Kelen
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Apprentice To The Master Of Sinanju
The Non-Writer
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Post by Kelen on Jun 11, 2010 23:48:08 GMT -5
I'm intrigued -- tell us what this is. I don't mind a spoiler. *Spoiler Alert* One of the characters in the film has invented "synthetic flesh" to mimic real skin (not unlike Sam Raimi's Darkman). I won't completely spoil the film and mention which one (it's a genuine surprise, though if you watch carefully enough you can probably guess correctly). If you want a sense of what Hollywood horror films could be before the studios were pressured to accept the Hays code, definitely watch this one. There are explicit references to cannibalism (a killer who eats his victims), serial murder, perversion and rape, and the masked murderer is very gruesome looking. And, oddly, the film is a partial comedy. This was 1932, before Universal perfected their kind of 30's horror style, and this film (made by Warner Brothers) is a weird hybrid of an old dark house story and a newspaper comedy. It's like the director, Michael Curitz, threw a bunch of ideas together to see what would work. Warners made more horror films later in the decade, and those are very indebted to the Universal style, but this one isn't. It was an early color film, too, though the "two-strip" Technicolor process makes it look very much like a "colorized" movie. Great, stuff. Humphrey Bogart, of all actors, plays Dr. X in the 1939 sequel (though it's a different character). Completely random: I love Darkman.
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pyprogamer
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Robocop on a Robo-Unicorn in front of an Explosion, what could be more awesome?
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Post by pyprogamer on Oct 18, 2012 21:24:21 GMT -5
Well, I know this might not qualify as sci-fi as it is 90% action movie, but how about the Robocop series? Much like many movies from the 80's it had several movies, animated cartoons and comic book spin offs. And like other properties from the 80's, it's getting a remake coming in 2013-2014.
I was wondering, if it not a review on BITD, what you guys thought of this movie series. For me this is a movie I enjoyed a lot when I was a kid (I was only 5 or 6 when I first watched it) and it led me to watch all sorts of sci-fi. Thanks guys! ;D
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Post by Derrick on Oct 30, 2012 19:54:25 GMT -5
Well, I know this might not qualify as sci-fi as it is 90% action movie, but how about the Robocop series? Much like many movies from the 80's it had several movies, animated cartoons and comic book spin offs. And like other properties from the 80's, it's getting a remake coming in 2013-2014. I was wondering, if it not a review on BITD, what you guys thought of this movie series. For me this is a movie I enjoyed a lot when I was a kid (I was only 5 or 6 when I first watched it) and it led me to watch all sorts of sci-fi. Thanks guys! ;D Would you settle for a review of the first ROBOCOP? derricklferguson.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/robocop/
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pyprogamer
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Robocop on a Robo-Unicorn in front of an Explosion, what could be more awesome?
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Post by pyprogamer on Nov 5, 2012 17:46:37 GMT -5
Yes, yes I would. That's an awesome review! Thank you sir!
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