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| Posted By : The Moidart - 3/18/2008 9:22 PM | As I sit watching "Shogun Assassin" for the millionth time I wonder if anyone else has a movie that they can watch over and over again that is always as good as the first time. S.A. is it for me. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.As long as you're not too squeamish.(high body count, lots o' blood). I've been known to play the movie with no sound during parties(much to my girlfriend's chagrin). Samurai, a killer (literally) babycart, a child narator, and the Masters of Death! Who could ask for anything more? Please tell me I'm not alone  |
| Posted By : G.L. Douglas - 3/18/2008 11:47 PM | I like reality-based movies. When I was a kid I saw the first version of Flight of the Phoenix (with Jimmy Stewart), and it left a lasting impression on me to never give up no matter how bleak the circumstances. Oh, my gosh, I do believe I was sweatin' as if I were actually there.
There was a remake several years back, but I didn't see it 'cause I didn't want to lose the magic of that awesome movie.
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.
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| Posted By : Thirdy Lopez - 3/19/2008 2:39 AM | I must have seen Gleaming the Cube (Christian Slater) a hundred times when I was a kid.
Aurelio Rico Lopez III aka "Thirdy" has had fiction featured in COLD FLESH (Hellbound Books), THE BLACKEST DEATH I, II, and III (Black Death Books), SPORTY SPEC: GAMES OF THE FANTASTIC (Raven Electrick Ink), STAR-SPANGLED ZOMBIE (Maniac Press), RAW MEAT (Sideshow Press), SHADOW BOX (Brimstone Press), TRIP THE LIGHT HORRIFIC (RAGE machine Books), DEAD MEN (AND WOMEN) WALKING (Bards and Sages), and THE BOOK OF SHADOWS VOL. I (Brimstone Press). His poems have appeared in Mythic Delirium, Star*Line, Dark Animus, Goblin Fruit, Scifaikuest, Electric Velocipede, Sybil's Garage, The Horror Express, Down In the Cellar, and elsewhere. |
| Posted By : Kane - 3/19/2008 1:48 PM | One of my favorite childhood memories was watching "Shock Theater" on Saturday nights. You know, one of the locally produced late night horror programs that most local markets had before the advent of cable and infomercials. It introduced me to the classic Universal monsters. And those are my constants.
I never get tired of seeing Karloff as The Monster, or Chaney as the tormented Lawerence Talbot, and of course Bela as the immortal Count Dracula. Over the years I've bought first VHS and Beta tapes. Only to have those replaced with DVDs.
In my life I've seen them remade and reimaged, but those classic originals are still the ones I turn to when its 3:00AM and I can't sleep.
You say God's spark has kindled my eye, As the sun-rise reddens the east; Into your beards I roar the lie- 'Tis the gleam of the stalking beast. Robert E. Howard |
| Posted By : H.P. Lovesauce - 3/19/2008 7:28 PM |
The Moidart said... As I sit watching "Shogun Assassin" for the millionth time I wonder if anyone else has a movie that they can watch over and over again that is always as good as the first time. S.A. is it for me. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.As long as you're not too squeamish.(high body count, lots o' blood). I've been known to play the movie with no sound during parties(much to my girlfriend's chagrin). Samurai, a killer (literally) babycart, a child narator, and the Masters of Death! Who could ask for anything more? Please tell me I'm not alone Oh my god, yes! With the spinning chainmail ninja-chicks and the Whistling Tiger Cut? Man. Apparently for the North American market they took 3 "Lone Wolf and Cub" movies and cut away the non-suck parts to make one movie.
For me, Big Trouble in Little China gets awesomer each time I see it. |
| Posted By : T A Markitan - 3/20/2008 1:18 PM | I'll probably get hailed with rotten tomatoes for this, but . . . Sword and the Sorcerer.
I think I know that movie line for line.
I do horrible things to punctuation.
