Top Five Movies and Movie Sequels
shaun.lucas
Movies
1. Star Wars
2. Independence Day
3. The Abyss: Special Edition
4. Blade Runner
5. The Matrix
Sequels
1. Aliens: Special Edition
2: Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Special Edition
3. Batman Returns
4. Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
5. Die Hard 2
Shaun.
Michael Williams
>
> 1. Star Wars
> 2. Independence Day
> 3. The Abyss: Special Edition
> 4. Blade Runner
> 5. The Matrix
>
> Sequels
>
> 1. Aliens: Special Edition
> 2: Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Special Edition
> 3. Batman Returns
> 4. Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
> 5. Die Hard 2
I'm afraid I have just lost *all* respect for you. And I suspect I will lose
my respect for others if mike chambermaids top five long players are
anything to go by.
I particularly cuss the Abyss being in the top five movies of all time. I
mean, c'mon, you're having a giraffe.
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>...you're having a giraffe.
You still have the video?
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>In no particular order...
You == shitness.
Top 5 movies... erm.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Café
A Life Less Ordinary
The Sound of Music
Contact
Little Shop of Horrors (the musical version)
James Lyon
"shaun.lucas" wrote:
> In no particular order...
>
> Movies
>
Bah. The top five movies that I like are:
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Carrie
Dawn Of The Dead
Er, that's three. Oh well. Others I like, but not enough to feel
emotional about them. So much so that I can watch these films no more
than once or twice a year so as not to decrease their impact. Hell, I
don't even own them on video. I may get them on DVD though for
posterity.
Oh and there's another film I love - an A Team television movie which
holds the record for the most viewings in the shortest amount of time.
It's simply the best aspects of the A Team crammed into one whole hour
and a half or so. I'm sorry I taped over it.
Glyndwr
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> In no particular order...
Mine, too.
Grosse Point Blank
Bladerunner
A Few Good Men
possibly The Matrix, ask me in a few years when the novelty has worn off
I have no idea about sequels, as I don't tend to mentally ringfence them
from other films. Dunno about a fifth film, either.
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Tinman
shaun.lucas wrote
> In no particular order...
>
> Movies
>
Okay.
> 2. Independence Day
MOHOHLOHOHOHOLOOHOHOOHOLOHOHOHOHOHOHO
HOHOHO
etc.
I can't believe that - are you serious???
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Daniel Thornton
> 1. Star Wars
Cliched, over-hyped, over-produced shite. And that goes for the sequels and
prequels also.
> 2. Independence Day
I'll let that one go because it was blatantly a high-camp invasion film of
the 1950's style, just with good effects.
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Daniel Thornton
> > In no particular order...
> Mine, too.
Mine, also...
Apocalypse Now
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Matrix
Batman: The Movie (the original version with Adam West. Not the
terribly-awful 80's/90's revivals)
and, er, whichever slapstick comedy is the one I like most on any given
day.
Glyndwr
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> shaun.lucas <shaun...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>
> Mine, too.
> Bladerunner
> A Few Good Men
> possibly The Matrix, ask me in a few years when the novelty has worn off
>
> I have no idea about sequels, as I don't tend to mentally ringfence them
> from other films. Dunno about a fifth film, either.
Highlander.
shaun.lucas
>
> MOHOHLOHOHOHOLOOHOHOOHOLOHOHOHOHOHOHO
> HOHOHO
> etc.
>
> I can't believe that - are you serious???
Yes. It's because the film is so completely over the top, with its
stereotypical characters, corny dialogue and coincidence-ridden plot - yet
it's a total rollercoaster ride from start to finish. As far as I am
concerned, you are simply not meant to the take ID4 at all seriously. It's a
popcorn movie.
Shaun.
shaun.lucas
What, Michael? You had some respect for me to begin with...?
Seriously though...
> I particularly cuss the Abyss being in the top five movies of all time. I
> mean, c'mon, you're having a giraffe.
No. It is, in the main, excellent. Of course, the scene where Mary Elizabeth
Mastrantonio starts crying like some silly bitch into the microphone is
insipid romanticised shite - but that's two minutes out of 174, so I'm not
complaining...
