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Can It Be True?? Are Van Damme (And Lundgren - Maybe/Possibly/Kinda-Sorta) Orbiting A UNIVERSAL SOLDIER Sequel??

Published at: April 22, 2008, 8:41 a.m. CST

Merrick here...
CinemaBlend says Jean-Claude Van Damme (and possibly Dolph Lundgren as well) are poking at the possibility of reprising their role as back-from-the-dead super-soldiers in a new UNIVERSAL SOLDIER film. In the wake of humongoid projects like STARGATE and INDEPENDENCE DAY, it's easy to forget that the UNIVERSAL SOLDIER franchise was launched by Roland Emmerich & Dean Devlin. Van Damme reprised his Luc Devereaux role in the UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN (a theatrical film), although Matt Battaglia played the part in the straight-to-video UNIVERSAL SOLDIER II: BROTHERS IN ARMS and UNIVERSAL SOLDIER III: UNFINISHED BUSINESS. NOTE: the Van Damme projects do not use numbers in the titles...films with the recast character do.
Right now they’re developing it as a DTV project, but if they get him and if some of Van Damme’s other upcoming projects like Full Love do well, there’s a chance it could end up becoming a theatrical release.
...says THIS ARTICLE at CinemaBlend.


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  • April 22, 2008, 8:43 a.m. CST

    Yay?

    by Fawst

    Lundgren needs a new project.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:44 a.m. CST

    No wait... my bad.

    by Fawst

    Lundgren DOESN'T need a new project. Whatever he's doing in obscurity is probably best for all involved. Van Damme... meh.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:45 a.m. CST

    van damme

    by snapple_ladys_lazy_eye

    jumped the shark with dennis rodman.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:51 a.m. CST

    I'll be honest

    by norrinrad

    I really hope this comes out in theaters. I have a man crush on Van Damme.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:52 a.m. CST

    I remember hearing back in the day...

    by Sledge Hammer

    ...how much Lundgren and Van Damme fucking hated each other on the set, and how difficult a set it was to work on because of that, and their constant efforts to one up each other. So given all that I don't know how keen they would be to work together again. Then again, it's not like either one is flooded with offers these days, both being stuck firmly in cheapie dtv hell, so if the money is right you never know I guess.<p>Let's face it, the first film was dumb as hell, but it was cheesy fun regardless, what with Lundgren and his ear necklace and all. I'd love to see the original cut one day, before the studio and MPAA cut, I think it was somewhere between ten and twenty minutes of the more 'objectionable' material out of the film.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:54 a.m. CST

    Universal Soldier sucked!

    by ganymede3010

    Why are they remaking a sucky film?

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:59 a.m. CST

    "I just want to eat"

    by el-guappo

    My favorite quote from that flick! They just wouldn't let the man eat!

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:59 a.m. CST

    universal solder was good in it's day

    by Mr_X

    it was actually one of van damme and lungrens good ones. can't remember the plot, do recall the scene when the solders were all walking down the dam

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:04 a.m. CST

    ganymede3010

    by batmans_pants

    This looks to be a sequel, rather than a remake. That said, I agree. Do we really need to see lundgren and Van damme do this again? I think not. But I would always prefer a remake of a film that sucked than fuckup a classic...Universal had potential to be good. I mean the premise was a good idea, and in the right hands could be a great film. This isn't going to be it though.

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:12 a.m. CST

    LOL at the one with Bill Goldberg in it.

    by GibsonUSA

  • April 22, 2008, 9:12 a.m. CST

    he got mulched

    by iamhagrid

    dolph got turned into dogfood, so i'm guessing his character will return in an aluminum casing, i can't wait!!

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:13 a.m. CST

    GR-44 I order you to stand down!

    by TheJake

    I just watched Universal Soldier on TV a week or two ago... and I don't think it has aged well.

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:15 a.m. CST

    Errmmmm How?

    by tolomey

    How can the bring Dolph back into this franchise - didn't the JCVD kick him into a bailing machine, and all that was left of Mr. Lundgren was a nasty stain on Van Damme's shirt? That being said, the first film was fun, I may even be inclined to say that it was Van Damme's best, but hard to get excited when I know this is going to be shit.......... And knowing is half the battle.

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:20 a.m. CST

    Universal Soldier rocked!

    by thinboyslim.

    I remember quoting "shoot her in the heeeaad!" and "it's emptyyy, emmppttyyy!" so much in my youth.

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:22 a.m. CST

    It'll be clones...

    by Sledge Hammer

    Clones fix everything. Well, you know, except Star Wars apparently...

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:28 a.m. CST

    2000 AD Comic

    by Captain RawBeard

    I prefer the 2000 AD Comic which came out before the film. The film has nothing to do with the comic but just stole the title.<br> <br>did enjoy the film though just wish it was called something else.

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:29 a.m. CST

    I could never understand why...

    by Kid Z

    ... anyone ever liked this sucky thing in the first place. That movie blew, bigtime. I wanna see a live-action Deathlok, instead. Go to the original source ferchrissakes!

