Ghostbusters by RIPWash

I'm up for it!
But nothing will ever touch the first on IMO.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 7:53 AM

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

That's just one of those movies that I simply can't stand. It's horrible, it always was horrible, it will always be horrible. Just simply awful. It's not funny, it's not scary, it's not intense, it's just... BLAH. I might as well watch Caddyshack II.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
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"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 7:59 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
That's just one of those movies that I simply can't stand.

It stands to reason that we'd have different opinions on something sooner or later, Mike.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 8:26 AM

I stand with Chris on this one, it's well past time for the new Ghostbusters effort. And I agree it should exist as a "passing the torch" effort. Didn't Sigourney Weavers character have a baby boy? If the baby was born in 1988 (Ghostbusters II timeline) then that kid would be 21, old enough to pick up the particle beam I think.

And we need to see the return of Rick Moranis as Vince Klortho the Keymaster!!!

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:09 AM

BYTEMITE

WHAT? Kwicko really just said that?

But... But it has the quote "Back off, man, I'm a scientist"!

Every single line is practically a geeky joke or science joke or a reference to an actual historical occurrence (only often not actually so paranormal or inexplicable in reality). I mean, it was a classic when it came out!

It's like saying you hate Back to the Future! How can ANYONE hate Back to the Future?!

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:15 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
That's just one of those movies that I simply can't stand. It's horrible, it always was horrible, it will always be horrible. Just simply awful. It's not funny, it's not scary, it's not intense, it's just... BLAH. I might as well watch Caddyshack II.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

I don't even know who you are any more . . . .

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 10:39 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I used to think Kwicko was pretty smart.

I can understand someone saying that about the second film, but the first is golden.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 11:36 AM

LWAVES

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I used to think Kwicko was pretty smart.

I can understand someone saying that about the second film, but the first is golden.

Everyone has their weak moments, when the devil's temptation is just too great to turn down, or the Dark Side just seems to much fun.
These days mental lapses like this are all too common.
And personal taste doesn't come into it when you are talking about a film called Ghostbusters.

What Kwicko needs is our help.
To show him the right way and MAKE him understand the error in his comments.
If you have a god pray for him.
If you don't then voodoo or black magic is just as good. Torture works too.

In time he will change his views.

On a more serious Ghostbusters 3 wil have such a build up and hype about it I hope that it doesn't overshadow the movie itself. So much has changed in film since they were last on screen.
I hope they get the guy William Atherton plays. He does such a good job with character like that (see Die Hard 1+2).

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 12:42 PM

Sorry, gang, but I've *tried* to like that movie, and I just can't pull it off. And Back to the Future was okay, but I sure as heck couldn't see why they had to make MORE of them...

Maybe if I'd been younger when they came out, I'd like them more. Don't know. And the hype around Ghostbusters definitely led me to expect more.

If it's any consolation, there really aren't many movies from that time frame that I *do* like. Spinal Tap and Amadeus stand out...

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:21 PM

WASHNWEAR

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Sorry, gang, but I've *tried* to like that movie, and I just can't pull it off. And Back to the Future was okay, but I sure as heck couldn't see why they had to make MORE of them...

Maybe if I'd been younger when they came out, I'd like them more. Don't know. And the hype around Ghostbusters definitely led me to expect more.

If it's any consolation, there really aren't many movies from that time frame that I *do* like. Spinal Tap and Amadeus stand out...

Mike

Hmmm...I'm guessing Weird Science wasn't your cup of tea, either? Not that they're considering a sequel to that. That I know of.

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Still...what would Rorschach do?

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:24 PM

Ya know, oddly enough, I *LOVED* Weird Science. And Real Genius. And Creator. Go figure...

Heck, I even liked Stripes. Loved Caddyshack. But Ghostbusters just didn't bring the funny, as far as making ME laugh, at least.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:33 PM

Ya know, maybe it's Ivan Reitman as director. I mean, Stripes I liked, but didn't love. Meatballs was kinda cute, but not great. And pretty much everything else he directed just sucked balls, from Twins right on up through My Super Ex-Girlfriend.

