Oh god I still remember the pissy whines of Heinlein fanboys over the lack of the combat suits in ST.
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit is that game any fun? i will find a used company if so
― Mordy, Friday, 17 February 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
my best friend's dad was an o.g. 60's-70's tabletop gamer
i remember the rules being nigh incomprehensible
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:55 (twelve years ago) link
How could a game with ZILLIONS OF BUGS not be fun?
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, there's "Ants In Your Pants" and this, right?
used copy xxp
― Mordy, Friday, 17 February 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
I am just a preacher, you are all absolved (except somedud).
btw C van Dien whipped = genuine bonerz
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:56 (twelve years ago) link
http://images.tvrage.com/people/1/211.gif
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:57 (twelve years ago) link
the book starship troopers is sort of campy fun of its own like the lol old conservatives idea that western democracy would collapse because it was too soft on teen delinquents
― 99x (Lamp), Friday, 17 February 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
I can totally imagine a future that looks like Recall and RoboCop.
I can't. seems like garden variety 80s vision of the future, totally prefab and arch, like paul reiser's hair in aliens. compared with blade runner, robocop is half a step away from hobo with a shotgun.
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
yeah if at the very least you can admit to casper boners you are allowed in my house.
― scott seward, Friday, 17 February 2012 20:01 (twelve years ago) link
casper the friendly boner
― CANDY aka JUNK (some dude), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.huronhs.com/images/gallery/39/68_album.jpg
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
I literally looked over my shoulder before scrolling down past Casper's head there.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
haha me too
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
You guys who haven't seen it would it help to mention that RUE MCCLANAHAN is in this movie?
see, this is the kind of stuff that made it hard for me to get into ST
oh look a girl is grossed out by bug guts hur hur hur
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
It's not terribly different from other hex grid games of the era. Basically it's Panzer Blitz with different graphics and slightly different movement rules (the bug tunnels give you an advantage). Fun game, but you can get bogged down with the details.
The best mix of everything is this game:
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li0dcfMr9c1qzr8nao1_500.jpg
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:05 (twelve years ago) link
i love all the future-details in starship troopers like the fact that the main characters have south american names and come from buenos aires but speak american-accented english, so much little stuff like that in it
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
And I'm still mad at myself for not buying this when it came out:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DgfBjTRlL._SL500_AA300_.jpg
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link
omg can't believe I never noticed this
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:09 (twelve years ago) link
xpost But the stupidity of the pretty characters is part of ST's appeal! They are just gormless soap opera fascists, save Doogie.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 February 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
WAHT. Elvis I want to play that game
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
wau, EfNY game is by TSR!
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
compared with blade runner, robocop is half a step away from hobo with a shotgun.
Dude, let's remember: this is future Detroit we're talking about. Robocop may have actually been a little too utopian a vision.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:11 (twelve years ago) link
Escape From NY is still in this poll, right?
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
why the shit doesn't Arnie have eyebrows in this film? It is freaking me out.
― a hoy hoy, Friday, 17 February 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
srsly concerned when scrolling past casper
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:12 (twelve years ago) link
I was too much of a snob about ST when it came out, like 'omg giant bugs and guns, ugggh this is so stupid' and it took me a long time to just chill and enjoy it.
That being said, I still hate Independence Day with the force of a thousand suns. It's just toooooo corny for me.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
Always wondered if this was a nod to South American-style fascism. I still need to read the first volume of that giant Heinlein biography that came out last year...
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
to me it's just a funny way of implying a homogenized global monoculture
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:17 (twelve years ago) link
1) if i drew up a top 75 i think at least 50% would be hong kong movies
2) tsui hark's the blade is the best action film ever IMO and i'm guessing it won't appear on this list :(
3) if these don't appear on the list, dey was robbed:
- white heat (seriously dudes?!) - the driver - across 110th street - where eagles dare (totally ridiculous fun) - rolling thunder - duck, you sucker - darker than amber
4) other than halloween assault on precinct 13 is so much john carpenter's best movie it's not funny. the thing is impressive but i think it suffers from a script that kind of peters out.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
Well, Independence Day was directed by Roland Emmerich, one of the dumbest filmmakers ever. So comparing ST to ID is kinda like comparing apples and oranges that someone peed on.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
where eagles dare (totally ridiculous fun)
yeah no doubt. the dynamic between richard burton and clint eastwood is hilarious.
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
you will find plenty of ID, sorry "ID4" defenders on ilx i think!
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
I voted for Rolling Thunder.
― Mike Love Costume Jewelry on Etsy (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
The best way to view Independence Day is not as a homage to Earth vs. The Flying Saucers and Pal's War Of The Worlds but as the real thing. It *is* a movie from the 1950s, only with millions of dollars in the budget.
Rifftrax's version of Independence Day is as funny as classic MST3K.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
5) i mean, king boxer/five fingers of death is gonna be in the top ten, right?
6) what about the new one armed swordsman?
7) legendary weapons of china?
8) fong sai-yuk? once upon a time in china? zu: warriors of the magic mountain?
9) jeez, people.
xpost
yeah where eagles dare, once i realized what it was gonna be like, is just incredibly entertaining
and duck you sucker is also one of the most entertaining movies ever made
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, February 17, 2012 2:12 PM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I ranked it high on my list, but I'm a little nervous it won't place at this point. VegemiteGrrl, if you had voted, I think a lot of our pics would have been reinforcing.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
also:
10) the french connection? the french connection 2?
11) is something wild an action movie?
12) i kind of like the resident evil movies
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:23 (twelve years ago) link
yeah no doubt. the dynamic between richard burton and clint eastwood is hilarious
The cable car scene alone is one of the best combos of action, suspense, and HFS moments. Burton and Eastwood are basically commando vampires.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
the best way to view ID4 is to lol at Vivica A. Fox's stripper with MOXIE character
also that the alien ships apparently support USB
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
No one here really like ID4, do they?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 February 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
Also, Independance Day. I can sit back and enjoy some schlocky un-ironic shit blowing up junk food, plus I r like Will Smith. WWWest & Hancock were painful, but I had some smiles and did not turn them off. Should I see ID?
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah
― Number None, Friday, 17 February 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
YES
also Hancock wasn't painful, wtf
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:27 (twelve years ago) link
the best way to appreciate independence day is to view the white house destruction in a animated gif
― lag∞n, Friday, 17 February 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
Hancock >>>> ID4. But they both suck.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 17 February 2012 20:28 (twelve years ago) link
Hancock had a really shit script. WS was enjoyable as a cynical fuck up super hero, but it's getting harder to play that in a new interesting way.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
DON'T DO IT
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah another one that y'all NEED. TO. SEE.: PLAY DIRTY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaPBf7dk8hA&feature=related
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 17 February 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link