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:44 a.m. CST

    JCVD

    by Spartacus Hughs

    http://tinyurl.com/26grn7

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:45 a.m. CST

    Hell the Fuck Yes!

    by Aquatarkusman

    What this needs is Mario van Peebles involvement, and perhaps the reanimated corpse of Brion James... and Robert Loggia ain't dead, is he? Nevertheless, reanimate him just to be sure.

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:48 a.m. CST

    ENTERTAINMENT WEAKEY

    by Chadley BeBay

    broke this story 6 weeks ago!

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:50 a.m. CST

    I actually like UNIVERSAL SOLDIER.

    by Psyclops

    I know some people dismissed it as a TERMINATOR rip-off back in the day but I enjoyed the shit out of that movie. Dolph was a badass and Van Damme pulled off the impossible and made a convincing lead in an action movie (go figure). I fucking hated the sequel, which I paid to see in theaters based solely on the goodwill earned from the first film, so unless this one has at least a semi-talented fimmaker in the director's chair I'd probably avoid it at all costs.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:01 a.m. CST

    when people type "loose" instead of "lose"

    by BadMrWonka

    I die a little inside...

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:03 a.m. CST

    Van Damme has a flick called Full Love?

    by HitchCock'n'Balz

  • April 22, 2008, 10:03 a.m. CST

    you "loose" a bit of yourself then?

    by just pillow talk

    Doh, sorry!<p>I'm all for some more cheesiness served up by those two. And I agree, throw in a little Mario Van Peebles, and it's all good.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:05 a.m. CST

    You really have beautiful ears man!

    by judge dredds fresh undies

    Universal Soldier fucking rules! Lundgren is hilarious in it and Van Damme has some funny scenes too. Emerichs best film by far.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:06 a.m. CST

    ....

    by HitchCock'n'Balz

    he should reprise his role in "No Retreat, No Surrender" and both of the twins he played in "Double Team" and have a Muay Tai Rope-fisted, broken glass encrusted, stick fight to the death with Hulk Hogan's "Mr. Nanny" and Dolph's "Red Scorpion"..that I would pay to see

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:14 a.m. CST

    Cinemablend = total BS

    by LaudnerGomez

  • April 22, 2008, 10:17 a.m. CST

    I was arrested on a Van Damme set

    by Unlabled

    Until Death... 3 too many margaritas and I started yelling at the director and his fag PA's. I believe I challenged Van Damme to a fight but alas he wasn't there

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:26 a.m. CST

    Lundgren got shreddered in the end and there are already...

    by DerLanghaarige

    ...3 sequels. One even with van Damme.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:29 a.m. CST

    As I remember it...

    by Gabba-UK

    they brought the whole bodies of dead to life. Wouldn't they need a seemtress to get Lungruns back together?

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:42 a.m. CST

    These guys are too fucking busy with other projects?

    by Baron Karza

    Like what infomercial?

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:42 a.m. CST

    Possibly the best news of the year

    by messi

    Fuck yeah.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:50 a.m. CST

    The JCVD sequel with Bill Goldberg

    by SpencerTrilby

    was actually pretty entertaining, but suffered from its "futuristic" setting: it tried too hard to look better than the first one, but with a third of its budget. Otherwise it was a decent video rental.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:52 a.m. CST

    This can't work

    by Abominable Snowcone

    at least, not well. The idea is that the characters played by Claude and Dolph are DEAD soldiers re-animated for a special elite unit. They're zombie troopers. So technically, they can't AGE anymore. But after 15 years or whatever it's been, we all know that Claude and Dolph look older.

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  • April 22, 2008, 11 a.m. CST

    Geriatric Soldier?

    by MJohnson

    Just saying...

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  • April 22, 2008, 11:03 a.m. CST

    Van Damme hasn't made a theatrical movie since

    by Reel American Hero

    The Quest, which itself wasn't that bad albeit a little short on plot. I think by this point his career is doomed to direct to dvd along aside with Steven Seagal and "what the hell happened to" Wesley Snipes.

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  • April 22, 2008, 11:05 a.m. CST

    Make a Van Damme vs. Seagal movie.

    by Knuckleduster

    I hear those guys hate each other. The 'making of' would be so much fun.

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  • April 22, 2008, 11:36 a.m. CST

    Universal Timecop

    by snowpuff

    Why not? They were silly movies anyway.

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  • April 22, 2008, 11:41 a.m. CST

    Hah!!...you said "Jean-Claude Van Damme"...

    by FlickaPoo

    ...that's funny. Saying "Jean-Claude Van Damme" is funny....

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  • April 22, 2008, 11:45 a.m. CST

    I was about 12 when the original came out...

    by FlickaPoo

    ...I saw it on cable and was really hoping for some gratuitous female nudity...and there WAS...but the female lead had sort of inverted nipples and it really wirded me out. I had never seen such a thing and it sort of spoiled the mood....

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  • April 22, 2008, 11:48 a.m. CST

    This time OLEG will win...

    by travis-dane

    go ahead and make the movie!IT better be DTV!DTV RULES!

