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I know that a lot of us are too young to recall (and I didn't actually think about it until I read the article), but if you're a movie buff, 1986 was a heck of a year. "Top Gun", "Aliens", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", and on and on.
I'm sure that some will have other opinions. Were there any other summers that rivaled 1986 for memorable films?
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/summer-of-86-intro-121809098.html
Outlander Systems
06-13-16, 17:11
Goonies, Rambo II, Back to the Future, give 1985 some clout...
I saw Aliens in theatres as a lad. Despite repeat viewings, nothing comes as close as that first time in a dark theatre and seeing on a huge screen the dropship or Ripley tooling up at the end. I had never seen Alien beforehand.
To this day in casual conversation, I refer to the actors by their Marine names.
And I want a Pulse Rifle so bad.
Top Gun is gay softcore porn for women. Iron Eagle however is the one that held up the most. As much as I love Terri Nunn and Berlin, Iron Eagle had the soundtrack that just spoke to me. It captured that youthful enthusiasm.
Dad captured by Libyans?
We steal an F16 and get him back.
Outlander Systems
06-13-16, 17:16
Dude, NEVER blaspheme Top Gun in my presence again!
I saw Aliens in theatres as a lad. Despite repeat viewings, nothing comes as close as that first time in a dark theatre and seeing on a huge screen the dropship or Ripley tooling up at the end. I had never seen Alien beforehand.
To this day in casual conversation, I refer to the actors by their Marine names.
And I want a Pulse Rifle so bad.
Top Gun is gay softcore porn for women. Iron Eagle however is the one that held up the most. As much as I love Terri Nunn and Berlin, Iron Eagle had the soundtrack that just spoke to me. It captured that youthful enthusiasm.
Dad captured by Libyans?
We steal an F16 and get him back.
Dude, NEVER blaspheme Top Gun in my presence again!
Sorry, bro.
When I was a kid, it was cool. Rock music, fighter jets, and one liners.
I even had the NES game. I even could land the plane.
But watching it again, as an adult, it really actually does have a lot of homoeroticism.
A beachball scene where Kenny Loggins is singing playing with the boys?
As an 80s kid, I'll always like it but once the whole 'throes of gay closet struggle' was pointed out irrefutably; it took on a different tone.
But it's all good. You can still ride my tail any time, Iceman 😎
Dude, NEVER blaspheme Top Gun in my presence again!
What he said. Best movie ever.
The plaque for the alternates is down in the ladies' room.
Outlander Systems
06-13-16, 17:26
Heretic.
To the Iron Maiden!
"Bogus."
Sorry, bro.
When I was a kid, it was cool. Rock music, fighter jets, and one liners.
I even had the NES game. I even could land the plane.
But watching it again, as an adult, it really actually does have a lot of homoeroticism.
A beachball scene where Kenny Loggins is singing playing with the boys?
As an 80s kid, I'll always like it but once the whole 'throes of gay closet struggle' was pointed out irrefutably; it took on a different tone.
But it's all good. You can still ride my tail any time, Iceman ��
FromMyColdDeadHand
06-13-16, 17:39
Dude, NEVER blaspheme Top Gun in my presence again!
It is amazing how gay that movie is. And I'm not using that as a demeaning way. It is just gay, like Village People gay. Something I was oblivious about till years later. I do remember hearing about the movie being made and thinking that it wouldn't be a big hit since it was going to be a niche movie. God, was I clueless.
Tom Cruze isn't the devil? Look at him and then Kelly McGillis or Val Kilmer. He is a vampire that feasts on attractiveness.
No one mentioned:
Back to School
Stand By Me
Raw Deal
Manhattan Project
BACK TO SCHOOL! I miss Rodney Dangerfield.
Who remembers My Science Project?
FromMyColdDeadHand
06-13-16, 17:49
Besides summer, you had in the rest of the year:
Highlander
Crossroads
Iron Eagle
Youngblood
The Hitcher
Quicksilver
Soul Man
Color of Money
Platoon
Hoosiers
Outlander Systems
06-13-16, 17:52
Out of that list, there CAN BE ONLY ONE!!!!
Besides summer, you had in the rest of the year:
Highlander
Crossroads
Iron Eagle
Youngblood
The Hitcher
Quicksilver
Soul Man
Color of Money
Platoon
Hoosiers
Platoon was probably the best Vietnam War movie ever.
Green Berets was a cartoon. Apocalypse Now was an acid trip. Full Metal Jacket had this detached, but brilliant, documentary feel.
But Platoon was just great.
If someone sided with Barnes, we're likely to get along famously.
