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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 2nd wk of May - Disney, Trek, Huston, Korda & much more!!!
Hey folks, Harry here with today’s DVD PICKS & PEEKS. Lots of great stuff this week & next for that matter. As usual you can click on the box art or titles and go to AMAZON where you can learn more about the title in question or if you’re feeling motivated, you can purchase it – which would send a small portion of the purchase price to help keep this column going! Mucho gracias mis campaneros! Here ya go…
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
STAR TREK: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE Blu-Ray Collection ( THE MOTION PICTURE / THE WRATH OF KHAN / THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK / THE VOYAGE HOME / THE FINAL FRONTIER )
Oh Fucking Yeah! Alrighty – so here we go… The Original Crew’s 5 in Blu! I’m jazzed to get this set – but I’d be lying if I said it couldn’t have been better. I don’t want a Blu-Ray of just the Theatrical version of STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE, it’s the Director’s cut I want. The miracle disc here is the WRATH OF KHAN – I fully understand giving KHAN the greatest treatment – It is unbelievably gorgeous. It was given the very best treatment possible. And this set is completely worth picking up – you’ve never seen these films look this good before. But I could have waited for this set to hit when the new STAR TREK hits Blu Ray – and have all the films given the same treatment as Khan. That’s what the films deserve and what the fans deserve. That said – I love having the first 5 on Blu, but I will be looking to upgrade to better discs on 4 of the 5 features.
TAKEN
What would it be like if James Bond was Liam Neeson… and let’s say Bond retired, because he found out he had a teenage daughter with one of those ladies that lived. And let’s say some slaving fuckers in Paris took her – and just how much would you not want to be one of those guys that got her? Because Liam is a bad mutherfucker and he doesn’t give a shit. He’s in top form in this Luc Besson produced piece of badassery. Lesson 1: Don’t ever fuck with Liam. Seriously! Nicely done disc.
UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS
This whole series has sucked. Here, Patrick “ID4, GODZILLA,ETC” Tatopoulas took the reigns. He’s been doing the creature and assorted other design on this series from the beginning and I figure he convinced someone that he couldn’t do worse – and this is just as forgettable as the others in this series. This series is just dumb as fuck. I’m surprised the Mafia hasn’t put a stop to this series… as they’re giving the Underworld a bad name.
TAKING CHANCE
A deeply affecting film about IRAQ part 2. This made for HBO film starring Kevin Bacon as a soldier that escorts the body of a young man killed in Iraq, who was born in the same small town in Colorado as him. This is a wonderful and powerful film. HBO has another winner! And Bacon brings it home again!
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY ( Blu Ray)
Great transfer, 5.1 DTS – loaded with extras and the best thing you’ll get is one of the greatest movies ever made on the best format around. I’d kill for a commentary by Wallach and Eastwood – but such a miracle does not yet exist. I saw this movie once with Eli Wallach – and the Q&A afterwards - that man had some great stories. Thankfully we get a lot of the both of them on the various docs, but I still would love a Clint & Eli chat through the movie. Wouldn’t that be fascinating?
FARGO (Blu Ray)
Bloody snow has never looked so awesome! Some people consider this the Coen’s best film. Those folks are wrong, MILLER’S CROSSING is their best film (to me), but we all have our faves. That said – FARGO is a great Coen film – and the performances are as sharp as the writing and the filmmaking.
SETH MACFARLANE’S CAVALCADE OF CARTOON COMEDY
Silly juvenile raunchy fun and a lot of it. If you’re a fan of Seth’s work, this dirty run of perverse jokes and goofy humor will keep you cackling like everything else he’s done.
BIG (Blu Ray)
At the time BIG came out – I’m sure you could claim that Hanks had never been better, but I’d argue he’s been far better since this film – and well, I love SPLASH much more than this, though I’d say the character he plays here is a stronger character than his part in SPLASH, but SPLASH is the better film. This is as solid a release as you’d want on this title. Of note: The retail price at Amazon is Half of the list price, so it’s a nice deal.
GALAXY QUEST (Deluxe Edition)
Sigourney’s last live action Science Fiction film prior to contributing to fucking our eyeballs this holiday with AVATAR – although she was the ship’s voice in WALL-E. But really – this is just a superb parody film that goes so far and beyond what has become of that genre – and it does it in just the way that the best Mel Brooks films did it. By creating characters that we not only laugh at and with, but that we care about. That said, while this is a great DVD of that title… WHY THE FUCK IS THIS NOT ALSO A BLU RAY!?!?!? I’d wait if you’re a Blu-lover like me!
LICENCE TO KILL (Blu Ray)
I’m really quite fond of the two Timothy Dalton Bond films. In particular, I’ve always been fond of this one. Maybe it was Robert Davi, or the hilarious Q turn… oh, who am I kidding, the film has fucking Wayne Newton. How could you not love Wayne Newton? He’s Wayne Newton! This is a bittersweet film for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that it was the last Dalton play with the character. Personally, I prefer a deadly Bond, to a jokey Bond. How about you?
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (Blu Ray)
This is one of the key Bonds that I wish to God was a much better film. Why? Well, it has a great cast… Maud Adams, Britt Ekland, Christopher Lee. I love that song! And it’s a fun premise. It just didn’t work as snappy as I wanted it to. That said, I have a replica of the Golden Gun and a bullet. And yes, it is cool in a funky kinda way!
WISE BLOOD – Criterion Collection
Brad Dourif has perhaps never been better than in his role as Hazel Motes in John Huston’s adaptation of Flannery O’Connor’s first novel about an ex GI that tries to open an unorthodox church in the south! Fantastic film that isn’t very well known really – which is why Criterion rules for putting it out. Perfect material for John Huston’s gifts and the role of a life time for Dourif. Criterion has done a great job on this – here’s what you get in addition to a great film: New, restored high-definition digital transfer • New interviews with actor Brad Dourif, writer Benedict Fitzgerald, and writer-producer Michael Fitzgerald • Rare archival audio recording of author Flannery O’Connor reading her short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” • Creativity with Bill Moyers: “John Huston,” a 28-minute television program from 1982 in which the director discusses his life and work • Theatrical trailer • PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by author Francine Prose
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
An incredibly funny film. And no matter how many times I put my semen in my hair, it never sticks up like that. But now – you can see every stuck follicle on Cameron Diaz’s head. This is the Farrelly’s funniest flick – and is definitely worth picking up on this format.
MAJOR LEAGUE (Blu Ray)
The only MAJOR LEAGUE you should own – especially if you’re a fan of Baseball comedies. I’ve just never really been a fan of this film – I prefer BAD NEWS BEARS (the original and GOTO JAPAN) and BULL DURHAM – this one is just a little too much for me. BUT it is a very nice transfer for those of you that love it.