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:01 p.m. CST

    FlickaPoo, WTF???

    by That 70s Venom

    FlickaPoo, dude, I don't know which version of Universal Soldier you saw on cable, but it's not the original one, that's for damn sure. Not once in the entire movie do you ever get to see the lead actress (the blonde reporter who smokes) topless. She never gets naked or even remotely close to naked in the whole fucking film. Get your facts straight, buddy.

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:02 p.m. CST

    BTW, FlickaPoo

    by That 70s Venom

    I'm assuming you're talking about Ally Walker, the lead actress. She is the only lead actress in that movie as far as I know. And she NEVER gets naked.

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:13 p.m. CST

    Wasn't Lungren's characyer woodchiiped to death?

    by Stalkeye

    How in the hell could he come back after being turned into dog food? fucking hollywood for ya. Everyone knows that once you're dead, you're dead....well, except in the Marvel Universe.

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:13 p.m. CST

    Uh...

    by Pariah74

    I thought this was "Ain't it Cool News.com" and not "Ain't it An Old Ass Bastard Who Never Made A Good Movie Ever And Is Probably A Closet Homo Teaming Up With The Guy Whose Only Good Role Was The One Where He Was Opposite Stallone So What Does That Say About His Talent.com?"<br><br> How do you decide which shitty movies are worth coverage? I mean I'm sure this movie will make as much money as Children of the Corn 9, and From Duck Til Dawn 6.

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:20 p.m. CST

    Goddammit! The whole fucking platoon is dropping like flies!!!!

    by CyberVishnu

    Best line in the film! That scene in the supermarket was filmed at Basha's General Store just outside of Kingman, AZ. My friends and I used to get river supplies there whenever we went on vacation. Universal Soldier ruled your grandfather's balls and you know it! Lundgren and Van Damme together again would be most welcome! WELL THAT'S THE SPIRIT SOLDIER!!!!

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:23 p.m. CST

    Dolph did'nt have a "decent" role since The Punisher?

    by Stalkeye

    And how long ago was that? I made a few typos in my last subject/heading, my bad.(that's what happen's when you're typing with one hand while holding a meatball parm in the other.)<p>US was good for a guilty pleasue, but the alternate ending made up for the stupid scenes in which Van Dummy undresses every second, not to mention those unwarranted ass shots.Buahahahahahaha Are we sure Joel Schumacher didn't direct this Movie?

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:34 p.m. CST

    That 70s Venom, I bow to your superior Van

    by FlickaPoo

    Damme knowledge...thought it was Universal Soldier, must have been a different Van Damme opus (who can really tell them apart?) If I can manage to summon the energy I might even Google the entire Van Damme oeuvre and see if I can get to the bottom of this...

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:40 p.m. CST

    JCVD LOOKS AWESOME & NO ONE

    by ThePilgrim

    IS COVERING IT. IT NEEDS LIMELIGHT AND A THEATRICAL WIDE RELEASE!

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:44 p.m. CST

    I want Wesley Snipes in it

    by Moviekiller

    They can get him out on work leave. There is always room for some Snipes.

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  • April 22, 2008, 12:54 p.m. CST

    29 days to go

    by AllieJamison

    can it be true?

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  • April 22, 2008, 1:04 p.m. CST

    I thought this was "Ain't it Cool News.com

    by Herb West

    "Ain't it An Old Ass Bastard Who Never Made A Good Movie Ever And Is Probably A Closet Homo Teaming Up With The Guy Whose Only Good Role Was The One Where He Was Opposite Stallone So What Does That Say About His Talent.com?" HA The second funniest thing I've seen all day!

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  • April 22, 2008, 1:14 p.m. CST

    Some great lines by Dolph in that film though

    by Dogmatic

    "Where should we shoot her? In the stomach? nooo....how about the chest? noooo....I think we should SHOOT HER IN THE HEAD! <click> ...It's EMPtyyyyy! It's EMPTY!" haahah love that part

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  • April 22, 2008, 1:15 p.m. CST

    "You know soldier I'm very disappointed in you..

    by Dogmatic

    ...I mean look now you've gone and gotten your folks involved in this. I mean this a serious matter private."

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  • April 22, 2008, 1:16 p.m. CST

    As long as fuckhead Emmerich won't direct...

    by Motoko Kusanagi

    ...this may actually be any good.

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  • April 22, 2008, 1:20 p.m. CST

    "damn it the whole fucking platoon's dropping like flies!

    by Dogmatic

    What the hell are you staring it? Do you have any idea what it's like out there? Do you? Well I'm fighting this thing man, it's like kick ass, or kiss ass, and I'm busting heads! It's the only way to win this fucking war. And these shitheads, these yellow traitoring motherfuckers. They're everywhere. And I, Sergeant Andrew Scott of the US Army, I'm gonna teach 'em all."

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  • April 22, 2008, 1:21 p.m. CST

    "You're discharged....Sarge."

    by Dogmatic

    and one JCVD quote for good measure. Heck yeah! I'm up for another Unisol movie with the Vane Damme and the Lundgren!

