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MOTW 5-19-10: DC finally killed the right character

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    Scott WegenerScott Wegener Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    scott I don't think you know 80's action the way I know 80's action

    it is the thing I know most about

    I know more about 80's action than the history channel knows about world war 2


    You're Eighty's-Fu is no doubt stronger than mine.

    But you need a better comparison. The History Channel knows WWII like Chuck Norris knows how to cry. I see more sensational bullshit and less actual history on the HC every year.

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    TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    He knows more about 80's action movies than Oprah knows how to brainwash housewives?

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    Scott WegenerScott Wegener Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    nope

    peter weller doesn't qualify

    Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai could kill every 80's action hero without breaking a sweat.

    He'd use SCIENCE!

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    jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Again, this is why we need:

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    Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Who's the lady? The girl from Weird Science?

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    TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Yep.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Boing!

    Robos, whenever I see your av, my first thought is Worf.

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    TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The only thing that would have made that team better is to have Thornton Melon on it financing the team.

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    nope

    peter weller doesn't qualify

    Peter Weller as Buckaroo Banzai could kill every 80's action hero without breaking a sweat.

    He'd use SCIENCE!

    Buckaroo Banzai would never be able to stop John Matrix or Paul Kersey

    they defy science

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    kdrudykdrudy Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Glad someone pointed out Buckaroo Banzai before I had to, Weller has two great characters.

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    buckaroo banzai also isn't an 80's action movie

    it is a sci fi movie

    so it don't count

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    Scott WegenerScott Wegener Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    buckaroo banzai also isn't an 80's action movie

    it is a sci fi movie

    so it don't count

    But it is a direct inspiration for Atomic Robo. And Robo is full of Action. So BB is retconned to also be an action sci-fi flick.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Reasoning with TLB is like trying to reason with a ferocious, rabid lion. You can try and try but ultimately someones going to end up sexually violated and eaten.

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    HtownHtown Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Again, this is why we need:

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    I wish this would happen.

    If only there were someone on these forums who was actually involved in making comics DOT DOT DOT

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    TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Kieron Gillen is pretty busy these days.

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    143999143999 Tellin' ya not askin' ya, not pleadin' with yaRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The closest we're going to get to that from this forum is Dr. Dinosaur in an Emmett Brown wig, mumbling something about how some pitiful ape science hair-hat isn't fit to encapsulate his magnificent brain.

    EDIT: Which I, in case it wasn't clear, would enjoy just fine.

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    GankGank Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    You know, i'd actually read that, seeing as doc emmett brown is my dogg yo. And seagal needs to be further down the list, i cant think of a franchise for him. And three great films? really? And possibly an honerable mention to Michael Beihn... cos i love aliens and terminator.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Or Paxton. Dudes the only guy to take on a Predator, Terminator and Alien.

    He lost granted but still.

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    GankGank Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Or Paxton. Dudes the only guy to take on a Predator, Terminator and Alien.

    He lost granted but still.

    Huh... never actually realised he did that. Paxton just went up a little in my books. Not much, maybe a single notch. But hey, hes now at notch one.

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    cardboard delusionscardboard delusions USAgent PSN: USAgent31Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Scott man, I want in on comics. I can be your creative director (catchy huh). TLB can be hired later on... maybe. I gots me a degree in business and I own at least one whole suit.

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    buckaroo banzai also isn't an 80's action movie

    it is a sci fi movie

    so it don't count

    But it is a direct inspiration for Atomic Robo. And Robo is full of Action. So BB is retconned to also be an action sci-fi flick.

    Gonna retcon your retcon.

    Buckaroo Banzai is now a romcom because Jeff Goldblum was in Earth Girls are Easy and that is totally the most romantic movie ever made.

    (this also makes Death Wish a romantic comedy, and I am okay with that)

    as for Biehn, Paxton, and anyone else you can throw at me:

    no one gets an honorable mention on my list

    and seagal had a string of great late 80's action movies:

    Above the Law
    Hard to Kill
    Under Siege/Under Siege 2
    Out for Justice

    as for Bill Paxton, he will make the list of greatest sidekicks, along with Reginald Vel Johnson

    he is up there with the best 80's action sidekicks

    but he can't get any points for Predator 2

    That Predator clearly was awful.

    And probably a girl.

