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Jay_Zombie posted:I distinctly remember having this: NECA, the action figure company that currently has the Terminator license, recently did a modern “remake” of that figure (and a few others).  They’ve also done modern remakes of most of the old 90s Aliens/Predator toys and they’re rad as gently caress.
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Xenomrph posted:NECA, the action figure company that currently has the Terminator license, recently did a modern “remake” of that figure (and a few others). I saw that while I was looking for the other pic. I was like hey.... no wait... that looks too good to be the one I had.
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Feb 11, 2020 22:13
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Remember the thing that was flesh-colored play dough and a press mold that let you make Nude Arnolds around chromed plastic skeleton robots then tear the flesh off to expose the skelebot beneath and start all over again?
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Feb 11, 2020 22:16
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Owlbear Camus posted:Remember the thing that was flesh-colored play dough and a press mold that let you make Nude Arnolds around chromed plastic skeleton robots then tear the flesh off to expose the skelebot beneath and start all over again? I do remember that thing. My little brother wanted it but my mom wouldn't let him have a "Little Naked Man Factory".
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Feb 11, 2020 22:32
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Jay_Zombie posted:"Little Naked Man Factory". ...mods?
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Feb 11, 2020 22:39
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Owlbear Camus posted:...mods? Toss that in the username thread.
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Feb 11, 2020 22:55
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Jay_Zombie posted:I distinctly remember having this: Yes I had that one too! Also a car that shot a giant missile out of it.
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Feb 11, 2020 23:03
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Pennywise the Frown posted:Yes I had that one too! Also a car that shot a giant missile out of it. Boss!! We made way too many Barbie Dream Cars! But I think I know of a solution!  A kid in my class had that. He got it taken away because he shot another kid in the eye.
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Feb 11, 2020 23:08
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Owlbear Camus posted:Remember the thing that was flesh-colored play dough and a press mold that let you make Nude Arnolds around chromed plastic skeleton robots then tear the flesh off to expose the skelebot beneath and start all over again? They actually resurrected that toy for the Terminator Salvation toyline and even improved on the design so it worked better than the old 90s T2 one. https://youtu.be/A1qsQgbJ48A I got the Salvation one for cheap on eBay; I haven’t used the flesh gimmick but i also only really bought it for the endoskeleton - Marcus (Sam Worthington) actually had a unique endoskeleton in the movie, and the only merchandise depicting it is the endoskeleton with the bio-flesh playset thing. 
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Feb 11, 2020 23:10
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Xenomrph posted:They actually resurrected that toy for the Terminator Salvation toyline and even improved on the design so it worked better than the old 90s T2 one. Shoot his bollocks off. That'll teach him!
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Feb 11, 2020 23:14
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Feb 12, 2020 00:04
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You get to see her boobies too!!! The red head is the real sleeper. Actually no I think it's Denise Richards. Dizzy is the better character though.
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Feb 12, 2020 00:15
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Xenomrph posted:NECA, the action figure company that currently has the Terminator license, recently did a modern “remake” of that figure (and a few others). Why does he have a watch? Owlbear Camus posted:Remember the thing that was flesh-colored play dough and a press mold that let you make Nude Arnolds around chromed plastic skeleton robots then tear the flesh off to expose the skelebot beneath and start all over again? I had skeleton bot but made do with silly putty.
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Feb 12, 2020 00:23
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:Why does he have a watch? NECA creatively re-uses a lot of parts across multiple figures in order to keep costs down, it looks like that alternate arm is from one of the Arnold figures they did for ‘Commando’.  Edit— Or Dutch from ‘Predator’, take your pick. 
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Feb 12, 2020 00:27
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Pennywise the Frown posted:
For sure. 
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Feb 12, 2020 01:51
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Hahah that's so drat perfect.
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Feb 12, 2020 01:53
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Building Better Breakers
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Feb 12, 2020 01:58
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The astonishing part of Starship Troopers was making Denise Richards repulsive. Physically amazing, but gross. I cannot believe the number of levels that movie works at, and despite seeing it in a theater in the 1990’s it’s unreal that it was produced before 9/11, when it seems like a reaction.
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Remulak posted:The astonishing part of Starship Troopers was making Denise Richards repulsive. Physically amazing, but gross. I listened to one of those earlier posted videos about SST and test audiences loving despised her character. Also yes, Paul Verhoeven is a prophet genius, Robocop made today would be as fresh as ever.
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Feb 12, 2020 02:55
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SilvergunSuperman posted:I listened to one of those earlier posted videos about SST and test audiences loving despised her character. Ehhh, they tried remaking Robocop in 2014 and it's… okay. I hate to say this but I think it being PG-13 neutered it's ability to be over-the-top in its satire.
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Feb 12, 2020 03:01
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Android Apocalypse posted:Ehhh, they tried remaking Robocop in 2014 and it's… okay. I hate to say this but I think it being PG-13 neutered it's ability to be over-the-top in its satire. I meant if the original was released for the first time. The remake is hot trash, pg 13 robocop, gtfo with that poo poo.