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  • April 22, 2008, 1:49 p.m. CST

    Does Lundgren come back as skewered Kabob?!!!

    by Mike_D

    He was chopped up at the end!

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  • April 22, 2008, 2:08 p.m. CST

    Inverted Nipples?

    by HitchCock'n'Balz

    Possible the Arquette girl (Rosanna I think) in the other shitty Van-Damme thing where she owned the cabin and healed him, after something stupidly contrived and painfully funny to watch had happened to him....what was it called ...."Marked Out For Justice till Deathcop Goes to Camp" or something like that....

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  • April 22, 2008, 2:20 p.m. CST

    That's "Nowhere to run"

    by SpencerTrilby

    and sadly it was with Rosanna Arquette, not Patricia. Fuck.

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  • April 22, 2008, 2:27 p.m. CST

    "Nowhere to Run" ...except out of ideas...

    by HitchCock'n'Balz

  • April 22, 2008, 2:33 p.m. CST

    Only if BOTH are in it.

    by KISSman24

    I'd be in if they are BOTH in it AND if someone comes up with a plot worth seeing. If it's at the quality of the second Univeral Soldier movie, I'm not interested.

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  • April 22, 2008, 2:55 p.m. CST

    Now that I think about it, I think maybe "Inverted....

    by FlickaPoo

    ...Nipples" was in the Van Damme masterpiece called Cyborg...

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  • April 22, 2008, 2:57 p.m. CST

    JCVD and Dolph are legends

    by Toby___Wong

    How come those people don't get some high profile roles ? Imagine Van Damme as the bad guy in a big budget action movie. As for Dolph. Give him another Punisher movie. He will nail it down again. Universal Soldier sucks.

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  • April 22, 2008, 3:16 p.m. CST

    I'm sure Van Dam will be semi hot after his latest flick

    by ELGordo

    The film "JCVD " looks to be a fucking great piece of cinema.

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  • April 22, 2008, 3:33 p.m. CST

    Fuck this, where is I COME IN PEACE AGAIN

    by BitterMan23

    "The asshole's pieces return as one..."

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  • April 22, 2008, 3:36 p.m. CST

    "It's kick ass, or kissass! And I'm bustin' heads!"

    by BitterMan23

    FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

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  • April 22, 2008, 3:43 p.m. CST

    Universal Soldier will be NOTHING

    by Sithdan

    without Devlin or Emmerich. Love them or hate them, it's THEIR story and only they should tell it.

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  • April 22, 2008, 3:47 p.m. CST

    Since when did....

    by kuldan

    Since when did Brendan Fraser do the voice-over for Dolph Lundgren? ;)

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  • April 22, 2008, 4:04 p.m. CST

    That loud scraping sound...

    by Little Beavis

    ...is the bottom of the barrel, the barrel full of craptastic "films" which the fans are clamoring for a sequel for...not.

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  • April 22, 2008, 4:20 p.m. CST

    I'm all ears !

    by barnaby jones

    This used to be one of my fav's as a kid. Can't say i'm too bothered about revisiting it though !

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  • April 22, 2008, 4:27 p.m. CST

    Who..

    by DigitalBeachWar

  • April 22, 2008, 4:28 p.m. CST

    Who...

    by DigitalBeachWar

    gives a shit about these awful movies and actors.

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  • April 22, 2008, 6:15 p.m. CST

    So Is Van Dame Back From Direct-To-DvD Land?

    by skoobyx

    Cause we've waited to long for a big screen 'Legionnaire' movie. <p> 'I suggest you save one bullet...' In case you have to watch it.

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  • April 22, 2008, 6:21 p.m. CST

    If They're Actually Gonna Do This Shit...

    by thelordofhell

    They might as well remake GYMKATA!! Now THAT was a fucking brilliant piece of shit movie!! The only thing I liked about Universal Soldier is that Van-Dummb was arrested for drunk driving/speeding by Arizona's finest while he was making this movie.

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  • April 22, 2008, 6:29 p.m. CST

    I thought JCVD was done with bad movies.

    by TattooedBillionaire

    In a recent interview, he said he turned down the role of the villian in "Rush Hour 3" because he doesn't want to be in those kind of movies anymore. Now, he's thinking of a third Universal Soldier movie? Well, I guess he was lying then.

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  • April 22, 2008, 6:40 p.m. CST

    LUNDGEN TO DIRECT, SEAGAL TO COSTAR!

    by crayon

    That's a licence to print fucking money, okay.

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  • April 22, 2008, 6:56 p.m. CST

    STAND AT ATTENTION PRIVATE!!! STAND UP!!!

    by Han Cholo

    Ludgren's yelling this while kicking soldiers that are cooked well done and deader than hell. Yeah this was his best film. <p> Oh yeah and the correct line was "I kick ass, you kiss ass, and I'm busting heads. And these..... shitheads, these yellow, traitoring motherfuckers, they're everywhere. And I, Sargent Andrew Scott of the US Army. I'm gonna teach them.... all........"