"careful what you wish
you may regret it
careful what you wish
you just might get it"
Metallica~King Nothing |
| Posted By : PaulMc - 3/20/2008 1:29 PM | The Moidart said...As I sit watching for the millionth time I wonder if anyone else has a movie that they can watch over and over again that is always as good as the first time. S.A. is it for me. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.As long as you're not too squeamish.(high body count, lots o' blood). I've been known to play the movie with no sound during parties(much to my girlfriend's chagrin). Samurai, a killer (literally) babycart, a child narator, and the Masters of Death! Who could ask for anything more? Please tell me I'm not alone VIEW IMAGE
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The 13th Warrior
Jaws
I have them on DVD, but if they come on broadcast t.v., I can't change the channel.
Probably some others, too, that I'm not remembering just now.
-- Paul McNamee
My Writings |
| Posted By : PaulMc - 3/20/2008 1:33 PM | H.P. Lovesauce said...The Moidart said...As I sit watching for the millionth time I wonder if anyone else has a movie that they can watch over and over again that is always as good as the first time. S.A. is it for me. If you have not seen it I highly recommend it.As long as you're not too squeamish.(high body count, lots o' blood). I've been known to play the movie with no sound during parties(much to my girlfriend's chagrin). Samurai, a killer (literally) babycart, a child narator, and the Masters of Death! Who could ask for anything more? Please tell me I'm not alone VIEW IMAGE Oh my god, yes! With the spinning chainmail ninja-chicks and the Whistling Tiger Cut? Man. Apparently for the North American market they took 3 "Lone Wolf and Cub" movies and cut away the non-suck parts to make one movie. For me, Big Trouble in Little China gets awesomer each time I see it.
Yeah, Big Trouble is great.
I've seen some of the Lone Wolf and Cub movies and they are something else!
I really like the Zaoitchi movies that I've seen, too. I like Itchi because even though he is a blind hero, he still isn't terribly noble - he enjoys drinking, women and gambling--he even cheats at gambling, in fact.
-- Paul McNamee
My Writings |
| Posted By : PaulMc - 3/20/2008 1:37 PM | Kane said...
One of my favorite childhood memories was watching "Shock Theater" on Saturday nights. You know, one of the locally produced late night horror programs that most local markets had before the advent of cable and infomercials. It introduced me to the classic Universal monsters. And those are my constants.
I never get tired of seeing Karloff as The Monster, or Chaney as the tormented Lawerence Talbot, and of course Bela as the immortal Count Dracula. Over the years I've bought first VHS and Beta tapes. Only to have those replaced with DVDs.
In my life I've seen them remade and reimaged, but those classic originals are still the ones I turn to when its 3:00AM and I can't sleep.
I think Karloff's Im-ho-tep (The Mummy) is one of the greatest evil performances of that era.
I am still waiting for Island of Lost Souls to arrive on DVD. Laughton's performance as Doctor Moreau still exudes disturbing sadism to this day.
-- Paul McNamee
My Writings |
| Posted By : Kane - 3/20/2008 2:13 PM |
PaulMc said...
I think Karloff's Im-ho-tep (The Mummy) is one of the greatest evil performances of that era.
I am still waiting for Island of Lost Souls to arrive on DVD. Laughton's performance as Doctor Moreau still exudes disturbing sadism to this day.
I you ever get the chance, watch "The Black Cat", with Karloff and Lugosi. Karloff exudes suave evil in that film.
I was lucky to get a copy of "Island of Lost Souls" when it ran on TCM a couple of months ago. and your correct. Laughton did an excellent job.
You say God's spark has kindled my eye, As the sun-rise reddens the east; Into your beards I roar the lie- 'Tis the gleam of the stalking beast. Robert E. Howard |
| Posted By : Dungeoneer - 3/21/2008 7:31 AM |
T A Markitan said...I'll probably get hailed with rotten tomatoes for this, but . . . Sword and the Sorcerer. I think I know that movie line for line.
I totally LOVE that movie! It's on my shelf of favorite movies, right next to Red Sonja! (Another movie that 'nobody' seems to like!)
Tim |
| Posted By : H.P. Lovesauce - 3/21/2008 12:19 PM |
T A Markitan said...I'll probably get hailed with rotten tomatoes for this, but . . . Sword and the Sorcerer. I think I know that movie line for line.
Rotten tomatoes...fired from a frikkin' 3-bladed, CO2-powered sword? 
