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[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

It has mixed reviews

The connection between Connery and Zardoz had completely escaped me. I now realize it was a film that Connery starred in:

In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. The Eternals have created a god named Zardoz to intimidate the Brutals, making them believe that killing is their natural state. However, Zed (Sean Connery), a Brutal warrior, challenges that assumption when he enters the Zardoz monument and is captured by an Eternal (Charlotte Rampling). There, he learns the truth about the Eternals and the false god that rules society.

The Brutals? Was @BLONG7 involved in the production?

Interesting background on this film and the name “Zardoz”:

Boorman decided to make the film after his abortive attempt at dramatising The Lord of the Rings. Burt Reynolds was originally given the role, but he pulled out due to illness. Sean Connery, in an attempt to reinvent himself after portraying James Bond, signed on.

I only obliquely followed Connery on account of Bond but it looks like he felt typecast and this movie was an attempt to break from it.

That Zardoz word is intriguing:

(Zardoz is a sort-of portmanteau of The Wizard of Oz.) This pisses off Zed and his buddies, so he plots to destroy the Eternals and the harmony of the Vortex.

Which begs the question — is the movie any good?

Funny. I feel like @MXD has had that avatar forever. You never realized it was Sean Connery?

 

[Runner77]

To quote the legendary Funkadelic, free your mind and your ass will follow.

I loved funk and fusion but this song was definitely not on my radar. I just put myself through 9:59 minutes of listening to that thing and it felt like I was tripping on acid even if I’ve never done it.

I gotta give it to you, your artistic references today have sent me scrambling.

This song’s title has got to be one of the most original I’ve ever seen.

Funny. I feel like @MXD has had that avatar forever. You never realized it was Sean Connery?

I had seen the pic but never bothered to look further until today. What did you like about that movie that it was so memorable for you?

Edit: just reread your post about you never having seen it. You just like the artwork.

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

I loved funk and fusion but this song was definitely not on my radar. I just put myself through 9:59 minutes of listening to that thing and it felt like I was tripping on acid even if I’ve never done it.

I gotta give it to you, your artistic references today have sent me scrambling.

This song’s title has got to be one of the most original I’ve ever seen.

If you like guitar players, Eddie Hazel rules. Do yourself a favour and listen to the song Maggot Brain.

@Runner77 Have never seen it. Just remember the bizarre imagery of the artwork as a child. Guess it stuck with me, cause, lol, zardoz, was my first reaction to that avatar.

 

[ZUKI]

That's your biggest mistake, listening to Montreal media in the offseason.

Once again, Montreal Media isn't someone, not a person , doesn't have a brain, 2 legs, and a stomach full of beer. There are more than 100 people working in the Montreal mediaS and they are all different , unique so they don't think the same way and don't share the same opinion . Capitch ? understand ? tu comprend tu s'ti ?
All different ;

 

[Runner77]

If you like guitar players, Eddie Hazel rules. Do yourself a favour and listen to the song Maggot Brain.

@Runner77 Have never seen it. Just remember the bizarre imagery of the artwork as a child. Guess it stuck with me, cause, lol, zardoz, was my first reaction to that avatar.

The reviews on the Zardoz movie are not flattering although I have to admit that part of me wants to see it:

Not that Connery’s body is the only flesh on display in Zardoz. In fact, just writing about all the gratuitous female topless scenes in this movie makes me think my sentences are NSFW.

And yet, despite being accidentally funny, visually preposterous, borderline offensive, and a host of other cinematic crimes, Zardoz is not intentionally kitsch or cheesy. Instead, it’s trying to be a very earnest, very arty science fiction movie, which on paper might have actually been okay. Except, of course, that it wasn’t. It’s not that Zardoz is simply a bad movie. It’s just hard to believe that it even exists.

Hummmmm …

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

Not that Connery’s body is the only flesh on display in Zardoz. In fact, just writing about all the gratuitous female topless scenes in this movie makes me think my sentences are NSFW.

And yet, despite being accidentally funny, visually preposterous, borderline offensive, and a host of other cinematic crimes, Zardoz is not intentionally kitsch or cheesy. Instead, it’s trying to be a very earnest, very arty science fiction movie, which on paper might have actually been okay. Except, of course, that it wasn’t. It’s not that Zardoz is simply a bad movie. It’s just hard to believe that it even exists.

Hummmmm …

We should do a Steve Dangle like watch together of it for all to see.

 

[Runner77]

We should do a Steve Dangle like watch together of it for all to see.

I first need to recoup from that acid trip I experienced with Funkadelic.

Man, your suggestions have a whole other dimension to them.

