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Post by iank on Nov 27, 2023 22:37:08 GMT
I haven't actually seen Robocop in donkeys years.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2023 22:39:00 GMT
I haven't actually seen Robocop in donkeys years. Well worth watching again I think. It gets better with every viewing. I really need to pick up the Arrow Blu ray at some point. The MGM one doesn't include the theatrical cut which is such a pain. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2023 22:58:48 GMT
Terminator is more 80s nostalgia. Robocop is a much funner film though
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2023 23:43:20 GMT
Cameron is a jerk called him out months ago about his nasty behavior
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Post by rushy on Nov 28, 2023 0:00:21 GMT
I've never seen RoboCop, but the original Terminator is one of my favourites. It's like a sci-fi dystopian slasher movie. And it's absolutely the only Terminator film that ever needed to exist. I don't rate Judgment Day at all. It's such a messy sequel, with poor pacing to boot.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2023 10:03:27 GMT
I've never seen RoboCop, but the original Terminator is one of my favourites. It's like a sci-fi dystopian slasher movie. And it's absolutely the only Terminator film that ever needed to exist. I don't rate Judgment Day at all. It's such a messy sequel, with poor pacing to boot. T2 just sort of slows down in the second half to the point where I start checking how long is left. |
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Post by iank on Nov 28, 2023 20:41:42 GMT
This is a huge problem I have with T2 too - it starts out great but the whole Miles Dyson plot slows the thing down hideously and takes the main villain out of the story for far too long.
The original is far superior IMO.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Jul 9, 2024 13:52:27 GMT
The 80s was surely the golden period of science fiction films (along with everything else)
RoboCop
The Terminator
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Blade Runner
Aliens
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Innerspace
Spaceballs
Predator
ET
Wrath of Khan (Search and Voyage, too)
Short Circuit
I mean, that's not even the definitive list. That's what I could name on the top of my head, but there's probably a load more.
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Jul 9, 2024 13:53:15 GMT
And most of those (if not all of them) I would place above Terminator 2.
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Post by rushy on Jul 9, 2024 13:54:34 GMT
And most of those (if not all of them) I would place above Terminator 2. I wish there was some edit of Terminator 2 that cut out the middle desert portion, because it kills the tension. The T-1000 just disappears for a whole chunk of the film. |
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Jul 9, 2024 13:56:02 GMT
And most of those (if not all of them) I would place above Terminator 2. I wish there was some edit of Terminator 2 that cut out the middle desert portion, because it kills the tension. The T-1000 just disappears for a whole chunk of the film. That's why I prefer the first film. It's constantly on the move. Even the plot is explained during a frantic car chase. |
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Post by rushy on Jul 9, 2024 13:57:26 GMT
I wish there was some edit of Terminator 2 that cut out the middle desert portion, because it kills the tension. The T-1000 just disappears for a whole chunk of the film. That's why I prefer the first film. It's constantly on the move. Even the plot is explained during a frantic car chase. I wish the new Mad Max didn't have the same problem. It gets so languid when its immediate predecessor perfected pacing. |
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Jul 9, 2024 14:00:06 GMT
That's why I prefer the first film. It's constantly on the move. Even the plot is explained during a frantic car chase. I wish the new Mad Max didn't have the same problem. It gets so languid when its immediate predecessor perfected pacing. Do you think that's down to the length of these movies? The Terminator is about 105 minutes compared to the runtime of 150 minutes for the new Mad Max movie. Even T2 is about twenty five minutes longer than the first Terminator movie. It honestly doesn't need to be that long. |
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Post by rushy on Jul 9, 2024 14:03:27 GMT
I wish the new Mad Max didn't have the same problem. It gets so languid when its immediate predecessor perfected pacing. Do you think that's down to the length of these movies? The Terminator is about 105 minutes compared to the runtime of 150 minutes for the new Mad Max movie. Even T2 is about twenty five minutes longer than the first Terminator movie. It honestly doesn't need to be that long. Partially yes, but it's also how that length is utilised. |
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on Jul 9, 2024 14:06:46 GMT
Do you think that's down to the length of these movies? The Terminator is about 105 minutes compared to the runtime of 150 minutes for the new Mad Max movie. Even T2 is about twenty five minutes longer than the first Terminator movie. It honestly doesn't need to be that long. Partially yes, but it's also how that length is utilised. I agree. Films like The Great Escape are structured so flawlessly that I rarely if ever get bored during the near three hour runtime. That wasn't the case The Batman however which I felt was needlessly long. I think some people believe the longer a film is the more epic it is, but that's really true in my experience. |
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