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The Wild Ride
Posted December 20, 2024 by coraclarice in Movies

Ahemm, this doesn't really deserve an Ovarit thread, delete me if I'm too terrible. I like B-movies!

This is a film from 1960 with a bit of "marijuana will kill you" state disapproval to it, like the stuff you watched at school that told you not to buy cocaine. It's Jack Nicholson as "a rebellious punk named Johnny, of the Beat generation, who spends his days as an amateur dirt track driver in between partying and troublemaking".

Hardly any dialogue at the beginning, which makes it seem a bit sparse and dreamy. ASMR. Then we meet these naughty beatniks, who for the whole film speak in what was probably a disapproving adult writer's attempt to sound "hip". "Are you TOP STUD, or are you just LAME? I can't dig that."

I found it an amusing watch (because I like seeing a bit of 60s history), but of course half the plot is the Super Mario man-get-girl "rescue my girlfriend from someone else who had my girlfriend", a.k.a. claims upon the body. Anyone else like watching this cheesy stuff?

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boudicaMarch 6, 2021

This was a pretty great interview. Really wish she had gone harder on the trans kid issue, Bill has been dancing around the woke genderists all season and it's starting to seem suspicious. His final monologue for "New Rules" this episode was great and perfectly applies to the stupid gender bullshit, so I really don't understand why he won't call it out!

He's made dumb comments about transgender stuff in the past, such as presenting "bathroom bills" as being based upon "imaginary concerns," and mocking the idea of predatory males taking advantage of pro-genderism policies. Not really a fan of Steven Crowder, but he actually did a pretty good response to Bill's poo-pooing of a guest talking about people saying that men can menstruate. He refused to take it seriously, and Steven proved that not only are people saying this, but that companies are saying this.

I wish Bill had the guts to go there. Maybe he relies too much on his interns to tell him what the hot topics are now?

DebraKadabraMarch 6, 2021

I've wondered what's up with him too. Usually there are no sacred cows if he thinks something is laughable, and this seems like just the sort of thing that he would find ridiculous. He's probably been told.

At the same time I'm not surprised he doesn't think much of the bathroom bills. I mean, I used to think that way too - who would go through the trouble? Well, I know better now!

AlwayswithWingsMarch 6, 2021

I remember Bill rolling his eyes in a New Rules segment about TRAs canceling The Vagina Monologs

FuckingRealllllyMarch 6, 2021

I remember he had Eddie Izzard on before he’d come out as trans and Bill kept being up the subject of him wearing women’s clothes and kind of mocking him. And I think after the heat he received from that episode he reeled it in. I’m sure if he had Eddie on now he’d be treating him like a proper lady to pander to the woketivists he claims to resent.

DebraKadabraMarch 6, 2021

I'm glad to see someone else watched this episode. Notice she pulled her kids out of private school. No where is safe, even if you have money!

sarahsmileMarch 7, 2021

I like Megyn. I know she's somewhat of a darling of the right, but she gives no quarter with this foolishness.