You guys are wrong - 1971 - drive in sex to the movie Friends which was released that year. Hannie Caulder and Big Jake, were the big dog Westerns released that year, Dirty Harry and The French Connection were the cops movies, Sam Peckinpaw (sp?) showed some gore and wierdness in Straw Dogs, and WTF, you discount Billy Jack? Plus Two Lane Blacktop, every gearheads wetdream.
Hell, half of you were pobably conceived at the drive-in while your parents watched Friends.
Dude, NEVER blaspheme Top Gun in my presence again!
Man, I truly apologize, it seems we've been bumping heads, but really, just how gay is the whole sitting on the end of the runway watching planes land and then riding the bike shaking your fist all 'Wolverine)? Not to mention the dialog "I'm afraid Maverick, afraid everyone will see that I'm falling for you..."
If you look closely, Val Kilmers Tomcat has a 'I'm so gay I shit rainbows' sticker on it.
Sorry. It...is...so...gay.
FromMyColdDeadHand
06-13-16, 18:10
Funny Youngblood story. I'm in college in STL at a bar and Brett Hull and Kelly Chase are there. My buddies are overserved and we start with Youngblood quotes and I "Thank God for the last sport for middle size white boys", and toss the last bit of beer over my shoulder, hitting Kelly Chase. I did it so fast he can't figure out what the frick just happened. Really lucky I didn't get pummeled that evening.
Outlander Systems
06-13-16, 18:49
Duuuuuude. Don't jack up my Childhhod, bro.
I haven't seen that movie since the decade started with an 8.
Man, I truly apologize, it seems we've been bumping heads, but really, just how gay is the whole sitting on the end of the runway watching planes land and then riding the bike shaking your fist all 'Wolverine)? Not to mention the dialog "I'm afraid Maverick, afraid everyone will see that I'm falling for you..."
If you look closely, Val Kilmers Tomcat has a 'I'm so gay I shit rainbows' sticker on it.
Sorry. It...is...so...gay.
Duuuuuude. Don't jack up my Childhhod, bro.
I haven't seen that movie since the decade started with an 8.
I'll save you.
F-14s kill Russians.
Meg Ryan was hot.
Jester was a badass.
and Berlin was an awesome band.
And that's all we need to know about Top Gun
ETA The black guy was also the black guy from Die Hard and Walker Texas Ranger. How that man never got an Oscar vexes me.
"OH! And the quarterback is TOAST!!" was a bloody brilliant line expertly delivered.
Spurholder
06-13-16, 19:32
Big Trouble in Little China
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I saw Aliens in theatres as a lad. Despite repeat viewings, nothing comes as close as that first time in a dark theatre and seeing on a huge screen the dropship or Ripley tooling up at the end. I had never seen Alien beforehand.
To this day in casual conversation, I refer to the actors by their Marine names.
And I want a Pulse Rifle so bad.
Top Gun is gay softcore porn for women. Iron Eagle however is the one that held up the most. As much as I love Terri Nunn and Berlin, Iron Eagle had the soundtrack that just spoke to me. It captured that youthful enthusiasm.
Dad captured by Libyans?
We steal an F16 and get him back.
Iron Eagle held up better than Top Gun? Dude... really?!
And both soundtracks and thier goodies. Iron Eagle was the first time I heard, We're Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister. Though I don't believe it made it to the 'official' soundtrack, it was in the movie. I still like that song, but more for nostalgia reasons.
That being said, Danger Zone still gets my pulse up and makes me want to run around the house or something. \m/
I even had the NES game. I even could land the plane.
Lies.
Lies.
http://www.justgovintage.com/images/NES-ACCESSORY-QS-112%20-%20Quickshot%20Joystick%20Controller.JPG
My parents loved me and I had one of these. It made it sooooo much easier. My only gripe was that the buttons were crossways.
You'd think the trigger would shoot guns and the top button would shoot rockets. Nope. It was, ugh..., inverted.
Only suckers played Top Gun with the normal controller.
Never beat the last mission and I think my joystick is in a storage bin somewhere.
Sorry, bro.
When I was a kid, it was cool. Rock music, fighter jets, and one liners.
I even had the NES game. I even could land the plane.
But watching it again, as an adult, it really actually does have a lot of homoeroticism.
A beachball scene where Kenny Loggins is singing playing with the boys?
As an 80s kid, I'll always like it but once the whole 'throes of gay closet struggle' was pointed out irrefutably; it took on a different tone.
But it's all good. You can still ride my tail any time, Iceman 😎
And what is that gay shit Val Kilmer did where he bites the air? Top Gun had some cool shit, but it's like watching 1960s Batman as an adult where you realize there is a ton of gay content in this.
Platoon was probably the best Vietnam War movie ever.
Green Berets was a cartoon. Apocalypse Now was an acid trip. Full Metal Jacket had this detached, but brilliant, documentary feel.
But Platoon was just great.
