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A movie I saw sometime between 1978 and 1983, which seemed completely impenetrable to me as a child. The only thing I remember about it was a scene at what I assume was the end. A group of figures in dark robes stand in a circle in a large dark (round?) room, and discuss something ominously, then Earth (or a planet that looks like it) explodes. I remember it chiefly for how unsettling and abrupt the end was, because nothing stood out about the rest of it. The people may have been standing around a table, or altar, or plinth doohickey. I saw this on a screen with a projector at school.
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Twitch posted:This might be Beneath the Planet of the Apes. I remember that one quite well, I don’t think it’s that. There was a very definite ‘planet being destroyed’ shot rather than a ‘single nuke fade to white’ explosion. Also the whole thing was very subdued and weirdly talky in a way the Apes movies aren’t. The guys in robes were like gods maybe, or beings who run the universe or something?
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Apr 27, 2020 23:52
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speedofdark posted:Could it be The Watcher in the Woods? This has a significantly different vibe, more Hammer Films-ish. Mine falls somewhere between ‘Planet of the Apes’ and ‘Battlestar Galactica’ in terms of tone, a very late-60’s to late-70’s US sci fi feel.
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Apr 28, 2020 08:58
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That was presented as a factual show, leading to outbreaks of hysteria and ptsd, and allegedly causing at least one suicide.
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May 7, 2020 17:39
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A MIRACLE posted:I think I remember some more details. The male lead might have another love interest that he prefers for most of the movie. The movie ends at a national park or some other nice outdoor setting. Some of this fits one of my favourite films, What’s Up Doc. Ryan O’Neal is engaged to Madeline Kahn for about half the movie, then leaves her for Barbara Steisand. She plays a pain in the rear end, and he’s constantly annoyed by her for most of the first half. The only thing that doesn’t fit is the park: the film ends with an almost unparalleled car chase through San Fransisco, including a very famous pane of glass scene and also a Chinese dragon, which I’m sure you’d remember.
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May 10, 2020 15:30
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rodbeard posted:Vertigo? It’s a laugh a minute!
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May 10, 2020 18:19
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I find that story almost as hard to swallow as this potage au geleé
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May 11, 2020 17:54
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Light Gun Man posted:stab in the dark but maybe The Night Porter? Before the advent of the internet, Charlotte Rampling was certainly in my ‘top three women I’d stay up to watch in movies on the chance I’d get to see them naked’. This is a good movie for that.
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May 17, 2020 01:04
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Is this Stealing Beauty?
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May 29, 2020 23:27
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Seen it, barely made an impression. Pretty people sitting round a pool is like 50% of the movie.
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May 30, 2020 12:32
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My first was ‘The Exterminator’ (1980) maybe the year after release, very early 80’s anyway. Guy is beheaded tied to a stake, in I guess Vietnam.
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Jun 12, 2020 22:48
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Looking for a vaguely anarchic parody comedy from the 80’s about a high-school reunion menaced by a serial killer. Had a kind of ‘Porky’s’ vibe to it.
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Jun 28, 2020 15:57
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Ape Agitator posted:The go-to school slasher parody is Cutting Class but I don't think it's a reunion. But all of the actors are old playing as kids so maybe it might still work. I don’t think this is it. This looks too late in the 80’s and not zany enough to me. The movie I’m thinking of has some slapstick elements to it, and is definitely more of a comedy, almost National Lampoon style.
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Jun 28, 2020 16:52
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Davros1 posted:National Lampoon's Class Reunion Bingo! (I even said NL and forgot they even made this one, d’oh)
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Jun 28, 2020 21:22
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I just have this one:
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Jul 5, 2020 16:24
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‘poo poo on me’ is Robocop, the store robber. edit: nope, he’s more of a ’gently caress me’ guy. Torquemada fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Jul 9, 2020 |
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Jul 9, 2020 08:31
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artsy fartsy posted:Some action/adventure movie I saw as a kid (so 80s or 90s) where the villain had a metal plate in his head (from an accident, I think) and would sometimes grab his head in pain and groan "The pressure! The pressure!" This is a throwback to William Bendix in ‘The Blue Dahlia’ who also clutches his head like this for the same reason, but with extra bonus racism.
