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Loy · 08-09-2004, 11:14 AM

Hmmm....I actually liked "The Stuff". While the FX were cheesy (it was a low-budgeter from the 80's. What exactly DID you expect?), the film itself is fucking hilarious, which is how you're supposed to take a satire. See, "The Stuff" is a satire on capitolism and Nutrasweet (for those who are too young to remember, Nutrasweet was supposed to be a less dangerous substitute for saccharine. What a lot of companies did was add a little drop of Nutrasweet, which gave them permission to put the "nutrasweet" logo on their products, without taking OUT the saccharine. Yet nobody called these companies on it until the mid-90's), and the problem with Larry Cohen films is that they NEVER have the budgets they deserve to get their point across. It makes for sad viewing at times (check out the FX in "Q"), but if you can handle the low-budget aspect, you'll see that Cohen is actually one of our countries greater unknowns.

08-09-2004, 11:14 AM	#229
Loy Join Date: May 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 408	Hmmm....I actually liked "The Stuff". While the FX were cheesy (it was a low-budgeter from the 80's. What exactly DID you expect?), the film itself is fucking hilarious, which is how you're supposed to take a satire. See, "The Stuff" is a satire on capitolism and Nutrasweet (for those who are too young to remember, Nutrasweet was supposed to be a less dangerous substitute for saccharine. What a lot of companies did was add a little drop of Nutrasweet, which gave them permission to put the "nutrasweet" logo on their products, without taking OUT the saccharine. Yet nobody called these companies on it until the mid-90's), and the problem with Larry Cohen films is that they NEVER have the budgets they deserve to get their point across. It makes for sad viewing at times (check out the FX in "Q"), but if you can handle the low-budget aspect, you'll see that Cohen is actually one of our countries greater unknowns. __________________ I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.