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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2008 13:43:19 GMT
Its been years since I watched the Robocop trilogy but I think I can remember enjoying the first film but the second one put me off when they killed that bloke and removed his brains so that it could be used for another robot.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 3, 2008 21:26:03 GMT
None of the sequels, TV shows, mini-series, cartoons or comics* are necessary. The first film nailed the concept bang-on. Perhaps one day the permanently revived corpse of the idea will be allowed to rest.
-Ralph
*Other than Robocop V Terminator which was, honestly, brilliant.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 3, 2008 22:16:42 GMT
I picked up the Robocop trilogy on DVD for £9. That's one dvd and two coasters for less than a tenner. Result.
The second film is a bit of a waste, there's some good ideas in there but they are lost in amongst the noise. The third film is indeed a turd.
And the Robocop vs Terminator comic is indeed splendid!
Andy
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Post by karla on Jun 6, 2008 21:04:17 GMT
ah Spirited Away with No Face XD he's brilliant
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Post by Hero on Jun 8, 2008 16:10:39 GMT
Police Academy.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 28, 2008 2:51:28 GMT
Have I mentioned Ghostbusters yet? God I love this film. I can, and do, watch it again and again and agian. Watched it coupla nights ago with Mrs Shockprowl. Fab. Just full of little funny lines and stuff. Must be one of the best films OF ALL TIME.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jun 28, 2008 7:16:58 GMT
Have I mentioned Ghostbusters yet? God I love this film. I can, and do, watch it again and again and agian. Watched it coupla nights ago with Mrs Shockprowl. Fab. Just full of little funny lines and stuff. Must be one of the best films OF ALL TIME. "Back off, man - I'm a scientist." Martin |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2008 8:48:41 GMT
I've got both Ghostbusters films on DVD and watch them occasionally. For me it was Bill Murray's deadpan comedy routine that he made a career out of that made them the success they were.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 28, 2008 9:56:37 GMT
The original I can indeed watch again and again. The second one...less so.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2008 11:19:38 GMT
The second one isn't as fun as the first but it's still watchable.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 28, 2008 18:08:01 GMT
"I collect spore, molds and funguss..."
"What are you? Some kinda Cosmonaught?"
"We're exterminators. Someone saw a cockroach up on 12."
"Must be some cockroach."
"Bite your arm off, man. Going up?"
"I'll take the next one..."
"Everything was fine until our protection grid was shut off by dickless here."
"Is this true"
"Yes it's true. This man has no dick."
(Not word for word quotes, but you get the idea! Marvelous film.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2008 19:29:00 GMT
Bill Murray had a knack for coming out with some good quotes. He pulls off several more in the film Groundhog Day which was also done by Harold Ramis (Egon Splengler in Ghostbusters).
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 7, 2008 2:00:45 GMT
Freakin' geniouses, the whole lot of 'em.
I find I can watch Austin Powers over and over, partic 2 and 3 (3 was on last night). Love Dr. Evil and Scot. Love the Mole. Seth Green's dance right at the end of 3 had me in hysterics! Utter hysterics!
"Mooooooole..."
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2008 17:00:42 GMT
Any Arnie film, except for Red Sonja.
Yes, I saw Jingle All The Way at the cinema. And I enjoyed it.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2008 19:51:58 GMT
I like a few Arnie films but some of his films don't cut it for me. Red Sonja is one I tend to avoid and so are ones like Twins, Last Action Hero, Kindergarden Cop, Eraser and that one where he gives birth to a kid.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 12, 2008 22:29:39 GMT
Arnie has a certain kind of watchable quality that endears him to me. I was especially a big fan in my teenage years.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2008 10:25:27 GMT
So was I. At High School in 1991 I couldn't stop telling people about how great Arnie was in Terminator 2. I watched the film, collected the trading cards and picked up every magazine that had a feature on the film inside. I also loved films such as Commando and Total Recall (the latter I watched before I was old enough to do so). These days I'll watch a few Arnie movies on DVD (of which I have a few) but not as much as I used to.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 13, 2008 10:39:54 GMT
Same here, but I still enjoy some Arnie nonsense from time to time. And Commando is a hoot.
I was pretty disturbed to realise yesterday that Total Recall is now 18 years old! I had wondered why it was in the £3 section in HMV. 18 years! I'm sure it just came out last week!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 13, 2008 18:17:09 GMT
Have you ever seen the Ghostbusters DVD with the commentary on ? You get little animations of the participants at the bottom of the screen MST3K style.
