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Best 80's Action Movie and Why it's probably Die Hard
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Rengak
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TBT-TheBigToe
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All that follows is just my opinion of course.
Predator is the seminal 80's action flick due to the way it flips the script brilliantly on our beloved action heroes. Die Hard is unquestioningly the better movie however I feel as an action movie Predator is just THE eighties action movie. Robocop, Road Warrior, and many others are like a very close 3rd to both Predator and Die Hard and it is a close race between those.
However, all of them suck compared to...
Predator is the seminal 80's action flick due to the way it flips the script brilliantly on our beloved action heroes. Die Hard is unquestioningly the better movie however I feel as an action movie Predator is just THE eighties action movie. Robocop, Road Warrior, and many others are like a very close 3rd to both Predator and Die Hard and it is a close race between those.
However, all of them suck compared to...
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Merrith
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I found Miami Connection a couple of years ago for a buddy of mine who is a HUGE 80's action guy, literally had every movie of guys like Arnold/Stallone/Seagal/etc. Still haven't watched it myself, but he said it's so epic bad that it's good.
Btw, has anyone brought up Best of the Best? Didn't read every post.
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Denamian
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Robot Jox actually got a pretty good remaster for the blu ray. I sent a copy of it to my nephew and he loves how bad it is.
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Robot Jox was the Pacific Rim of our time.
Also don't hate on our shitty 80's special effects.
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Agree completely. And don't forget RedLetterMedia's Best of the Worst
Make it happen, Cap'n!
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Lanx
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I feel bad you guys grew up w/ such horrible fu-kung actionWhat no Bloodsport?
pre-1997 Jackie Chan is my jam
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Harshaw
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My favorite old school Kung Fu movie is:I feel bad you guys grew up w/ such horrible fu-kung action
pre-1997 Jackie Chan is my jam
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oh my what fun movies to watch, the last dragon was ...AWESOME...when i first saw it..
i loved jackie chan movies, etc etc etc etc.
soo many movies, sooo little time (and so fucking few are available)
i loved jackie chan movies, etc etc etc etc.
soo many movies, sooo little time (and so fucking few are available)
Screamfeeder
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So last night I had Best of The Best playing in the background while I made some tamales and I ended up not eating until 1am because I had to watch the entire thing from the start and then spent an hour online watching karate clips.
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Sebudai
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For me it's close but I go Aliens followed by Predator, for a lot of the same reasons you cite. Ripley meeting the Queen, Bishop getting ripped in half, etc. are similarly great "oh shit" moments that completely stand the test of time in my opinion. Movie has a ton of great quotes as well.
I mainly pick Aliens over Predator because I love the Ripley character and think it's the gold standard for how to portray a good female action hero. Predator is the gold standard of telling everyone to go fuck themselves and producing a unapologetically testosterone fueled action movie.
Good thread,
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