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    GankGank Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I agree with Paxton's sidekick status and they didnt get the giant black man to play Preds for the second film, so it could well have been a girl. An ugly, ugly girl. As for Sir Seagal, Under Siege 2, the train one? I think not. And none of those are film franchises.

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    Scott WegenerScott Wegener Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    143999 wrote: »
    The closest we're going to get to that from this forum is Dr. Dinosaur in an Emmett Brown wig, mumbling something about how some pitiful ape science hair-hat isn't fit to encapsulate his magnificent brain.

    EDIT: Which I, in case it wasn't clear, would enjoy just fine.

    Actually, we have a huge 1980's Atomic Robo story planned. It's very much in the vein of what we are talking about here, except it's TV-focussed, rather than movies. So A-Team, Fall Guy, Magnum P.I., MacGyver, etc.

    I think that's Volume 8, or maybe Volume 11. I don't have the schedule handy.

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    CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    No respect for Biehn? He was in two of the biggest franchises ever.

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    DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    TLB doesn't respect the awesomeness that is Biehn or Paxton. Just because Paxton faced the girl Predator.

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    GankGank Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    143999 wrote: »
    The closest we're going to get to that from this forum is Dr. Dinosaur in an Emmett Brown wig, mumbling something about how some pitiful ape science hair-hat isn't fit to encapsulate his magnificent brain.

    EDIT: Which I, in case it wasn't clear, would enjoy just fine.

    Actually, we have a huge 1980's Atomic Robo story planned. It's very much in the vein of what we are talking about here, except it's TV-focussed, rather than movies. So A-Team, Fall Guy, Magnum P.I., MacGyver, etc.

    I think that's Volume 8, or maybe Volume 11. I don't have the schedule handy.

    Sha-weeeet! McGuyver and Robo side by side may rival Carl Sagan and Robo. Also glad to see the series is forseen to last 11 volumes and more.

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    cardboard delusionscardboard delusions USAgent PSN: USAgent31Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Arnold Cheat Sheet (ignore anything not from the 80s except T2)
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    wirehead26wirehead26 Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Come on, the money quote in the first Conan movie has to be "Crush your enemies, etc."

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    WildcatWildcat Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I always thought the money quote from that was, "They're all sluts!".

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    No respect for Biehn? He was in two of the biggest franchises ever.

    I love Biehn

    But he never came back for the sequels to either franchise so he ain't got the staying power!

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    143999 wrote: »
    The closest we're going to get to that from this forum is Dr. Dinosaur in an Emmett Brown wig, mumbling something about how some pitiful ape science hair-hat isn't fit to encapsulate his magnificent brain.

    EDIT: Which I, in case it wasn't clear, would enjoy just fine.

    Actually, we have a huge 1980's Atomic Robo story planned. It's very much in the vein of what we are talking about here, except it's TV-focussed, rather than movies. So A-Team, Fall Guy, Magnum P.I., MacGyver, etc.

    I think that's Volume 8, or maybe Volume 11. I don't have the schedule handy.

    you need to somehow get a Hart to Hart reference in there

    somehow

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    yurnamehereyurnamehere Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Arnold Cheat Sheet (ignore anything not from the 80s except T2)
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    I take issue with the comedy in True Lies being called "unintentional."

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    also that is a terrible arnold cheat sheet

    because it is not about stallone

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    CyberJackalCyberJackal Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    No respect for Biehn? He was in two of the biggest franchises ever.

    I love Biehn

    But he never came back for the sequels to either franchise so he ain't got the staying power!

    To be fair, he died in Terminator (so did Arnold, but the Kyle Reese character didn't have a convenient double to step in for the sequel). And not being in Alien3 is a point in his column, as far as I'm concerned.

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    It is not a bad thing for him to not come back, either

    He just doesn't fit my rigid standards

    He is on a special list of flashes in the pan

    with Roddy Piper

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    Dr. FrenchensteinDr. Frenchenstein Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    but...Navy Seals!

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    get out

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    ZampanovZampanov You May Not Go Home Until Tonight Has Been MagicalRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    get out

    You love Navy Seals. Biehn, Sheen, Paxton and DAVID PALMER, THE BEST PRESIDENT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER SEEN.

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    TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Wait why is Ralph Macchio absent from that list? Karate Kid III, ok, but I and II and Distant Thunder, come on.

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    The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    because other than the karate kid movies, he ain't worth nothin

    and falls firmly under the Fuck Michael Dudikov rule

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