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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is The Man Who Saved the World (1982), AKA Turkish Star Wars, a particularly infamous piece of Z-budgeted schlock. A pair of Turkish space adventurers duel an evil space wizard and his minions on an alien planet; a whole lot of fighting follows, along with footage blatantly lifted from Star Wars and other Hollywood flicks and inserted into new contexts. Apparently the film also contains some lectures on Islam. We will a view a rip cobbled together from degraded old film reels and an ancient VHS release. This will be the first Turkish movie we have ever watched on Hextube; another country crossed off the list.

After that is Asteroid City (2023), another comedy from Wes Anderson, since our recent showings from hs filmography have all been hits. It concerns a play based on a fictional writer’s experience in a stargazing event in a remote town in the 1950s, which becomes complicated when an alien shows up and steals the asteroid after which the town was named. Hilarity ensues as the film switches back nnd forth between the play and the “real” events on which it is based. Looks good; let’s check it out.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• The Man Who Saved the World: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-man-who-saved-the-world-1982/
• Asteroid City: https://letterboxd.com/film/asteroid-city/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• The Man Who Saved the World: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0182060/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg
• Asteroid City: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1014835

CWs for The Man Who Saved the World:

• Fistfighting.
• Blood and gore.
• Choking.
• Child abuse.
• Deaths of children.
• Zombies.
• Stabbing.
• Discussion of religion.
• Decapitation.
• Dismemberment.
• Jump scares.

CWs for Asteroid City:

• Drug use.
• Hand damage.
• Death of parent.
• Shower scene.
• Self-harm.
• Unstable reality.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Someone is watched without their knowledge.
• Broken fourth wall.
• Death of LGBT person.
• Discussion of religion.
• Nudity.
• Implied sex.
• Chronic illness.
• Discussion of existentialism.
• Screeching tires.
• Nuclear explosion.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• The Man Who Saved the World: https://tankie.tube/w/4vjrWmGKm84NQwVXPTTMYd
• Asteroid City: https://tankie.tube/w/pKftnwtVqCHcQGWUorLcP2