80's action reviews

[Andrew]

My whole reason for the site is to get others to see the enjoyment in watching these sorts of movies.  And I really do enjoy b-movies and bad movies.

Also, we watched "Death Race 2000" the other night.  The Marines seemed to enjoy that one a lot.  The SgtMaj found out I had that DVD out here and immediately asked me to borrow it.  In the old man's words "A Classic."

[Master Blaster]

Funny, I just read on IMDB that Vernon Wells actually said he thought he looked like "Freddy Mercury on steroids" Dead on description Mr. C : )

[AndyC]

You're kidding. I have to go read that.

[Chrisb]

What do you expect? These movies were made in the Reaganite era and reflect the smash-bang-wallop, right-wing imperatives of the time and was a crap decade for movies in most people's books (although I happen to like it in a kitchy kind of way).

[Master Blaster]

You probably already found it, but here it is just in case.  

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920460/bio

[AndyC]

You know, when you put Bennett and Freddie Mercury side by side, the resemblance is really quite remarkable. This is what always prevented me from taking Bennett seriously as a villain. Schwarzenegger vs. Queen. I could just imagine Bennett suddenly bursting into song: "Mamaaaaa....Just killed a maaaan....."





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[trekgeezer]

80' s action movies had one purpose blow stuff up, shoot  an outrageous number of people, and kill the 2 dimensional bad guy off in a unique way.

I always loved the part in Commando when Bill Duke and Arnold are duking it out.

Bill Duke,  "This Green Beret is gonna kick your ass!"
 Arnold, "I eat Green Berets for breakfast and right now I'm hungry"
Rae Dawn "I don't believe this macho bulls**t!"

Now that's screenwriting.

Anybody that injects political subtext into these movies is really missing the point.

[Master Blaster]

LOL!!! Maybe if they do Commando the musical that can happen.

[Dave Munger]

I'm kind of interested in that kind of Chomskian way of defining things very broadly as right wing. Like, anything celebratory about retribution, or anything made for profit, etc.

Hey, this site's desperate for hits:
http://davemunger.blogspot.com

[Neville]

Once heard they will be doing a "Fight Club: The Musical", so everything is possible.

[Mr. Hockstatter]

By your logic, we should "expect" nothing but right wing reviews bashing all the politically correct stuff that's coming out today.  And nothing but right wing reviews bashing all the environmentalist schlock that was churned out during the '70s.  And right wing reviews bashing all the drug addled messes that were made during the '60s.

But I don't suppose you'd "expect" that, but to the contrary, you'd be pretty upset by it?  You probably expect reviews that are about the movie, and if somebody wants to go on a political rant, let them write an article about politics - but don't try to pass it off as a movie review.

That's what I expect as well.

[Chrisb]

What kind of films were you referring to? What would you like to see instead?

>By your logic, we should "expect" nothing but right wing reviews >bashing all the politically correct stuff that's coming out today.

Hard to get such a perspective on current movie trends, but I think the industry and audience tastes have matured to some extent.

>But I don't suppose you'd "expect" that, but to the contrary, >you'd be pretty upset by it?

Erm, no, I don't get upset that easily! I'd be a little miffed if ALL reviews came with a political slant. If Andy looked for political bias all the time it would take the edge off his humour. Ruthless Reviews is a one-off and it's FUNNY. Try to be a little less offended!

[Fearless Freep]

I think the industry and audience tastes have matured to some extent.

Have you seen what's out these days?  Scooby-Doo? The Grinch That Stole Christmas?  Gigli?