James Gillen Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Re: Re: another cheesy b-movie Originally posted by Worldmaker Is that the one where he invents aerodynamics and light-metal alloys, explosives, and contact fuses, then builds a hang-glider with which to drop bombs on the evil wizard's castle? "Groovy." JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Re: Re: Re: another cheesy b-movie Originally posted by James Gillen "Groovy." Yeah, I thought so... the uneducated illiterate barbarian is secretly a metalsmith from the future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Schtroumpf Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Hey man. Those S-Mart management training seminars rule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Originally posted by Le Schtroumpf Hey man. Those S-Mart management training seminars rule. No, not Army of Darkness.... Ator the Fighting Eagle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Schtroumpf Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Those S-Mart Managers go where they are needed. Righting wrongs, fighting injustice, anouncing blue light specials... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Originally posted by Worldmaker No, not Army of Darkness.... Ator the Fighting Eagle. From what you're describing, Army of Darkness was more historically plausible. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Rotwang! Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 How 'bout somma those Harryhausen-fueled sword-and-sandal Sinbad movies? I'm not gonna start with the good/bad, but danged if Clash of the Titans doesn't make the blood pump for fightin' three-headed dogs. And if it was good enough for Sir Laurence Olivier... EDIT: Yes, I know Sir Laurence didn't fight the dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Schtroumpf Posted July 19, 2003 Report Share Posted July 19, 2003 Normally he's an excellent actor, but Olivier was a god in that film. Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted July 20, 2003 Report Share Posted July 20, 2003 Hey Clash of the Titans has many things going for it including a stellar cast, decent (for hollywood)following of the storylines etc.... however give up on movies, the books are all better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by AnotherSkip however give up on movies, the books are all better. I agree, but there's always an exception... Jurassic Park was one, IMO. At least the movie had some sympathetic characters, but halfway through the book I was rooting for the lizards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsousa Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Atarnajuat: The Fast Runner... It has: Truly Creepy Magic Iconic Characters Evil Villains Treachery Clever Heroes Sympathetic Healers Plus its the only movie entirely in Inuit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by Old Man I agree, but there's always an exception... Jurassic Park was one, IMO. At least the movie had some sympathetic characters, but halfway through the book I was rooting for the lizards. Yeah, but most of the exceptions are novelizations of movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Rotwang! Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 S'like telling an architect to give up on building houses because dogs are better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by Worldmaker Yeah, but most of the exceptions are novelizations of movies. FYI, "Jurassic Park" was a novel first, then it was a movie. I enjoyed the novel immensely, but I agree with pretty much all the changes they made for the film adaptation. Crichton is a great idea man, but he's not the best writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaughterj Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by NuSoardGraphite HAWK THE SLAYER!!! Oh, wait. You said good fantasy movies. Oh well then that excludes Hawk the Slayer. Personaly, its one of my favorites, but even I will admit its far from "good". I just happen to like really cheasy b-flicks. It's so good I have it on DVD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzz Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by slaughterj It's so good I have it on DVD! Woah, woah, woah... Hawk is on *DVD*? That has to violate some law, somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaughterj Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by buzz Woah, woah, woah... Hawk is on *DVD*? That has to violate some law, somewhere. Heh, I was concerned a few years ago, because I wanted it on DVD, but thought it wouldn't make it for obvious reasons, but it has been available for 6 months or so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted July 21, 2003 Report Share Posted July 21, 2003 Originally posted by buzz Woah, woah, woah... Hawk is on *DVD*? That has to violate some law, somewhere. It was probably by demand of all the Knights of the Dinner Table fans. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Schtroumpf Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 Eventually everything is on DVD. There are what? 10, 12 different releases of Army of Darkness on DVD? Good film. Good enough for to own. Good enough to own 12 copies? Ehhhh. No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted July 22, 2003 Report Share Posted July 22, 2003 When Lord of the ring became a "super-smash-hit" I was hoping for a lot of American fantasy movies. Americans has a slight tendency to make a lot of movies about a theme and then move to the next. A while back there was a lot of horror movies remakes and right now we have a lot of superheroes, so I'm still hoping for a long run with high budget fantasy movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Schtroumpf Posted July 23, 2003 Report Share Posted July 23, 2003 Personally I'd love to see Tigana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dr.Unpossible Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 Hawk the Slayer How can you not love this movie! http://www.badmovies.org/movies/hawkslayer/index.html It's every DnD game I ever played in Elementary school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 Originally posted by Dr.Unpossible Hawk the Slayer How can you not love this movie! http://www.badmovies.org/movies/hawkslayer/index.html It's every DnD game I ever played in Elementary school. Do you know how long it took me to find VHS versions of Hawk the Slayer and Ralph Bakshi's interpretation of Lord of the Rings? I practically called every video store to find these. One guy said he had them and asked for $40 for each of them. When I got there, he didn't have Bakshi's LOTR, but he was willing to sell Hawk for $80, double the price we agreed on. I left without the tape. In the end, I rented the Bakshi flick and copied it. My friend rented a laserdisc copy of Hawk the Slayer and made me a copy on VHS. Okay, it wasn't an epic quest. But it was a lot of effort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Schtroumpf Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 Interesting. Bait and swindle instead of bait and switch. Yay capitalism! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trencher Posted July 25, 2003 Report Share Posted July 25, 2003 Originally posted by dbsousa Atarnajuat: The Fast Runner... And beautiful scenery... The movie is very good but I saw it in the cinema and i doubt it would transfer to the small screen very well. Still worth a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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