 

[YukonCornelius 5thOA]

I first need to recoup from that acid trip I experienced with Funkadelic.

Man, your suggestions have a whole other dimension to them.

I’m not that interesting, but I’m much more interesting than my online persona.

Oh yeah, how about the PLD player?!

 

[OnTheRun]

The connection between Connery and Zardoz had completely escaped me. I now realize it was a film that Connery starred in:

In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. The Eternals have created a god named Zardoz to intimidate the Brutals, making them believe that killing is their natural state. However, Zed (Sean Connery), a Brutal warrior, challenges that assumption when he enters the Zardoz monument and is captured by an Eternal (Charlotte Rampling). There, he learns the truth about the Eternals and the false god that rules society.

The Brutals? Was @BLONG7 involved in the production?

Interesting background on this film and the name “Zardoz”:

Boorman decided to make the film after his abortive attempt at dramatising The Lord of the Rings. Burt Reynolds was originally given the role, but he pulled out due to illness. Sean Connery, in an attempt to reinvent himself after portraying James Bond, signed on.

I only obliquely followed Connery on account of Bond but it looks like he felt typecast and this movie was an attempt to break from it.

That Zardoz word is intriguing:

(Zardoz is a sort-of portmanteau of The Wizard of Oz.) This pisses off Zed and his buddies, so he plots to destroy the Eternals and the harmony of the Vortex.

Which begs the question — is the movie any good?

In a vacuum, no.

It's the kind of movie you watch if:
-You are a huge Boorman fan.
-Doing a Sean Connery marathon.
-Huge fan of early 70s sci-fi movies.

Anyway the movie should still be available on Disney+, if anyone care that much about it.

 

[pepperMonkey]

Funny. I feel like @MXD has had that avatar forever. You never realized it was Sean Connery?

Oh my lord, I truly thought it was a Sean Connery image that was photoshopped by some deranged person...I had ZERO idea that it was real! lol

 

[Schooner Guy]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I wasn't accusing you of defending him. My point was more than it seems like this had reached a point of no return, no matter the results. I think ownership liked him. I think Treivling didn't and that's why he walked away and I think that the situation was untenable with the amount of trade requests and complaints from staff that came in. In short, I think that the picture of his last two exits don't paint a picture of your average hardass like Tortorella. I think he's a guy who quite clearly crosses boundaries in ways that aren't acceptable.

Yeah for sure. Sutter's from a different generation and was a hard nosed NHL player in an era where coaches had a lot more power. Torts is a lot more of a new age coach than many people think. The Flyers kids all made terrific progress this year (Tippett, Cates, Frost, Konecny etc). It was the Philly veterans who played poorly.

 

[pepperMonkey]

In a vacuum, no.

It's the kind of movie you watch if:
-You are a huge Boorman fan.
-Doing a Sean Connery marathon.
-Huge fan of early 70s sci-fi movies.

Anyway the movie should still be available on Disney+, if anyone care that much about it.

Never knew that film existed...just watched the trailer and...errr...I'm lost for words...I'm not sure if I want to watch it or try to forget I have ever seen the trailer

 

[nhlfan9191]

The media talking about his marriage thats what makes him a scapegoat in your eyes? Thats just gossips from the media. The Price of being famous. Many sports athlete have the problems aired in public

The marriage stuff was completely made up.. And I used that example to illustrate the media here and just how scummy it is in comparison to other places. Not as an example as to why he was the scapegoat. There aren’t very many sports outlets that go out of their way to create false narratives about players personal lives like that. And he was the scapegoat every single time this team struggled. If there was a finger to be pointed at the disappointment of this team that wasn’t at management, it was at Price and you were either living in a bubble or aren’t being honest with yourself if you say otherwise. Price took a lot of beating for managements failures from 2017 until he retired.

 

[Runner77]

If you like guitar players, Eddie Hazel rules. Do yourself a favour and listen to the song Maggot Brain.

I used to enjoy digging up and listening to off the beaten track funk bands.

One of them was Rubicon. Try “That’s just the way things are” if you have a chance. I’ll definitely look into Eddie Hazel.

 

[yianik]

Never knew that film existed...just watched the trailer and...errr...I'm lost for words...I'm not sure if I want to watch it or try to forget I have ever seen the trailer

Do yourself a favour and forget you ever saw the trailer. For some reason, I was compelled to watch it in its entirety. Go watch Logans Run if the genre and time period appeal to you.

 

[sampollock]

142 pages and yet no trade

 

[Milhouse40]

142 pages and yet no trade

And this is why the Habs should trade for him right this summer and not wait another year......HF can't take another year of this thread.

 

[TomKosto]

142 pages and yet no trade

We always saw trade during the playoffs that's true!

