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Anyone know what the longest timeframe is between movies featuring the same characters played by the same actors? If we're including documentaries I'm sure the 7 Up series wins but for feature films, does anything beat out Before Sunrise - Before Sunset - Before Midnight (9 years between any two, 18 years between the first and last)? I'm primarily concerned with main characters, so Yoda and Palpatine in the Star Wars series don't count. e: I guess if you count Never Say Never Again as a legit James Bond film, that and Dr. No would get the honor at 21 years. And if we're talking secondary characters, the old guy playing Q would probably win overall. e2: Raiders to Crystal Skull is an amazing 27 years.
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How many actors need to come back for it to count? There was a 28 year gap between A New Hope and Return of the Sith, both of which had James Earl Jones.
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May 26, 2013 01:11
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regulargonzalez posted:Anyone know what the longest timeframe is between movies featuring the same characters played by the same actors? If we're including documentaries I'm sure the 7 Up series wins but for feature films, does anything beat out Before Sunrise - Before Sunset - Before Midnight (9 years between any two, 18 years between the first and last)? I'm primarily concerned with main characters, so Yoda and Palpatine in the Star Wars series don't count. Leonard Nimoy is up there. 1979 to 2013 for the movies which is 34 years, and 1966 to 2013 if you include the tv show which is 47 years.
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May 26, 2013 01:30
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The Hustler came out in 1961, and The Color of Money in 1986, so that's 25 year gap between two movies, with nothing in between. The only other thing I can think of would be Ron Howard's endorsement of Obama in 2008, where he an Andy Griffith reprised their roles for the Andy Griffith show briefly. I'd link to the video, but the only source I can find is a re-hosting on ebaumsworld.
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May 26, 2013 02:50
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Django had a cameo in Django Unchained so that's 46 years (1966-2012).
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May 26, 2013 03:17
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Anthony Perkins in Psycho and then Psycho IV is a 30 year gap. I've heard that Akira Takarada might be in this new 2014 Godzilla movie although I'm not sure if he'd be the same character. That'd be a 60 year gap.
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May 26, 2013 05:17
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Sly Stallone has a double whammy with 30 years between Rocky (1976) and Rocky Balboa (2006), and a healthy 26 years between First Blood (1982) and Rambo (2008). e: double whammy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeQq0GsVMS0&t=104s
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May 26, 2013 05:27
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Mechafunkzilla posted:e: double whammy  That suit looks like a cheap Halloween costume.
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May 26, 2013 05:40
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Zogo posted:
True, but it's almost an exact representation of Dredds costume. Karl Urbans Dredd costume was cooler and looked more real, but it deviated quite a lot from the costume seen in the comics.
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May 26, 2013 05:45
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The Judge Dredd costumes are like the best part of that movie. They're Versace designs, I think.
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May 26, 2013 05:57
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regulargonzalez posted:Anyone know what the longest timeframe is between movies featuring the same characters played by the same actors? If we're including documentaries I'm sure the 7 Up series wins but for feature films, does anything beat out Before Sunrise - Before Sunset - Before Midnight (9 years between any two, 18 years between the first and last)? I'm primarily concerned with main characters, so Yoda and Palpatine in the Star Wars series don't count. There were 30 years between Scenes from a Marriage and Saraband. Similar to Before Sunrise/Sunset/Midnight, the sequel actually takes place 30 years later.
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May 26, 2013 16:02
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:True, but it's almost an exact representation of Dredds costume. Karl Urbans Dredd costume was cooler and looked more real, but it deviated quite a lot from the costume seen in the comics. Its a good example as to why they always redesign costumes for movies.
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May 26, 2013 16:20
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I love the '95 Dredd costume, practicality aside.
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May 26, 2013 16:24
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computer parts posted:Django had a cameo in Django Unchained so that's 46 years (1966-2012). Franco Nero is not playing Django in Django Unchained, though.
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May 26, 2013 22:33
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30 year gap between Scenes from a Marriage and Saraband.
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May 27, 2013 02:40
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There's 32 years and 130-odd films between the first and last time Kawn Tak-Hing played Wong Fei Hung on film.
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May 27, 2013 09:18
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"We got this man... we got this by the BALLS!" I can't remember what movie this quote is from and it's really bugging me. Google has not been very helpful so far. Anyone know? I think it might be from zombie movie of some kind.
