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Post by Pinwig on Nov 6, 2022 23:10:37 GMT
Ha! That'd be a cracking film. See! A Skywalker fall over and get back up again!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2022 9:37:46 GMT
I haven't seen Rise/Fall of Skywalker (I can't remember what it's supposed to be called). It's for the best. -Ralph |
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Post by KnightBeat on Nov 7, 2022 17:55:31 GMT
Doesn't tell me where I can watch SeaQuest. The SeaQuest Quest has begun. I've never watched Labyrinth. I went to see it at the cinema and found the creatures to be utterly terrifying, to a point where I had to leave the cinema. Strangely, I managed to sit through the Dark Crystal (which has more terrifying puppetry) without a problem. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 7, 2022 18:11:59 GMT
I've never watched Labyrinth. WHAT.  It is literally the best film of all time, bar none. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 7, 2022 21:47:40 GMT
Is it? What, even better than Top Gun 2? Or The Suicide Squad?
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Post by Toph on Nov 7, 2022 22:24:59 GMT
A toothache is better than Top Gun 2
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 8, 2022 5:38:34 GMT
Is it? What, even better than Top Gun 2? Or The Suicide Squad? Heavens, yes, they may be the best film of the year in which they were released, but they aren't fit to be spoken of in the same breath as the awesome Labyrinth. Martin |
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Post by legios on Nov 8, 2022 22:59:32 GMT
Doesn't tell me where I can watch SeaQuest. The SeaQuest Quest has begun. I've never watched Labyrinth. I went to see it at the cinema and found the creatures to be utterly terrifying, to a point where I had to leave the cinema. Strangely, I managed to sit through the Dark Crystal (which has more terrifying puppetry) without a problem. Interesting. Never found either terrifying to be honest. On the other hand the Wheelers in Return to Oz just absolutely weirded me out - even by the standards of Oz they just seemed outright unsettling. Which is saying something when one considers how messed up some of the stuff about Oz is (I mean, the Deadly Desert turns you to sand...Literally just dissolves your entire body wholesale. That is messed up). By contrast most of the creatures of the Labyrinth I found basically endearing at the very least. But everyone's mileage is different. (Didn't find anything in Dark Crystal particularly frightening - the unfortunately fated TV show on the other hand did have a couple of things that were pretty close to outright Nope! for me.) Karl |
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Post by Jim on Nov 9, 2022 10:50:19 GMT
Dark Crystal I found a bit too intense and dark as a kid, and I had similar feelings about Neverending Story.
Return to Oz has some really creepy elements, but I watched it many times anyway - I think it's more intensity that gets to me.
I think the only part of Labyrinth which really creeps me out is not puppet related, it's the contaminated peach!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2022 12:28:21 GMT
When seen on a big screen, David Bowie's codpiece is terrifying.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 29, 2023 21:24:36 GMT
I haven't got all the way through Highlander so technically I haven't seen it either. I gave up because... It was shit. I'm having another go at this because it's on iPlayer and Mrs P says I ought to watch it and there'll be none of this 'it's crap' business until I've seen it all. I have to say in my old age I look much more fondly on anything from the heyday of 80s action films. Not sure what Sean Connery thinks he's wearing though. |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 29, 2023 21:34:11 GMT
Apparently there can only be one. This seems important as everybody wants to keep repeating it.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 29, 2023 21:43:59 GMT
I think 2024 will have to be the year of getting film franchises sorted out for me. I did Rocky this year, next year I need to finish Rambo, rewatch Predator and Terminator to add in the few I've not seen and do all of Mission Impossible. Also the Brosnan Bond films because they're the only ones I've not watched in the last few years.
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 30, 2023 0:35:35 GMT
I haven't got all the way through Highlander so technically I haven't seen it either. I gave up because... It was shit. I'm having another go at this because it's on iPlayer and Mrs P says I ought to watch it and there'll be none of this 'it's crap' business until I've seen it all. I have to say in my old age I look much more fondly on anything from the heyday of 80s action films. Not sure what Sean Connery thinks he's wearing though. Mrs P is wise. It... does have a 'dated' feel to it at times. Kinda clumsy in a way. BUT IT'S PURE MOVIE GOLD! (I highly recommend the TV series. Has Mrs zp seen that? If she hasn't, watch it. Watch it quickly. It's (generally) very good.) |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2023 8:38:33 GMT
No, Pinwig, no. Stop at Highlander 1.
