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Post by Belchic on Apr 7, 2010 12:28:27 GMT -5
Hehe, i know who you're talking about! =3 Might i ask though, why is the "Not-Quite-A-BLAM-But-Close" thing named after him? If it's about what he did on Whose Line, be fair since they're improvising comedy of course it's random. So what was the reasoning may i ask? That, I don't know. I guess Collin was pretty famous for doing a lot of random stuff, and of all the performers on the show, aside from Drew Carey, he was the most poked fun at; simply because he was bald, and he was Canadian. I often felt sorry for him.
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Post by babclayman on Jul 24, 2010 3:46:29 GMT -5
Can I say that a majority of, Diaster Movie is one long, Blam?
First off, The Film has a long opening which should just take, one or two minutes. However, they pad it out more and more with, Gladiator Stuff and Amy Winehouse Belching in your face for an ENTIRE MINUTE. Before they say what the point of the scene was. Then at the party, For some reason, HSMusical, A Soldier Boy Rip Off and many other pointless people sing for, Ten Minutes with no effect on the plot at all. Then, They head in a warehouse and they confront the, SITC women before a guy dreams of falling on, Caspian Sword. Then they have a, Hip Hop battle with the, Enchanted characters for no reason before a tornado shows up and, Hulk, Iron Man and Heck Boy show up, Only to get crushed by cows, and the heroes just walk away from the tornado as if Nothing is there. And then when they get to the Plot, AN HOUR AND SO INTO THE MOVIE, They do it in less than, Five Minutes.
So, A Majority of, Diaster Movie was, Pointless, Out of Nowhere, No Effect on the Plot (Who am I kidding, There is no Plot in the movie) and No One speaks of it again. O.O
It's not a, BLA-Moment, More like, BLA-Movie. X3
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Post by Shadow Dearly on Jul 24, 2010 7:54:52 GMT -5
Can someone tell me what you mean about "Big-Lipped Alligator Moments?"
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Post by babclayman on Jul 24, 2010 8:02:37 GMT -5
Okay, Shadow. X3
A, Big-Lipped Alligator Moment, Or BLAM for short, Is a scene in the movie in which, Comes Out of Nowhere, Has Little To No Effect On The Plot, Goes Over The Top in Ridiculousness (Even in the context of the Film) and Once it happens, No Body Speaks of it again.
I think they are somewhat like, Padding or Filler into a Film, There are a couple of listed examples as you can note.
Are there any in which you can think of, Shadow? *Hugs* X3
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Post by Shadow Dearly on Jul 24, 2010 8:12:01 GMT -5
I think I can name one. From the animated movie "The Emperor's New Groove" when Kuzco kept interrupting the movie's plot. Can that count as a Big Lipped Alligator Moment?
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 3, 2011 1:15:18 GMT -5
Maybe this can help Shadow.
In The Rescuers Down Under (1990), the whole sequence where McCleach throws Cody into an animal cell compound. We get to meet Frank the frilled lizard and a bunch of other Australian wildlife and they try to escape. After this sequence, McCleach grabs Cody to lure him to Marahute. His final line about this sequence is "Say goodbye to your little friends...it's the last time you'll ever hear from them." The rest of the movie continues, but we never go back to the animal cell and hear from these animal characters again.
I mean, you could just focus more on the love triangle between Bernard, Miss Bianca and Jake the Kangaroo Rat, but I don't know if kids the film is targeted for are really into mush. On the other hand you can focus on them and just show McCleach throwing Cody out the next morning and the movie would not have lost much.
You could say it serves some purpose, as it provides a fun moment for the kids to enjoy and the movie would be kinda boring without it, but it doesn't add anything else to the film beyond that.
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Post by Belchic on Jan 3, 2011 12:56:55 GMT -5
I thought of another one!
In the recent adaptation of A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, there is a BLAM. Even though the movie does pretty much follow the book accordingly, there is one scene that isn't from the book, nor did it serve much purpose.
During the segment when Scrooge is with the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, before the spirit shows Scrooge anything, Scrooge suddenly shrinks down in size and gets chased around London by a ghostly stagecoach.
The tick list:
1. It did come right out of nowhere, since nobody who watches this would be expecting it unless they've seen the movie already.
2. It serves no use to the plot as it is not in the book nor does it teach Scrooge anything.
3. While it does create some excitement, it is completely over the top since it never seems to end, plus having Scrooge shrink was quite ridiculous.