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May 28, 2013 22:02
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You're thinking of the original Dawn of the Dead where Roger says "We got this, man, we got this by the rear end!"
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May 28, 2013 22:06
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Yeah that's it! Don't know why I thought there were balls involved  Thanks!
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May 28, 2013 22:10
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Kal posted:"We got this man... we got this by the BALLS!" You're probably thinking of this line from Dawn of the Dead 78
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May 28, 2013 22:12
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I wake up every morning and say that.
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May 28, 2013 22:14
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I wake up every morning and say that. I go to bed every night saying this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czM_NrDIJak
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May 29, 2013 04:38
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In the 1997 movie Contact, Ellie is whisked away to an alien world by the Machine, but everyone on Earth thinks it was her hallucination because only seconds passed on Earth while she passed hours in space. She is then called crazy and is humiliated before Congress. I always wondered why they didn't just try again. The Machine is still intact, isn't it? It's good for multiple journeys, isn't it? It doesn't cost a billion dollars per trip, right? Just send another guy and see what he has to say. How was this explained in the novel?
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May 31, 2013 10:09
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Baron Bifford posted:In the 1997 movie Contact, Ellie is whisked away to an alien world by the Machine, but everyone on Earth thinks it was her hallucination because only seconds passed on Earth while she passed hours in space. She is then called crazy and is humiliated before Congress. I always wondered why they didn't just try again. The Machine is still intact, isn't it? It's good for multiple journeys, isn't it? It doesn't cost a billion dollars per trip, right? Just send another guy and see what he has to say. I get the feeling that the government knows that it works and believes what Ellie is saying is true, but now that they've got proof they're going throw up a smokescreen and discredit her so they can keep it under wraps and use it secretly. They could even dismantle it under the guise of it being a failed program, only to rebuild it somewhere hidden so they can start jumping around the universe and exploring/exploiting space.
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May 31, 2013 10:56
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So I've recently watched the Infernal Affairs trilogy (after reading up about it in this thread) and really, really liked it - mostly the first two. Having played a few hours of Sleeping Dogs in the past, I realized the movies inspired the game a lot. I'm now quite curious about other good Hong Kong police/Triads movies. I'm not big into pure action flicks, kung fu, all that stuff but more about crime thrillers like IA. I've watched a lot of Japanese Yakuza movies so now I'd like to move to Hong Kong. Any suggestions?
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May 31, 2013 11:31
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Baron Bifford posted:In the 1997 movie Contact, Ellie is whisked away to an alien world by the Machine, but everyone on Earth thinks it was her hallucination because only seconds passed on Earth while she passed hours in space. She is then called crazy and is humiliated before Congress. I always wondered why they didn't just try again. The Machine is still intact, isn't it? It's good for multiple journeys, isn't it? It doesn't cost a billion dollars per trip, right? Just send another guy and see what he has to say. I believe that in the book they do send multiple people through.
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May 31, 2013 11:35
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Baron Bifford posted:In the 1997 movie Contact, Ellie is whisked away to an alien world by the Machine, but everyone on Earth thinks it was her hallucination because only seconds passed on Earth while she passed hours in space. She is then called crazy and is humiliated before Congress. I always wondered why they didn't just try again. The Machine is still intact, isn't it? It's good for multiple journeys, isn't it? It doesn't cost a billion dollars per trip, right? Just send another guy and see what he has to say. muscles like this? posted:I believe that in the book they do send multiple people through. Yeah. In the book, it's a group of people who go through together. It's been a bit since I read it but I believe that they all have separate but related experiences. They then return together.
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May 31, 2013 13:52
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I get the feeling that the government knows that it works and believes what Ellie is saying is true, but now that they've got proof they're going throw up a smokescreen and discredit her so they can keep it under wraps and use it secretly. They could even dismantle it under the guise of it being a failed program, only to rebuild it somewhere hidden so they can start jumping around the universe and exploring/exploiting space.
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May 31, 2013 13:55
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Also you couldn't really use the machine to explore since it would just take you to the same spot every time.
