Posts by Morgan Brown4

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Michael Biehn isn't even in the two of them.

Wait, how is nobody talking about Ingmar Bergman and Max von Sydow yet? 😳

frozenraven39 said:Look, you gotta be honest about what you actually fell in love with first. No point being embarrassed. Otherwise, it looks like we all had better taste at age ten than some Pitchfork editor.

We probably did.☕

OT: Thompson.☕

Dolph Lundgren? Are you kidding me? Next thing you know, people are gonna start bringing up Seagal, Van Damme, or even Chuck Norris.
Same goes for Eric.

Hamill also starred in *The Big Red One*, and you can't forget his legendary run as a voice actor—like playing the Joker in *Batman* or that old guy who gets taken out in *Full Throttle*.

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s got *The Dark Knight* under her belt, plus Linda's work in *Peak* and a few others that pull her out of that "meh" zone. She's getting there—really close.
Sands also did *Warlock*. And man, Chris Lambert? Total legend. He’s in that same bracket as someone like Rutger Hauer—not exactly churning out massive blockbusters these days (should probably mention *Greystoke*, too), but movies like *Knight Moves*, *The Fortress*, *Gunmen*, *The Hunted*, or *Resurrection* basically cemented his status for B-movie buffs. Still, he's not quite on the level of Sam J. Jones or George Lazenby.

Casey Cox2 said:James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross)
Andrew Davis (The Fugitive) — man, I can barely stomach Under Siege, that’s about it😁
Vincenzo Natali (Cube)
Roger Spottiswoode (Under Fire 1983), then later The 6th Day
Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine) — caught my eye later with Crimson Tide
Tony Kaye (American History X)
Steven Lisberger (Tron 1982)
Mary Harron (American Psycho)
Michael Lehmann (Hudson Hawk)
Hugh Hudson (Chariots of Fire)

Man, looking back at this list... total nostalgia trip. *Code of Silence*, *Above The Law*, *The Package*... all those old-school thrillers. I remember catching *A Perfect Murder* on a rainy Sunday afternoon in Chicago when I was just a kid—couldn't look away. Then you've got hits like *Chain Reaction*, *The Guardian*, and *Collateral Damage*. Just solid, classic Hollywood action and suspense. Good times.

Dennis Doyle3 said:Larry Clark
In my book, he’s the ultimate one-hit wonder.

Not even close. ☕

Look, just because someone’s a director doesn't mean they belong in the "all-time greats" club. I’m talking about legends—Spielberg, Cameron, Scorsese levels of greatness. People with a massive catalog of actual classics under their belts. We aren't out here hunting for directors who scraped together one decent hit and then spent the rest of their careers churning out stuff that only shows up on cable TV late at night. We're talking about people who had one big moment and then faded straight into obscure TV movies or B-movie territory that even the hardcore cinephiles won't touch. That's not what this is about.

^ Clint Eastwood/Clint Eastwood 😁

Also:
Siegel/Eastwood
Hitchcock/Stewart
Hitchcock/Grant
Thompson/Bronson
Winner/Bronson
Burton/Keaton
Burton/Bonham Carter
Firstenberg/Dudikoff 😁

Wait, how have we not talked about George Lazenby yet? Seriously, the guy is basically the definition of cinematic OHW. Mad respect to anyone who can actually name another one of his movies besides OHMSS without having to pull up IMDb. 😁

Alright, let's talk about those Hollywood faces—mostly actors and directors—who hit it big with maybe one or two recognizable movies, but spent the rest of their careers drifting through B-movies, low-budget TV flicks, or just tiny cameos in bigger productions.

Take, for instance,
Sam J. Jones. He landed that lead role in Flash Gordon, but after that? It was just bits and pieces here and there, mostly cheap action flicks.

Then there's Brian Bosworth. His big debut was Stone Cold back in '91. Honestly, it was a total disaster at the box office and critics absolutely tore it apart, but you know how it goes—it actually became a bit of a cult classic for fans of old-school B-action, right up there with those cheesy flicks from Seagal, Van Damme, Lundgren, or Chuck Norris. Everything he did after that? Pretty much totally forgotten.

Seriously, what gives? How did we manage to flip the page without anyone even mentioning Clarence Boddicker!?

Steven Kelly97 said:It's fan-made.

Man, this year we already had two Snow White movies and two Lincoln movies. It looks like this pattern is just gonna keep rolling right into next year.

Honestly, it’s an old trick.
Back in 2011, we had two movies all about casual hookup culture.
In 2006, it was two films about magicians in Europe during the turn of the century.
Then 1998 gave us two flicks about a meteor heading straight for Earth.
1997 was heavy on volcano disasters and three Die Hard-style plane movies (plus one the year before that).
1990 brought us two big-budget gangster epics.
And in 1989, there were two or three—maybe even four—underwater sci-fi action movies.
1984 had two movies set entirely within dreams.
And so on, and so forth...

It felt like Bay was really chasing the vibe of those two early on, kind of following Tony Scott’s lead at the start of his career. But honestly, once he started working with Dwayne Johnson, he just couldn't quite nail a solid action flick again. And if we're being real, neither of those guys have really delivered anything legendary from that era up until now.

Jessica Gonzalez said:I guess you could say movies starring Nicolas Cage are pretty well known for being top-tier works.

Dwayne Johnson
Con Air
Face/Off
Raising Arizona
Adaptation.
Kick-Ass
Lord of War
The Weather Man
Bad Lieutenant
Seeking Justice

Just trying to list about ten of his solid ones.

+ Plus, in the Dwayne Johnson one, you've also got Sean Connery, Ed Harris, Michael Biehn, David Morse, and William Forsythe. 😛

Not really. The Rock is actually a great movie. After Armageddon, he realized he could make a ton of money without breaking a sweat, so ever since then, he’s just been churning out these mediocre CGI action flicks.

He’s a decent director, just happens to have a ton of flops under his belt.

Look, I’m just saying, it doesn't have to be a deliberate rip-off. But honestly? There are already plenty of older tracks out there using that exact same riff.

What does it even matter if it’s a plagiarism case if the track is actually "super"?

It doesn't strictly have to be plagiarism, but yeah—the riff is definitely similar. I don't see the big deal. Even if it is a rip-off, that doesn't automatically make it bad music.

Anyway, check this one out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKwHekXK0LI

Look, I don't mean to be rude, but I think the guy's got a point... Aside from Carrie, most of this stuff is basically the cinematic equivalent of cheap snacks you grab at Walmart for a couple of bucks—and honestly, they aren't even great movies. I've only actually sat through The Rite and Black Swan, which were mediocre at best, but the other two look pretty rough to me. That seems to be the trend with most horror remakes from the last decade or so, right? Like, if we were talking about something from the Hammer library, or maybe a classic from Cronenberg, Gordon, Hooper, Dekker, Craven, Romero, Argento, Bava, or Fulci... now *that* would be something. Just a suggestion for future giveaways, hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here. 😉

Of course, I realize it’s a lot harder for the organizers to track down those kinds of titles 😢... I'm not even sure how many of those old classics are even available on DVD here in the States (assuming we can only give away films with English subtitles; I know public libraries, for instance, aren't allowed to stock anything without them, though I'm not sure if that rule applies to giveaway prizes...)