tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post8093237380971848116..comments2024-03-17T11:29:35.743-04:00Comments on Final Girl: A Field Guide to Horror Movie JerksStacie Ponderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-44620556682413065612009-11-11T09:59:37.833-05:002009-11-11T09:59:37.833-05:00I saw a screening of the original TCM once and the...I saw a screening of the original TCM once and the audience cheered when Franklyn got it.... Eithel and Junior should have had their own spin-off movie, they seemed like they belonged in the movie "Mother's Day" more than Friday V. Junior was even wearing Ike's cap!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14775123986954021596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-70420300623737863212009-11-10T12:29:53.144-05:002009-11-10T12:29:53.144-05:00Thank you- this is going to help me deal with the ...Thank you- this is going to help me deal with the jerks in my life (none of whom are in a wheelchair.)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15029054484146348678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-49943004194079949732009-11-10T11:54:22.504-05:002009-11-10T11:54:22.504-05:00Stacie-you make me smile when you say how much you...Stacie-you make me smile when you say how much you hate Harry Cooper! Who doesn't hate on him? I'm full of hate for Harry Cooper and his sweaty smarmy self-righteous ways. That said, I have to disagree about Franklin from TCM. He may be whiny and annoying, but I think he's coded female (Carol Clover) because of said whining and wimpiness, and thus he dies fairly soon, so I give him a pass. Too much gender coding for me to pass up! I just can't see him as that much of a jerk. Also, I do love me some zombie Bub saluting in Day of The Dead! Right on!a.e.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10039884532854969253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-64142108590498903512009-11-09T20:55:51.137-05:002009-11-09T20:55:51.137-05:00Best post ever.
What about Evil Ed from Fright Ni...Best post ever.<br /><br />What about Evil Ed from Fright Night? Is there a caregory for jerks that are incredibly annoying and insecure and creepy to look at?<br /><br />My friends and i used to get extremely wasted every Saturday night then do a double feature of the Invisible Maniac and Texas Chainsaw. We would root the whole movie for Franklin to get killed. We'd shout obscenities at him the whole film that high five one another when he bites it.<br />Every weekend for six months.<br /><br />I hated that goddamn cripple.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998494372417859151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-26044848686716666312009-11-09T18:47:37.247-05:002009-11-09T18:47:37.247-05:00Haha, great list of jerks! A very entertaining rea...Haha, great list of jerks! A very entertaining read. I'm glad to see Franklin on there. He gets a pass too often because he's disabled. <br /><br />I would love to see the Womanizer Jerk on here...like from the Friday the 13th remake and Trey (I think that's his name) from Freddy v. Jason, who says, "Don't make me ask you twice" and "Babe, you know I don't like to be touched afterwords."B-Movie Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09301865641232633502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-682766217684188132009-11-09T17:25:03.198-05:002009-11-09T17:25:03.198-05:00I love when Ethel says "Would you shut the fu...I love when Ethel says "Would you shut the fuck up." The tone of her voice makes me crack up everytime I hear it. Just thinking about it makes me chuckle.MissRedrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078612868815574170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-76294853869170929222009-11-09T17:13:05.579-05:002009-11-09T17:13:05.579-05:00The Mayor/Industrialist is also in Piranha and All...The Mayor/Industrialist is also in Piranha and Alligator...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-57009983401543080852009-11-09T16:34:56.955-05:002009-11-09T16:34:56.955-05:00I just watched The Convent this weekend (thanks - ...I just watched The Convent this weekend (thanks - it rocked!) and came across one of the most irritating jerks I've seen. I could not wait until the guy who kept trying to hook up with the goth chick died. I swear, if I had to hear him say "Just give me fiiiive minutes" one more time I was going to fast forward to his death scene.Carrienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-28066468353789216002009-11-09T13:52:32.684-05:002009-11-09T13:52:32.684-05:00Great article. I got a good chuckle out of it.
