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Red Dawn Remake

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  1. across110thstreet

    across110thstreet Member

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    it's World War Three out there.

    People.....

    ....are being killed.

    now I'm going to need you to piss in this radiator to get this car running.
     
    #21 across110thstreet, Aug 10, 2012
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  2. TheresTheDagger

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    "Things are different now..."

    ~Leah Thompson

    Greatest no-sh_t comment in the history of the movies.
     
    #22 TheresTheDagger, Aug 10, 2012
  3. ima_drummer2k

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    That doesn't look half as bad as I thought it would look.

    The original was a classic. The same way that Showgirls was a classic.
     
    #23 ima_drummer2k, Aug 10, 2012
  4. Xerobull

    Xerobull ...and I'm all out of bubblegum

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    Doesn't look bad as a fiction rebels fighting back movie.
     
    #24 Xerobull, Aug 10, 2012
  5. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    Dude. North Korean paratroopers would all bunch up around the nearest McDonalds. Sad truth.
     
    #25 B-Bob, Aug 10, 2012
  6. Blake

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    Thought it was temple of doom...

    Edit: I'm wrong
     
    #26 Blake, Aug 10, 2012
  7. Dairy Ashford

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    The good news is they're trading strategic plausibility for racial subtext, while not alienating our largest, most powerful allies (China now, and nominally Russia then) in the process.
     
    #27 Dairy Ashford, Aug 10, 2012
  8. Pole

    Pole Houston Rockets--Tilman Fertitta's latest mess.

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    Dude......you stole my joke. Except I wasn't thinking McDonalds.....I was thinking of the original movie......so maybe a chicken coup or grain silo.
     
    #28 Pole, Aug 10, 2012
  9. Raven

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    The first one was a right wing masterpiece. Shut your mouth, you commie pinko!

    Seriously though, the original was awesome. Too many great scenes to list em all, and the ending was both sad and powerful.
     
    #29 Raven, Aug 11, 2012
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    One of my top favorite actors....R.I.P also loved him in Dirty Dancing

    [​IMG]
     
    #30 Rodman23, Aug 11, 2012
  11. Shroopy2

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    Doesnt look as bad as I thought it'd be.

    Or maybe its Chris Hemsworth's emerging rep helping get finished for years movies released like this one and Cabin in the Woods. Lending it some credibility

    Still there's a certain lack of "charisma" in the leads and presentation now in films. Maybe movies don't need it now, but its that quality that gave movies of the 80's its flavor.

    But at that time just a closeup of a guy putting on some war paint and bandana in a scene was "impactful" enough, so maybe we've just moved on.
     
    #31 Shroopy2, Aug 11, 2012
  12. Refman

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    Red Dawn was released on August 10, 1984. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released on May 23, 1984 with a PG-13 rating.
     
    #32 Refman, Aug 11, 2012
  13. Surfguy

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    "Ponyboy, I don't want you at the rumble tonight. You're not looking so good."

    Oops. Wrong film. Carry on. Smithereens! ;
     
    #33 Surfguy, Aug 11, 2012
  14. Rocketman95

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    Nope. Indy is rated PG.
     
    #34 Rocketman95, Aug 11, 2012
  15. da_juice

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    Wasn't it based on Afghanistan in the '80s?
     
    #35 da_juice, Aug 11, 2012
  16. across110thstreet

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    it was based on Russians and Cubans invading American soil via parachutes and tanks.
     
    #36 across110thstreet, Aug 11, 2012
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    Another hot piece of patriotic ***** that no one outside the US will care about.

    Unlikely scenario is unlikely
     
    #37 supdudes, Aug 11, 2012
  18. Lynus302

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    Eh....maybe.
     
    #38 Lynus302, Aug 11, 2012
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    It was based in Colorado
     
    #39 crash5179, Aug 12, 2012
  20. Carl Herrera

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    "American commander, we surrender. We heard American prisons feed prisoners! We go American prison, eat! We work hard in glorious American prison."
     
    #40 Carl Herrera, Aug 12, 2012
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