You are a sick woman, and we must be forever enemies. 
However, you will be interested in this:
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| Posted By : RHFay - 3/21/2008 12:31 PM | |
Hmm, some movies I have watched over and over without getting tired of them. eh? let's se...
Gojira - I'm a sucker for the giant monster movies, but the original Gojira (aka Godzilla) stands out as a dark and atmospheric metaphor for the destruction caused by atmoic weapons.
Them - again, I'm a sucker for the giant monster movies, and this one is played so seriously that it's worth watching for the acting alone. The giant ants may not be that effective compared to today's effects, but the story more than makes up for the dated effects.
The Wolf Man - again, the movie is so atmospheric, and Lon Chaney , Jr. plays the Wolfman with such a great combination of pathos and beastliness - you are truly sorry that he's suffering this curse, but you wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley on the night of the full moon!
I'm sure there are more, but these are a good sampling of movies that I can watch repeatedly and not get bored with them.
"I'm going to do what the warriors of old did. I'm going to recite poetry!"
Richard H. Fay - Azure Lion Productions
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| Posted By : T A Markitan - 3/21/2008 12:38 PM | Dungeoneer said...
I totally LOVE that movie! It's on my shelf of favorite movies, right next to Red Sonja! (Another movie that 'nobody' seems to like!)
Tim
I need to find a copy of Red Sonja. Just picked up the Conan double feature DVD for $10 yesterday.
Lovesauce said...
Rotten tomatoes...fired from a frikkin' 3-bladed, CO2-powered sword?
"That's a small threat. That's a very small threat." 
Lovesauce said...
You are a sick woman
Thank you. I am glad someone recognizes my finer qualities.
I do horrible things to punctuation.
"careful what you wish
you may regret it
careful what you wish
you just might get it"
Metallica~King Nothing |
| Posted By : Kane - 3/21/2008 2:27 PM |
T A Markitan said...I'll probably get hailed with rotten tomatoes for this, but . . . Sword and the Sorcerer. I think I know that movie line for line.
No tomatoes here. Funny thing, without that sword this is one of the best sword and sorcery films made. It even beats out, imo, Conan The Barbarian.
"I vanquished Law once, I'll conquer yet again--
And force upon Mankind the Freedom he fears--
And dead gods I will again defy…" |
| Posted By : Nicholas - 3/21/2008 2:49 PM | Big Trouble in Little China--a cult classic! Kurt Russell has so many great lines.
For me, I'd add Seven Samurai, The Wild Bunch, and Harvey (I'm a sucker for a tipsy Jimmy Stewart and his invisible rabbit). Also One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I showed it to my three English classes a couple weeks ago, then watched it with my wife--so I saw it four times in a week.
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| Posted By : PaulMc - 3/21/2008 2:56 PM | PaulMc said...
Probably some others, too, that I'm not remembering just now.
Thunderball!
Greatest collection of Bond girls in a single movie, ever! 
-- Paul McNamee
My Writings |
| Posted By : Nicholas - 3/21/2008 3:24 PM | | Rio Bravo.
Quentin Tarantino once said that when he dated a new girl, he'd watch Rio Bravo with her. If she didn't like it, he knew their relationship had no future. No worries here; my wife likes Rio Bravo.
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| Posted By : Hermit - 3/21/2008 3:58 PM | the first Deathstalker
The Messenger: the Joan of Arc Story
Oh Brother Where Art Thou
To Have and Have Not
Casablanca (which is basically the same movie as To have and not)
Bladerunner
Bladerunner
Bladerunner [I somehow own three copies of the DVD]
Heavy Metal [Stearn!!! kills me every time, and ya gotta love the toon T&A]
Irma le Duce
The Lion in Winter
Lawrence of Arabia
It Happened One Night [only instance of liking either of the leading stars]
The Philidelphia Story
Baby
Charade
Breakfast at Tiffany's
African Queen
13th Warrior
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| Posted By : Nicholas - 3/21/2008 4:08 PM | | David, are they the three different versions of Bladerunner? (There's the theatrical, the European, and the "director's cut.")
