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Yep.
I read a little about the director's cut. Is it bad?
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I hope you were watching the 1979 original version of The Warriors. ;)
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Glad to hear it!
It's not Star Wars Special Edition level bad, but it doesn't improve on anything, and the comic book transitions don't look like a product of 1979 either. I don't think the prologue was needed.
I wouldn't mind it so much if the original was included. The Director's Cut is worth getting just for the making of documentary.
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Basically what Silverwook said. The effects, anachronistic as they are, really don't take that much away. They just don't add anything at all either. Fun no matter which way you watch it.
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Hmm, thought as much. Might be an interesting watch one day.
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DominicCobb said:
The Warriors (1979) 9/10 - Easily one of the coolest films I've ever seen. Don't know what more needs be said, other than: I can dig it.
When my son and I were in New York this year, we headed to Coney Island on the subway.
Just had to get a picture by the 'Wonder Wheel' !
Magaged to get a cool Warriors t-shirt there.
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All Star Superman - I was really looking forward to this since I recall enjoying the comic so much. Not sure exactly why, but I didn't really dig the movie. As far as I can tell, it's a pretty faithful adaptaiton... I think part of it is that the episodic nature of the original comic makes an odd adaptation into 76 minutes of runtime and it seems a little disjointed.
9/17 Superman Robots Guarding the Fortress of Solitude
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Aliens (1986)
Haven't seen this in a while and thought it'd be another nice test of my new blu-ray player. The transfer looked fantastic. I think this was also my first time watching the director's cut and it was good but then I don't remember what was cut in the theatrical. Man do I miss practical effects. All of the effects in this film are executed spectacularly. Though I do wish they would have slowed the footage of their vehicles to give them a sense of weight. Other than that it was all gold.
The Terminator (1984)
Another I haven't seen in a while. It was surprisingly long. I knew Michael Biehn was in both but forgot about Bill Paxton and was surprised by Lance Henriksen.
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The Quiet Man
Good movie, but not sure if great. But nice to see a softer side of John Wayne, of whom I've never been particularly fond.
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Weekends seem to be becoming K-Horror days here at the chateau.
This week both had a fairy tale twist to them.
First up The Red Shoes aka Bunhongshin(2005).
While it should have been called The Magenta Shoes or The Bubble Gum Pink In Certain Light Conditions Shoes it does carry some of the themes of the classic tale.
It also has all the conventions of a Korean Horror classic.
Western horror is usually about young sexually alluring women in peril.
K-Horror tends to focus on women but less as passive victims.
In this film men are pushed to the outer boundary of the piece and aren't shown in too good a light.
Women be they dead, doomed or hiding a terrible secret shame from everyone (including themselves) are the centre of this sometimes wacky to Ken Russell levels but also beautiful to Ken Russell levels film.
Another trope of K-Horror is children in peril and suffering horrible injury so if that really upsets you in a fictional context then maybe you should avoid it and practically every horror film South Korea puts out.
Five severed feet.
Children are the main focus of Hansel And Gretel aka Heijelgwa Geuretel (2007).
Like The Red Shoes it takes the fairy tale elements but weaves them into a really disturbingly odd but moving film.
It's also reminiscent of The Twilight Zone episode It's A Good Life and elements of a number of Sapphire & Steel stories (particularly Assignment 4).
Another K-Horror trope comes into play here, men trapped in endless forests.
The final reveal of this film is really cruel and heart breaking to watch and will haunt you for long after the film is finished.
Five rings.
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Them! (1954)
Decent sci-fi. Too many Wilhelm screams (I counted 7 or 8).
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That sounds like just the right amount. I love THEM!
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I've come to really dislike the Wilhelm. I mean, I get the whole thing, cool little in joke, but it is just so recognizable and it is in everything. One weekend I watched four things. An episode of The Venture Brother. It had the Wilhelm in it. Reservoir Dogs. Wilhelm. Sucker Punch. Wilhelm. Beauty and the Beast. Wilhelm.
