what a disgrace to all greenskeeper's..... -- Rocker makes movie debut as killer John Rocker has taken on his first acting role -- as a homicidal maniac. "The Greenskeeper's" Web site doesn't mention a release date -- or when the flick might make its way to the video stores. According to the site, the cast also includes Playboy model Christi Taylor and Steve Rickman -- aka radio deejay Southside Steve, one of the Regular Guys on 96 Rock. Rocker has been a frequent guest on the show. Here's how it describes the plot, with Rocker (a former Braves closer, now a Texas Ranger), listed as the title character. A 20-year-old assistant greenskeeper gathers friends for a birthday party at the country club after hours, the site says. "A killer dressed as a golf course greenskeeper shows up to wreak havoc on the promiscuous teens. Having access to golf course tools, The Greenskeeper both frightfully and creatively disposes of our partygoers. It's up to someone to not only figure out the identity of the killer, but to stop a country club massacre." His Broadway debut still seems unlikely. --
"Having access to golf course tools, The Greenskeeper both frightfully and creatively disposes of our partygoers." Heck, that's worth watching even without Rock-head's involvement...sounds like Oscar-quality material.
It will be interesting to see this movie just to find out how many people of non-white descent he ends up killing.
Who wants to bet that the Greenskeeper will soon join Child's Play II and the Problem Child series as one of the USA Network's most frequently broadcasted shows?
It will NEVER surpass the number of runnings of "The Beastmaster" on TBS. That must have been Ted Turner's favorite movie when he was in college (or high).
Ted Turner is over 60. If he was still in school when the Beastmaster came out, he's one dumb MF. So he must have been high.
I'll go with the Police Academy series and <i>Weird Science</i> as the most broadcast movies ever on the tube. The original Star Wars trilogy used to come on USA just about every weekend, too...
I have a friend who's BA paper (in English) was on slasher films. He described to me a number of things all slasher films have in common. One of those is that promiscuity is always punished with grisly murder. This movie seems to fit the paradigm. (The paper, btw, apparently was very good. He took it to a number of other colleges for readings and won some kind of reward for it. He's a PhD student now. Only in the Arts can you be so well rewarded for writing about something so trivial.)
That paper sounds pretty interesting. I don't think that kind of paper is necessarily trivial. It can potentially say a lot about a culture if it enjoys watching the violent murder of people having sex. Or, it can just indicate that there a lot of horny and vengeful teenagers (and/or academics) out there...(not sure what emoticon to put here..) By the way, I would argue that "Roadhouse" is Mr. Turner's favorite film. I seemingly see that on every other day. And why not? Dalton, the Philosophy pHD/expert bouncer (a common double major in the late '80's), played by the brilliant Patrick Swayze kicks some serious ass and John Doe from the great LA punk band, X, plays a bartender. Does anybody remember the MST3K Christmas carol, "A Patrick Swayze Christmas?" That tells you all you need to know about that movie.
Maybe its me, but it seems like those Back to the Future flicks (Micheal J. Fox) are on every weekend on either TBS or TNT.
And don't forget Major Payne. Apparently the execs at USA must think Damon Wayans' movies are actually funny. Also, FX became the Starship Troopers station for awhile.
It appears that Rocker will join another infamous figure in having a movie go straight to video: One Robert Van Winkle in "Cool As Ice"