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:08 p.m. CST

    OLEG MUST BREAK YOU!

    by ironic_name

  • April 22, 2008, 7:21 p.m. CST

    I am all over it like flies to shit!!!

    by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz

    This would be fucking fantastic if it really happens. I love the 1st film. Here's hoping it gets released in the theater.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:38 p.m. CST

    Human necklace memories

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    I guess he was trying to outdo Kurtz. The first Universal Soldier was a great movie. The second one, c'mon let's hear it guys, should have been DTV. Michael Jae White is great, but Goldberg-meh. Not in this role anyway.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:38 p.m. CST

    GO FOR IT IRONIC

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

  • April 22, 2008, 7:39 p.m. CST

    human EAR necklace

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Stupid friggin typos

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:39 p.m. CST

    is deht soopozd to bea d'air?

    by ironic_name

    jcvd turns mangling english to an art.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:42 p.m. CST

    I wanted to love I Come in Piece, but couldn't

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Don't hate me DTV gang, but alien cops and what were they bleeding marshmallow fluff or something like that, getting high on brain juices, and the dude from Dream On? Sorry Oleg.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:45 p.m. CST

    Love him or hate him, JCVD made

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Bloodsport into the top grossing martials arts flick at that time I believe. Forrest Whitaker as the comic relief FBI rookie. But that awful Kumite song at the end blew chunks

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:49 p.m. CST

    in da head

    by kafka07

    It's empty!

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:50 p.m. CST

    dark angel is your ass-landlord, binks. rent is due

    by ironic_name

    dark angel is the "everywhere but america" name of that alien brain-cocaine movie

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:52 p.m. CST

    Unisol V: The Return of Deebo

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Yep, he was one of them. I'm surprised they didn't give him a cyborg eye or some crap to take care of that thing floating around in his face. Simon Rhee (Best of the Best) and Eric Norris (Chuck's kid) were also soldiers. No wonder they kicked ass. Ooh, just checked IMDB. Ralf Moeller (Brakus is Best of Best 2) was in it. Damn, I gotta watch this movie again.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:53 p.m. CST

    you go in pieces asshole!

    by ironic_name

    oleg cums in pieces of ass, all night, every night, for the last 1000 years.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:55 p.m. CST

    Whatever it was, brain juice or something

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    was it endorphins, I forget, but the aliens, at least the alien drug dealer, was sucking something from the humans.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:55 p.m. CST

    I loved that the aliens came to earth, and the had shity

    by ironic_name

    jobs and bad clothes like the rest of us, <P> and dolph and brian benben fighting over the explodey-gun was great.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:57 p.m. CST

    I've seen wussy sidekicks before but Brian

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    "Dream On" Benben takes the cake. I did like seeing David Ackroyd though. He is always underated.

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  • April 22, 2008, 7:57 p.m. CST

    he injected them with coke, and stole their brain juice or some

    by ironic_name

    and stole their brain juice or some shit. <P> that guy was so.. swedish looking.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8 p.m. CST

    And what did they give him for a car-

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    A bad ass machine like Cobra, a Mad Max mobile, no, they give him a Monte Carlo SS. It wasn't that it was junk, but it was just so cheesy. I suppose in that respect it fit in with the rest of the movie.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:01 p.m. CST

    he had that awsome spiderman style thing that shot from his wris

    by ironic_name

    and the spinning cd of death! interstellar travel? check. <P> explodey-gun? check. <P> best of chacka khan cd, coke and moleskins? check.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:04 p.m. CST

    when I found out dark angel was on a few years back I was so hap

    by ironic_name

    till I turn on and its fucking jessica alba. <P> letdown.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:06 p.m. CST

    You forgot the cheesy full length pleather coat

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

  • April 22, 2008, 8:08 p.m. CST

    I can sort of see where they got the title

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    I come in peace. Dark Angel sounds like a DTV title.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:08 p.m. CST

    hu wanzdt togoh hhhömme, an hu wanzdt to go widt meieh!

    by ironic_name

    van damme in street fighter.. I should get that on dvd.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:11 p.m. CST

    double team, with van dammage, rodman and rourke!

    by ironic_name

    i can't remember much about it, but its on sale..

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:12 p.m. CST

    That was a classic cheesy line

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    I've never understood the fascination people have with Kylie Minogue though. I know she's huge in Europe and Australia, Oh well, to each their own.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:13 p.m. CST

    I refused to see Double Team

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Dennis Rodman is an ass to begin with. I sure as hell wasn't going to pay money to see him.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:14 p.m. CST

    http://tinyurl.com/4kvkkh

    by ironic_name

    they never stood a chance against OLEG!