NORTHWEST FRONTIER
This is a damn fine action adventure set turn of the last century in India – and the film stars the lovely Lauren Bacall, Kenneth More and the always amazing Herbert Lom – all on a train that’s gonna go through a whole lotta rebel trouble. And you’ll love Herbert Lom in this! He’s great!
TIME LIMIT
A Treasonous Cargill? What else is new? This is a tremendous film that is just not known at all. It’s one of those Korean War films – which was all about Koreans brainwashing G.I.s and folks, I’m here to tell you – Koreans can do it, my wife is an expert “RED QUEEN”! ACK! Seriously though – this film was directed by Karl Malden, produced and starring Richard Widmark. You’ve also got Martin Balsam, Richard Basehart, Rip Torn and the amazing June Lockhart! The film is great – as an investigation tries to dig into who did what when in captivity and after. The results are fantastic! Definitely worth picking up!
S DARKO: A DONNIE DARKO TALE
It exists, but I have no interest.
THE KING AND FOUR QUEENS
Directed by the great Raoul Walsh and starring the aging Clark Gable – but make no bones about it – this is no where near their finest work. Or even their very good work. At best – this is OK work, but ya know what – watching Clark Gable trying to seduce 4 beautiful daughters in a Ghost Town all to find precious gold… well that’s worth at least one viewing, right? I thought so. And was moderately entertained. FYI.
PASSENGERS
A serious waste of time. Patrick Wilson and Anne Hathaway are fun to watch in this film, but the story is just big gobs of gooey gorilla shit!
ALEXANDER KORDA’S PRIVATE LIVES – Criterion – ( THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII, THE RISE OF CATHERINE THE GREAT, THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN, REMBRANDT )
I absolutely devoured this set. I started with the one I hadn’t seen – REMBRANDT starring Charles Laughton – and holy shit is it great! One thing you need to know about the work of Alexander Korda – if you know nothing at all – is that he was one of the most brilliant directors with an exquisite eye for production design, costume design and cinematic beauty. His Amsterdam at the time of Rembrandt is beautiful. Rembrandt’s father’s place… amazing! This is also another of those great Laughton films that also stars his wife, Elsa Lanchester aka The Bride of Frankenstein! They’re also both in THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HENRY VIII – which is very well shown on cable. But also getting THE RISE OF CATHERINE THE GREAT and Douglas Fairbanks Sr’s swan song of THE PRIVATE LIFE OF DON JUAN… what a great collection – again brought to us with the highest care by Criterion! 4 truly great biography films!
FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (Blu Ray)
So – Han Solo and Quint took on the goddamn Nazis to blow up a fucking Bridge and the movie is nowhere near as great as THE GUNS OF NAVARONE, but you know what it is? A DAMN FINE ENTERTAINING FUN FLICK! I remember seeing this movie in 78 when it came out – and a friend of my parents had a scope print of GUNS OF NAVARONE – and I had that GUNS OF NAVARONE play-mountain toy – and man – you better believe Han Solo played in it! This film was maligned for years – but it seems that my generation is inflating its deserved awesome status. Any film with Ford and Nazis rules – right?
Disney Animation Collection 5: WIND IN THE WILLOWS
I’m really fond of these sets – though obviously I wish they were on Blu, but here’s what you get on this one. Obviously you get WIND IN THE WILLOWS, but you also get THE UGLY DUCKLING, THE ROBBER KITTEN, THE WISE LITTLE HEN, THE GOLDEN TOUCH and last but not least – THE GRASSHOPER AND THE ANTS – which is also on the Blu Ray of A BUG’S LIFE coming later this month! WIND IN THE WILLOWS is the best – show it to your kids then take them on MR TOAD’S WILD RIDE at Disneyland – it’s the best ride there!
Disney Animation Collection 6: THE RELUCTANT DRAGON
I’ve never been a big fan of THE RELUCTANT DRAGON – it’s a soft Disney short. One I don’t love. I’ve also never really loved GOLIATH II. However, FERDINAND THE BULL is one of my all time favorite Disney shorts – and though I’d never seen JOHNNY APPLESEED before – it charmed the hell out of me – and afterwards I sought out a glass of Apple Juice after watching it! But if I was penny pinching, this would be the collection I’d hold off on. Not as solid as the other two.
WAYNE’S WORLD (Blu Ray)
It’s Excellent!
Disney Animation Collection 4: TORTOISE & THE HARE
The best of the 3 sets out today – this one has THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE which is an absolute classic. Then in TOBY TORTOISE RETURNS – you have a boxing match between him and the Hare – with the audience made up of other Disney funny animals! It rocks! You also get THE GODDESS OF SPRING who gets seduced by SATAN! Love that toon! Then you get BABES IN THE WOODS which is great. But you fear for them when you behold the most politically incorrect of all Tall Tale heroes – PAUL BUNYAN! And last – you get the Tall Tale called THE SAGA OF WINDWAGON SMITH – which is later Disney work, but damn if I wasn’t fascinated. Is this a real Tall Tale? Cuz it had me wondering why there weren’t wind swept wagons across the plains!
WAYNE’S WORLD 2 (Blu Ray)
It’s more Excellent than the Excellent first!
THE FOG (Blu Ray)
Gorgeous. I had the HD DVD of this and it is absolutely equitable to the quality of that. One of the best Ghost Story HORROR films ever made. That’s flat out horror. And if you ever want a Horror 101 – just watch that John Houseman camp fire ghost story opening! So great!
That’s it for this week, next week I’ll be getting into TRUE BLOOD 1st Season, 24: Season 7, VALKYRIE, PAUL BLART: MALL COP, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY Skynet Edition Blu, FANBOYS, A BUG’S LIFE Blu, THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, MAN HUNT, MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D, OUTLANDER, BATMAN (Blu Ray), ENEMY AT THE GATES (Blu), 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR (Blu), THE MACHINIST (Blu), PIGS PIMPS AND PROSTITUTES, SPY GAME, NIGHTMARE CASTLE, PAYCHECK (Blu), BILLY JACK, THE LAST HORROR FILM, GIRL ON A MOTORCYCLE, THE LEGEND OF BLOOD CASTLE, CIRCLE OF IRON (Blu), CHANGING LANES (Blu), DETECTIVE BUREAU 2-3: GO TO HELL BASTARDS!, THE SWEET PUSSYCATS, 3 SECONDS BEFORE EXPLOSION, WANDERING GINZA BUTTERFLY, WANDERING GINZA BUTTERFLY 2: SHE-CAT GAMBLER and much more!!!
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Hey, for those of us that can't afford the Blu-ray upgrade, is Paramount going to put the Trek movies back on standard DVD? All those 2-disc editions have been pulled from stores. Anybody know? Thanks!
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I'm a big "Star Trek fan", but everything I've heard about this Blu-Ray set is that Paramount cheaped out on the transfers of every film but "Wrath Of Khan." No thanks. I'll wait for the invevitable next release.