SW films - ESB is my favorite film ever. I quite like Phantom Menace as the clue's in the title - what's going on is hidden behind what you see on screen. I had more than one friend that didn't click that Darth Sidious = Palpatine = The Emperor and that the film was about his manouvering to power. AotC is poor. Well Until Mace Windu shows up at the arena. I quite like ROTS, *especially* from the point where Mace and Co go off to confront Palpatine. The film turns then and becomes much darker and a better film.
Other films I never tire of: Excalibur. Love it to bits.
Mrs A is a big fan of Monty Python's Holy Grail.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 13, 2008 19:30:08 GMT
Yeah, of course Star Wars. Can watch 'em endlessly. Interesting what you've put re Phantom, Phil, actually made me think of the film in a different way. Still my least fave by far, but a good point there I hadn't appeciated before. I enjoyed Clones, esp the end battle. Now Sith is boarder line my fave of the series! I love Clone Troopers and I love Light Saber fights- and this has loads of both!!! I love the Sidious character and find Ian McDairmid wonderfull to watch on screen. Seeing his plan come into being at last is great viewing. When I watche it the first time, I found that killilng Dooku off at the very start (in the first of the great Saber fights!) gave the film a really unerving edge. Kept me on my toes. Wasn't expecting it. And that feeling made me enjoy the film a whole lot more. Just waiting for what you know is going to happen to happen. But yeah, the originals just invoke so much in me, I was obessed with them as a child, and that child like wonder still surrounds the films today.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2008 16:44:43 GMT
Revenge of the Sith is by far the best of the three prequel films. It answers the questions that you've been waiting for since Return of the Jedi.
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Post by legios on Jul 15, 2008 20:22:43 GMT
Revenge of the Sith is by far the best of the three prequel films. It answers the questions that you've been waiting for since Return of the Jedi. The thing is I never had any questions after "Return of the Jedi" - between it and Empire all of the questions that really mattered to me had been answered - the rest of the stuff was just the "how" of the backstory, and that has never felt terribly interesting to me. The first three Star Wars films always felt complete in themselves to me, and I didn't really have any burning need to see "what had happened before". Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 16, 2008 13:44:01 GMT
I love the original three films but have never had much of an urge to get into any expanded universe stuff. Story felt done. The only new film I'd really be interested in would be one with the original cast, as that's 75% of the charm of Star Wars for me, but that's hardly likely to happen!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 16, 2008 21:43:55 GMT
The only expanded universe stuff that held any water in my eyes were the Timothy Zahn books, the first Dark Empire story and Shadows of the Empire by Steve Perry.
Pretty much everything else was a bit pants - especially anything by Kevin J Quotemachine.
Andy
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 14, 2008 20:16:55 GMT
The Blues Brothers
Immortal.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 14, 2008 21:12:54 GMT
I have to admit, I've tried to sit through it several times as so many people I have known love it, but I just don't get it. I just...I just don't get it at all. Sorry.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 20, 2008 10:30:01 GMT
Another entry: RISE OF THE SILVER SURGER!!!!!
I know many of my Hub chumbs didn't rate it, but I love it! I think the cast is great, and it's just a nice simple romp of a super hero movie, with a fairly decent story, that's true to the original comic.
Oh, and in the deleted scenes there's a brilliant bit where Jonny and The Thing are helping Reed get things ready for his wedding. In a florists they drop some flowers. Jonny kneels down to pick up a bunch, passes it to Thing, and someone takes a photo of that very moment, so it looks all romantic! He he he! Ah, you gotta see it really...
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Post by Bogatan on Aug 20, 2008 14:40:08 GMT
Hoodwinked. Watching now and lovin it. A lot of it is down to Patrick Warburton. The voice is the same every time, the Wolf in Hoodwinked, (the pure genius of) Krunk from The Emperors New Groove or any of a billion other characters, but everytime it cracks me up. Im going to have to watch New Groove now.
And I jut saw on imdb that theres a sequel to Hoodwinked, if the budget allows for animation of the same standard as US CG animations while being as funny as the original it could be something special.
Andy
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Post by Shockprowl on Aug 27, 2008 15:09:15 GMT
I, of course, meant to type- "Rise of the Silver Surfer", not "Rise of the Silver Surger". Although that's a great film as well...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2008 15:55:12 GMT
I don't believe I've seen either film.
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