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:21 p.m. CST

    dark angel tells the timeless tale of a mullet-sporting drug tra

    by ironic_name

    dark angel tells the timeless tale of a mullet-sporting drug trafficker from the stars who makes an explosive pit stop at our lovable planet to harvest a batch of yummy endorphins from the American population. <P> The extraction of this biochemical compound is actually quite pedestrian: simply inject your intended target with a crap-ton of heroin, wait for the brain-melting high to kick in, grimace, grunt and insert a very long, very sharp needle directly into their forehead. Once this painful cranial penetration has taken place, one merely has to wait patiently for that sweet polypeptide to trickle into the otherworldy endorphin transport receptacle designed specifically for deep space travel. <P> What this particular poison-peddling pusher from another planet didn't anticipate was the interference of one tough-as-nails detective named Jack Caine. Armed with a pair of long legs, an endless supply of ammunition and one snotty federal agent, <P> Caine will stop at nothing to prevent this punk from picking the brains of our podunk population. Along the way, he'll attempt to unravel the mystery behind his partner's death and battle a group of uppity mafia crackers who called themselves White Boys. Can our hero save the world from becoming some otherworldly crack dealer's highly-profitable poppy plantation, or will we all be forced to chase the dragon? <P> Those who have had the misfortune of reading this blog from its infancy should be painfully aware of the fact that I am a self-proclaimed "hardcore fanatic" of that mythical Hollywood figure known only as THE ACTION HERO. In fact, the sole purpose of this blog was to chronicle my descent into the wonky world of Steven Seagal during my short stay at another cinema-related website. With that extraneous bit of trivia freshly implanted in your soft, impressionable little mind, is it really so shocking, so last-minute birthday party surprising that I am madly in love with Dolph Lundgren and most of his pre-2000 output? Furthermore, should you be light-headed and gaspy at the fact that I chose to watch I Come in Peace over such arty-fartsy fare as The Queen and The Good German? <P> The answer to those questions, obviously, is a resounding no. Craig R. Baxley's cheap sci-fi extravaganza isn't the smartest flick you'll ever see in your lifetime, nor is it a gripping slice of early 90's cinema. What saves I Come in Peace from sinking into the sticky folds of The Bog of Forgotten Flicks is the originality of its central premise and the go-for-broke performances of its dedicated cast. There's plenty of snazzy explosions and bloody gun fights to soothe your action-hungry soul, of course, but I doubt that's the only thing you'll take away from this truly entertaining chunk of alien cheese. <P> Dolph, as always, seems to be well aware of the film's B-Grade shenanigans, delivering impossibly campy lines with a subtle hint of cheeky self-awareness. His performance isn't the stuff of legend, mind you, but it gets the job done nonetheless. And as much as I hate to admit it, former HBO darling Brian Benben is probably the film's strongest talent. Sure, he's playing the same annoying wise-ass he portrayed on the cult cable hit Dream On, but he does his shtick so well that you almost forgive the guy for essentially being a one-note instrument. Matthias Hues is also on-board as the story's lone villain, giving him ample opportunity to grunt, grin and groan while flaunting his tasty mullet before the camera. <P> Everyone else is a coat rack. <P> Simply put, I Come in Peace is big dumb fun. In fact, I'd gladly put it next to both The Punisher and The Mechanik in terms of quality and enjoyment. The interplanetary drug dealing scenario is quite original, and allows for some truly entertaining moments of high-octane sci-fi madness. Sadly, no one has shoved this cult favorite into the digital era as of this writing, leaving one to ponder the intelligence of the movie industry as a whole. I'm sure someone will chime in about red tape and copyright ownership and blah blah blah -- I honestly don't care. Get your heads together, get on the horn and get this title released on DVD, already! <P> And while you're at it, shave Betsy Brantley's eyebrows, would ya? <P> http://tinyurl.com/4p7cp7

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:27 p.m. CST

    Dark Angel / I Come In Peace not on DVD yet

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Alert the cheese police. A serious crime has been committed.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:30 p.m. CST

    Now that poster was better than what they

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    released here. Benben looked stoned in that picture. Ironic, got a message in the zone.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:31 p.m. CST

    feetal's gizz

    by pencil-man

    Who the Frag gives a flying Frag of a Frag? Jeevis H! Bastiches.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:37 p.m. CST

    I want Para-military Christmas Special:

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    The Movie.

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  • April 22, 2008, 8:43 p.m. CST

    wow, just wow

    by Bloo

    I loved Universal Solider when I was kid but in my opinion the JCVD movie that needs a squel is Cyborg

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:12 p.m. CST

    UNIVERSAL SOLDIER 2: UNIVERSAL BOOGALOO

    by vini77

    Yeah, that's the best I could come up with tonight.

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  • April 22, 2008, 9:28 p.m. CST

    I always thought....

    by caruso_stalker217

    ...that CYBORG 2 was better than the first one. Gibson Rickenbacker my fuckin' ass.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:19 p.m. CST

    Van Damme and Lundgren need to eat

    by Orionsangels

  • April 22, 2008, 10:24 p.m. CST

    Wait...THAT WAS UNIVERSAL SOLDIER?

    by Gozu

    I remember when I first saw stills and previews of it as a kid, but I couldn't see it because it was rated R. But yeah...that sucked. As annoying as American martial arts films can be now, they really were godawful in the 90s.

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:39 p.m. CST

    the truck in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER rocked

    by ironic_name

  • April 22, 2008, 10:48 p.m. CST

    Shaun of the Dead 2: Universal Zombie

    by br1947

    give Lundgren and Van Damme a 'serious' script, let them film as if it were serious, then shoot new scenes Simon Pegg and Nick Frost trying to take them out. It'd be fantastic!