If someone sided with Barnes, we're likely to get along famously.
SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA.
Platoon was mostly about the flunkie squad Oliver Stone had been assigned to with the flunkies portrayed as heroes.
Full Metal Jacket was basically a rip off of "Boys in Company C" but Ermy had so perfected the role it didn't matter. Then of course there was "The Deer Hunter" but that wasn't strictly a film about Vietnam.
http://www.justgovintage.com/images/NES-ACCESSORY-QS-112%20-%20Quickshot%20Joystick%20Controller.JPG
My parents loved me and I had one of these. It made it sooooo much easier. My only gripe was that the buttons were crossways.
You'd think the trigger would shoot guns and the top button would shoot rockets. Nope. It was, ugh..., inverted.
Only suckers played Top Gun with the normal controller.
Never beat the last mission and I think my joystick is in a storage bin somewhere.
https://imgflip.com/s/meme/Mother-Of-God.jpg
I need to dig my NES out of the attic...
I know that a lot of us are too young to recall (and I didn't actually think about it until I read the article), but if you're a movie buff, 1986 was a heck of a year.
Too young? Summer had no lock on films I liked. A Steven Spielberg movie starring Dennis Weaver called Duel was released in Europe theatrically, but only first made it to the US on TV in 1971. A classic little gem. In October of 1974 went to see the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre 6 times, with different friends of course. Around this time of month in 1975 Jaws was released. By the time I was a Freshman in College in the fall of 1978, was the release of John Carpenter's Halloween. Still one of my favorites. Finally in August of 1979 was Apocalypse Now, which some of my Army Aviation buddies later called: A Pack O'Lies Now.
Well, if I had to pick one favorite movie from 1986 it would probably have to be "Aliens". In my opinion, it holds up reasonably well 30 years later. Especially considering that there were no CGI effects back then.
I'll save you.
F-14s kill Russians.
Meg Ryan was hot.
Jester was a badass.
and Berlin was an awesome band.
And that's all we need to know about Top Gun
ETA The black guy was also the black guy from Die Hard and Walker Texas Ranger. How that man never got an Oscar vexes me.
"OH! And the quarterback is TOAST!!" was a bloody brilliant line expertly delivered.
Awesome. It was still a good flick, but this sums it up. I loved Back to School. Sam Kinison was funnier than hell.
SIEGE OF FIREBASE GLORIA.
Platoon was mostly about the flunkie squad Oliver Stone had been assigned to with the flunkies portrayed as heroes.
Full Metal Jacket was basically a rip off of "Boys in Company C" but Ermy had so perfected the role it didn't matter. Then of course there was "The Deer Hunter" but that wasn't strictly a film about Vietnam.
Why do you watch this shit? So as to escape from reality? Me, I don't need this shit. I am reality. There's the way it ought to be. And there's the way it is. Ermey was full of shit. Ermey was a crusader. Now, I got no fight with any man who does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I ain't gonna allow that in any of you. Not one
:p
Actually I liked Firebase Gloria and Uncommon Valor.
But Barnes is mai Sergeantu
Why do you watch this shit? So as to escape from reality? Me, I don't need this shit. I am reality. There's the way it ought to be. And there's the way it is. Ermey was full of shit. Ermey was a crusader. Now, I got no fight with any man who does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I ain't gonna allow that in any of you. Not one
:p
Actually I liked Firebase Gloria and Uncommon Valor.
But Barnes is mai Sergeantu
That's not a quote, this is a quote.
Anyone know who these belong to? This is Corporal Miller. He's dead. Hell, the whole gun crew's dead. And to add insult to injury, Charlie took the fifty-****ing caliber machine gun with him. I don't have any respect for Corporal Miller anymore, because he allowed his troops to relax. They let their guard down for five ****ing minutes, and Charlie took advantage of it. Look at 'em, Goddammit! Pay attention. Stay alert! Stay alive! It's as simple as that!
That's not a quote, this is a quote.
Anyone know who these belong to? This is Corporal Miller. He's dead. Hell, the whole gun crew's dead. And to add insult to injury, Charlie took the fifty-****ing caliber machine gun with him. I don't have any respect for Corporal Miller anymore, because he allowed his troops to relax. They let their guard down for five ****ing minutes, and Charlie took advantage of it. Look at 'em, Goddammit! Pay attention. Stay alert! Stay alive! It's as simple as that!
That is a classic line.
My favorite of the whole movie was when they have that doper hippie press photographer and tell them to put him on the line with a rifle. And the guy is all "Hey you can't do this! I'm a civilian!"
and Ermey says "Well sweetheart, you just got fvcking drafted!"
Awesome. It was still a good flick, but this sums it up. I loved Back to School. Sam Kinison was funnier than hell.
