"Standalone sequel" - what a horrible phrase.

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Twisters (film)

Twisters is an upcoming American disaster film... It is a standalone sequel to the 1996 film Twister.

  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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    9 months ago

    Can't wait for the CGI Bill Paxton to show up and say "It's Twistin' Time"

    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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      9 months ago

      They could also have CGI Philip Seymour Hoffman.

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      I watched Near Dark recently. Paxton was great in that along with all the others. What a great group of vampires.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        9 months ago

        Oh shit I forgot Hoffman was in Twister, nice catch.

        While on the subject of Bill Paxton my favorite piece of trivia about him is that he gets killed by an Alien (Aliens) a Predator (Predator 2) and a Terminator (The Terminator). The 80s Sci Fi trinity of antagonists.

        • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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          9 months ago

          an Alien (Aliens) a Predator (Predator 2) and a Terminator (The Terminator)

          Holy shit. I wonder if any other actor has at least two out of three died in all three too.

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          Edit

          Lance Henrikson, Michael Biehne are basically two out of three. I somehow forgot.

          • VapeNoir [he/him]
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            9 months ago

            Lance Henrickson maybe? He was in terminator and AvP but i forget how he dies in those

          • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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            9 months ago

            I don't think so. Lance Henrikson and Michael Biehne get killed in Terminator 1 but technically survive (albeit in a fucked up state) in Aliens, so that's kinda close but all I can think of.

            • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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              9 months ago

              Lance Henrikson... Michael Biehne

              Haha - I'm laughing at my own poor memory. Without googling it's a struggle. I could say more but it's actually sort of disturbing so I'll stop here.

              • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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                9 months ago

                My memory is just geared toward stupid tidbits like that. Like how Bill Paxton and Michael Biehn have been in a bunch of movies together. Terminator, Aliens, Navy Seals, Tombstone. I grew up just assuming those dudes were a twofer.

                • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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                  9 months ago

                  Navy Seals, Tombstone.

                  I never saw those but...

                  I grew up just assuming those dudes were a twofer.

                  They should've done a buddy movie. <-- That's not a sentence I ever thought I'd write. I like a few buddy movies from the 1980s but that's about it. I am not a fan of the buddy genre. But those two would have been an exception in any decade.

                  • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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                    9 months ago

                    You can skip navy seals (It's just a dumb hoorah 'murrica action movie) but Tombstone is a fun flick. It's a western with a very memorable cast and quotes. Val Kilmer steals every scene he's in.

                    I kinda agree with you about buddy movies. Sometimes it's okay but I really gotta be in the mood outside a few exceptions like Die Hard With a Vengeance.

                    • InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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                      9 months ago

                      Lethal Weapon must have been one of the most (if not the most) successful buddy movie of its day. I really liked it. I still do. Maybe I'll watch it this weekend again. So it was a ginormous hit and Hollywood loves formulaic stuff. Every buddy movie tried to shamelessly copy Lethal Weapon vibe. I think it took about 5 years for the entire genre to already start to go stale. I didn't think that way at the time though. In fact - I loved formulaic stuff. I couldn't get enough of it.

                      Tango & Cash came out in 1989 with Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell. I remember liking it back then. Hell, that was when I was actually spending money to see movies. Now I just torrent everything. A few years ago I rewatched it and I didn't like it at all. I thought it only had two good scenes: the tanker trunk scene in the beginning and the grenade scene near the ending. Time changes you. And 30 years certainly changed me. But I can't believe I ever liked it.

                      If you're curious about Tango & Cash - just watch those two scenes. There's no need to watch anything else.