I also got my first notification of sfdebris' video today for IDK how many years. Had to re-sub though, the site's glorious robot decided to pretend the right to unsub me -- even though I know I subscribed to this channel even before my ex-wife & I started dating back in 2009.
It feels kinda natural, Spartan Knows what he's dealing with in Phoenix and everything is Alien to him , so you don't really notice it until its pointed out
It’s a movie that I think hits harder today, but to me it’ll always be that movie that has Stallone eating at a Taco Bell or Pizza Hutt depending on which version you’re watching.
so did they actually edit the signs or whatever in the foreign release? is he sitting there eating tacos behind a pizza hut sign? EDIT: Oh I see the restaurants are all taco bell branded, but they serve different food.
This is my favorite Stallone movie. There I said it. I freaking love this movie. Snipes is great, LEARY is great, Sandra B is great! The atmosphere they built has a lot of care and logic put into it, which is a billion times more than I can say about a flick like “The Quiet Place”. This is a great film.
I like how Hawthorne wasn't taken in by Stallone's star status, that he was just another human to him. As a result, he was honestly critical of the actor's faults.
The mutual dislike ironically works to the movies benefit. Cocteau seems legitimately annoyed at those 'barbarians' because the real life actor was annoyed.
Great background video. This was a time when VHS was still in full swing and I owned this, The Specialist, Cliffhanger and Judge Dread. This is the only one that I would consider a classic, but the others are all entertaining.
I love the idea that Arnold tricked Stalone into "stop or my mom will shot" only to have his self indulgent (but still fun in my opinion) Action comedy movie to be across the board lesser then this movie, especially after the scene with the Stalone terminator joke in "Last Action Hero".
Every time I hear the title *Last Action Hero,* I do an impression of Charles Dance bellowing about having shot somebody as if I were a salivating dog that just heard a bell.
to be fair, as someone who grew up in the 90s in Europe, I wouldn't know what Taco Bell was and probably would have thought it was made up for the movie. Still never tried it, but I do know it exists.
I have heard and read about many instances of method acting, which mostly end up with the method actor looking and acting like an asshole. That there's a counterpart of this with the Meisner technique, was however completely new information for me.
I think it's only known outside of the US as a way to mock yanks that their diet is so bad the reason why Taco Bell gives them the shits is because that's the only thing they eat with actual nutrients in it
This is one of my favorite 90's films. I didn't know much of the background, so I'm looking forward to this Edit: The Mention of Oscar...I liked that film. I get why it flopped, but it was still a fun one to me
Getting so many movie recommendations from this episode. And hardly any of them are available to stream in Australia, sigh. At least not included in the subscription anyway. Little reflection needed on how I would previously think nothing of renting a a dozen videos for a week, but am not willing to pay extra now as I am already paying for Netflix, Disney, CZcams and Prime.
So, the image you put up to show Hollywood preferring English actors to be villains is of Donald Pleasence, an actor known at least as much for playing good guys as bad, in You Only Live Twice, which is an English movie, not Hollywood. Following that up with four examples, three of which ARE English, but REG is African. Was that a very long day, Chuck?
I'm glad the algorithm decided to be kind to me today and alert me of this video. I loved this movie as a kid. Thanks for this!
Same! I haven't seen a SFDebris recommended in a long time. So happy to see this in my recommendations!
I also got my first notification of sfdebris' video today for IDK how many years. Had to re-sub though, the site's glorious robot decided to pretend the right to unsub me -- even though I know I subscribed to this channel even before my ex-wife & I started dating back in 2009.
Thirty years later, and I still don't know how to use the three seashells...
Watch the review and maybe you will…maybe
It's insane that this movie came out so coherent & prophetic with so many changes to actors, scripts, and scenes.
Stalone being out of step with all the other actors helps Spartan being out of step with all the other characters
It feels kinda natural, Spartan Knows what he's dealing with in Phoenix and everything is Alien to him , so you don't really notice it until its pointed out
It’s a movie that I think hits harder today, but to me it’ll always be that movie that has Stallone eating at a Taco Bell or Pizza Hutt depending on which version you’re watching.
so did they actually edit the signs or whatever in the foreign release? is he sitting there eating tacos behind a pizza hut sign?
EDIT: Oh I see the restaurants are all taco bell branded, but they serve different food.
They did change 'em.
Correction on Die Hard, while Alan Rickman was English, his character, the villainous Hans Gruber was in fact German.
