I just saw them last month. ...IT! I mean it. Saw it. Saw...the movie. And then also it recommended Women in Cages, another one she was in. So I saw couple of hers. A pair, if you will. Arena I didn't really care for all that much, I oddly got drawn into Women in Cages more. She wasn't in that one much, though.
Pam Grier was (and probably still is) very sexy, but she was also an incredible actress. She could be a hero, a villain, a love interest, a badass or a mom (who is also a badass).
Last thing I saw her in was a sitcom called Bless This Mess. City couple moves onto a farm in a town called Bucksnort Nebraska.. (I think Nebraska) .. she’s a general store owner and sheriff.
She really shows range. Sexy, nervous, sweet and a mother. And still tough. She’s a treasure. Shame the show got canceled after two or three seasons.
Its a cult film at this point i think, despite being very panned. It has fun ideas, a genuinely great cast of near B-list actors and honestly, i think the character design and sets were cool as hell. Its weird to think Carpenter apparently wanted it to be the 3rd "Escape" film with Snake Pliskin (which im guessing could've been Ice Cube's character)
I honestly think it's up there with "The Thing" russel version, Alien, Event Horizon, and Hellraiser 2 in absolute pure genre definition. It's the best "Mars" based movie I have ever seen (like that Cowboy Bebob episode with the space lobster fridge). Stupidly, Doom with Carl Urban and Dwayne Johnson REALLY capture the exact same feel (and why THAT movie, and Prometheus for alien planet) are my fav scifi (Fifth Element FTW!)
Doom gets a lot of shit for not sticking exactly to the lore of "Doom" (rightly so in my opinion), but I still love it. If they called it something different and used different terms it would have been a great stand-alone sci-fi movie
2old4
Sweet mother of Jesus!
ispendtomuchtimehere
great armor
justplainvanilla
NedGentz
I managed to miss this one. Shame on me.
circlebreaker
That was a movie? I thought it was a documentary...
clamdriver
Lift and Separate
YuffieK
Varnna
Nice dodge....
DwightLikesManMeat
Gaaaaaahhhhhhhddaaaaaaaammmmmn
judyblue
God, that looks uncomfortable.
Endocrom
Leather bras never caught on, it's a wonder why.
joe6paques
Wartex.
lbcody
I'm a straight woman so boobies aren't my thing, but still, this seems a bit much. Just not an attractive get up. She deserved better.
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YeroctheBarbarian
I have to watch this movie now…. For science of course.
Bebsey
I just saw them last month. ...IT! I mean it. Saw it. Saw...the movie. And then also it recommended Women in Cages, another one she was in. So I saw couple of hers. A pair, if you will. Arena I didn't really care for all that much, I oddly got drawn into Women in Cages more. She wasn't in that one much, though.
questoobligato
The same concept as ARENA has been filmed several times.
jignha
If Pam Grier is going to be in a movie, I know it's going to be a movie I love.
Thisusedyet
...I may have a new favorite movie
CriminallyMysophobic
HufflePuffPuff
Upgrade time
ToolPackinMama
Mazzy94
cluelessatdis3
She was going to marry Kareem Abdul Jabbar, but did not want to convert to Islam. So they ended it. Just a useless fact about her😂😂
PrizmRed
HuruinaInu
defrostedtauntaun
This is... unsettling?
ThePirateCatsRule
Over the shoulder boulder holder.
L1ttl3J1m
Over-the-shoulder-boulder-holsters
takingupspace
Jesus Christ. I've never seen the movies but are the Blaxploitation films generally seen as a positive or negative by most black people?
enderite
There’s a great parody of the genre. It’s called Black Dynamite. Very funny. Very campy though. Electric lettuce helps.
albinoALPACA
It really is a mix
thereitis101
Yes
LongSerpent
Over-the-shoulder-boulder-holder.
TeamRobot
I’m finally maturing enough to realise this was not done in good taste.
Wharrgarrble
Do you mean the plot or the outfit
ToolPackinMama
As a leatherworker, I look at the finish on the harness and go "Meh"
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Endocrom
Director to propmaker: We need to add something to make it look gladitor-y but still show the boobies, you got ten minutes.
ToolPackinMama
Sounds about right.
memeseeks
Defecakes
The armor doesn’t look very practical
Knifesmith
Depends on what the goal is eh? Having grown up in the 70's, seeing Pam Grier wearing this armor certainly works for me :)
BloodLoveRhetoric
Arena armor is only decorative; the audience likes to see blood. And other things.
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samwyze
Can't... think... brain... has no... blood... *gasp* XP
xizar
Casts Charm Snake quite powerfully.
Diabadass
BallsLikeWatermelonsPeckerLikeAThimble
Good god.
stercusmoriturussum
*goddess*
tokigponny
Jesus christ
enderite
No.. it’s Pam Grier.
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Einstein9073
Our left / her right
wilagames
Pam Grier was (and probably still is) very sexy, but she was also an incredible actress. She could be a hero, a villain, a love interest, a badass or a mom (who is also a badass).
enderite
Last thing I saw her in was a sitcom called Bless This Mess. City couple moves onto a farm in a town called Bucksnort Nebraska.. (I think Nebraska) .. she’s a general store owner and sheriff.
She really shows range. Sexy, nervous, sweet and a mother. And still tough. She’s a treasure. Shame the show got canceled after two or three seasons.
Tengenstein
In the the same movie
cronkey
She got her PhD some years back
DeanGulberri1
I'd like to give her a... Pretty huge Dupvote
enderite
varyael
Loved her Ghosts of Mars. Weirdest scifi horror ever
pyr0max
Looking at the trailer it just looks very much like Pitch Black?
RyuRichmond
Oh shit the commander that gets decapitated?? It's been so long since I thought about that movie
varyael
Yeah, but they own that fucker that did it so
Clayman8
Its a cult film at this point i think, despite being very panned. It has fun ideas, a genuinely great cast of near B-list actors and honestly, i think the character design and sets were cool as hell. Its weird to think Carpenter apparently wanted it to be the 3rd "Escape" film with Snake Pliskin (which im guessing could've been Ice Cube's character)
varyael
varyael
I honestly think it's up there with "The Thing" russel version, Alien, Event Horizon, and Hellraiser 2 in absolute pure genre definition. It's the best "Mars" based movie I have ever seen (like that Cowboy Bebob episode with the space lobster fridge). Stupidly, Doom with Carl Urban and Dwayne Johnson REALLY capture the exact same feel (and why THAT movie, and Prometheus for alien planet) are my fav scifi (Fifth Element FTW!)
Endomyn
Doom gets a lot of shit for not sticking exactly to the lore of "Doom" (rightly so in my opinion), but I still love it. If they called it something different and used different terms it would have been a great stand-alone sci-fi movie
Clayman8
Ok but...counter proposal for best Mars film: Total Recall.
varyael
Old one was good but nah, newer one wasn't mars at all so bleh. Red faction would make a great Mars movie, surprised it hasn't been adapted well
varyael
To be clear. Fav sci fi in order
1: fifth element
2: prometheus
3: ghosts of mars
4: doom
5: alien
varyael
Hard choice on alien, doom, and pandorum being 4/5/6 btw. Event horizon hard 7th