Bad Idea Podcast #13: White Man Can't Ninja

178) Ninja Terminator (1985) Dir: Godfrey Ho Date Released: Dunno Date Seen: May 31, 2012 Rating: 0.75/5

179) Enter the Ninja (1981) Dir: Menahem Golan Date Released: October 2, 1981 Date Seen: June 1, 2012 Rating: 1/5

180) Ninja III: The Domination (1984) Dir: Sam Firstenberg Date Released: September 14, 1984 Date Seen: June 1, 2012 Rating: 0.5/5

181) The Ninja Squad (1986) Dir: Godfrey Ho and Robert Young Date Released: No, Really, I Don't Know Date Seen: June 2, 2012 Rating: 0.25/5

182) Ninja Project Daredevils (1985) Dir: Godfrey Ho Date Released: IDK LOL Date Seen: June 2, 2012 Rating: 0.5/5

RV!: Enter the Ninja (1981) Dir: Menahem Golan Date Released: October 2, 1981 Date Seen: June 9, 2012 Rating: 2.75/5

RV!: Ninja III: The Domination (1984) Dir: Sam Firstenberg Date Released: September 14, 1984 Date Seen: June 1, 2012 Rating: 3/5

Steve Carlson and I recorded this podcast so that we'd be less nervous when we presented a double feature of Enter the Ninja and Ninja III: The Domination at 92YTribeca on June 9. And it helped a bunch, I think. We felt relaxed and the crowd was receptive. Furthermore, the beer was good, our hosts at the Y were very gracious, the 35mm prints looked GREAT and the experience on the whole was a lot of fun. Showing those movies will definitely be a highlight of my year. See the latest Bad Idea Podcast for a lil primer on the art of ninja-sploitation cinema.

361) 52 Pick-Up (1986), 369) Revenge of the Ninja (1983), 370) The Apple (1980) and 371) Castaway (1986)

361) 52 Pick-Up (1986) Dir: John Frankenheimer Date Released: November 1986 Date Seen: November 4, 2010 Rating: 2.75/5

369) Revenge of the Ninja (1983) Dir: Sam Firstenberg Date Released: September 1983 Date Seen: November 10, 2010 Rating: 0.5/5

370) The Apple (1980) Dir: Menahem Golan Date Released: November 1980 Date Seen: November 11, 2010 Rating: 1/5 

371) Castaway (1986) Dir: Nicolas Roeg Date Released: September 1987 Date Seen: November 11, 2010 Rating: 3.75/5

Fabulously awful. Except for the Frankenheimer, which had potential. And the Roeg. Which is very good. See my piece on the white-washed Golan/Globus series Lincoln Center put on recently for the L Magazine.