Bio Dome (1996) April 21,2015

[TylerDurden389]

Originally Posted by Vahanss

the other 99.9% of the population will probably tire quickly of the lame jokes and one dimensional, almost cartoon like characters.

As a kid I always looked at Shore and Baldwin as the live action Beavis and Butthead. And I loved it

[KubrickKurasawa]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Hopefully it gets cheaper...

That's what price tracker is 4.

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by KubrickKurasawa

That's what price tracker is 4.

Do I have to keep checking it, or is there an automated thing where it tells me in an email if it goes down?

[lolwut]

Originally Posted by KubrickKurasawa

This is my favorite 90's comedy I think. So classic, people must be serious to a fault if they don't get the greatness of this. Tommy Boy is another great. I just don't know if I should buy this because it might not ever come to 4k.


Straight up classic. Everyone should own this is they enjoy comedies. A favorite of mine. You people that don't like it suck major.

Not sure if serious

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by lolwut

Not sure if serious

Not only is he/she serious, but also correct!

[KeithVK]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Hopefully it gets cheaper...

I'm thinking because it's Olive it'll eventually hit around the $17.99 mark but not below for at least a year. Now two years later you see films like The Running Man sitting at around $13 and it's pretty bare-bones and is a title with another copy from another distributor out there. With no one else releasing this it doesn't even have competition.

Hoping it's more like UHF (even though it was Shout) where it dropped to around $15 bucks pretty quick. I'd have no problem parting with $15 for this.

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by KeithVK

I'm thinking because it's Olive it'll eventually hit around the $17.99 mark but not below for at least a year. Now two years later you see films like The Running Man sitting at around $13 and it's pretty bare-bones and is a title with another copy from another distributor out there. With no one else releasing this it doesn't even have competition.

Hoping it's more like UHF (even though it was Shout) where it dropped to around $15 bucks pretty quick. I'd have no problem parting with $15 for this.

$15 is my max price for older titles, and even that is pushing it. But I've seen this movie so many times on TV, never on DVD, so I know it'll have a lot of rewatching!

[KeithVK]

Originally Posted by Durryahei

It isn't just the diabolical script but also the unfunny jokes and slip-shod, juvenile physical comedy. The pace is often too rushed, the direction is awful and the story is incredibly predictable and made of a series of disconnected sequences. The characters are badly written and very clichéd and one-dimensional, and emotionally I couldn't engage with them on any conceivable level.

I'm not going to disagree with any of that. There's no doubt that these movies are love 'em or hate 'em for the most part. I can't say that I'm emotionally engaged myself in any of his films or characters... but for me they're fun and nostalgic. I don't always want to watch movies that make me think or have me get emotionally engaged as you say. These are not about amazing and intricate stories or master classes in film direction... they're not supposed to be. But if you don't find the comedy entertaining then these are certainly not for you.

[Cat III]

Originally Posted by geekesmind

no English subtitles FREAKING WHY!!!!!

I don't see the problem. It's not as if most Pauly Shore fans can read anyway.

[Show spoiler]Sorry, you left yourself wide open for that joke.

[whiteberry]

Originally Posted by Durryahei

It isn't just the diabolical script but also the unfunny jokes and slip-shod, juvenile physical comedy. The pace is often too rushed, the direction is awful and the story is incredibly predictable and made of a series of disconnected sequences. The characters are badly written and very clichéd and one-dimensional, and emotionally I couldn't engage with them on any conceivable level.

We're discussing Bio Dome, not Birdman.

[Kriztoffer Swank]

This might be worth picking up just to see Kylie Minogue gettin' her mack on in HD. Smooooookin'.

God, I hate myself for considering getting this............. It would go on my "bad movie shelf" alongside the likes of The Room, Mario Bros., Street Fighter, Miami Connection, etc.

[The Great Owl]

Remember that Citizen Kane was also not as well-regarded upon its release, and it was dismissed by many moviegoers. A good many such films are often underrated until decades later, when people have a better appreciation for how the stories and cinematography were ahead of their time.


Okay, okay, I might have gone overboard just now in extolling the virtues of Bio-Dome, but I graduated from college shortly before this film was released, and I can attest to the fact that it actually is an amusing parody of the "activist environmental college atmosphere" that pervaded campuses at the time.

[TylerDurden389]

Originally Posted by Kriztoffer Swank

God, I hate myself for considering getting this............. It would go on my "bad movie shelf" alongside the likes of The Room, Mario Bros., Street Fighter, Miami Connection, etc.

I think I have my list for my next "bad-good movie night"

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

Okay, okay, I might have gone overboard just now in extolling the virtues of Bio-Dome, but I graduated from college shortly before this film was released, and I can attest to the fact that it actually is an amusing parody of the "activist environmental college atmosphere" that pervaded campuses at the time.

Here's a classic college parody from the '90s, PCU:

PCU - Movie Trailer - YouTube

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by Thomas Irwin

Here's a classic college parody from the '90s, PCU

PCU is funny. I prefer Bio-Dome by a small margin, but both films were good stuff back in the day.

[lolwut]

Originally Posted by Gold Ranger

Not only is he/she serious, but also correct!

It has to be nostalgia. I'm curious how old the people calling this film a classic are. I was 11 when this came out on VHS. My best friend made me watch it and it was a painful, embarrassing experience. Happy Gilmore came out the same year as Bio-Dome and I loved it (and still do).

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

PCU is funny. I prefer Bio-Dome by a small margin, but both films were good stuff back in the day.

Yes, I agree. Both are really good, but I do prefer Bio-Dome myself.

[silverlakephil]

If Olive has the rights to these type of guilty pleasure films, I hope they have the rights to Cool As Ice.

[meremortal]

I enjoy this movie for what it is, but the price is definitely outrageous.

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by lolwut

It has to be nostalgia. I'm curious how old the people calling this film a classic are. I was 11 when this came out on VHS. My best friend made me watch it and it was a painful, embarrassing experience. Happy Gilmore came out the same year as Bio-Dome and I loved it (and still do).

I don't remember when this came out.
I only remember ever seeing it on tv...