It is basically in everything and every time I hear the thing it comes off as cheesy and I find myself rolling my eyes. Often times it is used in places where it doesn't even fit. Reservoir Dogs, guy gets knocked over and Wilhelm. Quite the dramatic yell for getting knocked over on the sidewalk.
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Overused sound effects could almost be it's own thread. Universal ran the thunderstorm sound effect from 1931's Frankenstein literally into the ground.
Not to mention you saw the same lightning bolt stock shot in literally all their tv product well into the 80's. ;)
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Tobar said:
That sounds like just the right amount. I love THEM!
They love you too.
Aliens is the remake of Them! if you hadn't noticed.
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CP3S said:
I've come to really dislike the Wilhelm. I mean, I get the whole thing, cool little in joke, but it is just so recognizable and it is in everything. One weekend I watched four things. An episode of The Venture Brother. It had the Wilhelm in it. Reservoir Dogs. Wilhelm. Sucker Punch. Wilhelm. Beauty and the Beast. Wilhelm.
It is basically in everything and every time I hear the thing it comes off as cheesy and I find myself rolling my eyes. Often times it is used in places where it doesn't even fit. Reservoir Dogs, guy gets knocked over and Wilhelm. Quite the dramatic yell for getting knocked over on the sidewalk.
+1000
I'm even tired of hearing it in Star Wars now.
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"Ice Age"
I'm troubled that the saber tooth tiger is vilified. It's established humans killed most of his tribe and... HE'S A PREDATOR. There should be nothing wrong with him wanting to eat a baby.
I give it 4 out of 6 little rats with acorns.
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TV's Frink said:
CP3S said:
I've come to really dislike the Wilhelm.
+1000
I'm even tired of hearing it in Star Wars now.
Any movie I hear it in, it instantly pulls me out of the moment. STOP IT SOUND EDITORS!
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Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
I had heard that this hadn't held up well. I probably hadn't seen it in 15 years, but I have 2 or 3 quotes from it in my regular rotation...
My 10 year old and I loved it! Just as enjoyable as the original. I have one friend in particular obsessed with the first film and absolutely detests the second. As an OT'er, I sort of understand it... but for the life of me I can't figure out what the differences betwixt the two are to illicit such a reaction.
Any help?
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Bingowings said:
Aliens is the remake of Them! if you hadn't noticed.
I dunno if I can see that. I mean, Alien was definitely inspired by IT! The Terror From Beyond Space but Aliens and THEM! ? Hmm...
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Them! is every bit as much an inspiration for Aliens as It! is for Alien.
One could argue that Planet Of The Vampires is even more of inspiration for the first film (at least the first act).
Seemingly abandoned settlement.
Traumatised little girl coaxed into breaking silence.
Chase through tunnels with flame thrower action.
Captured child in peril.
Even larger egg laying variant monster.
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I watched Planet of the Vampires a while ago, and then watched 'Lifeforce'. Both movies, although they have problems, are great (at least I think so.)
Even though it's not, Lifeforce could almost be a sequel to Planet of the Vampires.
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Lifeforce is a guilty pleasure for me.
It's almost like RTD in full Torchwood mode had written a Jon Pertwee U.N.I.T. Doctor Who story but with naked models for aliens.
Doctor Who And The Nudists.
It doesn't really match up with Planet Of The Vampires, for one thing the aliens in that film aren't really vampires, they are more body stealers.
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Tobar said:
Bingowings said:
Aliens is the remake of Them! if you hadn't noticed.
I dunno if I can see that. I mean, Alien was definitely inspired by IT! The Terror From Beyond Space but Aliens and THEM! ? Hmm...
Aliens is essentially Seven Samurai, inspired by aspects of the Vietnam war, set in space.
In other words, Starship Troopers in a building.
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Also, I just watched it twice for the first time in 3 years.
DAMN that movie is good. Sigourney Weaver gives a tour de force performance. When she runs into that hive nest at the end, that is some intense stuff. She was completely robbed of her Oscar. Every time I see this movie I am constantly in awe of it. Along with Terminator, James Cameron defined the American sci-fi action genre for all time. Say what you will about him, but for these two films he is a bona fide genius.