at NASA
Has provided any explanation
Flash - Ah - He's a miracle
This mornings unprecedented solar eclipse Is no cause for alarm
Flash - Ah - King of the impossible
He's for every one of us
Stand for every one of us
He'll save with a mighty hand
Every man every woman every child
He's a mighty
Flash
General Kaka
Flash Gordon approaching
What do you mean
Flash Gordon approaching?
Open fire all weapons
Dispatch war rocket
Ajax to bring back his body
Flash - Ah Gordon's alive
Flash - Ah - He'll save every one of us
Just a man with a man's courage
He knows nothing but a man
But he can never fail
No-one but the pure in heart
May find the golden grail oh oh oh oh
Flash Flash I love you
But we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth

although I've never seen it on Cable. I saw it at a drive-in - a double feature with "Food of the Gods". Mr. M has never forgotten Adriane and her "Barbeaus".