Ahnold "I vant to be alone" Schwarnegger
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:14 (twelve years ago) link
oh typing, why did you leave me
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
I do hope you've volunteered all your spare time to the station for the next 12 days, Morbs, because this thread was actually fun today without you flinging feces everywhere.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:17 (twelve years ago) link
cool
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:20 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/cxTBi.gif
l-r: dude thinkin baout die hard, morbsy
― catbus otm (gbx), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:21 (twelve years ago) link
So I didn't follow any of this as it came out and I totally forgot to vote, aka figured I didn't know enough of the action canon to really make a competent ballot. But BRAVO to omar, this is a great list and an even-better to-do list. I haven't seen the overwhelming majority of this list. Think I'm going to start with Big Trouble in Little China.
Also, I got blurbed in a couple of the countdown entries! That makes me feel real special. ^_^ ^_^ ^_^
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
at least you guys can take comfort that I have absolutely nothing bad to say about your #1 choice.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:30 (twelve years ago) link
*applause*
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:33 (twelve years ago) link
....cuz yeah, never seen it, never will.
best body-swap comedy is All of Me.
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
wait, I'm confused: that's never stopped you before Morbs.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
:p
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:39 (twelve years ago) link
have a good Lent and watch all of Tarkovsky!
― Literal Facepalms (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:40 (twelve years ago) link
we will; we won't!
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:41 (twelve years ago) link
1 d-war
― flagp∞st (dayo), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 8:47 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i saw this in the theater & own it on dvd
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:42 (twelve years ago) link
it's pretty fun isn't it?
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda want to see Ulzana's Raid now.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:45 (twelve years ago) link
ulzana's raid is a western, but like some of the other westerns on my list it has a lot -- a LOT -- of "action" and violence.
i mean obvs i could make a list of 50 great westerns and most of them would have many scenes of violence. so it's a bit arbitrary. who cares really.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:47 (twelve years ago) link
xxp yea def
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:49 (twelve years ago) link
I always felt a bit of action/western crossover, it's just hats/horses vs no hats/horses, lol. But Rio Bravo figured on a few lists and fuck that's practically a musical.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:56 (twelve years ago) link
i want to take a moment commend omar, though i've been working straight through the list reveal and have not really been able to join in the fun.
i also want to take a moment to commend everyone's restraint in not wishing dr. morbius into the cornfield.
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
I've been trying to but it looks like Suggest Ban is gone? I missed that development stage of nu-nu-ILX.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:08 (twelve years ago) link
speaking of which i've never really gotten the "assault on precinct 13 is an uncredited remake of rio bravo" line that so many people repeat. i mean, they have plot points in common i suppose, and one could argue that the "ethos" of the protagonists is vaguely (self-consciously) similar, but in no way is it a remake.
and yes we should hoist omar on our shoulders and parade him around in glory.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:10 (twelve years ago) link
i just watched the elite squad movie that netflix added. from brazil. pretty good if you love corrupt cops. and lots of guns.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
It's been renamed to "Flag Post"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
yeah tropa de elite is quite good. made that one song at the beginning quite famous.
― Jibe, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:47 (twelve years ago) link
so glad city of god didn't make this list.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:48 (twelve years ago) link
well it's about as much of an "action" movie as goodfellas is
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
</tuomas>
Thanks for your hard work, omar. It's greatly appreciated.
However, I would like for you to consider amending the results, as I've just realized that we all allowed a grievous oversight to occur in the nominations process. Presenting the true best action movie ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx7PYAAOwxE
Time will be our judge.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
(There's a part of me that's dead serious about this.)
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 04:53 (twelve years ago) link
the part that was exposed to too much radiation as a young child
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 05:05 (twelve years ago) link
Perhaps the most iconic cinematic image of manhood from the days of the presidency of George Bush 41 (1989-1993) is that of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular cyborg in the ad for the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, sitting atop a motorcycle, wearing a black leather jacket, black T-shirt, and black sunglasses from whose left lens a red point of light glows, an enormous phallus of a gun held in his right hand and pointed aggressively upwards, the entire image darkly swathed in an ominous blue-black neon glow. The image encapsulates the menace and might of Schwarzenegger's newly rearticulated identity as a futuristic killing machine. Always a bit of joke in such films as Stay Hungry (1976) and Conan the Barbarian (1982) and its sequel, Schwarzenegger benefited from James Cameron's innovative use of him as the implacable Terminator in the 1984 film of that name, a sleeper box-office hit and one of the great films of the 80s. But, as Schwarzenegger told talk-show hosts unironically when he campaigned for the 1991 sequel, he was now playing a "kinder, gentler Terminator." This sequel, Schwarzenegger suggested, had been tailored to fit the ideological and rhetorical design of the Bush presidency. In the first film, Schwarzenegger's cyborg, returning from a future in which machines bent on eradicating all the remnants of human life rule the earth, was an unstoppable agent sent to kill the woman, Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn child, to be named John, would eventually lead the human resistance against the machines. In contrast, Schwarzenegger's cyborg killer in the sequel is the hero, programmed to save the now teen-aged John Connor. The cyborg, to be sure, retains his uncouth instincts to destroy all in his path, and must be counseled by sarcastic but sensitive John in murder-etiquette. This kinder, gentler Terminator learns not to annihilate the hapless humans who inconvenience him but, with cybernetically enhanced precision, merely to wound them in non-vital areas. The spectacle of crippled, wounded, whimpering, maimed men, lying at the feet of the looming Terminator, is an exact image of its time. As J. Hoberman writes, "Politically, Terminator 2 suggests the merging of Schwarzenegger and Schwarzkopf, techno-war and Technicolor. This is truly the Desert Storm of action flicks" (qtd. in Rushing and Frentz 201). I think that this film's associations with war extend beyond Desert Storm to World War II and its cultural afterlife, specifically its images of fascism and the Nazi. Fusing tropes of Nazism in American popular culture with its homoerotic tableaux, tableaux embedded in the construction of fascism, Terminator 2 is a pivotal text poised between the backward-looking Reagan years, in which a Classic Hollywood star turned national leader presided over the nation, and the era of both postmodern techno-war and postgay articulations of sexual identity.