Shaun.
shaun.lucas
>
> You == shitness.
Well, erm...
> Contact
Now there's a good movie. I have the DVD. It is excellent, yes.
Shaun.
shaun.lucas
> that Aliens: Special Edition really is better than the original cut. Most
> people I talk to dismiss it as 'a cheap cash in that doesn't add anything
to
> the film'. What does everybody else think?
Yes, it is better. Fox should have let Cameron go with that version in the
first place, instead of making him cut it. Like T2 and The Abyss, the
Special Edition makes the original theatrical version unwatchable.
Shaun.
James Shawe
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>
> shaun.lucas wrote
> > In no particular order...
> >
> > Movies
> >
> > 1. Star Wars
>
> Okay.
>
>
> MOHOHLOHOHOHOLOOHOHOOHOLOHOHOHOHOHOHO
> HOHOHO
> etc.
>
> I can't believe that - are you serious???
>
> Tinman
>
>
>
>
1. Apocalypse Now
2. Aliens
3. The Marathon Man
4. Godfather Trilogy
5. Star Wars
James
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"Paul Guare" <zan...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Independence Day? Oh well, each to his own, I guess.
>
> I am glad, however, to have found someone who agrees with me on the fact
> that Aliens: Special Edition really is better than the original cut. Most
> people I talk to dismiss it as 'a cheap cash in that doesn't add anything
to
> the film'. What does everybody else think?
>
>
>
>
>
Yeah, those drone guns, groovy, also like the Evil Dead trilogy.
Tinman
shaun.lucas wrote
> Yes. It's because the film is so completely over the top, with its
> stereotypical characters, corny dialogue and coincidence-ridden plot - yet
> it's a total rollercoaster ride from start to finish. As far as I am
> concerned, you are simply not meant to the take ID4 at all seriously. It's
a
> popcorn movie.
You like it that much though? Better than all the other movies you could
have picked? Well, each to his own, but... It's not something i could watch
again, and again, and again or anything. But i must admit that it's
stereotypical british flyboys were hilarious,
Flyboy 1 : <twirling moustache> 'What ho, those jolly yanks have found a way
to kill those dashed alien chaps'
Flyboy 2 : <wearing monacle> 'pip pip, well we'll jolly well show those
alien rotters what for once we've finished our tea'
and so on and so on.
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Tinman
shaun.lucas wrote
> Yes, it is better. Fox should have let Cameron go with that version in the
> first place, instead of making him cut it. Like T2 and The Abyss, the
> Special Edition makes the original theatrical version unwatchable.
You didn't specifically say the Blade Runner Directors Cut though, which is
odd, as the Directors Cut is the far superior - unless you feel the original
is better?
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Tinman
Daniel Thornton wrote
> > 1. Star Wars
>
> Cliched, over-hyped, over-produced shite.
Slightly cynical, aren't we?
If you'll notice, in 1976, it was none of these things on release.
But with the benefit of hindsight it's easy to make such a lazy 'oh look,
i'm so cool, i don't like star wars' claim.
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Daniel Thornton
> > > 1. Star Wars
> > Cliched, over-hyped, over-produced shite.
> Slightly cynical, aren't we?
No. It is one of the worst film franchises of all time. Absolute shite from
start to finish.
> If you'll notice, in 1976, it was none of these things on release.
Yes it was. It relied on special effects which were excellent for the time.
A few years later when it's popularity was waning it was re-cut with new
effects to hide the shallow, boring "plot" for a while in order to pave the
way for new shallow, boring over-produced sequels.
Star Wars is a clone of every western ever made, just set in space.
Hayn-me-do
I have all my fave movies on DVD now. Apart from Little Shop of
Horros (I'm looking for the one with the original ending) and The
Sound of Music is on order, released 28th Aug.
Hayn-me-do
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>I have no idea about sequels, as I don't tend to mentally ringfence them
>from other films.
Just thinking about it one of the best (or perhaps most "worthy")
sequal is probably Jurassic Park 2. Not as good as the book, tho.
