Grindhouse

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:52 pm

"When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: "Have ya paid your dues, Jack?" "Yessir, the check is in the mail."

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:53 pm

"Just remember what old Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big old storm right in the eye and says, "Give me your best shot. I can take it."

steved2112 · Post by **steved2112** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:55 pm

"It's all in the reflexes."

EDIT: I misquoted Jack Burton feck!

Post by **Judge** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 9:59 pm

steved2112 wrote:
ThirstyDrunk wrote:
Frankennietzsche wrote:Kurt Russell...can't go wrong with Kurt Russell.
You mean Snake Pliskin?
Exactly. Jack Burton.

I like every movie I've ever seen with Kurt Russel in it. I won't be missing this.

Diabetic Daredevil · Post by **Diabetic Daredevil** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:13 pm

Escape, Big Trouble. 2 of my faves!!! How about the Thing, Tombstone. Not to get sappy but MIRACLE!!! Pliskin is still the Shiznit though. Off Topic- but Tom Atkins lives 1 mile from me.

(That's him on the right....duh!)

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 11:58 am

Bad news (or not): there is a remake of 'Escape from New York' being planned.

MethFront · Post by **MethFront** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:41 pm

Frankennietzsche wrote:Bad news (or not): there is a remake of 'Escape from New York' being planned.

Have they said who the director is going to be? That makes more of a difference than even the casting IMHO.

As I recall, and I'm too lazy to look it up, the original was written, directed and scored by John Carpenter. It's a great film, although it is certainly very dated, especially with the "i bought a casio keyboard and i'm going to use it!" sound-track.

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:51 pm

Gerard Butler's character King Leonidas may have lost his epic battle in the mega-hit "300," but the actor is enjoying the spoils. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Butler is set to star as the iconic hero, Snake Plissken, in a remake of John Carpenter's B-movie classic "Escape From New York," for New Line Cinema. The studio got the rights to the prepackaged project during an aggressive bidding war after "300" stunned Hollywood with its $70-million opening two weekends ago.

"The Fast and the Furious" producer Neal Moritz is behind the remake, which will combine an original story for Plissken along with the story from Carpenter's original 1981 movie. That surprise hit was set in a dark and futuristic 1997, where the island of Manhattan had been turned into a gigantic maximum-security prison. After the U.S. president's plane crashes in the middle of the apocalyptic mess, the incarcerated Plissken is coerced by the government to attempt a rescue mission, but he only has 22 hours to complete the task before micro-explosives injected into his bloodstream go off, killing him. The first "Escape" transformed Kurt Russell into an adult star after being pigeonholed as a kid actor in Walt Disney movies; it also began a long collaboration with Carpenter, as the duo teamed up on the thrillers "The Thing" and "Big Trouble in Little China" (a wonderful gem of a flick). They tried to rekindle the magic in 1996's "Escape from L.A.," but Carpenter's love of cheap special effects and bad production design doomed it with a more fickle audience. Nonetheless, the Plissken character has a fan base and has lived on in DVD and comic books. In an interesting twist, Russell will go back to his Carpenter roots when he stars in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof," part of next month's double-feature release, "Grindhouse."

As for new "superstar" Butler, although he's already wrapped the romantic drama "P.S., I Love You" opposite Hilary Swank, the "Escape" deal shows he's ready to mine his new status as an action hero. Now, whether a "300"-sized audience will show up if the Scot doesn't show off those chiseled abs again is another question.

(this is a cut and paste from some other guy who did the same thing on another board.)

BeerMakesMeSmart · Post by **BeerMakesMeSmart** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:55 pm

Apperently Mickey Rouke was supposed to be in it at some point instead of Russell.

Frankennietzsche · Post by **Frankennietzsche** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:56 pm

I think that the BigCasino should have been in it.

happydrunk · Post by **happydrunk** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:40 am

JudgeLyonell wrote:
steved2112 wrote:
ThirstyDrunk wrote: You mean Snake Pliskin?
Exactly. Jack Burton.

I like every movie I've ever seen with Kurt Russel in it. I won't be missing this.

Overboard!

Rooster · Post by **Rooster** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:45 am

don't worry be happydrunk wrote:
JudgeLyonell wrote:
steved2112 wrote:Exactly. Jack Burton.

I like every movie I've ever seen with Kurt Russel in it. I won't be missing this.
Overboard!

Quite possibly the best portrayal of Coast Guardsmen as bumbling idiots since The Guardian.

Boozy McLiverdamage · Post by **Boozy McLiverdamage** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:00 pm

i cant wait i hope it gets an NC17 so all the carnage can be seen!

cloud8 · Post by **cloud8** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:39 pm

& wrote:
BeerMakesMeSmart wrote: Shit. A chick with a machine gun as a leg? I'm there.
if she can aim straight, I'm game

...and people dump on Gwynn with his prosthetic-armed bunny.

Lifer · Post by **Lifer** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:33 am

I hate to say it, since I'm a fan of both the directors

but these movies look like absolute shit

and I know that's the point
and I still fucking don't get it.

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