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
My hypothetical ballot. I kinda got tired of assigning points to the last third of the list, so the values are kind of arbitrary, lol.
Road Warrior - 50Escape From New York - 49Ronin -48Hard Boiled -47Die Hard - 47To Live and Die in LA - 46Raiders of the Lost Ark -45Lethal Weapon - 44Dirty Harry - 43Red Dawn -42Seven Samurai -41Thief -40Mad Max - 39The Killer -3813 Assassins -37First Blood -36Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 35Robocop - 34Enter the Dragon - 33Gallipoli - 32Heat - 31Army of Darkness - 30Bound (write-in vote) -29Big Trouble In Little China -28El Mariachi - 27Wages of Fear -26Vanishing Point -25Bullitt -24Assault on Precinct 13 -23Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan -22Blade Runner -21Casino Royale -20Get Carter - 19Point Break - 18Ghostbusters - 17Hot Fuzz -16Kelly's Heroes -15Kill Bill Volume 1 -14Predator -13Terminator -12Rocky -11Stagecoach -10The Good, The Bad and The Ugly -9Westworld -8F/X -7Billy Jack -6Rio Bravo -5The Blues Brothers - 4Conan the Barbarian -3Drive (2011) -23:10 To Yuma -1
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
01. robocop02. showdown in little tokyo
after that i'd be splitting hairs
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 05:34 (twelve years ago) link
shit did ghostbusters even make the list?!
― piggyback payoff (NZA), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
Conan the Destroyer >>>> the Barbarian anyway
― piggyback payoff (NZA), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
GTFO
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:11 (twelve years ago) link
holy shit, the reaction to Inception just kicked my ass more than the movie did.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 06:55 (twelve years ago) link
Ballot poll of the IMDB Top 100 would be interesting.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 07:07 (twelve years ago) link
Or the IAFD Top 100
50 the mission (johnnie to)49 starship troopers48 hard boiled47 shoot to kill46 aliens45 the road warrior44 shooter43 peking opera blues42 robocop41 Running Scared (1986)40 the blues brothers39 children of men38 spartan37 the killer36 mr majestyk35 ronin34 The Chaser33 ghost in the shell32 battle royale31 to live and die in l.a.30 hurt locker29 the yakuza28 NINJA SCROLL27 the last boy scout26 52 pick-up25 three kings24 predator23 desperado22 a better tomorrow 221 Punisher: War Zone20 Extreme Prejudice
forgot about the die hards, and crying freeman.
― ☆, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 08:17 (twelve years ago) link
they just added the 2004 Punisher movie to netflix streaming. I was pleasantly surprised.
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:09 (twelve years ago) link
my god, this thread is so dauntingly huge
― Matt Armstrong, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:10 (twelve years ago) link
In case it wasn't pointed out above (I'm not opening the whole thread), Yes, Madam! is available on Netflix streaming. Watched like half an hour of it last night as I went to sleep. Insanely fast-paced.
― beachville, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 10:59 (twelve years ago) link
ones that didn't make the results in bold
terminator 2 - 50 sin city crank drunken master 2 (ilx fail) Jaws - 46 Once Upon A Time In The West the good, the bad and the ugly Raiders of the Lost Ark Die Hard they live the thing Point Blank (I have second thoughts about including this, it is not very action-y) le samourai dawn of the dead (1978) the empire strikes back total recall Speed to live and die in l.a. equilibrium The Bourne Identity hero sword of doom the dirty dozen The Hunted the running man blade runner goldfinger enter the dragon Raiders of the Lost Ark (again lol) Kill Bill Volume 1 (Tarantino, 2003) the dark knight the seven samurai Ghostbusters The Matrix Batman (Burton, 1989) the wages of fear kung fu hustle army of shadows on her majesty's secret service INCEPTION death race 2000 (only Stallone movie on my list) pirates of the caribbean mission: impossible north by northwest point break Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade star trek ii: the wrath of khan the 39 steps near dark Ronin - 1
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 11:16 (twelve years ago) link
Actually that reminds me. Has anyone seen the last Punisher movie? (The one with that Ray guy from the Rome tv series?) I had heard it was good, wondering if it's worth a look.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
god I sound like my mother in law. "the one with that actor, from that other movie"
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess it's probably not any good.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
are you talking about Punisher: War Zone? Allegedly it is a wholly ridiculous movie
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
― piggyback payoff (NZA), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:10 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
what in sweet fuck
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:12 (twelve years ago) link