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May 12, 2009 9:01:16 AM CDT
So Harry thinks the Underworld movies are shit, but liked Van He
by googamooga
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Hope so cuz it's already on its way. And Dalton is way underrated - Daylights is in the top tier.
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Didn't you mean 5 of the 6? Or was that meant to be a joke since 5 sucked? LOL!
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Hollywood filled its 'terrifyingly bad cover art' quota this week.
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Do you think Simon Pegg will get as huge as James Doohan did? I wonder if there's a weight limit for teleporting. Chris Pine and Zach Quinto will record albums and sing badly. And Uhura, well she won't stay hot forever.
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stupid no edit button.
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Wasn't she in Be Kind Rewind and Vantage point recently? They were live action. She still acts I say!
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I agree with Harry. For me Brosnan was a huge step back after they started to go in the right direction with Dalton - less jokes, having Bond be a tough motherfucker whose job it is to kill (as he was written). Before "Quantum of Solace" i always pictured Timothy Dalton when i read the books.
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Oh I see Sci-fi film... what a doofus I am. But Galaxy quest was her last really good film... that I can remember anyway!
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There are "6" movies and 1 special features disc. Harry has a picture of all of the covers and still gets it wrong.
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going to make a quality adaptation of "Wind in the Willows". Fact.
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Why is it a Deluxe Edition? Is there a good reason for it or just one of these renamed editions, that offer absolutely nothing new to the people who already bought the old DVD?
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sorry but the way Bacon touches that coffin....makes me not want to see that film. I'm glad to hear something positive about Taken though, as it seems like it has a lot of badass potential. The Fog I think is Carpenter's best film or at least close to it. Wise Blood! Gotta check that out, thanks Criterion and thanks Harry.
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He might be thinking "Well, TREK V didn't really happen" so he says there are 5 original films as a result. Know your webmaster, people. I wouldn't put it past him.
And Arteska and others are right- LIVING DAYLIGHTS is a fantastic Bond. -
Really enjoyed Dalton's take on Bond.
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"WIND IN THE WILLOWS is the best – show it to your kids then take them on MR TOAD’S WILD RIDE..."
This ride has been REMOVED from Disneyworld, but you are correct in that it is still in Disneyland. -
The world wasn't ready for a hard-edged, steely, serious 007. It would take about 20 years. Man, I wish we would have gotten one or two more with Timothy. Would also have loved a World War II-era Indiana Jones. What the Hell were they thinking in the early '90s?! Sigh. I wonder if such films play in Heaven?
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It was the single greatest disappointment of my early childhood. Well, maybe not but it did ruin my christmas one year. I remember getting it for christmas, excitedly opening it to find out that there were numerous parts missing. My parents tried to exchange it but couldn't get another one. Bummer. Oh well, off to therapy.
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Go take a look at the scene in The Living Daylights where Bond and Necros try and kill each other hanging oon a net out the back of a fucking plane. Amazing.
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One of my absolute favorie toys as a kid. My wars would always end with an American soldier killing the last Nazi by throwing him off the mountain. Good times.
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But evidently he's not. Cool.
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Galaxy Quest is a great film, but who's lobotomized nephew shit out that cover? What is the matter with the marketing departments? Lazy cheap bastards!
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is it really any different?
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Lean, slick, nasty and violent with a great performance by Neeson as a man who makes the bad guys pay for their mistake. Probably one of the hardest PG-13 flicks I've ever seen though I'm curious to see what the uncut version offers.
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Most of the time "uncut" is merely a gimmick but it seems possible that Taken was an R flick trimmed to fit the PG-13 rating. The film is violent but mostly bloodless so perhaps the uncut version has a bit more of the red stuff.
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....has yet to be equaled by any of CGI crapfest summer action movie.....
the ADD idiots who edit and direct today's so-called 'action'
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May 12, 2009 10:25:11 AM CDT
NO MORE TERMINATOR 2 DVDS PLEASE
by supercowbell4therequestformorecowbell
im sure well get about 54 more blurays...what do we have 2 already so far sicne bluray started? jesus.
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That truck chase just looks incredible now because it was done for real.
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Wow, was that sequence incredible. That's back when flicks were all about locations and stunt work and daring camera man. Compare that sequence with the horrible "Quantum of Solace" opening. Wait. There is no comparison! What were audiences thinking back in the summer of '89 not supporting this movie (and "The Abyss")?! Guess everyone ran outta cash seeing Batman, Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters, Lethal Weapon 2, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, etc.
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People keeping crediting Craig's Bonds for being the ones that have no originality and just imitate everything else that is popular at the time and making a film designed for test screening idiots, but Dalton did it first! Then Brosnan had to come along and plunge the series back into the dark abyss of being distinct.
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Waynes World 2 blows donkey cock...HARD.
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Yeah, most badass ride at Disneyland, without competition.
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First off... why put S Darko down if you hate it, unless you want people to click on your amazon page to make you some more undeserved money.
Waynes World 2, yeah.. it had some funny parts but wasnt nearly as good as the first one. The whole Jim Morrison thing went on a bit long and was kind of painful at times... but id still own the movie but wouldnt say it was better than the first.
I wonder if Yoko tells him to say these things at times, since some of these things are completely insane for a person who claims they love movies but yet says some of the biggest turds in history are worth owning on DVD or Blu Ray. -
Everyone is in agreement. Where are all the morons?
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As does Galazy Quest.
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....
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I saw this too when it was released in theaters, and wondered what that plank of plywood was doing on the screen. That plank being Mr. Ford. Did he play the entire role with a lightsaber jammed up his ass? But the supporting cast...the immortal Mr. Shaw, Richard "Jaws" Kiel, Carl "Rocky" Weathers, the most British Edward Fox, and Barbara Bach at her bachiest. And it may be the last of the "impenetrable fortress" war movies ever made.
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also has that amazing corkscrew bridge jump. God, the Bonds were the premiere of car stunts in their day.And get a chance to see The TV Set, with David Duchovny and a wonderful comic turn by Sigourney Weaver as a network exec.
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What. The. Fuck?
On what planet is it a good transfer? It's not as execrable as the waxathon Patton Bd (what is, beside Gangs of New York & Longest Day Bd?), but almost. Worse than the worst Star Trek one you mentioned.
Biggest high-def disappointment of the fucking year. Now how do we get a hold of the fantastic Italian transfer of Fistful of Dollars?
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You do know there was a sixth Star Trek film called The Undiscovered Country...right?
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we need GALAXY QUEST on blu-ray. This film is more respectful of Star Trek than the POS with Sylar
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And from the crap that YOU give positive reviews for, that's a jawdropping statement. It's clear that the Underworld series isn't for you. There's nothing wrong with the series if you are into supernatural, dark genre with a lot of action and soap opera storytelling (re: Dark Shadows, to borrow a reference from someone else). Oh and it has Bill Nighy and Michael Sheen in it for godsakes.