"Is he right...?"
LOL, yeah - they shot Back to School right near my dorms freshmen year of college. We got the guy who played Rodney Dangerfield's son to pose with us for our dorm photo.
FromMyColdDeadHand
06-14-16, 20:26
"Is he right...?"
LOL, yeah - they shot Back to School right near my dorms freshmen year of college. We got the guy who played Rodney Dangerfield's son to pose with us for our dorm photo.
"Call me sometime, when you have no class.."
1_click_off
06-14-16, 22:28
Anyone remember "One crazy summer".
Loved it when the back of the boat blows off and has the end cap of the rich kids car. Can't remember if it was a Ferrari or corvette?
Anyone remember "One crazy summer".
Loved it when the back of the boat blows off and has the end cap of the rich kids car. Can't remember if it was a Ferrari or corvette?
Yeah it had Booger in it. That and Better Off Dead.
To this day I still aspire to have Biblical knowledge of the French girl.
"Two Bucks..."
Yeah it had Booger in it. That and Better Off Dead.
To this day I still aspire to have Biblical knowledge of the French girl.
"Two Bucks..."
That would actually be "Two Dollars."
That would actually be "Two Dollars."
It's been a while.
Still that French Girl was hot. Man they don't make girls like that no more.
That's just my gauge, the slightly demure, gothy, drab Ally Sheedy from Breakfast Club types with odd habits.
ETA She was also in TerrorVision which came out in 86. I BEGGED to rent that video and it was AWESOME. The grandpa had a bunker for a room loaded with guns, the Sister was all punk, and it had aliens and mutants, and that medusa lady with that really snotty NY accent that is equally off-putting, yet irresistable.
"Is that you JOHN WAYNE!?"
Why do you watch this shit? So as to escape from reality? Me, I don't need this shit. I am reality. There's the way it ought to be. And there's the way it is. Ermey was full of shit. Ermey was a crusader. Now, I got no fight with any man who does what he's told, but when he don't, the machine breaks down. And when the machine breaks down, we break down. And I ain't gonna allow that in any of you. Not one
:p
Actually I liked Firebase Gloria and Uncommon Valor.
But Barnes is mai Sergeantu
I would have to add Hamburger Hill, We Were Soldiers, Good Morning Vietnam, and Casualties of War to the list of Vietnam movies; though some are different generations. Tigerland was a decent BCT movie even though Farrell was in it.
Casualties of War was a bit of a hit piece against the military. But I actually saw it at the discount theater when it came out. Sean Penn's only good role has been Spicoli and maybe the shitty rookie from Colors, but seeing Marty McFly in Vietnam was badass. Plus it had Chest Rockwell and John Leguiziamo. Politically is was a left wing movie but it was Marty McFly in Vietnam and it was the 80s so nobody cared.
Hamburger Hill was awesome.
Also 84 Charlie MoPic. It was like "found footage" of a LRRP team.
Casualties of War was a bit of a hit piece against the military. But I actually saw it at the discount theater when it came out. Sean Penn's only good role has been Spicoli and maybe the shitty rookie from Colors, but seeing Marty McFly in Vietnam was badass. Plus it had Chest Rockwell and John Leguiziamo. Politically is was a left wing movie but it was Marty McFly in Vietnam and it was the 80s so nobody cared.
Hamburger Hill was awesome.
Also 84 Charlie MoPic. It was like "found footage" of a LRRP team.
McFly in it was why I liked it. I am not a Sean Penn fan. Speaking of Colors, my dad's best friend was in that movie. I will have to check that one out, I have not seen it.
It's been a while.
Still that French Girl was hot. Man they don't make girls like that no more.
That's just my gauge, the slightly demure, gothy, drab Ally Sheedy from Breakfast Club types with odd habits.
ETA She was also in TerrorVision which came out in 86. I BEGGED to rent that video and it was AWESOME. The grandpa had a bunker for a room loaded with guns, the Sister was all punk, and it had aliens and mutants, and that medusa lady with that really snotty NY accent that is equally off-putting, yet irresistable.
Diane Franklin was definitely in her moment. I never understood the fuss of girls like Molly Ringwald who was actually pretty boring to me when there was stuff like Besty Russell running around. But they are still producing hot chicks, in the 90s Jennifer Connelly was amazing in "Career Opportunities", Robin Tunney was smoking in "The Craft" although I suspect Fairuza Balk might be more your speed. And Neve Campbell was probably never hotter than she was in "Wild Things" which also featured Denise Richards in the only film where I thought she was really good looking.
But for 80s girls, I think I really have to give the nod to Kelly Preston in both "Secret Admirer" and "Mischief", she played a bitch in both but man did I want to punish that attitude. Then you had Lea Thompson as a hard core commie killer in "Red Dawn" and then the "your hot mom" conundrum in "Back to the Future."
