xp Sounds like your next few weekends are going to rock!
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
you really really should
Even Predator 2, which was terrible, was awesome
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
just about the only one from the 80s and 90s on this list so far i haven't seen is Predator. it just looked like Commando In The Jungle With The ALIEN so i never bothered. should rectify this it seems.
― piscesx, Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:57 PM (33 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wait, and this made it LESS desirable?
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
pred2 is great
I saw Pred2 before seeing Pred1 and my instant reaction was "holy shit I HAVE TO SEE PRED1 NOW"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
pretty much hate Arnold so never bothered with Predator, Commando etc. altho I've seen bits of each
saw Blade Runner around 1985 or so on VHS iirc...? Well before I saw Alien that's for sure.
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
predator one of those movies where people are just spazzing out left and right in the movie theater.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
Blade Runner was released in 1,290 theaters on June 25, 1982. That date was chosen by producer Alan Ladd, Jr. because his previous highest-grossing films (Star Wars and Alien) had a similar opening date (May 25) in 1977 and 1979, making the date his "lucky day".[71] The gross for the opening weekend was a disappointing $6.15 million.[72] A significant factor in the film's rather poor box office performance was that it was released around the same time as other science fiction films, including The Thing, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and, most significantly, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which dominated box office revenues that summer.[73]
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
should rectify this it seems.
Yep. Actually there's very little overlap between the three movies - both in terms of subject matter and style.
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
so I must've seen blade runner in the same month I saw ET and poltergeist, what a month!
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
def saw Blade Runner well before I saw the Thing or Alien. saw STII and ET in the theater, of course.
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
I saw the thing in the theaters too! man I must've had my mind blown so bad that summer
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
Hah, I remember reading the novelisation of Ghostbusters long before the film made it's slow way over to Ireland, and some of the extra details were lovely, such as the fact that she checks the countertop, and it's perfectly cool.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
"Blade Runner was released in 1,290 theaters on June 25, 1982."
okay then it wasn't school the next day! maybe camp. definitely remember going over the entire movie with other kids and it was really hard to describe. and they hadn't heard of the movie.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
also remember we had to go one town over to new milford to see blade runner because it wasn't playing in our town or in any of the big theaters in danbury.
― scott seward, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
Two states elected Governors who had starred in that movie.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
I think we had to hoof it all the way from red bank to south amboy in jersey to see blade runner, that's like 20 miles one way
sorry this has turned into the action water cooler thread, maybe the water cooler will explode
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
RUN TO DA COOLER!
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, come on. Dutch and his Predator team are down in the jungle to rescue some hostages. It turns out they were not hostages, but that the CIA tricked them down there after a CIA team vanished on a recon/spy mission rather than a search and rescue.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
"You set us up! It was all bullshit! The diplomats, the hostages, all of it!"
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, something like that.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
Hence the tension between Arnold and Carl.
I havent seen Predator since I high school, I need to revisit
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
lol Predator reunion
xxp does anyone else find that there's a homoerotic subtext between the two characters, at least until CW's real mission is revealed?
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:33 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.google.com/search?q=predator%2Bhomoerotic%2Bsubtext&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&safe=active
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:35 (twelve years ago) link
Well, specifically in the handshake/arm wrestling scene when AS/CW first meet in the film.
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:36 (twelve years ago) link
Don't forget that Predator 2 is entirely responsible for bringing us the Pred ship debate, Predators vs. Aliens, and all that has resulted.
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:37 (twelve years ago) link
search fanfiction.net
wait, don't do that
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
the Most hilarious fanboy message board debate of all time
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
Well I did think there'd be slashfic, but then there's Top Gear slash, so by itself it proves little.
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:39 (twelve years ago) link
predator 2 also gave us some great rave soundbite samples
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:40 (twelve years ago) link
I mean all of that all because some prop guy/set dresser was like "lol Alien"
http://images.wikia.com/avp/images/f/fa/P2-the_alien_skull-1-.png
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
I think I saw Predator twice in the same weekend.
The broadcast edit of this "It was all BALONEY" became a meme among my friends and I in highschool.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
i was just googling predator ship the other day b/c i couldn't remember if it was an ilx meme or general internet meme
― bnw, Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
...Top...Gear...slash?
*cries*
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:49 (twelve years ago) link
Rich4rd Hamm0nd embraces his confusing feelings for J3r3my Clarks0n; in particular, J3r3my's hands. ...Mild slash.
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
also,
Hamm0nd, Cl4rkson and M4y have to share a hotel room but what happens when their drink gets spiked?
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
;_;
noooooooooooo
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
i hate u snoball
we are slowly transitioning from action into "action"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
The word 'top' in the thread title is taking on a new meaning...
― White 'Poop' Jesus (snoball), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
and "gear" isn't????????
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Thursday, 16 February 2012 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
please talk about Predator againpleaseplease
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
Predator was badass, let's not forget Bill Duke in this.
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:04 (twelve years ago) link
YES thank you
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAU8ikXeyow
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1o7rmB7kC0&feature=endscreen&NR=1
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
Bill Duke does not get enough good parts. He's got such a great presence.
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Thursday, 16 February 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link