pinecone Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 Noir always struck me as rather cynical at its core. Pulp adventure, on the other hand, is almost naively optimistic in its belief that righteousness always wins out. but for a lot of Noir the righteous Do win out, it's just that the point of view is from the villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Manhattan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Grimes Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 TCM is running a free online Film Noir class to run concurrent with The Summer of Darkness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Grimes Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 The Doctor Who story Talons of Weng-Chiang. Casual racism and giant rats in the sewers of London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted May 21, 2015 Report Share Posted May 21, 2015 And a peking hormancalus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 The new Dr. Who story Mummy on the Orient Express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Also in the Tom Baker era, The Pyramids of Mars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Kung fury is a short action packed movie it's Not exactly Pulp but an over the top tribute to eighties action movies. It does at least feature a lot of nazi stomping also gun toting barbarian babes riding T Rex's and Dire Wolves. bubba smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Ooo, I'd pin that movie as a high-powered Martial Arts campaign! bubba smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Grimes Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 The new Dr. Who story Mummy on the Orient Express. doctor-who-mummy.jpg Which is a take on the classic Hammer film Horror Express (1972) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Grimes Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Also in the Tom Baker era, The Pyramids of Mars. Also from that era The Horror of Fang Rock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Grimes Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 TCM is running a spate of Bulldog Drummond movies June 4th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Grimes Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 In a mystery writing workshop I took, they described Noir (as opposed to other forms of mystery stories) this way: Structure of Noir: Noir is the most realistic of all subgenres of mystery. 1. Urban setting. And it is crime-ridden. 2. It's dark, gritty, sensory-filled and nasty. 3. Character-focused in relationship to the setting. 4. The ending: the crime gets resolved, but it's not pretty and it's rarely uplifting. 5. Voice is off the charts: deep, resonant, powerful, worth listening to. A riveting storyteller telling you a horrible, horrible story. Other things about Noir (not necessarily the case): 1. Often the main character is a vigilante or someone outside the law. 2. It's the anti-cozy. 3. It rarely has a moral compass. Sometime the moral compass is broken. Morals don't exist at all in most noir stories. Morals are for people who have money, time, a "real life." They can afford it. Annenberg's VoD Film Noir. The whole course is worth a look. http://www.learner.org/resources/series67.html?pop=yes&pid=211 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Naked Lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 While it wasn't a pulp movie, 1979's Cliffhangers (a short-lived TV series which featured three different storylines) did have pulp elements which ran through it, especially in the segments Stop Susan Williams -- about a female investigative reporter who faced almost certain death at the end of each segment, only to be saved from it at the beginning of the next -- and The Secret Empire, which was a nod to the "hidden city" story lines of the movies of the '30s and '40s. The third segment was The Curse of Dracula, which featured Michael Nouri as the title charac- ter (a Dracula who was existing in the 20th Century as a professor teaching night classes -- complete with access to gorgeous co-eds -- while dodging a descendant of Van Helsing), and was the only segment of the three which completed its storyline by the time NBC cancelled Cliffhangers. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 1979's The Dead Don't Die (pulp-era zombie horror with George Hamilton playing the hero). Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 George Hamilton not a zombie? Weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted June 4, 2015 Report Share Posted June 4, 2015 does kong TAS count as pulp ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 George Hamilton not a zombie? Weird. Zombies don't tan. Lord Liaden and massey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 "King Kong" (obviously the original, with Fay Wray) also "The Most Dangerous Game" (also known as "The Hounds Of Zaroff"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDarkness Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai The Golden Child Dark City(more noir than pulp) L.A. Confidential(noir I guess, not really pulp) The Mouth of Madness(Lovecraftian, perhaps more noir and horror than pulp, but, as far as I'm concerned, one of the few stories to come anywhere close to getting anything like the Lovecraft feel) Burrito Boy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouGoncey Posted November 25, 2015 Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is horror, but it is pulp horror, with the PI (a very good Sam Neill) tracking down a pulp horror writer a la Stephen King without the name who has ducked out of sight. LA CONFIDNTIAL is straight up noir -- it has got a tv show within the movie showing you how different reality ("the movie") is, if you're are picking up what I am putting down. SIN CITY plays off the same noir world of The Batman comics, but it is so over the top that it is pulp. Marv and Dwight are a bunch of low level supers. ANGEL CITY BLUES is the name of a campaign I am planning that is me taking a spin at SIN CITY... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Has "Cast A Deadly Spell" been mentioned ? Horror/detective with a hero named Phil Lovecraft in a world where magic works, what's not to like ? Scott Baker and Gary Miles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjack Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 If you watch with your hands covering your eyes and only peeking through your fingers you can try the Frank Miller version of The Spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCMorris Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Tron 2 was really good... Wait, what??? I really like the tv show Murdoch Mysteries. It's a murder mystery show set in late Victorian/early Edwardian Toronto. Good show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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