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cant believe people say that one sucked. so many classic moments
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I would be more apt to believe that Harry was dissing the Final Frontier when he says there are 5 Trek films, if he hadn't listed it in the summary of titles included.
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and Dumb and Dumber are better Farrelly brothers movies. T.S.A.M. is good though. The cover however, is one of the worst DVD covers I think I've ever seen.
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It has to be someone else’s, using your own never worksAlso there are 6 star trek films in this set, perhaps you were trying to be funny and not including ST5 (I guess they didn't send you free advance screening tickets?) but you should have at least mentioned the joke at the end so that people know there are 6 films in the set and not 5...some people come here to be informed and you have a responsibility to upholdand if you did make an honest mistake, then we all think the only way to justify it is to off yourself because you are not worthy of your head geek status if you can't remember how many original cast star treks there are
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THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS contains one of the most awesome, yet random, fights in the entire Bond series.
Some assassin dressed as a milk man infiltrates a country house and is spotted by a British agent (not Bond - just an unknown extra).
That extra then proceeds to have the most kick ass fight sequence this side of Connery vs Shaw. Really hard, brutal fight that ends with the random extra getting his face sizzled on a grill.
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I was about to post the same thing. The Underworld movies are by no means cinematic achievements but certainly better than some of the shit Harry gives passes to. Furthermore I am unsure when Wiseman became hated and the equivalent of Ratner.
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It's a great fight. Necros taking out one of the agents at the country manor. Frying pan off the pus!
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That bit of dialogue at the end where Jim says he thought he was going to die and Spock tells him "he was never alone." was a great bit as well. It's a goofy film but the established relationships make it watchable.
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The first is a bit clunky but decent and I really enjoyed the second, which is just a straight up action flick with plenty of vamp vs. wolf action. I haven't seen the third through if I can nab it cheap I'll probably get it because it's been a fun series.
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Living daylights is one of my favorites, License to Kill is one of my least favorites. go figure.
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The first time I saw that film it was the international version, then I saw it in theaters here. HUGE DIFFERENCES. The uncut version is SO much more violent.
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Kwisa, that's the one.
A good hardcore henchman villain is what the two most recent Bond's have lacked.
They've had Le Chiffre and Roman Polanski-guy as the two 'megalomaniac villains' but they forgot to stick in a 'hardcore henchman villain' to tangle with Bond.
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Is that the extended 3 hour cut that came out on DVD?
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Harry in his infinite wisdom has proclaimed that the Underworld movies are shit. And yet this is the same person who blew man goo all over Van Helsing, which is widely regarded as being the cinematic equivelent of vomit covered shit. Underworld is shit...Riiiiiiight.....
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You can say that you prefer Bull Durham as a movie, but you can't say you prefer Bull Durham as a baseball movie...because Bull Durham is a chick flick, not a sports movie. Major League is a sports movie. I guess a bunch of film lovers would have trouble differentiating between a real sports movie and a chick flick wannabe sports movie.
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I'm the exact opposite. Licence to Kill is second only to Goldfinger and Living Daylights is my least favorite (unless you count Never Say Never Again). To each his own though...
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I'll believe it when I see it, but damn I love that film.
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Never understood why some people hate it - its a really fun guys on a mission movie!
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on blu-ray. Netflix is shipping it to me today. I love Timothy Dalton as an actor. It's a shame that he didn't get the chance to play Bond until the 80's were nearly over. I think he could have ruled that decade as Bond. I dig "For Your Eyes Only" but every other Roger Moore Bond of that era was pretty forgettable, except for that Duran Duran theme song in "View to a Kill." Something about Dalton always seemed a little cold and remote - like he was a killer rather than a womanizer at heart. The mission came first. This is exactly the kind of interpretation that Bond needed! The sad truth is that Roger Moore was always more charming, personable, and funny in interviews than he ever was as Bond (blame the scripts). At his worst, he made Bond seem like a total cad who enjoyed the perks of his job more than the job itself. Dalton was all about the mission.
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I was just about to write down the same thing. What you forgot to mention is that the fight isn't between the milkman henchman and a random agent, but between the milkman henchman a random f**ing chef!! I love how even the chef at MI5 is trained in martial arts and proceeds to almost take down the big bad henchman. The whole fight takes place in a tiny kitchen and plays out like a jason bourne fight scene. Wayyyy ahead of its time, just like the whole movie.
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May 12, 2009 1:19:52 PM CDT
Last time I was at Disney World they took out Mr. Toad's...
by rbatty024
Wild Wide. It was a real shame.
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I'm damn curious, man, how come you don't like Goldfinger? I prefer Dr. No and From Russia With Love as far as Connery Bonds go, but Goldfinger is still pretty aces in my book. In fact, what I don't like about Thunderball is that it's as if the producers said "let's do everything Goldfinger did but BIGGER - and underwater!" For better or worse, Goldfinger set the template for the entire Bond series.
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This is now the third time Harry has included it in the "New This Week" news. If you take a close look, you'll see that this is an overseas release (hence the big "M" rating sticker on it). Also notice the $36.00 price tag on the Amazon link (also notice that it's "Out of Stock"). I'll wait till the US release thanks.
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Right on! And it's clear that the people making these aren't in it for the money and aren't answering to studio chiefs. They have a clear love for genre film making, even with budgetry limitations and not everything works out. They are very fun movies to watch.... again, if you are into this sort of thing. Shit... Underworld 3 was infinitely better and more entertaining than Mummy 3.
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I really enjoyed the theatrical cut of Taken but I can imagine the true cut being even more satisfying.
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Just to see Ken Adam's amazing set design in HD. Say what you will about Moore or Connery or Dalton, etc., but two names that raised the Bond pictures to another level are John Barry and Ken Adam.
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No, the guy fucks up the chef. The Agent walks in and see's him shoving him into the meat freezer. That's when the bad ass fight starts. Griddle faces,thrown boiling water, awesome indoor fight moves. Fucking brilliant.
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Gotta like Barbara Bach:'Kill Zem!', Richard Kiel (as a Croat) and Edward Fox and his exploding Dogshit there. A funtime to be had by all.
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Harold's taste is odd at times. Dalton's two Bond flicks were fine, I think he's a good Bond, esp the first one from '87 he did. As for the Underworlds-I figgered I've seen them before in other films to be hones, but just because something's not for me, doesn't mean it's shite. I agree-considering the junk that Harold Will give a pass on--DEATH PROOF anyone? well you know the score here-
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and the ending sucked.... and sucked bad.. when he is at the airport... that was a HUGE letdown ending for a very underated film... loved the movie, until the last 5 minutes...
