I don't even like sci-fi
ITT I shoot from the hip for all your pop culture queries
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Leading off - I have no idea why I got fixated on "at first blush" last night as a phrase
I have never seen Elizabeth Taylor in a movie, only in The Simpsons and Captain Planet
Keeping with the shoot from the hip thing - the first thing that sprung to mind was Groundhog Day. It's just the best of the 80s, Bill Murray's best performance ever in a nearly impossible high-concept premise plus the best of the 80s creative writing/directing teams. I also boggle at how well it turned out with the whole Bill Murray hating everyone angle of it.
I haven't seen many stage musicals. I support any source of inspiration for movies, though. I do like them since it gives me a chance to see them/bring them to a larger audience.
lol and you say I have opinions that make it hard to take me seriously
Great movie, but from the 90s, '93 to be precise. You probably meant Ghostbusters while mentioning best comedy in the 80s along with Bill Murray.
Also the 80s had Back to the Future.
I meant it more of - like, Bill Murray and the writer/director (Ramis) were a product/ got big in the 80s, and Groundhog Day was the peak of their powers.
Then define what makes an action movie "better" than another. I didn't say it was a better movie, I said it had better action scenes, better action elements and a bigger, more fun cast. I never said "better than Die Hard".
ElJuski
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Expendables was fun, cheesy, but essentially expendable, as all it is is a 80's/90's action fan's wet dream of a cast come true. Pretty lousy everything else, though. I'd take some of the classic 90's Van Damme or Stallone over that movie any day (doesn't mean I didn't have a blast at the theater).
Actually, considering Van Damme and Stallone films, I take my original First Blood answer back, and now change it to Sudden Death. Nothing tops beating the shit out of a penguin.
Actually, considering Van Damme and Stallone films, I take my original First Blood answer back, and now change it to Sudden Death. Nothing tops beating the shit out of a penguin.
I disagree!
(Then again, that wasn't a movie. But it was still fucking awesome.)
(Then again, that wasn't a movie. But it was still fucking awesome.)
Welp, I stand firmly corrected.
Them some rosey colored glasses you wearing Elton Juski.
ElJuski
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On the Expendables? I know.
Double Fun Factoid:
It was 1983 when Mark Wahlberg was recording The Touch but the song wasn't written until 1986 for the Transformers movie by Stan Bush.
ElJuski
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Didn't realize it was an insult to begin with. Expendables is only as good as its awful, manic ancestors. What's rose-tinted about that, or liking the audacious dumbassery of said predecessors, isn't really showing some sort of nostalgia.
I enjoyed The Expendables, First Blood and Die Hard but I'd have to give Die Hard the edge in my book. Loved Hans and his band of terrorists. And there were so many "how the hell is John going to get out of this" from the roof top explosion while running from FBI shooters to meeting Hans for the first time and Hans coming off as a hostage. The Expendables was an epic of awesomeness. So many action star packed into a film that was very enjoyable and a huge adrenaline rush. As far as First Blood, I'd choose Rambo over it for nothing more than the sniper scene and Rambo cutting people in half with the gun on the jeep. And my favorite scene was on the river when he had to kill the pirates and screamed "they would have raped her a hundred times and cut of her head!" Ah. . . they are like my children. I can't pick favorites.
Yo, how bout Con-Air, people. I can watch that shit all week, and I have no idea why
I understood what you meant, but still find it absurdly wrong
I'd say Die Hard had the better action sequences because they were more iconic. We all remember the big rooftop explosion and Willis rappelling down via the hose. We all remember the awesome bit with the gun taped to his back. There's a lot of great, memorable action sequences that have stuck with me through the ages, and those are among the top.
Expendables? I remember the bit with the dude shooting from the plane and blowing up the docks. That's pretty much it.
Expendables? I remember the bit with the dude shooting from the plane and blowing up the docks. That's pretty much it.
Also I'll concede the point of "bigger explosions" because well who the fuck cares. Lots of shit explodes in Die Hard
ElJuski
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now that's a good movie.
I'd much rather you stick your fingers in your ears though so you don't have time to type such nonsense.
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