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

I know how it works.
The point was Price being the scapegoat.
Him winning the molson cup every month show the contradiction in this
The media treated him like a prince too. That was the point
And I add that was not helpful for team chemistry IMO

Medias work with what they have. They had Price as best player for the Habs so they treated the information with the premise that Price was the best goalie of the world or close to it. I understand it was enorous and redundant from time to time. I share your point as it was wrong building a team starting with the goalie. It looks like the centers and the forwards in general were secondary. We had a scoreless team for 25 years and the medias were focussing on Price would stop almost everything.

Sometimes, rarely, medias were saying we need offensive skills but they didn't asked it with anger and conviction. Most of the time, medias looked they were controlled by the Habs.

Habs worked hard to have a chemistry with Price and his D. Also having a good defensive center (Pleks, Danault), all this focussed to give Price the best environment possible. So it worked inb a certain way. But it was obsolete. We can't copy-paste the team of Martin Brodeur when he won 3 SC. It worked for Brodeur and not for Price.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

The reviews on the Zardoz movie are not flattering although I have to admit that part of me wants to see it:

Not that Connery’s body is the only flesh on display in Zardoz. In fact, just writing about all the gratuitous female topless scenes in this movie makes me think my sentences are NSFW.

And yet, despite being accidentally funny, visually preposterous, borderline offensive, and a host of other cinematic crimes, Zardoz is not intentionally kitsch or cheesy. Instead, it’s trying to be a very earnest, very arty science fiction movie, which on paper might have actually been okay. Except, of course, that it wasn’t. It’s not that Zardoz is simply a bad movie. It’s just hard to believe that it even exists.

Hummmmm …

If you do watch it, I would strongly suggest doing so with a little ''buzz'' going (alcohol or whatever else your poison of choice is). It's one of those movies that are a lot more fun that way If you happen to like classic wacky 60's/70's sci fi a la Logan's run, Barbarella, etc. you might enjoy it quite a bit. It's definitely a trip, although nowhere near my personal top 10.

 

[Catanddogguitarrr]

The connection between Connery and Zardoz had completely escaped me. I now realize it was a film that Connery starred in:

In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. The Eternals have created a god named Zardoz to intimidate the Brutals, making them believe that killing is their natural state. However, Zed (Sean Connery), a Brutal warrior, challenges that assumption when he enters the Zardoz monument and is captured by an Eternal (Charlotte Rampling). There, he learns the truth about the Eternals and the false god that rules society.

The Brutals? Was @BLONG7 involved in the production?

Interesting background on this film and the name “Zardoz”:

Boorman decided to make the film after his abortive attempt at dramatising The Lord of the Rings. Burt Reynolds was originally given the role, but he pulled out due to illness. Sean Connery, in an attempt to reinvent himself after portraying James Bond, signed on.

I only obliquely followed Connery on account of Bond but it looks like he felt typecast and this movie was an attempt to break from it.

That Zardoz word is intriguing:

(Zardoz is a sort-of portmanteau of The Wizard of Oz.) This pisses off Zed and his buddies, so he plots to destroy the Eternals and the harmony of the Vortex.

Which begs the question — is the movie any good?

I remember watching that movie in the late 70's. That was a movie without morality, there were scenes that couldn't been done today. That's raw, brutal, sexy and it's done to shock bourgeois upper and middle class people. edit : But is was fun to watch, and yes with substances, more enjoyable.

At the same time Connery did a movie where he is a berber cheif warrior attacking british family, cut head of the brit man and take his wife and child in hostage. The Lion and the Wind. Another movie to break the Bond typecast. But the worst movie I saw that period was A Boy and his Dog. A futuristic movie after war chaos where a boy is teamed with an intelligent dog and they communicate by artificial human made telepathy. That's a SF movie. With Don Johnson. The end of the movie is what?? OMG !! I never saw a movie end like that, it was either I was shocked or I laught. That movie came in 1977 if I recall. It was 4 years before the first Mad Max. It inspired MM producers a little bit. I could say a must be seen movie.

 

[HuGo Sham]

sorry had to remove tweet. was untrue PLD rumour

 

[Sorinth]

EDIT: Oh well it did sound a little too good to be true.

 

[HuGo Sham]

I hope that's true because that's a deal I make pretty easily, and I'm one who thinks Harris has good odds of being a legit top-4 D.

sorry I'm going to remove. I read several replies down and the idiot who posted it, admitted it was lie. I hate the internet

 

[Rapala]

And this is why the Habs should trade for him right this summer and not wait another year......HF can't take another year of this thread.

Well he could always sign long term elsewhere to the same effect.