Movies That Were Probably Made By a Spasm of Six Year-Olds on Acid: The Top 75 Action Films Poll Results Thread

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lotta people got fooled by that bela tarr-directed sex & the city episode

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link

the Bergdorf Goodman Harmonies

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:15 (twelve years ago) link

s1ocki, I could tell she was some NY Mag-reading arriviste who came to New York bcz she watched "Sex & the City," she and her friends bolted at the dinner break.

― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, February 13, 2012 3:12 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is one of your all time greatest posts doc

max, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link

p much everyone knows this subphylum of person in NY by now, they don't know ppl fart on the subway either.

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:29 (twelve years ago) link

i read ny mag fwiw

max, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link

don't make me draw you a Venn diagram

Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:31 (twelve years ago) link

wish I had voted

omar remains king of stills

I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link

max is a samantha iirc

some dude, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:33 (twelve years ago) link

oh totally

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link

Morbs is more of a Miranda than Miranda

I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:37 (twelve years ago) link

well, somebody finally said it.

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link

me irl https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHYA4eCbLkQ

max, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:38 (twelve years ago) link

ur a youtube clip

am0n, Monday, 13 February 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link

where are these other results, I hope omar didn't get in a car chase

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link

also shouldn't it be the top 77 action movies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link

no

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:52 (twelve years ago) link

you've been gone for a while, old man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:53 (twelve years ago) link

not long enough to forget that this ain't 77 and never damn was

the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link

maybe omar's heart will blow up if he doesn't drive a muscle car up an escalator and then have some public intercourse, but surely he could do that while posting form zing

Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link

You're an impatient lot. I think it's nice when the reveal threads take a while so people can talk about them. When they're posted too quickly it's all a blur and over too quickly and then I get sad.

wolf kabob (ENBB), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago) link

Hthe fun of anticipation is the stimulation that causes the feeling of impatience.

Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link

e otm tbh more gaps btwn reveals

beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:14 (twelve years ago) link

yeah we established in the noms thread that shots of the lead just sort of wandering about doing mundane stuff helped make 70s action films great, & this is the thread equivalent.

woof, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link

wandering around doing mundane stuff to random jazz horn riffs

beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3cmBnK-Izs

scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:26 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRbllqhjLXE&feature=related

scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link

randomly coming across the original Assault on Precinct 13 on late-night TV was like being ambushed

demolition with discretion (m coleman), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link

same but with They Live - easily the most significant running-across-a-random-movie-on-tv experience of my childhood

RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link

for me it was probably the flesh eaters. or don't look in the basement. or children shouldn't play with dead things.

scott seward, Monday, 13 February 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link

'duel' was always on iirc

beware of greeks bearing petrol bombs (darraghmac), Monday, 13 February 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link

i hope #1 is 'inglourious basterds'

am0n, Monday, 13 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link

I just know omar is going to post the rest as soon as I leave the office, dammit.

one little aioli (Laurel), Monday, 13 February 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link

unfortunately the rest will have to wait until tomorrow, i'm stuck in meetings all day and i'd hate to have my boss glance over and see me posting a still for *~SPOILER ALERT~* an action movie

omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link

could probably get a good fight scene out of it tho

Steamtable Willie (WmC), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link

thanks omar!!

by only beef tho is that you didn't bump the nominations thread w/ a link to this one so i missed all the fun today :(

⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link

sorry gr80. i was being shot at, so i was pinned down in this thread and couldn't get over to the other one to bump it.

omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 23:33 (twelve years ago) link

results will commence again tomorrow morning at 7 AM PDT, 10 AM eastern. going to try to get 20 films out before i head to work, to catch up to the pace.

omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 23:34 (twelve years ago) link

you crazy bastard.

...good luck.

⚓ (gr8080), Monday, 13 February 2012 23:38 (twelve years ago) link

be sure to

http://gifninja.com/animatedgifs/440025/stick-around.gif

to see the rest.

omar little, Monday, 13 February 2012 23:51 (twelve years ago) link

ha

Number None, Monday, 13 February 2012 23:53 (twelve years ago) link

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/templedoom.jpg

^^ best shot in the movie. Just watched this the other night and it really stood out as a spectacular shot.

Matt Armstrong, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link

I remember going to Gatorland in Florida, where they claimed they trained/sourced the alligators used in this movie.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link

Man, this is old, but really funny:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aDFeFwxymA&feature=player_embedded

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/KlnUD.png

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:21 (twelve years ago) link

Shit...voted in the nominating poll but not the actual one.

Temple of Doom is only the third best of the 80s Indys but still pretty damn good. Took me quite a long time to warm to, though. Didn't really get it til I started to see it as the "disreputable" Raiders. Like a tribute to those 40s serials with the racism and low taste in tact.

The Hurt Locker is awesome and definitely not Oscar bait. Every now and then the academy just gets it right.

Die Hard With a Vengeance is simply a joy. The ultimate ridiculous popcorn action flick. Really, only Raiders keeps it rom bing my fave action flick of all time.

I really need to finally see Branded To Kill and Con Air.

I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:49 (twelve years ago) link

really sad that i'll miss all the countdown fun because of stupid time differences. awesome countdown, can't wait to see the rest. and glad to see far upthread that i wasn't the only tsui hark voter

Jibe, Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:51 (twelve years ago) link

For tht mattter need to see Apocalypto, Assault and Vanishing Point as well. Gotta emit tt the gay bashing scene excerpted in The Celluloiud Closet had always sorta scared me away from the latter.

I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:55 (twelve years ago) link

*gotta admit

I Fucked Up (jer.fairall), Tuesday, 14 February 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link


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