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...it turned into an 80's style made-for-cable finale. How does a man with a machine gun miss...when pointing at the target and firing several rounds from a fairly close range??? (Don't tell me it's because the target is the STAR of the picture,...as that's not the answer I'm looking for.) Personally, for me, the finale broke the "wall of reality" (so-to-speak) that the movie had set for itself. (But I suppose everyone draws that line from their own perspective.)
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All I know is that random milk man fight from LIVING DAYLIGHTS was 100 times better than the QUANTUM OF SOLACE setpiece fight between Daniel Craig and the MI5 traitor who shoots Judi Dench and scarpers.
Swinging around on ropes and with 100 fast edit cuts. Pooey. Did nothing for me.
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I think you are right, but the random agent that walks in was just serving tea to the suits in victorian style boardroom. Maybe we can say he is a waiter/agent?? Point being...he did a damn fine job holding his own.
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Remember seeing him as Prince Barin in Flash Gordon, and wondered why he wasn't making The Errol Flynn Story.
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1. License to Kill is a good Bond movie. Not great, but good. 2. The Man With The Golden Gun is one of the worst Bonds ever. Extremely silly, even for Roger Moore. Why would you bring back that southern hick sheriff?3. Taken was Ok. The girl playing his daughter annoyed the living shit out of me. Just because she's a teenager doesn't mean that she's a total retard who jumps around like a three year old.4. There's Something About Mary is not the Farrellys best movie; Dumb and Dumber is. That's just an objective fact.5. Waynes World 2 is funny, but not nearly as funny as the first one.
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Timothy Dalton's role in The Rocketeer is a subtle nod to his Errol Flynn-ish persona, though he ends up being a, uh, Nazi by the end.
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Taken isn't the most realistic film anyway and guns in films aren't usually shown in a realistic manner. I loved the film and Neeson is just so good in these types of roles. I hope the success of this film gets him more attention than he's gotten in recent memory. He's just an awesome on-screen presence.
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One final rule for next Bond movie...
There must be a scene where Bond visits the grave of that random waiter/agent from LIVING DAYLIGHTS to pay his respects. Maybe leave a bottle of milk by the graveside as a tribute.
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Considering Maggie Grace is around 24 years-old, it was weird seeing her play a really squirrelly 17 year-old in "Taken" but, um, you really have to understand that...for SOME people...that's kind of, um, fetish fuel. Not that I'd know anyone like that. But yeah.
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Come on!
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The cut of TAKEN I saw was not only edited differently (the hits seemed to connect more solidly, not as fast as the theatrical), but key scenes were different. When he shoots the guy in the elevator he fires like 6 times in the international, and only once (offscreen) in the US theatrical cut. The torture scene in the US is missing the spikes being driven into the legs, and the connections of the shock pads to the body (US version you only see the torturee's face and reaction). Those are two that jump to mind clearly.
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... on the Galaxy Quest box. They must have a better agent than Tim Allen.
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and which 3 Blu Rays am I going to spend my hard earned cash on?
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I can see it now...
Craig walks up to the grave with latest onscreen bond girl in tow.
Girl: "Who was he?"
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Is that the look they were going for?
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That's the special feature I'm really interested in. That short story always weirded me out. I'd really like to hear how she reads the end, what kind of voice she gives the grandmother and the Misfit.
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stuff
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Really fun flick. Loved it as a kid. Great cast, great theme song (if I remember right). And Robert Shaw is always worth watching.
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Is figuring out how big the animals are supposed to be! For most of the book, you're thinking they are in their natural state, just the right size... But then in the next chapter you've got Toad driving a car and dressed like an old washerwoman. Its a bit hard to figure out. I have a fondness for the stop-motion animated one from 1984, that some tiny childhood memory can only recall in broken fragments and images. My favorite chapter was "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" and to my knowledge, its never been adapted. If I ever get the chance to do so, that part of the story stays in the picture. Its just beautiful.
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As a major Brad Dourif fan, I've wanted to see one of his few non-schlock starring roles for years. I even wrote an email to MGM, who had the rights back in the VHS days, begging them to put it on DVD. Thanks, Criterion, for putting it out in a fancy edition I'll never be able to afford.
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... where Wayne's World 2 is better than Wayne's World 1... and the Underworld Trilogy completely sucks... Comes a man with a finger on the pulse of a nation. Harry Knowles is... Jar-Jar, Movie Reviewer. "Mesa wuv shit sandwich!" Join Harry as he reviews skips vowels, consonants and entire words in reviews of everything from Hollywood classics to softcore porn. Wonder in amazement how the fuck he became rich and famous off of mediocrity. Marvel at the fact that he gets laid more than you do. Jar-Jar, Movie Reviewer... It's here. it's now. It's in smell-o-vision.
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"Join Harry as he reviews skips vowels, consonants and entire words in reviews" - FAIL. "It's here. it's now." FAIL. My life sucks.
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greatest movie on the list this week and i'ts not even close. A true southern gothic masterpiece and without a doubt one of the most haunting endings I've ever seen. Plus it was filmed in my hometown.
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UMMMM,underworld 1 was okaaay.Underworld 2 was fucn as fuck.I REALLY enjoyed it , and saw it twice in theaters.It wasn'a GREAT film, but defintiely "fun"...so....FUCK YOU.
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I think people complain or dislike UNDERWORLD as a series of movies because it's not what they're looking for when they hear "werewolves versus vampires." I honestly think that. I truly enjoy the characters in the UNDERWORLD series, the quality of Epice Theatre to the proceedings. I don't find them "dumb" at all. I hope we get more.
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Don't you guys remember back in 2004 or so when the first Underworld was being hyped as the first genuinely cool post-Matrix thrill ride featuring an all out war between vampires and werewolves? And it turned out to be a relatively low-budget, limp-wristed take on a LARPing series that's been around since the 80's.
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That sounds really good. I just hope the uncut version is the same version you saw because as much as I enjoyed the film I think an "R" version would play out that much better. By the way, it's funny you mention the spikes, because I remember that part being in the trailer for the U.S. version.
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...how Harry sometimes pretends to have high standards?The answer is yes. It is. Hi-fucking-larious!I refer of course to his quote attached to S. Darko, "It exists, but I have no interest."Too late, Harry, you fat fuck. We already know you'll back any old shite. Stop trying hard to convince us otherwise. You fat fuck.
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...you're a fat fuck.
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...was wrecked by that HORRIBLE slide whistle they tracked over it. Typical Moore-era bullshit...take a genuinely exciting stunt, and ruin it with a dumb gag tacked onto it.
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I love that short.
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May 12, 2009 4:43:18 PM CDT
Don't get your tails in a twist, the Underworld movies are fun
by soylentmean
just like the Mummy movies are fun, the MIB movies are fun, the Bad Boys movies are fun. Jeez, some of you really are kinda inconsistent with the type of shit you do and don't like.