An...Great article. I got a good chuckle out of it.<br /><br />And I'll fight anyone who talks smack about Barb from BLACK CHRISTMAS. She clearly just has some issues and needs a hug.CashBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593976245341180685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-63157971649387984422009-11-09T13:44:32.940-05:002009-11-09T13:44:32.940-05:00Ha, nice. Yeah, it's almost always the Mayor, ...Ha, nice. Yeah, it's almost always the Mayor, who refuses to cancel the Parade Festival which brings the town so much money, despite the imminent shark attack or earthquake or rampaging, car, etc. <br /><br />I thought about some sort of Wealthy Jerk, like Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) in Land of the Dead...oh, there are so many varieties out there...Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88882287211852763652009-11-09T13:08:50.434-05:002009-11-09T13:08:50.434-05:00I wonder if there is a sub category of Jerk #6: th...I wonder if there is a sub category of Jerk #6: the wealthy land/business owner/politician who refuses to risk his profits/reputation despite ample evidence of increasingly deadly danger? I'm thinking the mayor in Jaws, grandfather in Frogs, mall owner in Eight Legged Freaks, etc. It's usually male, white, wealthy, and, by the end of the film, dead.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-7832780437626735792009-11-09T12:50:04.338-05:002009-11-09T12:50:04.338-05:00Sam54- Barb is a bit of a jerk, I suppose, but I&#...<b>Sam54</b>- Barb is a bit of a jerk, I suppose, but I'd definitely stick her in category #1. I loves me some Barb! <br /><br /><b>Emily</b>- That's true. Apparently Paul Partain, who played Franklin, decided to go all method and he remained in character off-camera. No one found out until years after the fact that he was really a nice guy!Stacie Ponderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07784074536271206501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-11191992527008862842009-11-09T09:51:48.644-05:002009-11-09T09:51:48.644-05:00Ironically, this also reads quite like a list of m...Ironically, this also reads quite like a list of men I've dated...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-56452519073942991462009-11-09T09:50:25.999-05:002009-11-09T09:50:25.999-05:00One of my favorite scenes of all time in horror mo...One of my favorite scenes of all time in horror movies, is in Day of Dead when the zombie salutes Captain Rhodes. It was such justice for the Mad bully. Cool post, I haven't seen all of these movies & a horror movie isn't complete without these token jerks.Melanie's Randomnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331778717585609001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-61985174935513153252009-11-09T09:36:20.588-05:002009-11-09T09:36:20.588-05:00"Hey Jerk! Speed Kills!"
Totally awesom..."Hey Jerk! Speed Kills!"<br /><br />Totally awesome article Stacie, great job!Jay Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00943870346156273403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-40786565441335499322009-11-09T08:15:36.262-05:002009-11-09T08:15:36.262-05:00Hahahah...three things:
1) First character I thou...Hahahah...three things:<br /><br />1) First character I thought of after seeing the title was Reiser's Carter Burke in Aliens. Maybe my eyes caught a glimpse of his name in the first paragraph and that did it, but Burke is one of the all-time great movie jerks. On a Letterman appearance some time after Aliens came out, Dave asked him about being such a jerk in that film and Reiser responded that he was "merely misunderstood". That made me chuckle a bit.<br /><br />2) I just knew...KNEW...that Franklin was going to be a category unto himself.<br /><br />3) Adrienne Barbeau is the tits! Literally.Verdant Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139591223231428391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-37267832438533821832009-11-09T07:38:47.290-05:002009-11-09T07:38:47.290-05:00Funny, I just rewatched TCM with production commen...Funny, I just rewatched TCM with production commentary and apparently the whole cast found Franklin to be a major Jerk, on and off the camera.deadlydollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061028044836745499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-88718519733733430362009-11-09T07:37:13.316-05:002009-11-09T07:37:13.316-05:00Personally, I loved SNL's mashup Mad About You...Personally, I loved SNL's mashup <i>Mad About You Aliens</i>. Starting out with Reiser's death scene in <i>Aliens</i>, it segways into a typical bedroom scene from <i>Mad About You</i>. However, Helen Hunt's character has been replaced by a Xenomorph wearing a nightgown.The Grand Groovy Ghoulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-37212124798765029082009-11-09T07:31:14.898-05:002009-11-09T07:31:14.898-05:00One of the things that surprised me in the Dawn of...One of the things that surprised me in the Dawn of the Dead re-make is the Jerk Lead security guard comes around. I like the character because he comes around, as opposed to the other main jerk whose selfish nearly kills half the crew. He's the Paul Reiser of the film...in fact, the one thing left out of the description of # 7 is that these people are often very short sighted and their ambition usually results in their own well deserved demise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-82836003734804683562009-11-09T07:28:15.709-05:002009-11-09T07:28:15.709-05:00Spot on post! Jerks take note!Spot on post! Jerks take note!Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-50262598531963297292009-11-09T05:31:32.784-05:002009-11-09T05:31:32.784-05:00It's the type 7 jerk in Dawn of the Dead (rema...It's the type 7 jerk in Dawn of the Dead (remake) who owns the yacht that has me baking celebratory chocolate fondue cake when he gets his comeuppance!!<br /><br />Did I say comeuppance? I meant to say having his friggen zombie brain blown to hell!Highly Caffeinatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17396172014600662249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13599870.post-54797481468687341652009-11-09T04:59:05.578-05:002009-11-09T04:59:05.578-05:00Why the Black Christmas was Barb not on this list?...Why the Black Christmas was Barb not on this list?!<br /><br />"Why don't you go find a wall socket and stick your tongue in it, that will give you a charge?!"Sam54noreply@blogger.com