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May 31, 2013 14:34
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Baron Bifford posted:In the 1997 movie Contact, Ellie is whisked away to an alien world by the Machine, but everyone on Earth thinks it was her hallucination because only seconds passed on Earth while she passed hours in space. She is then called crazy and is humiliated before Congress. I always wondered why they didn't just try again. The Machine is still intact, isn't it? It's good for multiple journeys, isn't it? It doesn't cost a billion dollars per trip, right? Just send another guy and see what he has to say. In the novel (and I thought the movie) they tried to spin it up again and nothing happened. There's a fair bit more material with the aliens, who I think reveal that they didn't build the transportation system, they just found it, that it requires them to make the wormholes available to the machine for it to work, and that they won't be doing that again for humanity now that they've done the meet-and-greet. Thwomp posted:Yeah. In the book, it's a group of people who go through together. It's been a bit since I read it but I believe that they all have separate but related experiences. They then return together. I'm pretty sure they have a shared experience, though it's also been a while for me. I don't recall the conflict between science and faith, and the final twist about how Ellie's experience is similar to a religious experience, being in the book, or at least as prominent.
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May 31, 2013 14:47
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Baron Bifford posted:Doesn't sound very much like a Carl Sagan plot. Maybe not, I'm just going on the fact that at the end of the movie, James Woods and Angela Basset clearly know that Ellie was speaking the truth, and they're keeping it hush hush. And any time the government keeps things under wraps, it's because they want to take advantage of it in secret.
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May 31, 2013 16:26
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Maybe not, I'm just going on the fact that at the end of the movie, James Woods and Angela Basset clearly know that Ellie was speaking the truth, and they're keeping it hush hush. And any time the government keeps things under wraps, it's because they want to take advantage of it in secret. I'm going to disagree a little here and say look at it from the perspective of the Government: You now have "proof" (something like 17 minutes of recorded video static for a one second free fall and a crazy story) of a machine that can seemingly transport people to other dimensions and that other advanced species exist somewhere in the galaxy. OK, so now you have to explain this from a science and military point of view to your superiors (Are the aliens hostile? Do they resemble us? What is their technology like? Can we weaponize this transportation? Are the results repeatable?) and to the general public (Why doesn't it mention these aliens in the Bible? Do they want our jobs? When can I get a ride on the great space coaster? Why can't you go back there?). Or you could just shrug your shoulders and go "Whelp, she must've hit her head on something on the way down. Better mothball the project"
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May 31, 2013 19:23
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Senso posted:I'm now quite curious about other good Hong Kong police/Triads movies. I'm not big into pure action flicks, kung fu, all that stuff but more about crime thrillers like IA. I've watched a lot of Japanese Yakuza movies so now I'd like to move to Hong Kong. Any suggestions?
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May 31, 2013 21:00
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SubG posted:I've given some suggestions on this subject before (third block of text). Let me know if you need more. Are there any books on asian cinema (HK, mainland or Japan would be great) you can recommend?
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May 31, 2013 21:58
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DNS posted:Are there any books on asian cinema (HK, mainland or Japan would be great) you can recommend?
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May 31, 2013 22:41
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SubG posted:I've given some suggestions on this subject before (third block of text). Let me know if you need more. Awesome, I'll write everything down and hit the DVD markets. I'm in Vietnam so what I actually find might be hit or miss but that's a good start. Thanks.
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Jun 1, 2013 03:08
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Sir Kodiak posted:In the novel (and I thought the movie) they tried to spin it up again and nothing happened. There's a fair bit more material with the aliens, who I think reveal that they didn't build the transportation system, they just found it, that it requires them to make the wormholes available to the machine for it to work, and that they won't be doing that again for humanity now that they've done the meet-and-greet. The aliens do say something to that effect, that they set the terms for how Earth used the machine and the next contact will be on their timetable.
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SubG posted:I've given some suggestions on this subject before (third block of text). Let me know if you need more. I'd be interest in reading this but I don't have archives. Could you, or someone else quote it?
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Skwirl posted:I'd be interest in reading this but I don't have archives. Could you, or someone else quote it? Quoting with quotes is annoying. http://i.imgur.com/VIIhEqR.png http://i.imgur.com/IGNjIM1.png
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Most of what I learned from Asian cinema I learned from listening to Bey Logan's audio commentaries. The man's knowledge is encyclopedic.
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