# Forgotten movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 2, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476 "2024-01-02T02:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/441 "2024-02-18T15:08:54Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > 1n 1984 the film **Runaway** was planned as a major multi-million sci-fi release about out of control robots written and directed by Michael Crichton and starring Tom Selleck, Kirstie Alley, and Gene Simmons. That wasn’t an awful film, but someone other than Selleck would have pushed it a lot higher on the charts. Oh, thanks, you made me think of another Crichton film – **Looker**. Not really bad, at all, it just needed something I can’t quite put my finger on. Still watchable. Great end credits tune. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/442 "2024-02-18T15:20:33Z")
By all means ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/443 "2024-02-18T15:25:11Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > 1n 1984 the film **Runaway** was planned as a major multi-million sci-fi release about out of control robots written and directed by Michael Crichton and starring Tom Selleck, Kirstie Alley, and Gene Simmons. > > It was overshadowed by another small indie film the same year about out of control robots directly by a largely unknown director staring some giant Austrian bodybuilder who talked funny. Thanks. I posted an image of _The Terminator_ on the Turner Classic Movies Fan Site Facebook group with your text above it. I added ’ [NB: Somebody else wrote that, and gave me permission to steal it. 😉]’ ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/444 "2024-02-18T16:33:32Z")
> [@Neidhart](#): > > There’s a Jack Nicholson thriller that nobody but me seems to remember, **The Pledge** , with Jack as a detective tracking down a murderous pedophile. Watched this yesterday after I saw you call it out. Well-acted, but I found the direction a bit self-conscious. Also, the story arc of his decline into obsession and madness seemed to be missing some transition. The climactic scene was a bit WTF for me. That said, it was an ambitious, thoughtful film. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/445 "2024-02-18T21:13:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I don’t, but for some reason your post reminded me of **Condorman** , a forgotten movie starring Michael Crawford. Not forgotten by the crowd at Disney/Pixar, who regard it as a cult classic. They included a “Condorman” “Happy Meal” toy in the Pixar short **Small Fry** [![](https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Condorman?file=378653_10150432582574130_10498014129_8856002_2129205494_n.jpg) ](https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Condorman?file=378653_10150432582574130_10498014129_8856002_2129205494_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/446 "2024-02-18T21:34:10Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > That wasn’t an awful film, but someone other than Selleck would have pushed it a lot higher on the charts. If you saw Tom Selleck on the big screen back then, the assumption was that Burt Reynolds was busy. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/447 "2024-02-18T21:39:53Z")
IIRC, Tom Selleck would make a movie during the filming hiatus of Magnum PI, on the possibility that he’d break through as a big-screen star. In the meantime he trusted his brother to build the wealth with real estate; mostly strip malls. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/448 "2024-02-18T21:49:05Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > In the meantime he trusted his brother to build the wealth with real estate; mostly strip malls. Hm. In the '90s there was a ‘Cajun’ restaurant (excellent catfish) in a strip mall in Lancaster, CA at 25th St W. and Ave. I. ISTR being told it was owned by Tom Selleck. Maybe he owned the whole strip mall? Or maybe it was a different celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/449 "2024-02-19T03:11:12Z")
:: chuckle :: ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/450 "2024-03-18T00:08:28Z")
I was just looking at a list of my 100 favorite movies (which I’ve put together over many years). I suddenly realized that there’s one film on that list which I can’t remember anyone other than me calling it one of their favorite films. That the movie _The Last American Virgin_ (1982, U.S., dir. Boaz Davidson). It’s 42 years old, and I guess that’s long enough to say that it’s forgotten. To see why it’s so good, you need to stick around till the last scene. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/451 "2024-03-18T00:44:10Z")
> [@](#): > > You mean your _balls_ itch? Yeah, I remember that movie. I think I would want to see it as an actual adult before I could put it on a “best movie” list. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/452 "2024-03-18T01:37:19Z")
There was a TV movie that my dad and I caught in a hotel when we took a vacation in the Carolinas once when I was in my early 20’s (1983), [\*The Last Ninja](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085822/reviews?ref_=tt_urv)\*. White kid faces off against corrupt creeps, after having been trained from a young age in _ninjitsu_. Alas I was on an antidepressant at the time which put me to sleep like a light, and I conked out halfway through. He mentioned the final scene where the hero managed to sneak the bullets out the bad guy’s gun, showing them to him when the villian tried to fire it. A failed pilot, as it turned out. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/453 "2024-03-18T01:40:43Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > That the movie _The Last American Virgin_ (1982, U.S., dir. Boaz Davidson). It’s 42 years old, and I guess that’s long enough to say that it’s forgotten. To see why it’s so good, you need to stick around till the last scene. I mentioned this one in another thread about unexpected endings or the good guy losing. I forget exactly what the thread was about. For me, this one would be totally forgotten if it weren’t for the unexpectedly devastating ending. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/454 "2024-03-18T12:45:03Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > another thread about unexpected endings or the good guy losing Someone mentioned it in this thread: > [@Is there a name for this kind of downer movie ending?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-kind-of-downer-movie-ending/974095): > > I watched a movie yesterday that was pretty good throughout and held my interest, but then the ending was just a huge downer. I’ve seen movies with unhappy endings before, but this was just… hard to explain why I found it so offensive. It’s like the tension was building the entire time between the protagonists and these people they met, which were gradually revealed to be creepier and creepier, and then when all was revealed near the end, the antagonists just did exactly what they planned and ki… _The Last American Virgin_ is stranger than the other films mentioned in that thread. It’s not a horror film. It’s not about the end of the world. It doesn’t have the protagonist killed. It seems to be like a lot of romance films (both comedic and dramatic ones). You expect to have the couple together at the end. Instead, the girl chooses to stick with a guy who has hurt her instead of the hero who has helped her. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476/455 "2024-03-18T13:09:14Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > It seems to be like a lot of romance films (both comedic and dramatic ones). This sentence I wrote wasn’t clear. I didn’t mean that it was like them all through the movie. I meant that it seemed like it was until the last scene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forgotten-movies/995476.md?page=22)