Once a week our mad twit Mike S from the Corner of Terror will shanghai The Basement's Twitter account and tweet along to a non-horror movie, all for your Internet pleasure. Cool, yes!?! We think so.
On Oscar night he decided to give the self-congratulatory mess that is the Academy Award's the middle finger and travel back to the age of King Arthur with John Boorman's Excalibur. Below are his thoughts in 140 characters or less.
Hey, folks- ready for some mad#Excalibur tweets? Let's get this movie started, eh!
Wow... I haven't seen the Orion Pictures logo since 1998. They made some decent movies.#Excalibur
The opening font reminds me of that Beatles cartoon "The Yellow Submarine" for some reason...#Excalibur
Shadowy figures in armour hacking and slashing at each other in a forest = great way to start a movie.#Excalibur
Merlin kinda looks like Peter Sellers...#Excalibur
Interesting reason for being king: "A naked chick in a lake gave me this sword... the one I just stabbed you with."#Excalibur
#MedievalDiplomacy: I tried to kill you yesterday- but let's feast together tonight! #Excalibur
#MedievalDiplomacy: We feasted together last night- but today I'm going to try and kill you. #Excalibur
#EmbarassingWayToDie: Impaled due to a bird scaring your horse. #Excalibur
Cue Jean Luc Picard... I mean, Patrick Stewart, on horseback kicking ass at a fair.#Excalibur
#TypicalTeenager: Hears Merlin say his love's name... but not that her and his best friend will betray him. #Excalibur
#MerlinWisdom: Seeing the future is like a cake- you never truly know until you take a bite... and then it's too late. #Excalibur
#MerlinWisdom: Where does evil hide? Where you least expect it. Always. #Excalibur
#Trivia: The music playing as Arthur and his knights ride out to battle Mordred is from Orff's "O Fortuna". #Excalibur
#Excalibur was Liam Neeson's 4th film. He plays Sir Gawain.
With the sword back in the lake, and Arthur dead, the tweet along to #Excalibur ends. My rating: The Good.
Tune in to @camethebasement next Friday at 7 p.m. PST as Mike S. tweets along to another non-horror film.
You can follow Mike S @TerrorCorner.
On Oscar night he decided to give the self-congratulatory mess that is the Academy Award's the middle finger and travel back to the age of King Arthur with John Boorman's Excalibur. Below are his thoughts in 140 characters or less.
Hey, folks- ready for some mad
Wow... I haven't seen the Orion Pictures logo since 1998. They made some decent movies.
The opening font reminds me of that Beatles cartoon "The Yellow Submarine" for some reason...
Shadowy figures in armour hacking and slashing at each other in a forest = great way to start a movie.
Merlin kinda looks like Peter Sellers...
Interesting reason for being king: "A naked chick in a lake gave me this sword... the one I just stabbed you with."
I can't help but think that Merlin wouldn't be above allowing King Uther to die horribly... #Excalibur
Amazing that the guard's aren't wondering why "The Duke" is back so soon... #Excalibur
And we have medieval boobage... #Excalibur
You'd think it difficult to have nookie while wearing armour... but apparently not. #Excalibur
Of course the kid watches you... you're the reason her dad's dead, you douchebag Uther. #Excalibur
I love Merlin's little skull cap helmet. #Excalibur
Good job bodyguards... good job at protecting King Uther... not.
Cue Jean Luc Picard... I mean, Patrick Stewart, on horseback kicking ass at a fair.
"Yes, father- I pulled #Excalibur from the stone. I beg your forgiveness..."
Damn, they yelled a lot back in the medieval ages it seems... #Excalibur
Didn't your mother ever tell you not to run with scissors (or in this case, swords)? #Excalibur
When Merlin is talking to Arthur about the Dragon, and the lightning strikes, something tells me he's kinda just making it up. #Excalibur
Picard's kicking ass and taking names with a mace... #Excalibur
Wanna gain friends? Just get knighted while chest deep in swamp water by #Excalibur
I think Merlin is both wise... and a little mad... #Excalibur
I wonder how much time Sir Lancelot takes to polish his suit of armour... #Excalibur
Who does Lancelot's hair? It's so... curly... #Excalibur
Arthur broke #Excalibur... and its warranty ran out a couple hundred years ago, too...
Awww... a riverside start to Arthur's and Lancelot's bromance... #Excalibur
Oh, Picard... You never should've introduced Lancelot to your daughter... #Excalibur
Lancelot is like a medieval rock star- what with his having groupies and all... #Excalibur
Oh, be careful, Merlin... it's like the cake all over again- take a bite and it's too late. #Excalibur
The priest marrying Arthur and Guenevere looks a bit like George Carlin... #Excalibur
Do you really expect to take out Lancelot with a KNIFE, Mr. Sneaky Thief Who's Not So Sneaky? #Excalibur
Perceval's got an interesting way of auditioning to become a knight's
squire- stalk them, kill a rabbit, and run after the knight #Excalibur
At least Lancelot's TRYING to avoid temptation... Gotta give him credit for that at least, right? #Excalibur
Okaaaay... I guess since they had boobage at the start, they must show Lancelot's naked butt to balance it out. #Excalibur
Lancelot's hair is still perfect after a joust and mace fight. #Excalibur
"No riddles? Just a simple, 'Yes'? That frightens me." #Excalibur
Aaaaand cue the forest nookie... #Excalibur
The deer drinking at the river is a nice touch... balances out the nakedness of Guenevere and Lancelot... #Excalibur
Oh, Merlin- why did you have to trust her? You should've known better. Now you're a giant paper weight. #Excalibur
Yeah, I'd imagine wearing armour during a lightning storm could be very hazardous to your well being... #Excalibur
Why would you follow a laughing person in gold armour in the middle of a creepy forest? #Excalibur
I'm thinking a bunch of these other knights followed Mr Gold Armour deep into the forest too. Now, they're "hanging" out... #Excalibur
Nothing like a Near Death Experience to show you where the Holy Grail is... well that and Monty Python... #Excalibur
I wonder if Schumacher got the idea of the "Bat Nipples" in "Batman & Robin" from Mordred's armour. #Excalibur
I'm really not sure I'd be inclined to follow the sound of howling and wailing into the creepy woods... #Excalibur
Damn, that Grail could hold a bottle of wine almost... #Excalibur
Damn, Merlin- you're one bat shit crazy theatrical bastard, you know that? #Excalibur
Female armour doesn't quite cover much, does it? #Excalibur
Morgana demonstrates the dangers of smoking in bed... #Excalibur
I love how the song "O Fortuna" is playing in the distance as if it's following Arthur towards Mordred. #Excalibur
Lancelot's swinging that spiked club like a mad man... with hair to match. #Excalibur
King Arthur & Mordred: Kinda of a Vader/Luke thing... but without the love. #Excalibur
Love the gore dangling off the end of the lance thrust through King Arthur... #Excalibur
Tune in to @camethebasement next Friday at 7 p.m. PST as Mike S. tweets along to another non-horror film.
You can follow Mike S @TerrorCorner.
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