i mean, grace jones in a fur bikini counts for a lot but really now
looking forward to digging into amst's youtubes btw, thx for dropping some ~cineaste science~
― Critique of Pure Moods (goole), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:15 (twelve years ago) link
and lest it not be said enough
ALL HAIL OMAR LITTLE
yeah plus amz dropping film geek science that is ACTUALLY IN THE SPIRIT of the thread. i really wanna see some of those now.
i posted this 75 list on my facebook and one of the only responses i got was: THAT LIST SUCKS! everyone's a critic... thanks a lot, mom.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
punisher war zone is absolutely batshit insane and totally wonderful
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
he uses a grenade launcher to shoot an rastafarian gangster acrobat (who also has an irish accent), is all i'm saying
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
re: T2 text "the most iconic cinematic image of manhood from the days of the presidency of George Bush 41," I love that tradition of linking any cultural element with the political administration at the time.starfighter tropes of the Carter administrationVulcan rebirth iconography of the Reagan eraetc.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Whatever we do next will not be as awesome as this was.
A ballot submission movie poll poll: where do we go from here? I predict ilxor clusterfuck.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
drunken master 2 (ilx fail)
yep. fight scenes in this are increeeeedible. (axe gang! insane finale in the factory!) would be near the top of my list if I had voted.
― original bgm, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
I guess this is when I'll admit I've never seen die hard. not sure how I avoided that film all this time but there it is.
re: apocalypto, I've never seen it but I toured chichen itza in the 80s and the guides talked a lot about human sacrifice (placing human hearts in the bowl held by chac mool, the well of sacrifice, etc). a quick scan of wiki backs up my memories of the tour. either way mel gibson's a tool.
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
Die Hard is totally, totally worth it. I probably first saw it in 2002 or so and instantly fell in love, so it's not a "you had to be there" kind of deal. Great cast, great script, some really stylish visuals in places...thoroughly recommended.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I hadn't seen Die Hard until that same year when my roommate bought the trilogy DVD set. It's become an old reliable Christmas staple.
― beachville, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 16:59 (twelve years ago) link
Die Hard is great. So many great secondary characters alongside Willis, and Willis is in full smirk. You gotta see it, Edward!
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
I heard a great interview with the director of Punisher War Zone, on the How Did This Get Made podcast --- she's Swedish, iirc...won a short-film Oscar, and then she couldn't get work so ended up signing on for the Punisher movie to be able to keep working. She researched the hell out of it and read the comics and said she had the blessing of the studio to get back to the violence of the comic books. She even went and asked punisher fans what they wanted from the next movie, stuff you don't see happening that much. But then when the movie came out the studio hosed her by releasing it right before Christmas, so no-one saw it, plus there were all kinds of marketing shenanigans...and the studio backtracked on the violence and she ended up copping a rash of shit for it being 'too over the top'. She didn't tell it as a sob-story though...I mean she totally owns the movie, is proud of it, and got a lot of love from the comic book fans that did see it. So that made me curious about seeing it. AND McNulty/Dominic West is in it! LOL.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Re-screened T2 last nite. Need to watch it annually from now on.
Wish it had as much Gn'R as it had in my false memory though.
― ⚓ (gr8080), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Did Omar ever confirm the number of ballots turned in for this poll? I would hope for 2X in the next one.
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
in the end 36 ballots were turned in, which was a bit lower than i was hoping for but it's all good. i'm still furious (furious!!) that DJP and jjjusten didn't vote. angry!!
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:23 (twelve years ago) link
jjjusten would have boosted by death race 2000 vote, but I wonder, would DJP have helped me push Pirates of the Caribbean over the top?
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
and yes we should hoist omar on our shoulders and parade him around in glory.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist)
http://7thsealmissions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Victory-Through-Jesus2.jpg
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago) link
someone shop robocop in there, please.
― beachville, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
my only regret w/this poll is i had time to post images and info in the mornings but i was too busy w/work to participate in the discussion.
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:41 (twelve years ago) link
you were the engine that fueled our enthusiasm, omar.
...one set of footprints, etc
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
http://i39.tinypic.com/why39c.jpg
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:55 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
only 36 folkx voted? do overs?
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
everyone who wanted to vote voted, except you, dealwithit.gif etc.
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:35 (twelve years ago) link
and everyone who chose not to vote and regrets it now needs to own their FAILURE
― Steamtable Willie (WmC), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
Okay ams. Go ahead. Poll it again. Poll it again. You're the ace film man, poll it again. It's a simple list, just poll it again. Poll what you say! Poll it again! Poll it again!! Two polls, ballots come through here, polls cancel other out. Oh my? Where'd you learn that?
― omar little, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 19:38 (twelve years ago) link
omars a gangster
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
::shudders::
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:13 (twelve years ago) link
omar, my only complaint is that you obviously surpressed PotC despite known ilx love
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 20:21 (twelve years ago) link
WE DEMAND TRANSPARENCY
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
Conan the Destroyer >>>> the Barbarian anyway
― 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, February 22, 2012 7:12 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Chris S, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:13 (twelve years ago) link
NZA needs to come back and explain his damn self.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
so peter weller is a doctoral candidate in renaissance art at ucla now apparently. someone i was talking to went to a lecture there on the homoerotics of michelangelo without looking at the name of who was speaking and was kind of surprised to walk in and the guy who is speaking is robocop
― desperado, rough rider (thomp), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
apparently Weller is in the next Star Trek movie?!?
― erotic war comedy pollster (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
"There is no director living except maybe Kurosawa, Bergman, or Antonioni that I would fall down and do anything for. I met Antonioni three years ago in Taormina at a film festival. I introduced myself and told him that I adored his movies, his contributions to film, because he was the first guy who really started making films about the reality of the vacuity between people, the difficulty in traversing this space between lovers in modern day... and he never gives you an answer, Antonioni – that's the beautiful thing."[3]
― max, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
ha, i don't have any good explanation, i just like destroyer better, i like grace jones, and the knifey guy
― piggyback payoff (NZA), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:44 (twelve years ago) link
would ghostbusters have made the top 75 comedies of all-time?
xpost apparently Weller is in the next Star Trek movie?!?
!!!!!!!!!! fucking sweet
― piggyback payoff (NZA), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
NZA *headdesk.jpg*
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:49 (twelve years ago) link
Weller showed up in one of my favorite episodes of Fringe I think last season or the season before...dude is still awesome.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
inception shoulda won
― Jurgis Rudkus // Dick Butkus (Pillbox), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:59 (twelve years ago) link
flagged 4 life
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
^^^^^
― contreatable logorrhea (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:09 (twelve years ago) link
I liked Inception. I don't understand the vitrol.
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
it sucks, if that helps
― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:13 (twelve years ago) link
Oh that's why!
― Jeff, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
it's a very easy movie for people to feel superior about because all movies that have anything to do with dreams must be surreal freakouts even though most people's dreams aren't like that
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
peter weller's in a bunch of history channel THE ANCIENT WORLD documentaries too
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
Most of my dreams end up with Neil Diamond or Robert Smith singing beeping alarm clock songs.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
no no no, it's easy to feel superior cos it's a v. mediocre action flick with nerd accessories to make it seem deep, man
― contreatable logorrhea (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link