The Hidden is an excellent film.
I can't even think about Brandon without becoming very sad and perhaps a little bitter.
Emmett's still bummed about it. He really liked The Crow.
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
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DavidS - May 17, 2007 8:22:32 pm PDT #8576 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Theodosia - May 18, 2007 2:33:10 am PDT #8577 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm a big fan of the original Crow movie, too. It's so sad when somebody's posthumous(-appearing) work is their undisputed best, because at least they should have been around to appreciate the compliments.
I'm trying to remember -- did the hero of 28 Days Later ever pick up or use a gun?
Volans - May 18, 2007 3:45:05 am PDT #8578 of 10001
move out and draw fire
The guy who hated The Haunting loaned us The Hidden to watch, but the DVD was hosed. Must Netflix. Mostly we were just being amused by seeing Los Angeles as it was when we moved there.
I too would like to see Liquid Sky.
§ ita § - May 18, 2007 3:55:27 am PDT #8579 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
did the hero of 28 Days Later ever pick up or use a gun?
Yes, very. After they don't execute him he gets all Rambo and takes out an entire unit. Oh, and he shoots the little zombie boy who attacks him when he went wandering in the gas station begging trouble.
Volans - May 18, 2007 3:59:04 am PDT #8580 of 10001
move out and draw fire
I have been informed that Woody in Toy Story doesn't even have a gun - his holster is empty. So does it count if Andy makes him pretend to shoot Mr. Potato Head?
IAmNotReallyASpring - May 18, 2007 5:41:46 am PDT #8581 of 10001
I think Freddy Quimby should walk out of here a free hotel
Oh, and he shoots the little zombie boy who attacks him when he went wandering in the gas station begging trouble.
I only remember this because I saw it again recently but he bludgeoned the zombie boy with a baseball bat.
§ ita § - May 18, 2007 5:49:08 am PDT #8582 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, oops. I saw it recently too. I have no excuses.
Kathy A - May 18, 2007 8:00:37 am PDT #8583 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Love The Hidden!! It is up there with the rest of the great '80s action flicks.
Why did that decade produce so many good action flicks? Is it because of the reliance on CGI that followed it, and (IMO) reduced the "that's so cool!" aspect of good action?
DavidS - May 18, 2007 8:07:02 am PDT #8584 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Why did that decade produce so many good action flicks? Is it because of the reliance on CGI that followed it, and (IMO) reduced the "that's so cool!" aspect of good action?
I don't know, but there's certainly a Wow factor in the stunt work on the Indiana Jones movies and the Mad Max movies that wasn't topped until the entirely different Wow of The Matrix.
I take it back - there was also the Wow of John Woo. The Wow of Woo. Much better than the Tao of Pooh.
§ ita § - May 18, 2007 8:09:58 am PDT #8585 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What do you consider important for a good action flick, Kathy? Explosions? Fight scenes? Characterisation? Car chases? Gadgetry?