what exacty do you mean by this kind of thing?

Judging from the cover it seems very old war martial arts type stuff

do you rememver their attempt at an Alien Nation tv show?

I just meant high tension action/adventure type movies. But, yep, it's sort of a war movie that takes place in the 1600s around the time of the Second Manchu invasion of Korea—something I knew absolutely nothing about until yesterday— so I found the setting very interesting.

I do. I could never get into it but I know it has its fans to this day.

Sold!....actually that sound really good....and you know I love a good history lesson :)

I remember kind of liking it at first.....but loosing interest quickly....of course I was only 13 so that may have womething to do with it

Not much of the history lesson is really in the movie since it's just assumed by the filmmakers that their audience is familiar with the setting. I had to look it up to understand the context a little better. But I definitely recommend the movie.

If you do watch it, hopefully you'll get as much of a kick as I did out of the guys in the opening fight scene who look like pimps. I knew they wore wide brimmed hats in Korea back in those days (like the one in the picture below), but I had no idea they wore red ones with big feathers in them.

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V/H/S 2

Wasn't a huge fan of the first one but I still liked it. I have to say, this one is far better. All of the stories were pretty inventive save for the last one (just your standard alien abduction), a couple corny moments but nothing blaring. I wonder how many films it'll take for them to milk this franchise dry. It took Saw three tries to make a ****e film (2 wasn't great but I wouldn't call it awful either, the first one is brilliant), let's hope they don't fall into the same trap.

They were showing Idiocracy the other day in comedy central so i watched again, i luv that movie..

What i really like about the movie though is the premise and the world they created around the premise, you got ppl relying on technology without knowing how it works, they know how to use it out of habit also everybody in the world speaks in slang with a mexican accent showing how eventually other cultures will merge with the american one until it becomes the norm..

The movie is full of little details that structure that crazy world from things we see happening today, that's one of the main reasons i luv that movie.

Water? You mean like out the toilet?

It doesn't even have electrolytes man don't waste your time. Plants need electrolytes.

Yea, Brawndo has what plants crave..

i would luv to see a sitcom based around the world of idiocracy, they could explore alot of things while making social critiques and being entertaining.

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The Hitcher

Shying away from the theater this week, I’m going to be doing some old fashioned movie watching from home, as I’ve just been in a bad state as it is anyways. It’s funny how one drifts towards the television in times of stress, as if to make realty seem less real by subtracting it with fiction. I won’t get into that, but rather get into a film I’ve been trying to sit down and watch ever since I realized I liked 1980s slasher films. That film is The Hitcher.

I think they made a really bad remake a couple years ago with Sean Bean, who was cast only because he is great at dying. Is that a spoiler? I’m sorry, this film has been out for almost three decades now so you’re going to have to deal with that. The film takes place in the ******* of America, the Midwest, in where a hitchhiker is picked up by Thomas C. Howell, who will now be referred to Ponyboy for the rest of this review. That hitchhiker is played by everybody’s favorite android, Rutger Hauer. Hauer immediately tries to thank Ponyboy for picking him up by trying to snuff him out but is unsuccessful as he accidentally falls out of the car. This sets up the theme of the film; “Is Rutger Hauer a ninja ghost?” The answer is a resounding yes. Somehow, Hauer manages to frame Ponyboy for all his previous and occurring crimes which leaves us watching Ponyboy try to get out of it. He meets Jennifer Jason Leigh along the way and we have a soup of 1980′s trivial pursuit questions to make up this movie.

I actually ended up liking the film. Most of this is because of Rutger Hauer. The man is just a screen menace that only Klaus Kinski can top. You want to scare the **** out of your audience without really doing much? Just stick Rutger Hauer’s face on the screen and let everything else fall into place. The mystery and creepiness he brings to his Hitcher character is worth seeing the movie alone. The camera work was surprisingly good for a 1980s slasher film as the slow pans really helped setting the mood. I never thought Ponyboy was a good actor evidenced by his over the top performance in everything he has ever done including this. His character seems to always choose a place to hide that is not open or is full of people who will die sooner than later, which brings me back to the theme…

Rutger Hauer is a ninja.

He manages to be in every single nook and cranny without anybody ever knowing he is there. He could have worked for MI6 but instead he has chosen to walk the roads in the middle of nowhere and stalk people who are just waiting to die anyway. He gets out of every single situation he is in, manages to wipe out a whole police unit and still manage to make it loo like Ponyboy did it, and also slips body parts into french fries with what I’m only going to assume is the magic of Cthulhu. He’s the real deal.

The film has some pretty great action/thrilling scenes like the gas station getaway, police car shootout, and let’s not forget one of the most gruesome off screen deaths to a likable character ever. Seriously, I can’t believe they were allowed to do that. I was shocked. Overall, it’s a pretty great 80s slasher that is highlighted by the one and only Rutger Hauer. I don’t want french fries at a diner ever again.

3.5/5