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Nuke that fridge and then let it cool. The contents will be hot for five minutes.
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It's not the best but it is definitely above average. I think when certain big name critics slam a film then what happens is all the other critics join in creating a kind of snowball effect of extreme criticism. It all spirals out of control and suddenly a movie gets ridiculed and ripped apart as the worst thing ever. Which is ridiculous.
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Johnnyrandom, better to be a fat fuck than a snidey, nasty little fuck like you.
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video quality not so good on biggest projections...you let this slide, Harry?
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Robert Davi and Benicio Del Toro!!! who the fuck was the bad guy in Daylights, i fell asleep. girl was hot though.
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sack up and buy the Walt Disney Treasures. only way to get them all. none of the Fun Factory DVD Mouse House shit.
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I don't see how Blue Ray makes older movies look better. They weren't shot digitally. The sound wasn't even digital for the most part, so what's the deal?
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Those Star Trek movie DVDs are just low quality blu-rays; they simply upscaled the dvd transfers and never went to the original negatives. Even Kahn got the same treatment, it was just upscaled a little better than the others. STAY AWAY FROM THIS SLIP-SHOD Paramount con job. And shame on you, Harry, for promoting these things without first viewing them. Dont you care about your loyal readers????
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then theyll bend ya over for the director's cut!
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Someone stole my Complete Goofy set. I'll never find that again, as Disney only prints like a few thousand of them or something.
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Six Demon Bag, the bad guy in DAYLIGHTS was the milkman assassin 4 fux sake DONT. FALL. ASLEEP.
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but i stayed awake for the cello solo..hot.tie.
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find Goofy it is my fave one..p.s. find the fucker it took it and make them watch S.Darko. fuckers
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and i brought all the videoes of tos, tng, ds9 and voy. Paramount are as bad if not worse then lucas. simply because they realise raibid fans will buy any old shit with a st insignia. they're milking this movie for all it's worth. but i will not setting for crappy release to make a quick buck for them.
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just because I've never seen the movie itself before, but it's a shame if the Star Trek blu-rays got such a shoddy job from Paramount. If there's anything I hate, it's a blu-ray that looks like nothing more than an upscaled DVD. There are movies much older than Star Trek - like Dr. No, Adventures of Robin Hood, and The Third Man - that look amazing on blu-ray. Why not Trek?
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Harry Doyle makes that movie.
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Don't worry, nobody is listening anyway.
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I can't imagine without ahab chops and leathered skin.
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Someone stole my Complete Goofy set. I'll never find that again, as Disney only prints like a few thousand of them or something.
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It had all those sports shorts and the "How to's". It also had one of my favorite Goofy cartoons, the one where he's fishing with his pet grasshopper, Wilbur. I'll probably never see it again, now that some drug-addled asshole stole it (unless I wanna spend upwards of $100 for it). It just kills me knowing that some fucker probably got it for 10 bucks at the pawn shop.
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That's, well... that's just goofy.
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Man, just seeing those old disney covers makes me feel like a kid and watching them for the first time. This may be the first time I actually buy a Disney movie. If only they would release that short with Goofy, Mickey, and Donald riding around on vacation in the RV with Donald doing the typewriter with the corn on the cob.
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And they were going around a mountain, and the RV basically had just one axle as it was being towed, so the whole thing would teeter back and forth like a see-saw as it careened around the mountain turns. I really want to see that old Disney short "The Windmill" (I think that's what it was called) about a terrible thunderstorm at a windmill and all the frightened animals that take place within, hoping it will weather the attack. Also, the one where Mickey conducts the symphony as they play "The Hurricane". I think that was the name of the piece.
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Was,in my opinion,an awful mess. The soundtrack was so horrible. I love Brad Dourif as Hazel Motes and of course Huston is a master but this movie completely missed the mark.
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You just gave me my second dose of nostalgia today by describing the windmill. I had completely forgot about that one, but you jogged my memory and your right that one rocks. So much of my childhood has been lost to pot.
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On this site letting us know when Fanboys comes out on DVD?
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It's on You Tube just look for it, I've seen that and many of the other old Silly Symphonies on there. Moondogger!!! where ya been pallie? been a bit between sightings. STILL needs Giant Robots!
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And to think that Paramount almost had a buying customer, here. It's GREAT to know the truth before you BUY, even if the truth SUCKS!!!
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So you dog Underworld but love Timothy Dalton's Bond movies? Someone needs their head examined. Dalton is the worst Bond in the history of the movies. As for the Underworld series, they are fun to watch if not anything else. Plenty more appealing than Dalton.
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"Tonight's game is brought to you by... Christ, I can't find it! The hell with it!"
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Jesus Christ can't hit a curve ball?"
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pretty got much of the treasures..scoured ebay..vader you might keep an eye out for goofy sometimes you luck out.
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Its been a moondog's age!! How are you doing? And you are absolutely right--giant robots are desperately needed! At least McG's listening to me...
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curious to know what films you been forced to embargo. wanna know how many actually turned out to be good. do this for me and all will be forgiven. cheers
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I said Licence is second only to Goldfinger. Goldfinger is my all time fave Bond flick.
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When John Candy says: "You never seen a guy who slept with a fish before?"
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Freddie (John Candy): You never seen a guy who slept with a fish before?
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... and for wasting bandwidth - Wayne's World 2 sucked like a pennyless Divine Brown, Harry! Well, not that bad, but you get my drift, eh?
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these things are getting more and more obscure
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1) WTF is S. Darko? beats the hell out of me.
2) Force Ten from Navarone rulz.
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That was one of the movie's major flaws...one of the series' best-ever fights (the kitchen brawl between the milkman goon and the
anonymous British agent)...didn't even involve Dalton??!! Stupid, stupid move...audiences were paying money to see BOND in action, not the guy who's listed last in the cast credits.
Also...they should have kept the sequence where Dalton rides a carpet over telephone lines, as if he were in "Thief Of Bagdad"
Cheesy, I know...but this movie always comes off looking a little too staid and reserved....and Joe Don Baker's death was unforgivably
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...About Miller's being the Coen's best film. No question. And easily one of the best films ever made.
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which suffered from coming across like an extended SNL skit (which is exactly what it was). Seriously, be objective now and watch them back to back; the second one was actually funny, had more of the rock 'n' roll spirit, had Ralph Brown reprising his role of Danny from Withnail & I and it had Kim Basinger in her purrrrrime. Harry's right on this.
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farley, walken, kevin pollack, ralph brown. shit first one had ed harris and robert patrick. like Godfather 1 and 2 boys.
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I mean the movie, not the war... Although the war had Charlton Heston too, so it automatically becomes the best war ever!
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Wakka-chi-wakka.
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Are you kidding me? There is no contest!
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A masterpiece among their many masterpieces.
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I'm just talkin' bout Mitchell!
