If you're going to make enemies...

November 6, 2014 4:01 PM

Cannon Films Presents: Captain America: The Winter Soldier [via]

Oh, and here's a NSFW trailer for Electric Boogaloo - The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, the latest documentary from Mark Hartley, director of Not Quite Hollywood (NSFW) and Machete Maidens Unleashed!

posted by brundlefly (26 comments total)

"If you're going to make enemies, you'd better make sure it's not... AMERICA."

Uh, and if you're going to use English, you'd better make sure that you don't create singular/plural inconsistencies in your tag lines.

"If you're going to make enemies, you'd better make sure they're not...AMERICAS."

So much better.
posted by crazylegs at 4:10 PM on November 6, 2014 [3 favorites]

Wow, these are awesome!

I particularly appreciate the inclusion of the Wilhelm Scream in the Winter Solider trailer.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:12 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

Omg omg omg

Also it's like 75% Robocop clips by volume but that's okay
posted by The Whelk at 4:16 PM on November 6, 2014 [3 favorites]

Yeah, especially at the beginning. My only complaint.
posted by brundlefly at 4:17 PM on November 6, 2014

I have a feeling this entire idea was based around getting the narrator voice right.

And it is perfect.
posted by The Whelk at 4:18 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

The only good use of Robocop was pairing the cameras watching the councilman's defenestration being paired with William Atherton's "Please tell me you got that." All the other Robocop footage is too iconic.
posted by infinitewindow at 4:18 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

The fake VCR noise was required, but the clipped audio really sold it.
posted by GuyZero at 4:22 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

There's Dredd in the Robocop.

I always say it's a timelost 80s action movie.
posted by Artw at 4:24 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

im pretty sure something was happening here but i kept being distracted by how incredibly attractive chris evans is
posted by NoraReed at 4:34 PM on November 6, 2014 [5 favorites]

AH HA HA HA HA. Excellent use of Lucas Lee.

But about 60 seconds too long.
posted by offalark at 4:35 PM on November 6, 2014 [3 favorites]

It's okay, that happens to everyone.
posted by brundlefly at 4:35 PM on November 6, 2014 [2 favorites]

I wanted to like the WS trailer more than I did. :/

That said, anyone with a taste for this sort of thing and an appreciation for video games has GOT to check out the Blood Dragon stand-alone built off the Far Cry 3 game. It was all the '80s-tastic sci-fi adventure humor I could possibly hope for. Voiced by Michael Biehn to boot!
posted by scaryblackdeath at 4:35 PM on November 6, 2014 [3 favorites]

(aimed at NoraReed)
posted by brundlefly at 4:35 PM on November 6, 2014

Blood Dragon is great, and so is its score.
posted by brundlefly at 4:36 PM on November 6, 2014

The real thing is way, way worse.
posted by Sys Rq at 4:43 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

While I applaud the efforts of the video remixers here, I agree with Sys Rq: The very real, very dumb Matt Salinger Captain America movie makes the existence of a fake '80s action-cheese trailer a bit unnecessary.

Coincidentally, the company behind Cap '90, 21st Century Films (not to be confused w/ 20th Century Fox), was sort of the sister studio to Cannon. When Menahem Golan jumped ship from Cannon in 1989, he landed as head of 21st Century, and the rest is history.
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:22 PM on November 6, 2014 [3 favorites]

im pretty sure something was happening here but i kept being distracted by how incredibly attractive chris evans is

SORRY WHAT WAS THAT CHRIS EVANS DID YOU CHEEKBONES SOMETHING

I WASN'T LUSCIOUS POUTING LIPS

I MEAN OILED PECS

I MEAN LISTENING
posted by Sebmojo at 5:42 PM on November 6, 2014 [2 favorites]

Never mind your Matt Salinger; for true cheesetasticity, you want your Reb Brown and his amazing see-thru shield. Heck, they even did a sequel with a more comics-accurate costume, plus Christopher Lee!
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:36 PM on November 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

In case anybody doesn't know, Matt Salinger of the 90s Captain America is J.D. Salinger's son.
posted by brundlefly at 7:46 PM on November 6, 2014 [2 favorites]

Fun idea, and I liked the voiceover and the way the actual CA: TWS footage was dirtied up. But I'd agree with those who say there's too much obvious Robocop, and that it's a little long. Another pass through editing could probably fix both of those issues, though.
posted by Nat "King" Cole Porter Wagoner at 10:27 PM on November 6, 2014

Best part: in the tiny type at the end this was billed as a SAMUEL L BRONKOWITZ production
posted by Aznable at 5:50 AM on November 7, 2014 [2 favorites]

This brings to mind The S From Hell.
posted by jbickers at 6:07 AM on November 7, 2014

Was not expecting Cillian Murphy's Scarecrow to show up in this! Speaking of cheekbones.
posted by immlass at 8:29 AM on November 7, 2014

I'm pretty sure the "please tell me you got that" is from Die Hard, not Robocop.
posted by demonic winged headgear at 9:16 AM on November 7, 2014

SORRY WHAT WAS THAT CHRIS EVANS DID YOU CHEEKBONES SOMETHING

I WASN'T LUSCIOUS POUTING LIPS

I MEAN OILED PECS

I MEAN LISTENING

Ahem.
posted by kafziel at 12:02 PM on November 7, 2014

demonic winged headgear, that's what I liked about it--the cut juxtaposed Robocop with clearly-not-Robocop (the Atherton clip) in a new and delightfully entertaining way.
posted by infinitewindow at 1:16 PM on November 7, 2014 [1 favorite]