Having just watched "J-Men Forever", a thought occurs

[bunkerbuster1]

I'll preface by saying that I'd never watched this odd film from the Firesign Theater's Phil Proctor and Peter Bergman until last night, but I figured that based on my love for Mystery Science Theater's riffing on crappy old movies, I'd enjoy it. And enjoy it I did.

Here's the odd thought. J-Men Forever was released 28 years ago.

At the time of J-Men Forever's release, the Republic movie serials they were parodying as having been hopelessly square, ancient even, weren't a whole lot older than that.

So yeah, I watched, and I laughed, but in retrospect I'm not sure I was laughing at the antiquity of the Republic serials being lampooned, or the antiquity of the lampooning itself.

[havocmom]

1. Used to see it regularly in the early 80s, probably on TBS as cable was narrow then.

Our family joined the J-Men Forever cult. Wayward daughter was pretty young but would manage to stay up to catch part of it most weekends. Probably explains the wayward part. :shrug:

We were in a western time zone, so we didn't have to be up as late as Atlanta residents to watch in those days.

VERY funny film and a nice spoof of Refer Madness type propaganda films from my wayward youth.

[bunkerbuster1]

2. I think I read that it popped up often on USA Network's "Night Flight"

I only vaguely remember that series.

As for your wayward one...that'll learn ya to let yer little girl stay up late!

[harmonicon]

3. oh man, I remember Night Flight!!

It was the best. More weird shit was shown on that "show" (wasn't it like a 2 or 4 hours block of television?) than I've ever seen on a cable channel. It was very good for me to have that as teenager in a not-exciting city in the pre internet days.

[bunkerbuster1]

4. I don't recall ambling over to USA Network often on our cable system, but...

I'm pretty sure I have an old VCR recording of Wild in the Streets that'd been aired on Night Flight.

Which is probably a pretty damn funny movie, still, if you've never seen it.

[havocmom]

5. That kid was a night owl in the womb. No hope for early to bed.

Would rather raise 'em smart than naive anyway ;)