Why does anyone keep letting this guy make movies?

I was trying to pin down what it was that went wrong with Ghost Busters. The writers I know can do good stuff (Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis). The actors are all capable enough. It seems to come down to a really bad director. Maybe John Landis should've helmed it. He was hotter then, with stuff like Animal House, Blues Brothers, American Werewolf In London, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, Trading Places, Three Amigos...

Yup, I think it's the director.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:35 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
And Back to the Future was okay, but I sure as heck couldn't see why they had to make MORE of them...

Kwicko has been killed, & replaced by an evil robot from the future!
Whoah...most heinous!

The laughing Chrisisall

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:39 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
And Back to the Future was okay, but I sure as heck couldn't see why they had to make MORE of them...

Kwicko has been killed, & replaced by an evil robot from the future!
Whoah...most heinous!

The laughing Chrisisall

Of course, now I have to kill you before you can prove it!

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 1:47 PM

Would it be further heresy to admit here that I've never seen The Princess Bride, and likely never will?

I'm not sure WHY I never saw it, but as for why I won't, it's been built up too much, too many times, by too many people. There's no way it could POSSIBLY live up to my expectations of it now. So I refuse to see it, because it's better in my imagination (I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing).

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009 2:10 PM

NCBROWNCOAT

Just watched Ghostbusters with my 19 year old very geeky daughter. I've never heard so much laughing. I think she really enjoyed it.

She loves the Princess Bride as I do, but Stripes Sunday night barely got a cackle out of her.

As you see I'm showing her all the classics. LOL

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 1:03 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Would it be further heresy to admit here that I've never seen The Princess Bride, and likely never will?

I'm not sure WHY I never saw it, but as for why I won't, it's been built up too much, too many times, by too many people. There's no way it could POSSIBLY live up to my expectations of it now. So I refuse to see it, because it's better in my imagination (I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing).

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

Quite possible heresy, yes. But I don't blame you for not wanting to see it now. I sometimes have that same reaction myself to movies that people hype to me. Sometimes I end up watching, sometimes not. Sometimes I do like, sometimes not. I can only further your excuse by proclaiming it's one of my all-time favorites. Has been ever since I saw it in the theater. In college my friends and I could practically quote the whole movie line for line.

The other movies you mentioned are pretty good, too. Real Genius is another one of the classics that I could watch over and over again. Val Kilmer at his best, when he let himself go and be FUNNY.

"I had a strange dream this morning..."
"Was it a dream where you're standing on a pyramid dressed in sort of Sun God robes with thousands of naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?"
"No!"
"Why am I the only one that has that dream?"

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:46 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
If it's any consolation, there really aren't many movies from that time frame that I *do* like.

How about the 1984 Dune?

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 5:51 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
If it's any consolation, there really aren't many movies from that time frame that I *do* like.
How about the 1984 Dune?

I watched that in college with a bunch of friends and we laughed through the whole thing . . . I don't think it was supposd to be funny, was it?

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 6:46 AM

WASHNWEAR

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Originally posted by RIPWash:
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Originally posted by bluesuncompanyman:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
If it's any consolation, there really aren't many movies from that time frame that I *do* like.
How about the 1984 Dune?

I watched that in college with a bunch of friends and we laughed through the whole thing . . . I don't think it was supposd to be funny, was it?

It is by will alone I set my thighs in motion...

No, I honestly don't think it was...but you couldn't tell it by some of the writing (and - let's face it - some the acting). It was quite the chuckle-fest in spots - particuarly, as I recall, in scenes with Sting and/or Kyle MacLachlan. And that business with the heart plug? Man - laugh? I thought I'd die.

But it was a pleasure, to me, just watching some of the actors, principally Brad Dourif's Piter DeVries (the Mentat's Mentat) and Kenneth McMillan's Baron Harkonnen. It's sort of got categorized with me under the same heading as Flash, though where Dune ended up unintentionally funny in spots, Flash was intentionally funny in spots, and generally funny all over (intended or not). Or maybe it's just the von Sydow Connection™. And they were both Dino De Laurentiis productions, I believe, a name which is often synonomous with "unintentionally funny."