Hayn-me-do
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>Independence Day? Oh well, each to his own, I guess.
>
>I am glad, however, to have found someone who agrees with me on the fact
>that Aliens: Special Edition really is better than the original cut. Most
>people I talk to dismiss it as 'a cheap cash in that doesn't add anything to
>the film'. What does everybody else think?
I liked Aliens Special Edition.
I've never seen Alien3: Special Edition though. I remember it being
released on VHS many moons ago, but the Alien Legacy DVD box set
doesn't contain the Special Edition of Alien3. Which makes me refuse
to buy it. I think the original ending was "re-done" for the
LaserDisc release, but they never released it as the format kinda
died.
The T2 Special Edition (T2000?) is okay, it doesn't build on the plot
much tho, I you can see why the scenes were cut out.
Hayn-me-do
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>
>Daniel Thornton wrote
>> > 1. Star Wars
>>
>> Cliched, over-hyped, over-produced shite.
>
>Slightly cynical, aren't we?
Star Wars is poo.
>But with the benefit of hindsight it's easy to make such a lazy 'oh look,
>i'm so cool, i don't like star wars' claim.
But Star Wars is horrible.
STAR TREK IS THE BESTEST THING EVER. It's true.
Fish
1)Leon
2)Godfather
3)The Crow
4)Reservoir Dogs
5)The Usual Suspects
Sequels
1)Godfather 2
2)Empire Strikes Back
3)Mallrats (This is a semi sequel kind of...)
4)Scream 3
5)Aliens Directors Cut
Yes.
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buzz
> In no particular order...
>
> Movies
>
> 1. Star Wars
> 2. Independence Day
> 3. The Abyss: Special Edition
> 4. Blade Runner
> 5. The Matrix
>
> Sequels
>
> 1. Aliens: Special Edition
> 2: Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Special Edition
> 3. Batman Returns
> 4. Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior)
> 5. Die Hard 2
>
Dont you think this whole thread is a little unwise? surely you might
have learnt from the boringness that was the top five cd's. Anyhoo,
heres mine
1 Blade runner :DC
2 Star wars
3 Reservoir dogs
4 The Matrix
5 The seven samurai
Also 5 is way to small, and I allways want to add/take away something
later.
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Tinman
Daniel Thornton wrote
> Star Wars is a clone of every western ever made, just set in space.
Every western is a clone of every Akira Kurasawa Samurai movie ever made,
just set in the american wild west.
Do you see?
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Tom Camfield
<dan...@the-wibble.co.uk> wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 19:47:15 +0100, Tinman said...
>
>> > > 1. Star Wars
>> > Cliched, over-hyped, over-produced shite.
>> Slightly cynical, aren't we?
>
>No. It is one of the worst film franchises of all time. Absolute shite from
>start to finish.
>
>> If you'll notice, in 1976, it was none of these things on release.
>
>Yes it was. It relied on special effects which were excellent for the time.
>A few years later when it's popularity was waning it was re-cut with new
>effects to hide the shallow, boring "plot" for a while in order to pave the
>way for new shallow, boring over-produced sequels.
>
>Star Wars is a clone of every western ever made, just set in space.
And Hidden Fortress, natch.
Tom Camfield
wrote:
>
>Daniel Thornton wrote
>> Star Wars is a clone of every western ever made, just set in space.
>
>Every western is a clone of every Akira Kurasawa Samurai movie ever made,
>just set in the american wild west.
>
>Do you see?
That would work if John Ford and Howard Hawks had not inspired him.
DO YOU SEE?
Tom Camfield
>In no particular order...
>
>Movies
>
Cross of Iron
Wild Bunch
Once Upon A Time In The West
Akira
Sonatine
>Sequels
>
Dawn of the Dead
shaun.lucas
is
> odd, as the Directors Cut is the far superior - unless you feel the
original
> is better?
Oops, an omission on my part. Yes, the Director's Cut, definitely. Although
I'm waiting to see if the rumours are true that Ridley Scott is preparing
another version...
