The Big Picture: Monster's Movie

[T'vin]

I've actually been to the movie studio in Pyongyang. It was pretty awesome. Also the most surreal holiday I've ever been on.

 

[Bluecho]

Well crap, now I want to see Pulgasari. Or at the very least Galgameth.

 

[PunkRex]

Kim Jong Il was born under a double rainbow?

This displeases Lady Rainicorn!

 

[Skjutentrast]

Ghadaffi was not such a bad guy. In 10 years the rest of the world is going to wish that he was kept around.
The worst thing he did was turning fighter jets on civilians. It was a dick move and where he failed.

 

[XMark]

I'd love to see a movie based on this whole story. It's got all the elements to make a great movie. Romance, drama, black comedy, political intrigue, and a thrilling escape towards the end.

 

[ZakCanard]

Well crap, now I want to see Pulgasari. Or at the very least Galgameth.

It would appear that the whole film's on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkZjt3A3az4], the BBC linked to it [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16245174] as part of their obituary articles back in December.

 

[Mousse Templar]

Didn't Marvel Comics make an Iron Man Annual with an awfully similar
plot? (of the story, not the movie)
Think it was called. mandarin, story of my life

 

[anonymity88]

Maybe it's just my tendency to focus on minor details, but what caught my ear was that the kidnapped director was IMPRISONED FOR 5 YEARS BEFORE ANYONE EVEN TOLD HIM WHY HE WAS THERE! I mean, I can kinda understand kidnapping someone to make movies for you, but I can't understand KIDNAPPING HIM AND THEN FORGETTING ABOUT HIM FOR FIVE FUCKING YEARS!

Maybe he was hoping for Stockholm Syndrome to set in?

 

[JehuBot]

YES! when I saw the thumbnail for this episode, I got all giddy and fanboysy! ^^

I already knew about this movie's insane, yet fascinating story thanks to Cracked, Wikipedia, and IMDb, and I still find it crazy to think that such thing happened in real life.

I was so excited to know your take on the whole thing. and I'm glad that I've finally heard it.

this is easily one of your best episodes so far, right next to the MST3K episode, the Schlocktober mini series, and other great ones that I can't remember right now.

 

[C.S.Strowbridge]

Amazingly, I knew that story. Maybe not all of the details, but I knew about the kidnappings, the movies, and the eventual escape.

It was repeated ad nauseam by the British press in the week(s) after he died. Maybe you saw it on the BBC news website?

Actually, I knew that about him while he was still alive. One of those esoteric facts I keep stored away for no good reason.