Which DVD's would I need for a Pulp Action/Adventure marathon?

[CCamfield]

Just asking; does Starship Troopers fit in this genre?

No, no, it doesn't.

I'm trying to think of parallels to the Flash Gordon style of science fiction. Was there an episode (or more than one?) of the original Star Trek in which Kirk was forced to fight beasts in an arena for the amusement of the local populace, with primitive weapons? That would be Flash Gordon-esque. Not outright military conflict as in Starship Troopers.

 

[CCamfield]

If you can find it, there was a film made some years back called, "Nate and Hayes". It's set pre-WWI and stars a younger Tommy Lee Jones. Well worth the effort to find.

Friends of mine have mentioned this I think... but I was under the impression that it's a swashbuckler with swords and so forth? Is it set in the 19th century or earlier?

 

[Goodsport]

Would this upcoming movie also qualify (once it's released on DVD, of course)?


-G

 

[barsoomcore]

Woah, what happened to High Road to China! That movie seems critical to what you are doing.

Yay Bess Armstrong!

Does anyone here remember This Girl For Hire? Okay so it wasn't actually very good but.. a formative experience for me, is all I'll say....

 

[Swoop109]

Friends of mine have mentioned this I think... but I was under the impression that it's a swashbuckler with swords and so forth? Is it set in the 19th century or earlier?

Its been so long since I've seen the film that I cannot recall if an exact year is ever mentioned in the film.
While there is use of swords in the film, the German crew does have automatic weapons and several types of revolvers and black powder firearms are also used in the film.
The patrol cruiser used by the German Navy in the film is said to be one of the newist in the fleet, this could just be the officer bragging. As an off guess, I would say that the film could be set anywhere between 1898 to 1917. No mention is made of WWI and the German crew give no indication that their country is in a major conflict.

 

[Goodsport]

Would this upcoming movie also qualify (once it's released on DVD, of course)?

I've finally been able to add Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (Widescreen-version, of course) to my DVD Pulp collection.

Though I still have yet to find a Region 1 (U.S.) Widescreen-version DVD of The Shadow.


-G

 

[tecnowraith]

These are pulp if you think about it:
Doc Savage
LXG
Rocketman (30's serial)
Kll Bill (in a way)
Dark City (more noir than pulp)
Sky Captian and the world of Tomorrow (just came out on DVD)

 

[Goodsport]

I would imagine that The Mask of Zorro also fits the Pulp genre - it originally started as a series of pulp novels first published in the 1920's, after all.


-G

 

[Hand of Evil]

Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness are semi-pulp, being wierd tales.

 

[ragboy]

Some non-standards:

The Lone Ranger TV series. (cheapo 3-DVD set available)
Tarzan (any of them, but Johnny Weissmuller is king and Maureen O'Sullivan is the only Jane that matters)
The Land that Time Forgot
Legend (maybe...)
Maltese Falcon
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Thin Man (The series - highly recommended)
Forbidden Planet
Yojimbo / Last Man Standing / Fistful of Dollars (or any Leone or Kurosawa western)
Outlaw Josey Wales (or most any Eastwood western)
Rio Lobo (or almost any John Wayne western)
Untouchables
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon...

etc.