-Ralph
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 30, 2023 9:23:04 GMT
Oh yes, don't watch any more if the movies! Dear gods no!
But the TV series is a completely different kettle of immortals. Adrian Paul is great in the lead role, it really explores what life would be like for such a being, and the fight scenes are great!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 30, 2023 10:57:47 GMT
I think 2024 will have to be the year of getting film franchises sorted out for me. I did Rocky this year, next year I need to finish Rambo, rewatch Predator and Terminator to add in the few I've not seen and do all of Mission Impossible. Also the Brosnan Bond films because they're the only ones I've not watched in the last few years. That does seem to be basic level franchise work. Hellraiser. That's where the real test lies. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 30, 2023 10:59:27 GMT
No, Pinwig, no. Stop at Highlander 1. -Ralph Ignore this weakling. STAY THE COURSE. |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2023 11:02:06 GMT
I'm trying to save him! We have decades of experience with shitty sequels! Shockprowl does not have that protection!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2023 11:03:24 GMT
Oh yes, don't watch any more if the movies! Dear gods no! But the TV series is a completely different kettle of immortals. Adrian Paul is great in the lead role, it really explores what life would be like for such a being, and the fight scenes are great! If you are going to do it all, don't forget Highlander: The Animated Series. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 30, 2023 11:06:46 GMT
I'm trying to save him! We have decades of experience with shitty sequels! Shockprowl does not have that protection! -Ralph That's his own fault and he will learn valuable lessons. |
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Post by Stomski on Dec 30, 2023 11:12:27 GMT
I did Rocky this year, next year I need to finish Rambo Hope you like a high fatality count, those modern ones are pretty gratuitous. rewatch Predator and Terminator to add in the few I've not seen and do all of Mission Impossible. Really like Predators and Prey. The Predator had a lot of promise with Shane Black being involved, but fell pretty flat. Might give it a rewatch though as not seen it since the cinema. Also the Brosnan Bond films because they're the only ones I've not watched in the last few years. Trying to think if I actively skipped Die Another Day on my big rewatch a few year's back. Does anyone like this film? |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2023 11:50:19 GMT
It's fine!
-Ralph
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Dec 30, 2023 11:55:43 GMT
Trying to think if I actively skipped Die Another Day on my big rewatch a few year's back. Does anyone like this film? Me. When Bond walks into the Hong Kong hotel soaking wet in his pyjamas, with several months' growth of facial hair, and asks for his usual suite, it's one of my favourite moments in the entire franchise. And so sue me, I like the invisible car too. Martin |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2023 12:09:29 GMT
And it has a SPACE LASER.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 30, 2023 12:24:14 GMT
Really like Predators and Prey. The Predator had a lot of promise with Shane Black being involved, but fell pretty flat. Might give it a rewatch though as not seen it since the cinema. I've got the first three on DVD. I either need to find a good blu-ray set, or just watch the lot on Disney. I'm quite looking forward to Prey, that sounded good. I like all the Brosnans. I reckon he could be my favourite film Bond. Kinda half way between Roger Moore and Daniel Craig. |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 30, 2023 12:26:11 GMT
I think 2024 will have to be the year of getting film franchises sorted out for me. I did Rocky this year, next year I need to finish Rambo, rewatch Predator and Terminator to add in the few I've not seen and do all of Mission Impossible. Also the Brosnan Bond films because they're the only ones I've not watched in the last few years. That does seem to be basic level franchise work. Hellraiser. That's where the real test lies. Dark Fate is the only Terminator I've not seen, and that's on the shelf with the others on BR, just need to get to it. |
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2023 12:26:48 GMT
Dark Fate is utterly pants.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 30, 2023 12:28:58 GMT
I do fear that. But it won't stop a proper rewatch. I love these old faves, I need to bring them into the HD era. My local CEX had the first four Predators in a BR boxed set for £15 the other day. I'm enjoying upgrading DVDs to BRs that way.
I got the first ten series of Last of the Summer Wine in one mint DVD set for a tenner. I'm loving watching the early ones of those I never saw.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 30, 2023 12:29:54 GMT
Just imagine Last of the Summer Wine in HD.
-Ralph
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