Well, all VN movies have a story to tell, and very few of them were meant to be objective. Platoon was the worst of these. Talk about an agenda.
Well, all VN movies have a story to tell, and very few of them were meant to be objective. Platoon was the worst of these. Talk about an agenda.
Oliver Stone wanted to paint his Mary Sue as this knowing understanding guy caught up in a tragic misstep of American adventurism.
But all he did was succeed in making Sergeant Barnes awesome.
No homo but a young Tom Berenger....in his physical prime...with a scarred up face, drive on rag, and CAR-15 just not giving a damn and embracing the hate. Oh. My. God.
He tried to make Willem Dafoe the "cool guy" but he just came off as this over sensitive pothead that you just couldn't take seriously.
In the mid-1980's, Vietnam was relatively fresh in the minds of many Americans but still far enough in the past to start taking an objective look at it. TV series such as "Tour Of Duty" and "China Beach" followed on the heels of "Platoon".
Doc Safari
06-15-16, 17:35
I know that a lot of us are too young to recall (and I didn't actually think about it until I read the article), but if you're a movie buff, 1986 was a heck of a year. "Top Gun", "Aliens", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", and on and on.
I'm sure that some will have other opinions. Were there any other summers that rivaled 1986 for memorable films?
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/summer-of-86-intro-121809098.html
1996
Broken Arrow
Twister
The Arrival
Independence Day
Mission Impossible
Eraser
That Thing You Do
The Rock
Jerry MacGuire
Scream
A Time to Kill
The English Patient
Cable Guy
From Dusk til Dawn
Fargo
Ransom
Mars Attacks
Dragonheart
Escape from LA
The Ghost & the Darkness
Last Man Standing
Mulholland Falls
Star Trek: First Contact
I'm sure I missed a few, but I saw every one of the movies above except for the Cable Guy and the English Patient.
1996 was maybe my favorite movie year of all time.
Of your list I only agree witb Twister because Hudson, Van Halen, and Helen Hunt at her peak and The Rock.
Otherwise most 90s movies did NOT hold up well at all.
Like 'You've Got Mail'. That was hip and new but now....ugh.
WarGames held up better.
The 90s for me was a very blur and whatever decade. Luckily grunge and alternative was a thing so nobody noticed or cared.
Also Escape from LA was a slap in the face of Snake Plissken.
Broken Arrow - I agree
Twister - I agree
The Arrival - I have not seen
Independence Day - I agree
Mission Impossible - Just ok
Eraser - Decent
That Thing You Do - No
The Rock - I agree
Jerry MacGuire - Decent
Scream - I agree
A Time to Kill - I agree
The English Patient - I have not seen
Cable Guy - It would have been better without Broderick
From Dusk til Dawn - No
Fargo - I agree
Ransom - I agree
Mars Attacks - Out there but entertaining
Dragonheart - No
Escape from LA - I liked it as a kid, but no now
The Ghost & the Darkness - Meh
Last Man Standing - I agree
Mulholland Falls - I have not seen
Star Trek: First Contact - No
I was only seven when these came out, damn. I remember seeing a few in the theaters with my parents.
Of your list I only agree witb Twister because Hudson, Van Halen, and Helen Hunt at her peak and The Rock.
I had a thing for Hunt when I was a kid.
1996
Broken Arrow - shitty
Twister - sorta shitty
The Arrival - shitty
Independence Day
Mission Impossible - really shitty
Eraser - shitty
That Thing You Do - shitty
The Rock - sorta shitty
Jerry MacGuire - horribly shitty
Scream - decent
A Time to Kill - shitty
The English Patient - shitty
Cable Guy - really shitty
From Dusk til Dawn -decent
Fargo - shitty
Ransom - decent
Mars Attacks - meh
Dragonheart - shitty
Escape from LA - shitty
The Ghost & the Darkness - great movie
Last Man Standing - shitty
Mulholland Falls - shitty
Star Trek: First Contact - shitty
You left out "The Substitute", "Bordello of Blood", "Sleepers" and "High School High" but that was about it, a lot of really horribly bad films in 96.
You left out "The Substitute", "Bordello of Blood", "Sleepers" and "High School High" but that was about it, a lot of really horribly bad films in 96.
Someone drank the hatorade today. HAHA
I like The Substitute.
Someone drank the hatorade today. HAHA
I like The Substitute.
Actually I liked all of those movies I listed. I just hated most of the ones Glockster listed.
Actually I liked all of those movies I listed. I just hated most of the ones Glockster listed.
I know, I was just busting your nuts. Out of that list, the only one I think is a classic is Independence Day. The rest are watchable to crap, with the exception of a few.