Oh, I'll add Singin' in the Rain. And if anyone calls me a sissy, I'll pull out a three-bladed sword that shoots rotten tomatoes out of it.
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| Posted By : H.P. Lovesauce - 3/21/2008 4:36 PM |
Kane said...
T A Markitan said...I'll probably get hailed with rotten tomatoes for this, but . . . Sword and the Sorcerer. I think I know that movie line for line.
No tomatoes here. Funny thing, without that sword this is one of the best sword and sorcery films made. It even beats out, imo, Conan The Barbarian.
And apropos to the occasion, when the erstwhile Matt Houston was crucified, he pulled his frikkin' hand free with nothing more than sheer, mustachioed machismo and the strength in his oiled bicep. He effectively de-crucified himself, unlike some people we could name. 
Yes, props to James Stewart, and from Old Hollywood I'll mention Bringing Up Baby as well.
Thunderball is also home to my favorite Bond innuendo-line ever.
Blade Runner had the original voiceover version, the 1992 Director's Cut, and the No Really This Is The Real Final Director's Cut that came out last November. |
| Posted By : Dark Agnes - 3/22/2008 10:49 AM | | Some of my all time favorite films are,
My Fair Lady
Cutthroat Island
Cutter's Way
Invasion of the Body Snatchers(70's remake)
When Harry Met Sally
The Bedroom Window
Dune(Sci-fi Channel Version)
Casablanca
Paint Your Wagon
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| Posted By : erazmus - 3/22/2008 2:31 PM | I have a long list, many all ready mentioned here.
Casa Blanca
To Have and Have Not (this may be basicly the same movie as Casa Blanca, but the chemistry between Bogart and future wife Bacall gives it a different dynamiic)
Touch of Evil
Dracula
The Mummy (Karloff's great sorcerer from the past comes to life-- how did we ever get hung up on the bandages?)
M --if you haven't seen it, this is the greatest serial killer movie of all time, silent too.
Jaws
Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Wolfman
Angel on my Shoulder-- Paul Muni as a gangster and Claude Rains as the devil!
The Killer
A Better Tomorrow
Metropolis --Tonight the world will cry out "Where is my son?!"
Singing in the Rain
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Them
Theres No Buisness Like Show Buisness-- I cry at the end, every time
Once More, with Feeling
The Day the Earth Stood Still
War of the Worlds-- original natch!
The Thing from another World
The Last Hurrah for Chivalry-- this is the greatest Kung-fu Sword and Sorcery feast ever offered
Big Trouble in Little China
Destroy All Monsters
Gojirah
Three Godfathers
The Wizard of Oz-- I watch this one when I'm home sick
and the three best movies ever made
Jason and the Argonaughts
King Kong
Star Wars
Mike
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"Psyched Up" in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
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"Dutchman Rescue"in Continuum SF #6
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"An Incident at Black Tongue Tavern" in _Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy_ from Fantasist Enterprises:
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"Stains" in Tales of the Talisman 3-1 www.zianet.com/hadrosaur/index.html
"Morning Coffee" in Every Day Fiction
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"The Jewel Below" in Flashing Swords
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"Happy Landings" in Every Day Fiction
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"Teller of Tales" in Every day Fiction
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Read "Silver Shells" In Every Day Fiction
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| Posted By : BarbT - 3/22/2008 3:34 PM | |
The Day the Earth Stood Still
A Christmas Carol (Alistair Simm)
Ladyhawke
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| Posted By : Nicholas - 3/22/2008 4:37 PM | Mike, Great list you have there--several more favorites of mine on it that I failed to mention: Casablanca, Jaws, the original Star Wars, of course. I also have a soft spot for Harryhausen--all the Sinbads, Jason & the Argonauts. King Kong.
And we do end up watching It's a Wonderful Life almost every year.
One or two of Orson Welles's classics I'd also include.
For comedy, Spinal Tap is one of my favorites, watched many times. Oh, and The Princess Bride.
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| Posted By : H.P. Lovesauce - 3/22/2008 5:18 PM | Ah, of course. The Princess Bride.
Has no one mentioned Apocalypse Now?
Barb's list reminds me of a t-shirt someone has for sale that says, "You Had Me at Klaatu". |
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