4. Yes, after it happens, nobody ever speaks of it again.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Feb 3, 2011 0:44:44 GMT -5
Can I say that a majority of, Diaster Movie is one long, Blam? First off, The Film has a long opening which should just take, one or two minutes. However, they pad it out more and more with, Gladiator Stuff and Amy Winehouse Belching in your face for an ENTIRE MINUTE. Before they say what the point of the scene was. Then at the party, For some reason, HSMusical, A Soldier Boy Rip Off and many other pointless people sing for, Ten Minutes with no effect on the plot at all. Then, They head in a warehouse and they confront the, SITC women before a guy dreams of falling on, Caspian Sword. Then they have a, Hip Hop battle with the, Enchanted characters for no reason before a tornado shows up and, Hulk, Iron Man and Heck Boy show up, Only to get crushed by cows, and the heroes just walk away from the tornado as if Nothing is there. And then when they get to the Plot, AN HOUR AND SO INTO THE MOVIE, They do it in less than, Five Minutes. So, A Majority of, Diaster Movie was, Pointless, Out of Nowhere, No Effect on the Plot (Who am I kidding, There is no Plot in the movie) and No One speaks of it again. O.O It's not a, BLA-Moment, More like, BLA-Movie. X3 Another example like this which I have is this one horror movie released in 1986 called Deadtime Stories. The movie is about an uncle telling his nephew some badtime stories with a macabre twist. First is a man saving a girl from a witch story which ends with a seemingly happy end. The the nephew complains about it getting mushy and the uncle makes the witch come back (after the witch's heart was ripped out and clung to the guy's face like the Alien's Facehugger) and presumably strangled them to death. The second story is basically a werewolf version of Little Red Hiding Hood. Finally is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Or rather, Goldilocks and the Three Baers. In this story imagine the Three Bears are a human family of convicts and Goldilocks is a wacky, sadistic chick with psychic powers. At the end of the movie a monster comes alive inside one of the kid's toys and, we can imagine, eats the kid. All I'm going to say is with the type of mentality this movie has, you could just stay home and watch a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode. It's cheaper and probably scarier and funnier too.
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Post by Belchic on Oct 25, 2012 23:23:11 GMT -5
Been a long time since we talked in this topic!
Here's one that I just discovered:
In the movie, "Forbidden Planet", there's a scene where Robby the Robot goes to put some flowers in a vase, then a monkey breaks into the house, and he blasts it away with a laser.
It only lasted a few seconds, but it still meets all the criteria for a BLAM:
1. It comes right out of nowhere. 2. It has nothing to do with the plot. 3. It's ridiculous. 4. It's never referred to again after it happens.
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Post by Belchic on Jul 6, 2014 11:47:37 GMT -5
I just saw the movie, Summer Magic last night. I found out that the segment where they sing "The Ugly Bug Ball" is a BLAM. It kind of comes out of nowhere, it has absolutely nothing to do with the plot, the scenes with the bugs are over the top, and when the song is over, nobody ever talks about it again. It's perfect! It's a full-on BLAM!
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Post by Sweeney Terrier on Jul 6, 2014 11:59:57 GMT -5
Imo, now that I think about it, the sequence for the song Upendi in LK 2 is a bit of a BLAM, when considering how ridiculous the sequence is compared to other ones in the film. The others take place in reality whereas this one, (also, it's not my favorite in the film), is in a dreamlike land themed around love which we know is present between Kovu and Kiara. That term isn't even used afterwards. ^^;
Also, Belchic, I know your Christmas Carol BLAM post was years ago but, (while it is somewhat of a BLAM, it does show brief importance). The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is supposed to be scary. What better way than shrink Scrooge. That and to show the world doesn't revolve around him.
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Post by Two-Tone on Jul 11, 2014 21:18:38 GMT -5
Thinking of two possible BLAMs from Pee Wee's Big Adventure
the first? Large Marge of course
the second? The Evil Clown dream with Francis dressed as the Devil
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Post by Belchic on Jul 11, 2014 23:05:54 GMT -5
Thinking of two possible BLAMs from Pee Wee's Big Adventure the first? Large Marge of course the second? The Evil Clown dream with Francis dressed as the Devil And how may I ask are those BLAMs? I think they played a very important role in the film. Especially the latter since it was envisioning Pee Wee's fear of losing his bike.
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Post by Two-Tone on Jul 12, 2014 1:50:10 GMT -5
oh wait your right, disregard those moments
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Post by Trey_Vore on Nov 19, 2018 11:24:38 GMT -5
This one might be appropriate.
There may be one in The Land Before Time. The sequence with the baby Pteranodons fighting over a cherry.
It's a cute part of the movie, but the only time they ever interact with the core cast is when the blue one tries to give Littlefoot his cherry to cheer him up.
The only real purpose it may serve is just to brighten the mood after Littlefoot's mother dies.
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