People rag on 90's movies but who can not like these:
Forest Gump
The Matrix
Terminator 2
Se7en
Goodfellas
The Shawshank Redemption
Heat
Jurassic Park 1 & 2
Saving Private Ryan
The Little Rascals
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Casino
Absolute Power
Face/Off
Maverick
Braveheart
Payback
The Crow
True Romance
The Green Mile
Lethal Weapon 3 & 4
The Sandlot
Point Break
Die Hard 2 & 3
Under Siege
Demolition Man (Probably one of the only Stallone movies I like)
Speed
Last Action Hero
The Professional
Out For Justice
Bad Boys
Rush Hour
and one of my favorite movies of all time The Fifth Element
+ any Clint Eastwood movie.
I know, I was just busting your nuts. Out of that list, the only one I think is a classic is Independence Day. The rest are watchable to crap, with the exception of a few.
People rag on 90's movies but who can not like these:
Forest Gump
The Matrix
Terminator 2
Se7en
Goodfellas
The Shawshank Redemption
Heat
Jurassic Park 1 & 2
Saving Private Ryan
The Little Rascals
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Casino
Absolute Power
Face/Off
Maverick
Braveheart
Payback
The Crow
True Romance
The Green Mile
Lethal Weapon 3 & 4
The Sandlot
Point Break
Die Hard 2 & 3
Under Siege
Demolition Man (Probably one of the only Stallone movies I like)
Speed
Last Action Hero
The Professional
Out For Justice
Bad Boys
Rush Hour
and one of my favorite movies of all time The Fifth Element
+ any Clint Eastwood movie.
I don't dislike movies by decade, just seems 1996 was a pretty suck year. Some great films on your list, I have most of them on DVD. Every decade turns out some steaming turds. One only has to remember that "Star Wars" lost the Oscar to "Annie Hall" in 1977. I mean who gave a damn about Annie Hall even 10 years later, it was a shitty, crappy movie then and it's a shitty, crappy movie now.
Some great films came out in the 70s, some absolute classics. But we also got some of the worst movies ever made.
Doc Safari
06-16-16, 09:07
You left out "The Substitute", "Bordello of Blood", "Sleepers" and "High School High" but that was about it, a lot of really horribly bad films in 96.
I didn't get past "Broken Arrow--shitty" in your post. Sorry, no more movie threads for you. You're done. Mods--ban this guy. :D
Actually....I loved Fifth Element and Leon the Professional.
To this day I holler like a hysterical black woman for him to open the door even though I know he always does.
The other 90s movies I liked were Heat, Starship Troopers, Big Lebowski and Boogie Nights.
Boogie Nights was so well directed and I had no idea the guy who made it was only 25. I will admit the reasons I wanted to see it at the time were juvenile (naked girls) but upon repeat viewings it really was a film about family, redemption, and forgiveness.
But Marky Mark is still a tool
I didn't get past "Broken Arrow--shitty" in your post. Sorry, no more movie threads for you. You're done. Mods--ban this guy. :D
Broken Arrow was a horribly shitty movie.
Broken Arrow was a horribly shitty movie.
It really was.
I like Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis was smoking hot as the DNR ranger but the movie was stupid.
....Top Gun is gay softcore porn for women. Iron Eagle however is the one that held up the most. As much as I love Terri Nunn and Berlin, Iron Eagle had the soundtrack that just spoke to me. It captured that youthful enthusiasm.
Dad captured by Libyans?
We steal an F16 and get him back.
CHAPPPEEEEEEEEEEE! :laugh:
Yeah, that blew Top Gun away.
Sorry top gun people, but.... that movie was layyyyyyyyym.
IE had that classic 80's "If you rock hard enough anything is possible" thing going for it, and it was so cheesily awesome.
Yeah, that's right.
You want some more heresy?
The Matrix movies are terrible. I don't even know how they ever got so popular.
"Apocalypse now" may be the worst movie I have ever seen, barring anything from the 70's.
Alien wasn't *that* great....
Neither was Independence Day, aside from the "Welcome to earth" scene.
I don't dislike movies by decade, just seems 1996 was a pretty suck year. Some great films on your list, I have most of them on DVD. Every decade turns out some steaming turds. One only has to remember that "Star Wars" lost the Oscar to "Annie Hall" in 1977. I mean who gave a damn about Annie Hall even 10 years later, it was a shitty, crappy movie then and it's a shitty, crappy movie now.
Some great films came out in the 70s, some absolute classics. But we also got some of the worst movies ever made.
Seriously, what happened in the 70's? Literally every movie I see from then, pretty much with the exception of the Dirty Harry and such is just so "WTF" when you watch it, that you can't even watch it. Were all the directors just stoned out of their minds or something?