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My apologies, I have no idea what I was smoking when I first read your post. Now I'm looking forward to watching Licence on blu-ray this week.
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of The Glass Key (both the movie and the book) for me to truly love it. Admittedly, it beats the earlier movie (which I still really like- especially for Brian Donlevey, the king of noir-era character actors), but the Coens could have at least thrown Hammett a story credit, considering not only does it follow damn near every beat of the book (and lift shots from the movie), it even repeats whole lines. I really like the Coen Brothers, but the more I delve into cinema history, the more I think they just wish they were making movies in the '30s and '40s. Burn After Reading might as well have been a rewrite of some lost screwball script written by Preston Sturges or someone. It's OK having a knowledge of cinema history, and it's also OK having your head lost in the past, but sometimes I think they have as many magpie tendencies as QT, they just hide them better.
I can't choose which Coens Brothers movie I prefer out of Big Lebowski, Hudsucker Proxy and Barton Fink. 'spose if you pushed me I'd go for Big Lebowski... Although everyone quoting every single fucking line every time it gets brought up can be kind of annoying, even if it is a testament to the awesomeness of the script. -
Obviously it's Harry finding his way out of a paper bag.
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Mulholland Drive.
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WTF?!!!
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Dumb & Dumber is their masterpiece. Eventually Mary will be forgotten.
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Agreed! Mary is an OK throwaway flick, while dumb and dumber is true art!
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Don't expect Harry to reply to any credible arguments, it's to hard for him.
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Was Galaxy Quest the first movie where her tits got HUGE?
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May 13, 2009 12:40:16 AM CDT
Badger23 - it's just a good bra and an assload of padding
by juansanchez
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May 13, 2009 1:18:06 AM CDT
which is more cloying...harry' s opinion on film or politics?
by blue1622
stop having a boring tuna, stop having a boring life.
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the Underworld movies were better than the Dalton Bonds?
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They don't look as good as they could but they also look better than ever before! I am okay with them; for now.
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is easily Hudsucker, script by the Rami's great performances from Robbins, Newman, Leigh, Ted Rami and Campbell, it's just an overall great flick. Raising Arizona is great tooas for Dalton's Bond's I hated them as a kid, who loved LOVED Moore's...looking back now, his were sublime and wonderfuly and I still have to wonder what Bond would have been like had Laenby been given a fair shake
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of ANY Bond film. The opening sequence on the Rock of Gibraltar -- practically without dialogue -- is awesome, perfectly edited and just damn exciting. Then, you get the kitchen fight that everyone mentioned above. A bit later is the Aston Martin chase in snowy Czechoslovakia ("I had a few optional extras installed"). The climax is then this enormous desert battle in Afghanistan climaxing with Bond hanging out of a cargo plan going one-on-one with a Eurotrash assassin all the while a bomb onboard ticks down. Yeah, the Whitaker bit at the end was anti-climactic. But, man, light years ahead of any 007 film since ... er, with the exception of "Casino Royale." Respect the Dalton!
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They're not great films, but it's not like they ever pretend to be anything other than B-grade. Besides, you get vampires, werewolves, chicks in leather, Bill Nighy and the awesome Michael Sheen. I thought that last one with Rhona Mitra was kinda fun. Maybe it's because she's so fuckable.
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but they have messed up not doing a good version of Motion Picture. people slag it off, but it's really ambitious and beautiful and would very much suit a good clean blu-ray of the much superior director's cut. oh, and it's one of the best movie scores ever ever ever....
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Cool !!!
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Cool !!!
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BBCNews24 is reporting that a prequel 'spin-off' to THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS has just been announced.
This movie will cover the life and events of the hitherto anonymous British agent/waiter who died valiantly upon the griddle.
Christian Bale is set to star as the nameless agent, and Ralph Fiennes has signed on to appear as his nemesis 'the milkman'.
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I mean, how is it that no-one appreciates the perfection of Hudsucker? And even more than that, people are mentioning their favourites and it's the usual suspects but somehow their masterpiece Raising Arizona is like a forgotten film? What is WRONG with you people?! How does it not even rate a mention?
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Probably has something to do with astounding feats like dressing Kate Beckinsale in head to toe latex and corsets and somehow managing NOT to make her sexy. Or werewolves that for some unknown reason run on walls and ceilings but somehow are still slower than the people they're pursuing,,, just a guess.
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...I think not.You sound like a fat fuck. Did I hurt your feelings?AWWWWWW!
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after Flash Gordon (not his fault really). But now I can never take him seriously ever again after his glorious scenery-chewing baddie in Hot Fuzz. His brilliance has done him in I think.
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But the movies were a lot of fun. Man with the Golden Gun is one of my favourites. Can't beat Connory, though.
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johnnyrandom, and YOU sound like a bully.
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fuck you Jobu"I never got the hate for the Dalton Bonds so its nice to see it isn't universal. People complained he was too cold, but I found his Bond to be, by comparison to the character he played in The Doctor and the Devils, a warm and loving humanitarian.
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... is not the Coen Bros best film. I wish I could see it but both of the times I tried (1996 on VHS and 2001 on cable TV) I fell asleep 20 minutes in. If anything it should fit alongside any Coen Bros. movie that stars George Clooney, Killer Of Potentially Good Coen Bros. movies. Oh, and... if Miller's Crossing is a rip-off of anything, it would be movies like Yojimbo & Fist Full Of Dollars, which steal from Dashiell Hammett's novel "Red Harvest". The Glass Key my ass....
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The Glass Key was based on Dashiell Hammett's book. And thusly, I'm pwn3d.
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Very well-written with great special effect and wonderful turns by the whole cast
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BRING IT THE FUCK ON!!!
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he was such a PRICK in the Rocketeer. . . and Jennifer Connelly such the FOX. "WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BECOME SO SKINNY, JENNIFER... WHYYYYYY?!?"
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I did not know that. How neat is that? Also, I love "Big", because I always liked the young skinny Hanks as opposed to the older, fatty Hanks (post Philadelfia Hanks).
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He's a competent actor to be sure, but too stiff as Bond... ya gotta give the character some personality, not just play him as a badass with a Walther PPK. IMO no one touched Connery, but you at least have to *try*(this aspiration wasn't lost on Pierce Brosnan when he took over). License To Kill mercifully had a pair of cool villains: Robert Davi as senior baddie and a young Benecio Del Toro as junior baddie. First time I saw it, I kept expecting Del Toro to turn to Davi and say "I was in junior high, dickhead"(in Spanish), but he never did.
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. . . on any of these Disney Collections yet?
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I actually really enjoyed both. Passengers was totally involving and, let's face it, the Underworld series has been very successful because these are interesting characters. I'm looking forward to U4.
