Comments on: Conqueror of the World (1983)

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:16:03 +0000

I haven't seen Cavegirl, but yes, this is far worse than Caveman (which I sorta enjoyed).

By: Felicity

Felicity — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 08:47:39 +0000

Worse than Carl Gottlieb's Caveman? Worse than David Oliver's Cavegirl?

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:43:35 +0000

I swear, I’ve edited it right this time…

In one of the late scenes, NeanderBabe expresses her love for Bog by finally getting his name right. So the conversation goes:
“B… Bog.”
“Bog!”
“Bog!”
“Bog.”

I was tempted to put it up on Youtube.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:15:34 +0000

Actually, you still left off Body Count, it is now “bosy count”. I was kind of hoping for the appropriate “bogy count”, but unfortunately “bosy” is all I got.

Your “Bog” line reminded me of the Jabootu review of Clan of the Cave Bear, making fun of all the monosyllabic names. But “Bog” has to be one the worst possible choices, just short of an actual obscenity for a name.

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:47:29 +0000

My video collection isn’t large as such things go, but it is serendipitous.

By: Blake

Blake — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:02 +0000

Neat, a movie that satisfies the Cabal requirements and continues with your (something of a) recent theme of Italian cannibal flicks. I guess the only other film that could’ve done that was that one about Adam and Eve and the Cannibals.

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:17:51 +0000

What can I say? It was reeeeally late when I finished up last night…

By: KeithB

KeithB — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:07:30 +0000

I think you left off “Body count” in the first notable totable.

Maybe the rocket sound implies that this is a direct prequel to “2001: A Space Odyssey”.

By: Nathan Shumate

Nathan Shumate — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:49:50 +0000

It’s a funny and subjective thing, that “cold” rating, and I debated on whether to apply it to this movie. Ultimately, even if a movie is piss-poor, if I don’t find myself shaking my fist at the screen and wishing curses retroactively upon multiple generations of the filmmakers’ ancestry, I can’t really call the film “cold.”

By: Read MacGuirtose

Read MacGuirtose — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:15:29 +0000

If this is really that near “the nadir of filmmaking quality”, I’m kind of surprised you didn’t give it a “cold” rating. Unless even the nadir of filmmaking quality among “Italian exploitation and ripoff cinema” is still above the dreck you’ve given “cold” ratings to…