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 7:22 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
If it's any consolation, there really aren't many movies from that time frame that I *do* like.
How about the 1984 Dune?

Oddly, I like it - but ONLY because I'd just read the book before hearing there was a movie coming out, so I had the background and intricacies down pretty well before going in. It *IS* a rather difficult movie for the uninitiated.

And parts of it are just horrible. Honestly, who the hell ever thought Sting could be an actor? "I *will* kill him!"

And who knew that Paul's little sister, Alia, was going to grow up to be such a beauty (Alicia Witt)?

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:20 AM

OPPYH

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Would it be further heresy to admit here that I've never seen The Princess Bride, and likely never will?

I'm not sure WHY I never saw it, but as for why I won't, it's been built up too much, too many times, by too many people. There's no way it could POSSIBLY live up to my expectations of it now. So I refuse to see it, because it's better in my imagination (I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing).

Mike

Granted, The Princess Bride is such a popular iconic 80's film that it's hard to be part of the "me too" bandwagon.
The actual princess part of the movie is rather drab. Aside from a few good zingers between her, and Wesley it really isn't much of a story.
What makes the movie is Inigo Montoya played by Mandy Patinkin. Classic tale of revenge about a drunken master swordsman(The book tells his entire origin, and is much more in-depth about the character). Also, enough funny one-liners to last a year.

I wouldn't miss this film if I were you. Trust me my friends over-hyped Spinal Tap to absurd heights. I almost skipped it forever. Reluctantly watched it with one of them, and was a changed man.

Oh, and Alicia Witt is the hottest Red head on the planet. Good call.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 10:43 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Would it be further heresy to admit here that I've never seen The Princess Bride, and likely never will?

As long as you tell me you've seen Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, then no, it isn't.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, June 11, 2009 5:17 AM

The Good Robot Us's vs. The Evil Robot Us's

Oh and "Station!" . . . of course.

Death was hilarious in that movie.

"Lemme guess . . . best of seven?"
"Damn straight!"

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Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:13 PM

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Originally posted by OPPYH:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Would it be further heresy to admit here that I've never seen The Princess Bride, and likely never will?

I'm not sure WHY I never saw it, but as for why I won't, it's been built up too much, too many times, by too many people. There's no way it could POSSIBLY live up to my expectations of it now. So I refuse to see it, because it's better in my imagination (I've seen bits and pieces, but never the whole thing).

Mike

Granted, The Princess Bride is such a popular iconic 80's film that it's hard to be part of the "me too" bandwagon.
The actual princess part of the movie is rather drab. Aside from a few good zingers between her, and Wesley it really isn't much of a story.
What makes the movie is Inigo Montoya played by Mandy Patinkin. Classic tale of revenge about a drunken master swordsman(The book tells his entire origin, and is much more in-depth about the character). Also, enough funny one-liners to last a year.

I wouldn't miss this film if I were you. Trust me my friends over-hyped Spinal Tap to absurd heights. I almost skipped it forever. Reluctantly watched it with one of them, and was a changed man.

Oh, and Alicia Witt is the hottest Red head on the planet. Good call.

Crap - you may have trapped me. You uttered the magic words "Mandy Patinkin". I'm powerless to resist his acting talents. Loved him in Alien Nation (the original movie); loved him in Chicago Hope, Dead Like Me, and Criminal Minds, but it drives me nuts that he always seems to bail out just before the shows take a steep nosedive in overall quality. Is it because he leaves, or does he leave because he sees where they're headed, and can't abide?

Now I have to watch it.

You bastards!

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:14 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Would it be further heresy to admit here that I've never seen The Princess Bride, and likely never will?

As long as you tell me you've seen Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, then no, it isn't.

The laughing Chrisisall

What if I were to say that Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was the better movie of the two?

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:40 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Would it be further heresy to admit here that I've never seen The Princess Bride, and likely never will?

As long as you tell me you've seen Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, then no, it isn't.

The laughing Chrisisall

What if I were to say that Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was the better movie of the two?

