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Is there a better action film, or am I just old...


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 10:45 pm
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Aliens

Predator

But yeah it's good.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 10:49 pm
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I always thought the first one was better


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 10:50 pm
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Yes, Terminator I, plus many others. Classic film, though.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 10:51 pm
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so awesome I watched it too much as a kid and got sick of it.
shame as it is an incredible film.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 10:51 pm
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Really appreciating the soundtrack. Sounds like it was recorded by banging hammers on old pipes.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 10:51 pm
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First one was a better story was it more original more action in the second one though.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 10:51 pm
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a better film......Terminator

TII is a big let down imho, john connor is a whiney little turd Im not convinced by him being either a computer hacker or a crosser riding street kid in any way, the set piece stunts are way OTT- im thinking of the truck chase in the drainage canal
linda hamiltons character is interesting and she plays it well
the premise of the T1000 is ok

the biggest issue is that Arnies star power has turned his character into a loveable good guy with half his lines played for laughs, the gritty nihlism of an apocalyptic future we saw in T1 peeks through occasionally but its just not enough to save it from the hollywood cheese

Camerons career has been on a downward spiral since Aliens imho


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:05 pm
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Some say "including" Aliens.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:08 pm
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thanks, just starting on +1.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:09 pm
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Terminator - every line of Arnie's is a classic
**** you, asshole
I'll be back
Your clothes - give them to me. Now

A total of 17 lines.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:12 pm
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wash day tomorrow, nothing clean right?


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:14 pm
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Best film of all time, ground breaking Cgi at that period, James Cameron rules.

Had to go straight out and buy a Harley

"Say that's a nice bike"


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:16 pm
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The 12 gauge autoloader
The .45 long-slide with laser sighting
Phazed plastic rifle in 40-watt range
The Uzi nine-millimetre
All
Wrong


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:16 pm
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The only dirt bike with a 79 speed gearbox.

๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:16 pm
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Most of the cars in the fast and furious also have 79 speed gearboxes too


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:22 pm
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Many years ago, Empire reckoned that Arnie riding the bike while reloading the gun one-handed was one of the coolest moments in film.


 
Posted : 02/12/2013 11:24 pm
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the bit where he shoots open the lock on the gate.
too cool.


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 12:18 am
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Prefer Commando. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 12:23 am
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Prefer Commando.

'Here- let off some steam'


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 12:24 am
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Controversially,

Terminator > Terminator 2

Aliens > Alien

*dons flame-proof trousers*

Phazed plastic rifle in 40-watt range

Plasma.


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 12:46 am
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ION,

For years the canal chase in T2 was my reference "show off my AV gear" scene. The thunder, followed by the silence, followed by the kiss of the swinging spark plug as it ignites, is just seminal.


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 12:48 am
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Top Gun

*hides


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 12:51 am
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'Here- let off some steam'

Classsic. Freddie Mercury's finest hour.

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Aliens > Alien

I'm with you on that one.


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 12:52 am
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"Cops!"
"How many?"
"All of them I think!"


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 1:08 am
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Tango and Cash

*hides again

Oh, yeah Aliens > Alien


 
Posted : 03/12/2013 1:22 am
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P to the S to the A:

Terminator on C5 10pm tonight.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 8:38 pm
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Aliens > Alien

If you prefer yeeha yank firepower action to tense psychological thrills then yes.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 8:47 pm
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79 speed box, world's only 2 stroke XR, and the lamest throttle hand ever. Other than that, I like - Aliens is betterer though.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 8:48 pm
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Alien > Aliens
Terminator > T2

The original is always the best. The only exception to this rule is Empire.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 8:52 pm
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**** - I posted an opinion whilst watching a Harry Potter film. I have no right to an opinion. ๐Ÿ™


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 8:53 pm
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The hammer banging sounds in the music are used in toy story 3 when they are in the waste dump near the end. They wanted to use the terminator music but they couldn't get permission so made some that sounded similar. I was sure it was the T2 music and had to google it.

T2 is an awesome film. The first two are both excellent.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 9:01 pm
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best hammer soundtrack is in Easy Rider...


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 9:12 pm
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FFS! People, seriously!

Die Hard FTW!

Bruce Willis. In a vest.
Rickman. Hans Gruber.
Camp Germanic bad doodz with mullets.
Yippie kai yay........

Hell, even Die Hard 2 is awesomeness.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 9:21 pm
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Still like the first Rambo film before it got all silly. Leon is also a cracking film with a stellar cast.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 10:16 pm
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Alien>Aliens
Terminator>T2

AS an exception
Dark Knight>Dark Knight Rises>Batman Bigins >>>>>>>Any of the previous ones


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 10:23 pm
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Two of my action film guilty pleasures are 'Battleship' and 'Black Hawk Down'.

Sorry - I've killed yet another thread.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 10:27 pm
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I snuck into T2 as a 14 year old...good times...


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:07 pm
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Heat, if only for the escape scene

no fire without movement, no movement without fire


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:10 pm
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Collateral

IMO Terminator>T2. Aliens>Alien.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:15 pm
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I snuck into T2 as a 14 year old...good times...

me too!


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:25 pm
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Ronin.

Also, T1 is much better than T2. Only good thing in T2 is the guy who plays the liquid metal termie, he does the robot thing rather well.

T1 is partly influenced by a Philip K Dick story, which helps ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:25 pm
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A second post sent from the future to make the first one look silly.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:25 pm
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Aliens > Alien, for me. I don't seem to have too much of an opinion regarding T2 vs Terminator, though. Like Househusband I did enjoy Black Hawk Down, though.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:29 pm
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T1 is partly influenced by a Philip K Dick story, which helps

It was inspired by an episode of The Outer Limits.


 
Posted : 18/12/2013 11:31 pm
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