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Feb 12, 2020 03:02
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Oh, yeah rereleasing the OG Robocop now would play well. drat, now I want a local theater to do a screening. Maybe I should rent out a screen at the nearby second-run cinema & show it, like a former studio mate did with Akira on his birthday.
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Feb 12, 2020 03:04
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They CGI in ST holds up really well too. They did CGI the way you were supposed to use it at that time period. You mix it in with practical effects. The tech just wasn't good enough for close up shots at the time, so you use models or animatronics. Then for the big epic far away shots, go to town. Verheoven did great with effects.
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Feb 12, 2020 03:31
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Pennywise the Frown posted:They CGI in ST holds up really well too. They did CGI the way you were supposed to use it at that time period. You mix it in with practical effects. The tech just wasn't good enough for close up shots at the time, so you use models or animatronics. Then for the big epic far away shots, go to town. It deserved a way better fate, you're spot on about the effects and I think it was you mentioning the epic music for the drop on klendathu, that's goosebump material every single time E: I love the motivational speech too, "we're going in first wave, that just means more bugs for us to kill" 
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Feb 12, 2020 03:34
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Hell yeah. That speech was so good. Everyone is about to fight a bunch of creatures no one has fought on the battlefield before (the Mormons tried their thing) and there were hundreds of thousands (millions?) of MI about to face them for the first time. What do you say to that? Sounded like a Marine. The music was "epic." Just excellent which is another thing Paul V did so well. I'm glad you got goosebumps too. Every single time I watch even that YouTube clip I get them.
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Feb 12, 2020 04:46
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I rewatched Predators. The Predator really did make this movie look good by comparison. It’s just so flat and dull though. Never really feels like an alien world or like the two obvious main characters are in real danger.
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I may have posted it in this thread before, but as far as Starship Troopers goes, the amazing thing about rewatching it is that it was made before 9/11. Had it been released in 2004 instead of 1998 it would make way more sense. I really wish Verhoeven would do more.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:
 "You smash the entire area! You kill anything that has more than two legs! You get me?" Additionally I like "I only have one rule. Everyone fights, no one quits. If you don't do your job I'll shoot you." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh-vuomKdRg Michael Ironside does not have enough lines in that movie. Jay_Zombie fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Jay_Zombie posted:Michael Ironside does not have enough lines in that movie. Seriously, he crushes every single one. The line about "Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom. Make up your own mind, Rico." cuts through the satire like a knife. Also the reply to dickhead macking on your girl saying "we know each other from the field, no hard feelings?" "Oh none at all...we won."  I loving love the music from the prom also, for such a seemingly throwaway scene it's really stuck with me. https://youtu.be/JOwtI8nLXIc
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SilvergunSuperman posted:I loving love the music from the prom also, for such a seemingly throwaway scene it's really stuck with me. Lol at Dizzy staring at Johnny like a dog watching you eat a steak.
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Feb 12, 2020 17:22
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Jay_Zombie posted:Lol at Dizzy staring at Johnny like a dog watching you eat a steak. Hell, same! 
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Feb 12, 2020 17:32
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SilvergunSuperman posted:The line about "Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has. Use that freedom. Make up your own mind, Rico." cuts through the satire like a knife. Ironside in 1998 was absolutely at his peak. The writing is honestly a bit garbo-- full of filler phrases--but Ironside is killer as "Darkseid" in Superman: The Animated Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz3Fw4SDsds He's smart enough to know that Darkseid needs to be stoic, almost laconic, and detached... but just attached enough that he can be provoked and prove himself petty. In a better world, either he or John Goodman would do this role in a movie. Not any of the movies today though. For some reason after 2011 DC decided Darkseid needs to be weaksauce.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:I loving love the music from the prom also, for such a seemingly throwaway scene it's really stuck with me.
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Michael Ironside is amazing and can do no wrong. I was way more upset than I probably should have been when they recast Sam Fisher for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, especially since Splinter Cell: Conviction had set up a great finale for Fisher’s character and they could have just passed the torch and had Fisher become the support/handler for the new guy like Grimsdottir was for Fisher. It was especially painful because Blacklist was otherwise a fantastic game and had some of the best gameplay in the series. At least they brought Ironside back for the Ghost Recon Wildlands DLC I guess. Edit- coincidentally, today is Michael Ironside’s 70th birthday. 
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Torquemada posted:Maybe because Bowie owns? That's pretty cool, I didn't realize it was a Bowie cover. Definitely makes sense, I love a lot of his earlier stuff but haven't listened to much from the 90s or beyond.
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Hell, same! Lol. No love for poor Ace, huh?  Ace always has your back. Everyone should have a friend like him. Jay_Zombie fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Feb 12, 2020 |
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Feb 12, 2020 19:00
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I forgot Jake Busey's name was Ace in the movie. Even better now that one of my friends named his son Ace. I can totally see him growing up to be like Ace Levy.
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