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

"You're a idiot." -AuRaptor, RWED, May 27, 2009.

That's certainly a given. "Bogus Journey" IS a sequel, after all, and fell into the "not as good as" category. Though it didn't completely suck, either.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009 2:46 PM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
Crap - you may have trapped me. You uttered the magic words "Mandy Patinkin"

**Slaps himself in the head**

Well, if I'd known THAT was the magic word!!! Pitinkin is incredible in Princess Bride. Simply awesome and he has some of the best lines in the entire movie. One line is so iconic that, even now, when he does concerts (he's an accomplished piano player, too, ya know) people start chanting that he MUST say that line. And when he does it gets thunderous applause. So a friend tells me, at least. He was there, I wasn't. My friend was SUCH a bonehead, that after the concert, met Pitinkin backstage. And who does he call and put Pitinkin on the phone with? HIS MOTHER. Who has NO idea who Pitinkin is. I just about killed him.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:04 PM

Patinkin's quite an accomplished singer, too. There's not much in the entertainment biz that he CAN'T do. Song-n-dance man, funny man, serious man, piano man... He's an all-around Renaissance man!

Mike

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Friday, June 12, 2009 2:23 AM

Hallo . . . . My name is Inigo Montoya . . .

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Friday, June 12, 2009 3:04 AM

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It *IS* a rather difficult movie for the uninitiated.

And parts of it are just horrible. Honestly, who the hell ever thought Sting could be an actor? "I *will* kill him!"

I believe there are three great storytellers of my time.
Joss Whedon - in the medium of TV
Neil Gaiman - in the medium of graphics
(The Late) Frank Herbert - in the medium of novels

This puts me in a biased position to have a conversation about Dune but I can absoutely agree that the 1984 film was corrupted in several places. Heartplugs. Killing people with sound. Sting's presence. The more recient Sci-Fi channel effort fixed many of those issues...but then created a whole new freakshow: Idiotic costumes, changed plotlines (Irulan seducing Feyd), ect. Watched together however, the full image of the tale's glory is almost all there. And Children of Dune throws a near bullseye, since sci-fi was hammered with emails from people like me upset over the stupid Bulls**t present in the orginal effort.

I guess I cannot think of another 80's effort that you might have liked. I really can't wrap my mind around why anyone who likes Firefly wouldn't be at least amused by Ghostbusters.

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Friday, June 12, 2009 3:16 AM

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Originally posted by Kwicko:

What if I were to say that Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was the better movie of the two?

But...but...they mugged a dude in Heaven in the second one...how can you top THAT???

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, June 12, 2009 3:20 AM

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Originally posted by bluesuncompanyman:
I really can't wrap my mind around why anyone who likes Firefly wouldn't be at least amused by Ghostbusters.

Some dudes are repulsed by hype... I have a friend that would NOT go to see 48HRS when it came out, just because it got great reviews & fantastic word of mouth recommendations.
It boggled my mind back then, but it really has an effect on some peeps.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, June 12, 2009 7:47 AM

RIPWash's list of great 80's flick . . . in his opinion, that is

16 Candles
A Christmas Story
A Fish Called Wanda
The Abyss
Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Airplane
All of Me
Amadeus
Always
Back to the Future (1 & 2)
Batman
Beetlejuice
Big
Big Trouble in Little China
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Blues Brothers
Caddyshack
Can't Buy Me Love
Clue
Conan the Barbarian
Die Hard
E.T.
Electric Dreams
Escape from NY
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Flash Gordon
Fletch
Good Morning, Vietnam
Goonies
The Golden Child
Gremlins
Innerspace
Johnny Dangerously
Karate Kid flicks
Krull
Labyrinth
Ladyhawke
The Last Dragon
The Last Starfighter
Lethal Weapon
Little Shop of Horrors
Man With Two Brains
My Bodyguard
Naked Gun
National Lampoon's Vacation
One Crazy Summer
Overboard
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Police Academy
Poltergeist
Pretty in Pink
Princess Bride
Predator
Rain Man
Indiana Jones flicks
Real Genius
Red Dawn
Remo Williams
Revenge of the Nerds
Robocop
Road House
Roxanne
Romancing the Stone
Running Man
Running Scared
Say Anything
Scrooged
She's Having a Baby'
Short Circuit
Some Kind of Wonderful
Spaceballs
Splash
Strange Brew
Stripes
The Thing
This is Spinal Tap
Tootsie
Top Gun
Top Secret
Trading Places
Tron
UHF
Uncle Buck
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Willow
Young Einstein
Young Guns
Young Sherlock Holmes

