80's Movie Poll: Killin' Shit

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80's Movie Poll: Killin' Shit

Rambo: First Blood
4
7%
Predator
10
18%
Terminator
13
24%
Die Hard
28
51%
 
Total votes: 55

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drizzle wrote:damaged 'nam vet themes, one man vs authority themes, a steady focus on character and plot, the conspicuous lack of cartoonishly overdone action scenes, lack of hilarious tounge in cheek one-liners, overwhelming nihilism - these are all hallmarks of the 70s
Good points.

But what about that unbelievably gay song at the end? That shit is straight 80s, dun.
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It's a looooong rooooad when you're on your own.

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Roy Johnson wrote:
drizzle wrote:damaged 'nam vet themes, one man vs authority themes, a steady focus on character and plot, the conspicuous lack of cartoonishly overdone action scenes, lack of hilarious tounge in cheek one-liners, overwhelming nihilism - these are all hallmarks of the 70s
Good points.

But what about that unbelievably gay song at the end? That shit is straight 80s, dun.
:shrug:
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Roy Johnson wrote:
drizzle wrote:damaged 'nam vet themes, one man vs authority themes, a steady focus on character and plot, the conspicuous lack of cartoonishly overdone action scenes, lack of hilarious tounge in cheek one-liners, overwhelming nihilism - these are all hallmarks of the 70s
Good points.

But what about that unbelievably gay song at the end? That shit is straight 80s, dun.
:shrug:

the only 80s movies where i really pay attention to end credits are teh ones made by jackie chan
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Die Hard. It has Carl Winslow. Other movies don't.
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voted die hard cuz it's the only one i've seen.

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Tommy Bunz wrote:
drizzle wrote:i'm wondering if maybe rambo 2 would've been more fitting with the general tone of the rest in the poll. first blood is in the 80s by a narrow margin of timing, it's much more of a 70s movie imo.
Yeah it gets lumped in with the dumb action movies of the era because thats what the character evolved into, but the first movie is actually rather serious. I consider it to be a war movie more than an action movie.
yeah.

hard to pick b/w die hard and predator.

picked predator on a whim.

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voted predator but where the fuck is commando?!!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

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Julius Seizure wrote:voted predator but where the fuck is commando?!!?!?!?!??!?!?!?
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Went with Terminator considering basically every movie Bruce Willis ever made is Die Hard

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Ramen wrote:Went with Terminator considering basically every movie Bruce Willis ever made is Die Hard
Bullshit

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Die Hard, ftw.

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