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I wouldn't bother waiting for Blu unless you just happen to be one of those rich f*cks that has decided to adopt a format that's still years away from being mainstream...but as for Galaxy Quest, do *not* go searching for it in stores, especially the Wal-Mart/Target variety, they *do not* have it anywhere. Just order it online from Amazon, at 10 bucks you can get 1-Day shipping and still come out under 25 bucks.
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Millers Crossing sure is my favorite Coen Bros movie!
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how many times Harry says "that said" in each of these columns? Sometimes he will say it two or three times in the same paragraph. Once i noticed this, it jumps out at me now and I cringe every time i see one.
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Big was a better film than Splash, Waynes World was better than 2, and Fargo was better than Miller's Crossing. 'you know nothing jon snow'.
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Spiffy lenticular cover.
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...Here's a hanky, for your tears.
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Finally on dvd, and it's about damn time. There needs to be a "John Huston: The Later Years" box set of some sort, one that includes all his work from the 70's on. "Fat City" "Wise Blood" "Prizzi's Honor" "Under the Volcano" "The Dead", plus a few more. Aw hell...might as well throw "Annie" in there too, I guess. And Flannery O'Conner is the Queen of Crazy-Ass Southern Gothic Goodness. Thank you Criterion for releasing, and thanks Harry for the info!
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than Dalton did. Poor guy.
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and most overrated action movie of the year is...suspense...
Nah, no suspense: Luc Be$$on's produced (and incredibely badly written) Taken!
Luc Be$$on: shitty director, shitty producer (90% of the time) and SHITTY WRITER!!!!!
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Of course i'm just trolling, but seriously the ending is better at least. I loved Big, but wtf was up with the Disneysaccharine fucking shot of him with the ruffled hair and puppydog eyes looking back over his shoulder in rumpled clothes 5 sizes too big? Jesus Christ what a vomit-inducing shot! Didn't quite spoil the movie, but almost...
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That movie scared the bejesus outta me when I was a kid. I was scared of it that when the commercial came on. I would change the channel. It still creeps me out to this day. It's a classic horror movie!
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Least 'twixt Connery and Craig it was. The Living Daylights is hugely underrated, and if it didn't have some silly shit left over from the Moore era, like that magic carpet stuff, not to mention some better villains, it would be perfect.Licence to Kill was less good, but the tough tone was welcome. It just looked a bit cheap; I think they had to cut the budget on that one. Plus they tried to compete with Die Hard and other 80's actioners and failed. And Dalton walked around with a shitty hair cut and a pine cone up his ass - I understand he was trying to make it gritty, but in The Living Daylights he still tempered things with a bit of humor. But all in all, he did well, and I would have liked to have seen a third movie with him in it - I think it was going to be set in Hong Kong and was called Property of a Lady - and,er, featured robots or something. OK, that sounds like it could have been his Moonraker - perhaps it's for the best he didn't get to do it.
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Is it the Director's cut that was released on dvd a few years back?
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May 13, 2009 9:38:37 PM CDT
Did Harry say that something by Seth MacFarlane is actually funn
by series 7
Because that would be crazy.
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the dvds never looked anything like this and we finally the right ratios. The way everyone is talking i thought they would look like shit. Now the dvds they looked like shit.
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Underrated. here I logged in figuring I'd have to defend Tim, but I'm seeing a lot of love for the Dalton Bond! I do believe License was the first Bond to be ALL about the revenge, and the sex and quips came in second! Don't forget Anthony Zerbe's Milton Krest getting blown up in the hypobaric (sp?) chamber!
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Even though it bombed and the first film was the smash hit, I thought WW1 was overrated. WW2 though is a rare sequel that's better than the first and has much bigger laughs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rik6Jo19YWU
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is Dumb and Dumber
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He studied the books to get the character just right but he forgot to include his own personality and naturalism in the role. Books and movies are different mediums. He ended up being grim, dour like he had a stick up his ass the whole time. Audiences agreed too since his movies had the lowest gross of the series. Also when he says crap like "piss off" to appear badass is unintentionally hilarious.
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Dalton sucked ass, He was boring. Living Daylights was just silly junk compared to Moore and Connery.
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Yes, it has a couple of scenes with terrific stunt work, but christ, the film is far too long and drags horribly. Not to mention Dalton is a snoozer as Bond.
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Mullholand Dr.
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crappiest transfer I've ever seen! hope they will make it right for the US BR.
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I never understood the hatred some people have for the UNDERWORLD film series. If you get the point of the films, I don't know how you can't at least enjoy them as fun popcorn flicks. They're serials. It's like a non-comedic BUFFY in the movies. The thing that this series reminds me of the most is that Aaron Spelling Vampire series that ran in the 90s on TV. Can't remember the name of it, but it was a pretty good series. UNDERWORLD is very visual, stylistic. Pretty to look at. Fun action sequences. And how can you not at least perk up for Kate Beckinsale in tight, leather action gear. Each movie's a piece of history behind the vampires and werewolves feud. There's no beginning. There's no end. You can pick up anywhere along the bloodline of these two species and run with it. I mean, don't get me wrong, nobody's going to win any Academy Awards for any of these films, and there are some major holes in the established rules of both species. But come on. This stuff is far more entertaining than TWILIGHT or most any of the supernatural actioners that have appeared over the past few years. I wouldn't say they're as good as HELLBOY (but then again I'm a HELLBOY nut), but I'd run it up against DOOMSDAY, LEAGUE OF EXTRORDINARY GENTLEMEN, JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, or the MUMMY series any day of the week. Again, haven't seen the 3rd UNDERWORLD, so I can't speak for it. But I found the 2nd in the series extremely entertaining. A notch above the first. The only reason I didn't run out to see the 3rd film is because they changed directors and switched lead actresses. To me that's like starting over. That's a different face and a different voice. I'd rather wait to video to see if it's on par with the first two.
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indeed what a boring piece of bland spunk. Making things gritty doesn't make it automatically good. Heck even when making the 1st Bond movie Connery and director knew to add in the quips and light humor. Even Lazenby who wasn't even actor is better than Dalton.
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I had to seriously force my eyes to stay open in that movie. Licence to Kill much better.
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I really need to see more of Lynch's flicks
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"Blackie bleed red blood."
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May 17, 2009 6:33:20 PM CDT
RandallPinkFloyd needs to take another look at Bull Durham
by banditdarville
and please explain why Bull Durham is a "chick flick wannabe sports movie". Major League is one of my favorite baseball flicks and highly entertaining, but Bull Durham has been recognized by Major League Baseball and ESPN as a classic sports movie. It's got one of the best shit-talking scenes ever, baseball history in that it has Durham as the Single A farm team for the Atlanta Braves (now they are the AAA affiliate of the Devil Rays), and hell, let's be honest- Bull Durham did the President Joebu Palmer voodoo shit with the bat first. Oh, and those posting about Sigourney Weaver in Galaxy Quest. The shuttle scene in Alien with the skimpy panties is still sexy as hell.
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