CHAPPPEEEEEEEEEEE! :laugh:
Yeah, that blew Top Gun away.
Sorry top gun people, but.... that movie was layyyyyyyyym.
IE had that classic 80's "If you rock hard enough anything is possible" thing going for it, and it was so cheesily awesome.
Yeah, that's right.
You want some more heresy?
The Matrix movies are terrible. I don't even know how they ever got so popular.
"Apocalypse now" may be the worst movie I have ever seen, barring anything from the 70's.
Alien wasn't *that* great....
Neither was Independence Day, aside from the "Welcome to earth" scene.
Top Gun sucked and so did Apocalypse Now. I like the first Matrix, but I would not put it in my top ten action or sci-fi movies list. Come on, Independence Day is a must watch on the 4th man.
Top Gun sucked and so did Apocalypse Now. I like the first Matrix, but I would not put it in my top ten action or sci-fi movies list. Come on, Independence Day is a must watch on the 4th man.
Apocalypse Now becomes a little cooler when you learn that the bodies decorating Col. Kurtz's camp were real human remains provided to Coppola by the Marcos government. It really was an interesting time to make movies in the Philippines. You also have to get past the fact that it isn't just a war movie.
It definitely had it's "wtf" moments but it also had Colleen Camp so it can't be all bad. Plus every scene with Kilgore was pretty much awesome.
FromMyColdDeadHand
06-17-16, 00:54
Independence Day was my wife and I's first date. We had some friends over and one start in on how there is a sequel and I should remake our date... All stuff I had already planned, now she gets the credit.
Independence Day was my wife and I's first date. We had some friends over and one start in on how there is a sequel and I should remake our date... All stuff I had already planned, now she gets the credit.
Woman does not know her place! Haha jk. I would be mad though, like-"way to go, just ruin the surprise."
Doc Safari
06-17-16, 09:00
Broken Arrow was a horribly shitty movie.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits. :D
Doc Safari
06-17-16, 09:01
It really was.
I like Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis was smoking hot as the DNR ranger but the movie was stupid.
I won't deny it was an unlikely scenario, but the way they kept the action going made it, to me, one of the greatest action movies of all time.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits. :D
I condemn you to a lifetime of Ben Stiller films.
Doc Safari
06-17-16, 13:01
I condemn you to a lifetime of Ben Stiller films.
Too late. My girlfriend already did that. Reese Witherspoon too.
I miss young and stupid Drew Barrymore and decent looking Cameron Diaz before she caught the disease Meg Ryan got.
I think the only Rom Com that I ever liked was 90s classic A Life Less Ordinary. It had a lot of interesting things like an HK91 with weird orange furniture and Grimes from Black Hawk Down. You know...Ewan Whatever.
And Trainspotting and Hackers.
Especially Angelina Jolie in Hackers. She had this Heroin Chic Nintendo Girl look that could only have happened back then.
I miss young and stupid Drew Barrymore and decent looking Cameron Diaz before she caught the disease Meg Ryan got.
I think the only Rom Com that I ever liked was 90s classic A Life Less Ordinary. It had a lot of interesting things like an HK91 with weird orange furniture and Grimes from Black Hawk Down. You know...Ewan Whatever.
And Trainspotting and Hackers.
Especially Angelina Jolie in Hackers. She had this Heroin Chic Nintendo Girl look that could only have happened back then.
Try "Forgetting Sarah Marshall."
When it comes to mid 80's movies, how about Extreme Prejudice and To Live and Die in LA?
When it comes to mid 80's movies, how about Extreme Prejudice and To Live and Die in LA?
"To Live and Die In LA" might be the quintessential 80s movie. It literally had everything, one of my all time favorite films.
Those two I watch whenever they are on. Extreme Prejudice's final gun fight is a modern day Wild Bunch. Well as modern as the 80's.
EP was good. It was what Walker Texas Ranger wanted to be.
LADinLA was good but if ever I want to feel like an 80s kid again I go watch The Wizard. It really captured the zeitgeist.
To a lesser extent, so did The Lost Boys.
I also admit The Boy Who Could Fly is probably the dumbest film ever but I saw it as a kid and liked it.
Then there's Lucas.
Man...I feel sorry for people these days.
ETA Nobody's mentioned BTTF yet. I wanted a Delorean SOOOO bad and nearly actually bought one until reality set in. It was beyond me a person would sell one and I had money and was a teenybopper/young adult and well....I forgot McFly is literally 5 feet tall and even he looked like was crowded.
So that was a No Go.
"Commando". "Nuff said :D
"Commando". "Nuff said :D
Having a house in the hills with a huge gun stash is still a life goal.
I remember being like 10 some years after Commando came out and going up to guys at Army surplus stores and saying "So uh...where do ya keep the machine guns mister?"
