the movie is undeniably radical, one of the greatest american action movies
― max
― max, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:40 (fourteen years ago)
no ambiguity about what different environments are
Really don't know about this - there's a big difference between the dead corridors of the base, the gigeresque contours of the processing plant underside w/infestation, the breached secure space of the landing craft, and the disintegrating lair of the queen.
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:40 (fourteen years ago)
what i love so much about die hard besides everything else is the fact that its SUCH a christmas movie, in the way that every character is unconsciously singing christmas songs to themselves the whole time, the way everyone in real life does all holiday season long. such a great touch
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:40 (fourteen years ago)
fists with your toes
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:41 (fourteen years ago)
lol max
WELCOME TO THE PARTY, PAL
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:41 (fourteen years ago)
^ say this out loud to myself all the time
Alien has an all-white stasis room with people in white pajamas!
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:41 (fourteen years ago)
idk, I'd rather talk about DIE HARD now.
i watched die hard for the first time on xmas eve last year!!
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:42 (fourteen years ago)
Wait, what is Diehards?
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:42 (fourteen years ago)
i also love that the secret character arc of die hard is RVJ learning how to shoot people again
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:42 (fourteen years ago)
I bought a bluray of T2 for $5 at target, there's no reason not to own it
― I GUESS THAT CINNABON GETTIN EATEN (Edward III), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:42 (fourteen years ago)
german for "the hard"
― ( -- ( .) - ( .) / (am0n), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:44 (fourteen years ago)
T/S: Paul Gleason in "The Breakfast Club" vs. Paul Gleason in "Die Hard."
Or: "Don't mess with the bull, young man, you'll get the horns" vs. "Oh, I hope that's not a hostage."
― A Full Torgo Apparition (Phil D.), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:45 (fourteen years ago)
i love movies with multiple tiers of asshole authority figures
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:45 (fourteen years ago)
(see also robocop of course)
that was also something machete really got right imo
so lethal weapon got the shaft? wow
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:46 (fourteen years ago)
no shane black in the whole action flick poll? for shame
no inception?
― ( -- ( .) - ( .) / (am0n), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:46 (fourteen years ago)
instead of talking about the awesome movies that placed (die hard is awesome), i'm gonna take a second to bitch about awesome movies that didn't place:
WHERE THE FUCK IS TIME & TIDE ILX ?!?!
apart from that, great poll, awesome job omar (especially that little inception fakeout :D)
― Jibe, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:47 (fourteen years ago)
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:46 PM (50 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is pretty cray
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:47 (fourteen years ago)
well i guess shane black snuck in as an actor in the predator, but that doesn't count
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:48 (fourteen years ago)
kind of bummed not a single mission impossible movie placed
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:49 (fourteen years ago)
i guess we just hate tom cruise
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:50 (fourteen years ago)
ya thats weird
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:50 (fourteen years ago)
we do
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:50 (fourteen years ago)
MI1 was pretty high up on mine iirc
the rejection of the wooo
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:50 (fourteen years ago)
rejection of the depalma.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:51 (fourteen years ago)
Still think it's funny that all three Bournes were clustered together towards the middle.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:51 (fourteen years ago)
It is.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:51 (fourteen years ago)
Also thank you Omar for doing this!
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:52 (fourteen years ago)
martial arts, samurai, and HK films generally under-represented but otherwise a colossal, epic poll -- thx omar!
― Brad C., Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:52 (fourteen years ago)
lana del rey tried to warn us with her album bourne to tie
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:54 (fourteen years ago)
:D DIE HARD :D
I guess the poll isn't *as* pinko-commie as I thought, but Lethal Weapon/First Blood absence is v sad.
But Die Hard! Aliums! Raiders! Pretty good overall and this was the most ILX fun I've had in forever.
So...now that camp's over, we'll totally write to each other?
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:55 (fourteen years ago)
gonna post ballots here? you guys can laugh at all the horror movies i voted for.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:56 (fourteen years ago)
I'm kind of shocked that kung fu films did so poorly
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
ooh yeah and THANK YOU OMAR WE LOVE YOU LIKE STEVEN SEAGAL LOVES ROBES
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:57 (fourteen years ago)
yippe ki yay, omar!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:58 (fourteen years ago)
my dad watched so many steven seagal movies when i was a kid that i almost feel bad that i didn't throw dude a sympathy vote
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 17:58 (fourteen years ago)
*kicks gravel* *waves waves through dust cloud at friend in back of station wagon*
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:54 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
simultaneous eyeroll/LOL. well done.
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:00 (fourteen years ago)
xpost: *runs after car crying*"WOLVERINES!!"
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
lol xpost
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:01 (fourteen years ago)
A member of an elite paramilitary organization: "Eagle Scouts."
― Unleash the Chang (he did what!) (Austerity Ponies), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:05 (fourteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73yc0S6xvQQ
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:05 (fourteen years ago)
Besides, this thread taught me the awesomeness of TLADILA! How cool is that?
What an unforgettable summer...
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:07 (fourteen years ago)
my ballot
Seven Samurai - 50The Good, The Bad and the Ugly - 49The Last of the Mohicans - 48Hard Boiled - 47Yojimbo - 46Leon: The Professional - 45The Bourne Supremacy - 44Once Upon A Time In The West - 43 (mistake)Predator - 42Heat - 41The Pianist - 40 (mistake)Terminator 2: Judgement Day - 39RoboCop - 38Bloodsport - 37Lethal Weapon - 36From Russia With Love - 35Casino Royale (2005) - 34Sanjuro - 33District 9 - 32The Hidden Fortress - 31The Killer (1989) - 30A Better Tomorrow (1986) - 29They Live - 28 (cant believe this didnt make it)To Live And Die In L.A. - 27Escape From New York - 26Zulu - 25Big Trouble in Little China - 24Blade (1998) - 23Under Siege - 22 (should've gone with a different seagal)The Fugitive - 21The French Connection - 20The Road Warrior - 19Bullet in the Head - 18Commando - 17Conan the Barbarian - 16The Dark Knight - 15Die Hard - 14Grosse Pointe Blank - 13The Untouchables - 12Mission: Impossible - 11Mononoke Hime (Princess Mononoke) - 10Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - 9North By Northwest - 8Stagecoach - 7Point Break - 6Speed - 5The General - 4The Matrix - 3Total Recall - 2Where Eagles Dare - 1
― RudolfHitlerFtw (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 21 February 2012 18:12 (fourteen years ago)