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  • April 22, 2008, 10:52 p.m. CST

    Double Impact was pretty dope too

    by Han Cholo

    Bolo Yeung is a badass for getting shot in the face point blank then getting up like nothing. He then proceeds to palm punch the holy hell out of Van Damme's nut sack in a later scene. Oh yeah and the sex scene with the chick was pretty hot in my teenage mind. I can't remember, did the bald dude who played Van Damme's mentor die at the end?

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  • April 23, 2008, 1:17 a.m. CST

    UNFINISHED BUSINESS

    by jackofhearts29

    Hmmm.. recast character must not have finished the business he was supposed to finish in UNFINISHED BUSINESS... so VD's back this time to really FINISH it off, finally, for real. When you're finished, Private, don't forget to turn off the lights and lock the door behind you! Oh, and feed the cat.

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  • April 23, 2008, 2:12 a.m. CST

    fuck that - when's STARGATE II coming out??

    by Maniaq

    if Devlin and Emmerich are gonna insist on bringing back their particular brand of.. erm... cinema... to the silver screen, then there is really only ONE CHOICE for what sequel they should be working on

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  • April 23, 2008, 3:40 a.m. CST

    What- Binks you motherfucker!!!!

    by Lost Jarv

    Do not dare be bashing the glorious cheesy magnificense of Dark Angel. <P>God Damn it. <P>And Dolph has been in loads of good cheese- that one with Brandon Lee, Rocky 4, Dark Angel, that stupid John Woo one where he's scared of the colour white, Some weird ass thing channel 5 had on the other night where he is a restauranteur/ witness protection agent (what a fucking great idea- there should be more fights in kitchens), UniSol, and on. Dolph is great and clearly needs more work. <P>Fucking dissing Dark Angel *goes away grunmbling*

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  • April 23, 2008, 3:41 a.m. CST

    and on the Universal Soldiers aging

    by Lost Jarv

    seeing as we are being asked to suspend disbelief about reanimated corpses working as soldiers it isn't that much of a strectch to say that the Cryo process isn't perfect and tissue actually deteriorates over time. <P>See- easy

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  • April 23, 2008, 3:42 a.m. CST

    Jessica Alba is very fuckable

    by Lost Jarv

    and Cameroon is generally a god, but that fucking series was ass-tastic.

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  • April 23, 2008, 4:34 a.m. CST

    Get Lundgren to direct it

    by Monkey_King

    He's proved he's a capable director a few times now.

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  • April 23, 2008, 4:50 a.m. CST

    lundgren is too good to direct this carp

    by ironic_name

    yes, I said carp.

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  • April 23, 2008, 4:53 a.m. CST

    cameroon and trinidad are both great directors, and ok countries

    by ironic_name

    needed more dolph. <P> less pretend lesbians.

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  • April 23, 2008, 4:53 a.m. CST

    OLEG LIVES!

    by ironic_name

  • April 23, 2008, 5:45 a.m. CST

    Dark Angel is Fuckin Great

    by NomoredirtyjokespleaseweareYanks

    So is Showdown in Little Tokyo. Dolph RULES WWWAAAARGGGGGHHHHH.

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  • April 23, 2008, 6:57 a.m. CST

    Sorry Jarv, didn't mean to hit a nerve, but

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    there's good cheese, like Velveeta, and then there's limberger. Oh sure Dolph's been in some great cheese, but I don't think this was one of them. I didn't hate I Come in Peace, well I guess it was Dark Angel in your neck of the woods, but I saw it once, and once was enough for me. As far as big screen cheesiness goes this has to be velveeta supreme overload. I am honestly surprised it didn't go DTV. Not that anything is bad with that in the least. I suppose if you started bashing on Equilibrium I'd go off grumbling too. Too bad you weren't on earlier we could debate this back and forth. Oh, and vini77 needs a beating for speaking that which should not be said anymore. I'm glad he didn't start a trend or there'd be some serious hurting going on out there.

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  • April 23, 2008, 7:05 a.m. CST

    Van Damme + Del Toro = Micronauts... IT WILL HAPPEN

    by MrSentinel

  • April 23, 2008, 7:11 a.m. CST

    No worries Binks

    by Lost Jarv

    It isn't like a sacred cow for me or anything, I just love the crazily fucked up premise and I laughed all the way through it.

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  • April 23, 2008, 7:27 a.m. CST

    The russian needs more work?

    by Series7

    What about Michael Jai White? I mean now that Wesley Snipes is going to prison, its time for Jai to step up. Why he doesn't get more work is beyond me, maybe now he will since Tyler Perry started to use him, showing he can act outside of Toxie movies and action movies. How Ray Park got a role in G.I. Joe and the wrong Wyanes brother as well and Micheal Jai White didn't? <P> Oh and Grammanton Cleric Binks, you should most definitely check out Double Team. Make it a double team movie night as well with Simon Sez. Double Team isn't half bad (way better then Knock Off) and Simon Sez is worth it just to see chubby Daniel Cook being possibly the worst comic relief in history.

