You should try the animated series Star Blazers, which was a 3-season Americanized version of the movie. I grew up on it - must have watched every episode several times.MiddleAgedKen wrote:I believe this one has been mentioned elsewhere on the forum, but I watched it in bits and pieces over the last two days and was rather pleasantly surprised:
Space Battleship Yamato (full 2010 version, running time about 138 minutes)
Pacific Rim
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workinwifdakids
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And may I say, from a moral point of view, I think there can be no justification for shoving snack cakes up your action.
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308Mike
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For those of us who haven't seen it, WHY did you have to turn it off?workinwifdakids wrote:"HORY SHIT!" Oh, God, I laughed so hard. But I only made it to 2:55 before I had to turn it off.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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workinwifdakids
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Because it was utterly awful in every way.
And may I say, from a moral point of view, I think there can be no justification for shoving snack cakes up your action.
--Weetabix
--Weetabix
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308Mike
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OKAY!! I'll take your word for it!! After all, what's been seen can't be UNSEEN!!!workinwifdakids wrote:Because it was utterly awful in every way.
POLITICIANS & DIAPERS NEED TO BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
A person properly schooled in right and wrong is safe with any weapon. A person with no idea of good and evil is unsafe with a knitting needle, or the cap from a ballpoint pen.
I remain pessimistic given the way BATF and the anti gun crowd have become tape worms in the guts of the Republic. - toad
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MiddleAgedKen
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I saw an episode or two, back in the day. I liked the spaceship designs.workinwifdakids wrote:You should try the animated series Star Blazers, which was a 3-season Americanized version of the movie. I grew up on it - must have watched every episode several times.
This might be of interest -- just came across my Facebook feed. If I had $528 to spend on a fountain pen, I'd jump at one.
Shop at Traitor Joe's: Just 10% to the Big Guy gets you the whole store and everything in it!
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Hilarious in a sort of Ed-Wood-with-production-values kind of way!
Of course, being at the office I had to watch it without sound, or in Hollywood parlance, "MOS" (Mit out Sound)
, so I really hope they all had Dubs Disease, which is [strike]endemic[/strike] required in Japanese monster movies transplanted to the Unites States.The use of the word "but" usually indicates that everything preceding it in a sentence is a lie.
E.g.:
"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
--Randy
E.g.:
"I believe in Freedom of Speech, but". . .
"I support the Second Amendment, but". . .
--Randy
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JAG2955
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Disclaimer: I love terrible sci-fi movies. Judge Dredd, Robocop, Demolition Man, etc.
But a new trailer's out! Spoiler: A giant robot hits a monster with an OIL TANKER!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10102245434088906
Yeah, I know it would have bent and broke when he picked it up, but who cares, giant robots!
But a new trailer's out! Spoiler: A giant robot hits a monster with an OIL TANKER!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10102245434088906
Yeah, I know it would have bent and broke when he picked it up, but who cares, giant robots!
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dfwmtx
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Sho' 'nuff, choked to death on Hellboy!
"Arms are honor; slaves have neither."
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"I am Chaos, I am alive...and I tell you that you are free!" -Eris Discordia
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Aesop
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Neither Robocop nor Demolition Man were terrible science fiction movies.
Demolition Man: 63% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, $58M gross receipts (budget unk., rumored to be >$50M), Top 20 film of 1993
Robocop: 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, $53M gross (on $13M budget), Top 20 film of 1987, 2 Oscar nominations
Judge Dredd OTOH, was pure diaper spackle: 18% fresh on RT, $34.6M gross on a budget of $90M. (That borders on career-ending territory.)
The Robocrap sequels were similarly unredeemed burrito backblast.
Demolition Man: 63% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, $58M gross receipts (budget unk., rumored to be >$50M), Top 20 film of 1993
Robocop: 88% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, $53M gross (on $13M budget), Top 20 film of 1987, 2 Oscar nominations
Judge Dredd OTOH, was pure diaper spackle: 18% fresh on RT, $34.6M gross on a budget of $90M. (That borders on career-ending territory.)
The Robocrap sequels were similarly unredeemed burrito backblast.
"There are four types of homicide: felonious, accidental, justifiable, and praiseworthy." -Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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Denis
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In fairness, Demolition Man was saved only by the delectable Sandra Bullock.Aesop wrote:Neither Robocop nor Demolition Man were terrible science fiction movies.
Judge Dredd was an insult to all fans of 2000AD.