I loved Commando as a kid, but now it is only worth watching for a laugh at cheesiness. Still better than Rambo though, F Stallone.
I loved Commando as a kid, but now it is only worth watching for a laugh at cheesiness. Still better than Rambo though, F Stallone.
EXCUSE YOU. There was nothing at all cheesy about Freddie Mercury(peace be upon him) and his role as Bennett.
I will however say that everybody wanted Schwarzenegger and Stallone to do a Contra movie. When they finally did a movie it was lame and they were old
EXCUSE YOU. There was nothing at all cheesy about Freddie Mercury(peace be upon him) and his role as Bennett.
I will however say that everybody wanted Schwarzenegger and Stallone to do a Contra movie. When they finally did a movie it was lame and they were old
That movie was decent, Stallone ruined it though; like he does 99% of his movies. Arnold has still got it.
"Let off some steam."
"I eat Green Berets for breakfast!"
"Remember when I said I was going to kill you last? I lied."
I loved Commando as a kid, but now it is only worth watching for a laugh at cheesiness. Still better than Rambo though, F Stallone.
Actually watched "First Blood" again the other night and was surprised by how much I still liked it.
EP was good. It was what Walker Texas Ranger wanted to be.
LADinLA was good but if ever I want to feel like an 80s kid again I go watch The Wizard. It really captured the zeitgeist.
To a lesser extent, so did The Lost Boys.
I also admit The Boy Who Could Fly is probably the dumbest film ever but I saw it as a kid and liked it.
Then there's Lucas.
Man...I feel sorry for people these days.
ETA Nobody's mentioned BTTF yet. I wanted a Delorean SOOOO bad and nearly actually bought one until reality set in. It was beyond me a person would sell one and I had money and was a teenybopper/young adult and well....I forgot McFly is literally 5 feet tall and even he looked like was crowded.
So that was a No Go.
I mentioned Back to the Future. And I was in high school during the 80s so I think my zeitgeist may differ from yours. Jane Leeves in garter belt and stockings just did it for me. Then there was the HK P9S. The shootout with the FBI was amazing.
BTTF (all three) are still great movies. They hold up extremely well.
Since Hollywood is evidently bereft of new ideas, it seems that every movie from the 1980's is being remade/re-imagined. One they haven't redone is "The Final Countdown", where the USS Nimitz goes back in time to the Pearl Harbor attack.
Since Hollywood is evidently bereft of new ideas, it seems that every movie from the 1980's is being remade/re-imagined. One they haven't redone is "The Final Countdown", where the USS Nimitz goes back in time to the Pearl Harbor attack.
Well they already did "The Philadelphia Experiment" with dismal results, let's hope they can leave "The Final Countdown" alone. The ending of that film was still a letdown. I wanted to see The Nimitz take on Nagumo's fleet.
Well they already did "The Philadelphia Experiment" with dismal results, let's hope they can leave "The Final Countdown" alone. The ending of that film was still a letdown. I wanted to see The Nimitz take on Nagumo's fleet.
WW2 was for 60s kids.
If they did another Time warp movie like that....I'd want to see guys doing A-10 runs in Vietnam and guys with body armor and ATACS iX greasing NVA.
WW2 was for 60s kids.
If they did another Time warp movie like that....I'd want to see guys doing A-10 runs in Vietnam and guys with body armor and ATACS iX greasing NVA.
Drones along the Ho Chi Mihn trail.
Drones along the Ho Chi Mihn trail.
Yep.
I actually got pumped during Watchmen seeing this big blue god vaporizing VC and the other guy torching one with a flamethrower.
ramairthree
06-18-16, 15:05
I would like to see a movie / expansion made out of a David Brin short story from the 80s.
It turns out all the deaths in the concentration camps were being used to fuel necromancy.
History diverges on D Day when the Germans have used the necromancy to create the Norse gods to fight for them.
Loki frees the rest of the concentration camps and sides with the Americans.
I would like to see a movie / expansion made out of a David Brin short story from the 80s.
It turns out all the deaths in the concentration camps were being used to fuel necromancy.
History diverges on D Day when the Germans have used the necromancy to create the Norse gods to fight for them.
Loki frees the rest of the concentration camps and sides with the Americans.
I think I read something like that. Wasn't there one where the US tried to keep Cthulhu as an ace in the hole against the Soviets also?
ramairthree
06-19-16, 00:49
Think that is a Stross novel from about ten years after the story I mentioned.
Takes place in the Lovecraft Mountains of Madness universe.
USA, Hitler, Soviets, EVErYONe followed a secret accord signed in person no monsters would be used as all races/planets that do so, they found out in studying them, end up extinct.
Saddam Hussein breaks that pact.
Everybody nukes him.
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