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  • April 23, 2008, 7:42 a.m. CST

    I know Jarv, you calling me a mother..

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    and someone else is apples and oranges. I know you were just goofing on me. I dunno, maybe I need to watch it again since it's been ages. I actually paid money to see that on the big screen. Big mistake, but it might make an enjoybable cheese night at home. Who knows, I may develop a new appreciation of the cheese factor.

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  • April 23, 2008, 7:44 a.m. CST

    Michael Jae White is underrated

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    Spawn and all his other action flicks aside he is a good actor, but has not been given the right project. He had a minor role for a few episodes of NYPD Blue . That is the closest he ever got to drama. He ought to kick his own ass for appearing in Ringmaster, that Jerry Springer movie though.

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  • April 23, 2008, 8:11 a.m. CST

    It does require beer though

    by Lost Jarv

    any attempt at watching it sober merely displays all its flaws

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  • April 23, 2008, 8:44 a.m. CST

    Mornin' Jarv

    by Abominable Snowcone

    Oh great Changian Scriptor

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  • April 23, 2008, 8:58 a.m. CST

    You just killed a helicopter with a car!

    by Motoko Kusanagi

    Hey wait...wrong flick.

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  • April 23, 2008, 9:03 a.m. CST

    A movie like I Come in Peace deserves

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

  • April 23, 2008, 9:06 a.m. CST

    I agree that the truck in UNIVERSAL SOLDIER

    by Motoko Kusanagi

    rocked!<p>I can't believe that I COME IN PEACE isn't available on DVD over there, 'cause it is over here. Dumb, but great little fun flick!

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  • April 23, 2008, 9:14 a.m. CST

    Hey Abom,

    by Lost Jarv

    this is a cracking TB. Did you see the Sword and Sorceress one the other day. That was great. I think Barbarians represent the footsoldiers of the true Church. And Burt would bitchslap Krum.

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  • April 23, 2008, 10:35 a.m. CST

    Nah I missed it

    by Abominable Snowcone

    I've been ducking in and out. Admittedly, I look for extended TBs with repeated posts by you, pillowtalk, finky089, kloipy and other warciples. I should scan more closely, because any appearance by a warciple in a TB means that he is probably recruiting / converting new members to the One True Church.

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  • April 23, 2008, 10:45 a.m. CST

    That was a belter

    by Lost Jarv

    a good debate about the merits of 80's sword and sorcery epics.

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  • April 23, 2008, 10:59 a.m. CST

    Someone really need to get Van Damme, Lundgren, Chuck Norris,

    by DarthBakpao

    Steven Seagal, Michael Dudikoff, Bruce Willis, Michael Pare, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat, Hiroyuki Sanada, Kurt Russell, Bolo Yeung, Mel Gibson, Mark Dacascos together and make one big asskicking action movie of all time

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  • April 23, 2008, 11:09 a.m. CST

    Oh yeah Abom, we would have loved to

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    have you in on the Sword and the Sorcerer talkback.

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  • April 23, 2008, 11:09 a.m. CST

    The moral of the story.....

    by SlickyVonBoner

    Drugs are good kids. Its the only way Van Damme could have beat the bad guy! So run home and smoke up and shoot up NOW!!!!

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  • April 23, 2008, 11:33 a.m. CST

    2 heroes

    by pumaman

    The men are legends of straight to video ( now dvd ) heaven. I might watch Nowhere To Run again later just for that lovely glimpse of Rosanna's bush...:-)

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  • April 23, 2008, 11:35 a.m. CST

    Yeah, but to get to Rosanna, first you gotta

    by Grammaton Cleric Binks

    catch JCVD's ass. I don't consider that an even exchange.

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  • April 23, 2008, 12:25 p.m. CST

    Nitpick : Check out Van Damme's kick at 4.00

    by RowanM

    He kicks with his right leg but Dolph catches his left leg. Just to give Van Damme the chance to impress us with his one legged spinning reverse right kick.

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  • April 23, 2008, 1:59 p.m. CST

    did i read right?

    by jason2304

    DarthBakpao put Michael Dudikoff, van damme, lungren, segal, AND the douche bag from eddie and the crusers ahead of schwarzenegger and sly!!!! what the fuck? Arnie, sly, bruce, = action flick bliss. never happen but nice to dream.

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  • April 23, 2008, 2:26 p.m. CST

    Why not HARD TARGET 2 - TARGET HARDER

    by Motoko Kusanagi

    with VanDamme vs. Lundgren this time. Directed by master of TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION, John Woo!

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  • April 23, 2008, 7:18 p.m. CST

    OLEG VS HITLER!

    by ironic_name

  • April 23, 2008, 7:20 p.m. CST

    ricarleite i think its been made, the biopic.

    by ironic_name

  • April 24, 2008, 9:20 a.m. CST

    I have the perfect script for Dolph

    by schlockthemonkey

    Please let their be someone reading this who can help me get it to him. I suppose I'd need an agent first?

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