Shaun.
shaun.lucas
> have learnt from the boringness that was the top five cd's. Anyhoo,
> heres mine
Maybe, but it keeps the group talking, which is of course the whole point.
And you still gave us your top five...
:-)
Shaun.
Branch-me-do
<shaun...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>In no particular order...
I know every else is saying this, but those/you movies is/are shit.
It's clear you're a huge fan of Hollywood happy-ending science
fiction.
Movies
1. Miracle Mile
2. Mad Max
3. Star Wars
4. Terminator 2
5. Full Metal Jacket
Okay, so mine isn't much better, but at least Independence Day isn't
on there. Yes, 'oh no you do not shoot that green shit at me' is a
good line, but it does not a good movie make.
Sequels
1. Aliens
2. Die Hard with a Vengeance
That's all I can think of right now. Sequels = badness.
Michael Williams
I
> > mean, c'mon, you're having a giraffe.
>
> No. It is, in the main, excellent.
No.
The Great Cthulhu
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> Dawn Of The Dead
B-b-b-but that's a sequel, you sly fox you.
Mine. I hate doing this though, I really need a top 100.
Close Encounters
Star Wars
True Romance
Bullet In The Head
The Princess Bride
Sequels-
The Empire Strikes Back
Aliens
Day Of The Dead
Evil Dead 2
Ummm, can't think off the top of my head. . . .
The Great Cthulhu
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For the DVD release if I remember rightly. I still want Spielberg to cobble
together the definative Close Encounters release it on DVD, mmmmm.
The Great Cthulhu
>
> Daniel Thornton wrote
> > > 1. Star Wars
> >
> > Cliched, over-hyped, over-produced shite.
>
> Slightly cynical, aren't we?
>
Exactly what I was going to say, Star Wars was far from hyped during it's
original release and succeeded by word of mouth. . .
Tom Camfield
Or, to be far clearer, the Westerns of John Ford and Howard Hawks
inspired Kurosawa.
Ford had been making Westerns since 1917, when Akira was 7.
Akira made his first film in 1943. Stagecoach was released in 1939.
Akira directly inspired Star Wars (Hidden Fortress), A Fistful of
Dollars (Yojimbo) The Outrage (Rashomon) and The Magnificent Seven
(Seven Samurai).
Glyndwr
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According to DVD-expert-me-do in work, there is already one release of
Bladerunner on DVD and it's shit. And there's a "Special Edition" which is
£40 or something. Cuss.
He could be wrong, though.
Hayn-me-do
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>Movies
<SNIP>
>4. Terminator 2
Amusement. YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE SEQU`ALS SECTION.
shaun.lucas
>
> No.
Yes...
Shaun.
Tinman
Tom Camfield wrote
> >That would work if John Ford and Howard Hawks had not inspired him.
>
> Or, to be far clearer, the Westerns of John Ford and Howard Hawks
> inspired Kurosawa.
>
> Ford had been making Westerns since 1917, when Akira was 7.
> Akira made his first film in 1943. Stagecoach was released in 1939.
>
> Akira directly inspired Star Wars (Hidden Fortress), A Fistful of
> Dollars (Yojimbo) The Outrage (Rashomon) and The Magnificent Seven
> (Seven Samurai).
Yes... But the point i was trying to make was that for every movie ever you
can claim something that inspired it. It doesn't mean that movie is any the
worse for it.
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The Great Cthulhu wrote
> Exactly what I was going to say, Star Wars was far from hyped during it's
> original release and succeeded by word of mouth. . .
Well, it's just our culture of 'build them up, knock them down', Star Wars
isn't cool anymore so it sucks, and has forever, honest.
But then, i suppose George Lucas brought it on himself, Episode 1 wasn't...
The best thing ever and the special editions were not exactly much better
than the originals or anything.
But i have enough faith to think episode 2 will be good.
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Daniel Thornton
> Well, it's just our culture of 'build them up, knock them down', Star Wars
> isn't cool anymore so it sucks, and has forever, honest.
