Weird Menace

De: Ed Park

Narrado por: Eric Yves Garcia, Hillary Huber

A retired actor and her director discuss the film that altered the course of their careers, in this provocative new story by Ed Park, author of Personal Days.

Barbara Lee Handbook (pronounced “Hanbok”), whom fans will know as Barbie Moran, the ‘80s bombshell and star of the cult sci-fi film Weird Menace, sits down with Director Toner Low to discuss the making of the classic film - set on a distant planet, featuring mutant attackers, cyber ladies of the 34th century, and no shortage of warring spaceships - for the Blu-ray edition, in this absurdly funny and poignant meditation on art, legacy, and our ambivalence about the life choices that define us.

©2020 Ed Park (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC.

no idea what this is

I don't get the point of this at all. I can no recommend to anyone.

B-movie commentary

Join the director of Weird Menace along with one of the actresses as they record the commentary track. They reminisce while having cocktails, in their own little world of yesteryear and minutiae. The ending is rather abrupt, but it left me wondering about the sex scene between the director (subbing as a body double) and the elusive Hannah Han.

What

It's lucky it was so short otherwise I would not have finished. I can't even explain what it was about other than a to say a confusing menace.

That ended... Weirdly

Abruptly, badly, sadly... IDK whatever it was it better not be added to the blueray as an extra because it will make people cry too much.

A short entertaining slice of life

This is very short, but well done. It shouldn't have to be said, but Weird Menace is not a real movie, and these are voice actors playing parts. (A few of the other reviewers seem to be confused on this point.) It's a short story told as if it were the director's commentary on a DVD, with the director and the star talking about a B movie that neither of them remembers very well.

There is an undercurrent of the Uncanny in this story, and the ending is ambiguous. In general though, it's more of a comedy sketch than anything else. I am a fan of director's commentaries, and they hit the tone and style perfectly. I can see how it wouldn't make much sense to someone who isn't used to watching them. If you're a fan of B Movies and like hearing the reminiscences of filmmakers, you'll probably enjoy it. It's only about a half hour long, which works really well for the concept--it would have gotten tiresome if it had gone on much longer.