"deddinadors"
This is my favorite Stallone movie. There I said it. I freaking love this movie. Snipes is great, LEARY is great, Sandra B is great! The atmosphere they built has a lot of care and logic put into it, which is a billion times more than I can say about a flick like “The Quiet Place”. This is a great film.
Cobra is great too, but for very different reasons.
Scissored pizza anyone? 😂
As soon as I Heard Stuart Baird, Star Trek Nemeshit popped into my head.
This movie is great. But so is Last Action Hero.
I like how Hawthorne wasn't taken in by Stallone's star status, that he was just another human to him. As a result, he was honestly critical of the actor's faults.
The mutual dislike ironically works to the movies benefit. Cocteau seems legitimately annoyed at those 'barbarians' because the real life actor was annoyed.
In Australia the line was still " Taco Bell! " ,which is bizarre because Australia didn't have TBs at the time but we did have Pizza Huts.
Great background video. This was a time when VHS was still in full swing and I owned this, The Specialist, Cliffhanger and Judge Dread. This is the only one that I would consider a classic, but the others are all entertaining.
I love the idea that Arnold tricked Stalone into "stop or my mom will shot" only to have his self indulgent (but still fun in my opinion) Action comedy movie to be across the board lesser then this movie, especially after the scene with the Stalone terminator joke in "Last Action Hero".
I love this movie unironically. Just good fun.
Every time I hear the title *Last Action Hero,* I do an impression of Charles Dance bellowing about having shot somebody as if I were a salivating dog that just heard a bell.
to be fair, as someone who grew up in the 90s in Europe, I wouldn't know what Taco Bell was and probably would have thought it was made up for the movie.
Still never tried it, but I do know it exists.
Great film Chuck.
Stallone's playing type MAKES the film like Leslie Nielson's makes Airplane! If he was in on the joke it'd be less funny by way of contrast.
I have heard and read about many instances of method acting, which mostly end up with the method actor looking and acting like an asshole. That there's a counterpart of this with the Meisner technique, was however completely new information for me.
indeed
25:31 - Bruh, Taco Bell STILL isn't well known outside of the U.S. TODAY.
I think it's only known outside of the US as a way to mock yanks that their diet is so bad the reason why Taco Bell gives them the shits is because that's the only thing they eat with actual nutrients in it
Finally, something i love and can get my teeth into. Cheers
This is one of my favorite 90's films. I didn't know much of the background, so I'm looking forward to this
Edit: The Mention of Oscar...I liked that film. I get why it flopped, but it was still a fun one to me
I love this movie!
Great Background Video like the Highlander Video
this is so awesome. As always, fantastic.
21:49 "overtime & over budget", that phrase makes me think of research in Sword of the Stars.
Out of everything I expected to learn, HHH being in a movie called The Chaperone was not one of them.
I have tried the three seashells.
It's as distopian as you'd imagine.
Getting so many movie recommendations from this episode.
And hardly any of them are available to stream in Australia, sigh.
At least not included in the subscription anyway.
Little reflection needed on how I would previously think nothing of renting a a dozen videos for a week, but am not willing to pay extra now as I am already paying for Netflix, Disney, CZcams and Prime.
5:07 That sounds amazing. I’m assuming from the title that its traveling in a tunnel along the ocean floor (or near enough to it).
Oh man. Here we go.
I know sea shell thing was a joke.
But it would be safe to assume that those are just buttons activating functions of automatic toilet.
Controlled Demolition Man. Truth is stranger than fiction, though not as entertaining.
What's your boggle?
I'm in the UK, and when I saw this, the winner of the Franchise Wars was Taco Bell, at least that's what I remember it as.
I love Oscar. And Last Action Hero.
And I really want the LeVar Burton Star Trek 10.
Dodged a bullet wrt to Stephen Segal
All they had to do is cut from him saying it to a slower pan to the scene while doing the voice over
Why does the picture for the train cop movie look like it was ripped directly from Timothy Zahn's book "Night Train to Rigel"?
I suddenly want some Taco Bell...
It was directed by vaders stuntman?
Thrill me.
So, the image you put up to show Hollywood preferring English actors to be villains is of Donald Pleasence, an actor known at least as much for playing good guys as bad, in You Only Live Twice, which is an English movie, not Hollywood.
Following that up with four examples, three of which ARE English, but REG is African.
Was that a very long day, Chuck?
Or else.
I just point out that this is considered the only good non-franchise movie of Stallone. Everything else is mediocre to bad.