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<blockquote data-quote="Abstruse" data-source="post: 9020123" data-attributes="member: 6669048"><p>The Sword and the Sorcerer picked up a cult following long before the era of Online Discourse specifically because it's cheesy and it had a long run on the second-run grindhouse circuit plus came out just in time for the peak of the home video boom. The Rankin-Bass Hobbit cartoon was shoved in my face constantly as a kid in the 80s with ads for the home video release ("Available now on VHS and Beta-Max!") Also, it's Rankin-Bass who has a huge cultural impact via their holiday specials.</p><p></p><p>Cult classics require a very specific yet elusive formula to hit. It needs the right balance between availability and redeeming qualities. Availability is its biggest issue because it came out long after the home video boom had been crushed by Blockbuster, long after the multiplexes replaced the dollar cinemas desperate for anything to show, and for whatever reason didn't get picked up in the "shown 15 times a week on Starz/Cinemax/USA/SyFy/etc" circuit of film licensing. The movie isn't good enough to have any hidden gem moments and, despite the best efforts of Jeremy Irons, isn't cheesy-bad enough to be ironically fun to watch. Maybe if MST3K had gotten hold of it, but their peak was long since over as well and the relaunch doesn't seem interested in it either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Abstruse, post: 9020123, member: 6669048"] The Sword and the Sorcerer picked up a cult following long before the era of Online Discourse specifically because it's cheesy and it had a long run on the second-run grindhouse circuit plus came out just in time for the peak of the home video boom. The Rankin-Bass Hobbit cartoon was shoved in my face constantly as a kid in the 80s with ads for the home video release ("Available now on VHS and Beta-Max!") Also, it's Rankin-Bass who has a huge cultural impact via their holiday specials. Cult classics require a very specific yet elusive formula to hit. It needs the right balance between availability and redeeming qualities. Availability is its biggest issue because it came out long after the home video boom had been crushed by Blockbuster, long after the multiplexes replaced the dollar cinemas desperate for anything to show, and for whatever reason didn't get picked up in the "shown 15 times a week on Starz/Cinemax/USA/SyFy/etc" circuit of film licensing. The movie isn't good enough to have any hidden gem moments and, despite the best efforts of Jeremy Irons, isn't cheesy-bad enough to be ironically fun to watch. Maybe if MST3K had gotten hold of it, but their peak was long since over as well and the relaunch doesn't seem interested in it either. [/QUOTE]
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