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Friday, June 12, 2009 8:26 AM

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The Last Dragon

My neighbor who I converted to Firefly handed me this DVD with a smirk. I'm still not sure what the hell I saw. Have you seen this one Chris? What a bizarre unrealistic wackadoodle movie.

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Friday, June 12, 2009 8:36 AM

It's a little odd, but surely memorable.

Sho'Nuff!

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Friday, June 12, 2009 10:34 AM

Ripper, I assume you've never seen "Creator" starring Peter O'Toole. If you had, it would be among your favorite 80s movies.

Mike

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Friday, June 12, 2009 10:39 AM

OOOOF!!! Forgot that one!

*EDIT* There were plenty more, but these were among the "Best of" while the others were good, just not quite as good, and horror was never a genre I got into.

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Friday, June 12, 2009 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by RIPWash:

Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

Classic weird, from the writer of Big Trouble In Little China!

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Back to the Future (1 & 2)

Shiny.

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Big Trouble in Little China

Carpenter & Russel's best.

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Gremlins

One of my faves.

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Ladyhawke

Love it- wish it were anamorphic (& had a better musical score at the beginning).

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One Crazy Summer

Little-known, but absolutely CLASSIC!!!!

I would add
Aliens
Blood Of Heroes
Cherry 2000
Blue Thunder
Somewhere In Time
Legend (whichever cut)
Firestarter
Sharkey's Machine

The laughing Chrisisall

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Friday, June 12, 2009 11:05 AM

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The Last Dragon
My neighbor who I converted to Firefly handed me this DVD with a smirk.

Seen it TOO MANY times. Too many.

The glowing Chrisisall

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Friday, June 12, 2009 12:24 PM

OPPYH

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Patinkin's quite an accomplished singer, too. There's not much in the entertainment biz that he CAN'T do. Song-n-dance man, funny man, serious man, piano man... He's an all-around Renaissance man!

Mike

I love his singing:

and acting:

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Friday, June 12, 2009 2:12 PM

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OOOOF!!! Forgot that one!

*EDIT* There were plenty more, but these were among the "Best of" while the others were good, just not quite as good, and horror was never a genre I got into.

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"What does that mean?!?!?!"

I take it that's why you left out Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2.

Shame, shame... Bruce Campbell. Sam Raimi. 'Nuff said.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

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Friday, June 12, 2009 2:32 PM

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Evil Dead 2.

Army Of Darkness- one of the best movies mankind will ever experience.
Klaatu Barrada Necktie.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:12 AM

**shudder**
Somewhere In Time
**shudder**

Oh . . . dear . . .

No offense, but that movie, to me, was one of the biggest wastes time . . . . ever. And yes . . . pun intended.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:13 AM

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I take it that's why you left out Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2.

Shame, shame... Bruce Campbell. Sam Raimi. 'Nuff said.

To be honest, I don't know why I've never seen those two movies. Love Bruce Campbell.

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Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:44 AM

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**shudder**
Somewhere In Time
**shudder**

Oh . . . dear . . .

Rip, you're clearly not a romantic, eh?

The laughing Chrisisall

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Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:46 AM

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Love Bruce Campbell.

Hail to the King, baby.

The laughing Chrisisall

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:48 PM

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**shudder**
Somewhere In Time
**shudder**

Oh . . . dear . . .

Rip, you're clearly not a romantic, eh?

The laughing Chrisisall

I'm most certainly a romantic, just not when it comes to that movie. I really didn't like it. To the point of really not liking it with a passion. I don't see why people like it, but then again, I'm a huge fan of some movies people think are very stupid.

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:50 PM