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Jul 16, 2020 08:16
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MarioOnTheComputer posted:It's Vince Vaughn from Swingers. "I don't want you to be the guy in the PG-13 movie..." It’s this, for sure.
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Aug 10, 2020 23:02
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Heavy Metal posted:Tom Jane is beyond A list, he's AAA list. I like him but he’s what now
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Oct 20, 2020 07:40
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Easy. Kiss Of Death. 1947, Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo.
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Jan 1, 2021 13:15
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In fact: 
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Jan 1, 2021 13:18
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Sounds like Morgan?
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Jan 4, 2021 10:00
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Wild stab in the dark: History of the World Part 1?
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Jan 5, 2021 09:58
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Yo homie, is that my briefcase? It’s definitely Collateral.
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Feb 12, 2021 12:50
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Brandon Lee bats aside a knife in The Crow.
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May 1, 2021 21:37
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Origami Dali posted:Sounds like Peter Greenaway's "The Falls". It’s almost certainly this.
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May 14, 2021 11:13
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Wet Tie Affair posted:Posting on behalf of a non-member, who is trying to track this one down. Here is all they remember: There are three young siblings living on their own after they are orphaned. They are developmentally stunted, and there is a scene where the oldest runs into other "normal" teenagers and doesn't know how to interact with them. The movie is definitely European, and most likely from a Scandinavian country and is between 20-30 years old. The first thing that came to mind was The Cement Garden, but it’s probably not this.
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Jun 4, 2021 08:22
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I don’t think you see the specifics of Waingro murdering the hooker in Heat, and it definitely takes place in a cheap motel room. Rising Sun features the murder of Tatjiana Patitz, an exceptionally white supermodel; although the crime scene does fit the description, as does the ‘they’re loving… oh welp, that escalated quickly’ nature of the encounter.
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Jun 13, 2021 07:47
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It happens in the Kung Fu tv series, that’s from the 70’s. e: not a fan of TV Tropes, but apparently it’s the first entry.
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Jul 30, 2021 08:42
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Danny Glover uses one in Lethal Weapon 2.
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Aug 8, 2021 20:01
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TerraCat posted:He uses a nail gun, "nailed em both." Goddamnit, thanks.
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Aug 8, 2021 20:20
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Easy, Way Of The Gun. so easy I was e:fb
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Sep 2, 2021 08:57
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:To be honest the first guy I thought of was the dude who played Harry from Total Recall but he's not thin and also no one could forget that guy! "OH YEAH! RECALL, RE-CALL, REE-CAALL!!!!!" Also was Scarface’s boss when he was a dishwasher.
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Dec 8, 2021 21:19
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Do you associate the film with a feeling of desolation and ineffable sadness at man’s inhumanity to man?
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Dec 29, 2021 18:09
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I AM GRANDO posted:The only goatman I know just changes one specific shape. The Ring.
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Jan 10, 2022 09:22
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UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST posted:This thing definitely happens in a scene in The Hidden from 1987 (good film that's otherwise more fun than horrific) - not sure it matches shot for shot, but that could just be how childhood memory works This was my first thought too.
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Mar 1, 2022 13:13
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escapegoat posted:Scene from what I think was a 60's/70's sci-fi movie I remember my dad watching when I was a kid. Coma? e: The longer i think about it the more positive I am it’s Coma (1979) directed by Mr Jurassic Park/Andromeda Strain himself. Torquemada fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Mar 1, 2022 |
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Mar 1, 2022 13:13
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ChocNitty posted:I think it's from a movie. I remember a guy singing Rod Stewarts "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?", with a heavy Chinese accent. I’m almost positive it’s from the tv show Big Train. The sketch is here, but the Rod Stewart bit is just before this clip starts (I think). https://youtu.be/uNBOknvbPL8
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Mar 14, 2022 09:19
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Dammit, now I think he was maybe singing Hot Legs.
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Mar 14, 2022 12:04
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regulargonzalez posted:I think I just wanted to be the guy who played a video game SO WELL he got to go to space. I saw this on original release in the 80’s when this seemed like a likely career path. Most of the generation-x ennui and grumpiness stems from being misled about stuff like this.
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