Bollocks. I've never liked Star Wars because it is boring, plot-free
drivel.
Michael Williams
time.
> A few years later when it's popularity was waning it was re-cut with new
> effects to hide the shallow, boring "plot" for a while in order to pave
the
> way for new shallow, boring over-produced sequels.
>
I'm not a star wars fan but you've messed up spectacularly badly here son.
Glyndwr
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> STAR TREK IS THE BESTEST THING EVER. It's true.
Someone I know forwarded me this a while back. It amused me.
>Am I the only person who subscribes to this list who hates Star Trek? Its
>the same in the office I work in. Everyone else loves the bloody thing (I
>think it has something to do with working in a software development
>centre). I'm think of getting a T shirt printed with "No. I didn't see it
>last night" on it.
>
>No. It sucks shit. It's bland, trite, tech-wank fantasies written by
>gibbons and acted by morons for the benefit of f*cking slime mould. It has
>the emotional depth and intellectual scope of 'Beverly Hills 90210'. It's
>the knotweed of science fiction, strangling the genre and cutting it off
>from its roots while at the same time colonising the space it used to
>occupy. The other big problem I have with it sort of centres around the
>intriguing question of *what they've done with the civilians*. You just
>ask a Trekkie, and watch the shuffling of feet and coughing that goes on.
>Oh, and when I come to power as world dictator, you know all those twats
>who learned Klingon? Straight down the re-education camp, there to be hit
>with big sticks until they realise the error of their ways.
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>Mine are
>
>1)Leon
>
If you haven't already, and get a chance, see Nikita.
Excellent film, despite being in French.
That's where Leon makes his first appearance.
The first episode of "La Femme Nikita" was basically a retread of
part of the film, but nowhere near as good.
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I will. is he played by Jean Reno still?
Derek Jolly
<20000823064950...@ng-ff1.aol.com>, wrote
>>If you haven't already, and get a chance, see Nikita.
>
>I will. is he played by Jean Reno still?
In Nikita there's a character called Victor the Cleaner.
You only see him for a couple of minutes, and he's played by
Jean Reno.
That's the character that Luc Besson basically expanded for Leon
(Nikita's directed by Luc Besson too).
Tinman
Daniel Thornton wrote
> Bollocks. I've never liked Star Wars because it is boring, plot-free
> drivel.
I didn't say i was talking about you.
You assume too much, Danny boy.
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> fish...@aol.com.mohh (Fish), in message
> <20000823064950...@ng-ff1.aol.com>, wrote
>
> >>If you haven't already, and get a chance, see Nikita.
> >
> >I will. is he played by Jean Reno still?
>
> In Nikita there's a character called Victor the Cleaner.
> You only see him for a couple of minutes, and he's played by
> Jean Reno.
>
> That's the character that Luc Besson basically expanded for Leon
> (Nikita's directed by Luc Besson too).
I share a Birthday with Luc Besson. ph33r.
buzz
I am a subscriber to alt.fan.blade-runner And I have heard thet there will be
a special edition, but it's not out yet. It will contain deleted scenes,
trailers interviews with cast and crew ect, and possibly the documenty, shown
on channel 4 a few weeks ago. It will not cost anything like £40 though,
unless you import it.
The current release of blade runner on DVD is not shit as such, its just that
it has no extras. Just the film itself.
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Glyndwr
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> Glyndwr wrote:
> > According to DVD-expert-me-do in work, there is already one release of
> > Bladerunner on DVD and it's shit. And there's a "Special Edition" which
is
> > £40 or something. Cuss.
>
> I am a subscriber to alt.fan.blade-runner And I have heard thet there
will be
> a special edition, but it's not out yet. It will contain deleted scenes,
> trailers interviews with cast and crew ect, and possibly the documenty,
shown
> on channel 4 a few weeks ago. It will not cost anything like £40 though,
> unless you import it.
>
> The current release of blade runner on DVD is not shit as such, its just
that
> it has no extras. Just the film itself.
Really? Excellent. BladeRunner will be one of the first DVDs I get when I
finally get a DVD player. Thanks for the info.