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2011
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Man I dunno what was wrong with me as a kid but at some point recently someone linked me this best of Arnie compilation:

http://youtu.be/pDxn0Xfqkgw

I realised that I had somehow hardly even seen any of the movies other than Terminator and Terminator 2, so decided to go on an 80s binge recently.

I watched Total Recall for the first time - soooooooooo fucking epic, and Conan The Barbarian, which was just at a wtf level of absurdly retarded genius, I'm pretty sure everyone but me has seen these movies but if you somehow haven't, do yourself a favour - in Conan Arnie punches a camel when he's drunk ffs, doubt anything could be more epic than that movie.

Predator as well, hadn't seen that, I dunno what I was doing as a kid, probably reading books and trying to actually do well at school or something, but man just so good catching up on this stuff.

Most epic battle at the end of Predator, omg. Rewatched The Terminator also, forgot how epic the music was in it, just great!

I've been recommended Commando and Last Action Hero, I am gonna watch Rocky soon (have never seen any of them), what else can you guys recommend?

Feels like I might never find a cultural leak this vast again at any point in my life...

Other stuff is going well, we played a couple shows this weekend so I couldn't go to Sydney for the live poker series there which got 300k overlay somehow, High Roller didn't get up either, sad times for Australian live poker though Aussie Millions is going to be epic, especially since I'll have like 10 horses with me grinding in the trenches.

I've been pretty lazy this month though I've been doing well when I have played, gotta admit it's pretty damn sweet having horses grinding to facilitate guilt-free laziness though I still feel like a bit of a sloth spending all my time watching 80s movies and grinding video games instead of being more 'productive' as per this thread:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19...-rich-1132946/

January is gonna be pretty intense what with PCA and Aussie Millions, plus there's Xmas and NYE before then so I guess I should feel fine not doing much atm, guaranteed stressors looming on the horizon so for now pretty happy to just chill.

More 80s and early 90s recommendations plz!

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12-12-2011
MC TRON is offline MC TRON
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Aussie Millions should be wicked! Are you from Aus?
12-12-2011
JNuey is offline JNuey
I'm jealous you're just now getting to see all of those haha
12-12-2011
CRABFISH is offline CRABFISH
Falling Down - Mickey Douglas on monkey tilt.
12-12-2011
Beans is offline Beans
Aliens, back to the future, Beverly hills cop, Blade runner, Christiane F, Cobra, Cry freedom, Escape from New York, The Falcon and the Snowman, Ferris Beullers day off, Full metal jacket, Goodmorning Vietnam, Kickboxer, The killing fields, Lethal weapon, The lost boys, Midnight run, Mississippi burning, Nightmare on Elmstreet, No Mercy, Once upon a time in America, Over the top, Pet sematary, Risky business, The shining, Star wars, Stripes, Tango & Cash, Tequila sunrise, Top Gun, Tron, The untouchables, Wargames, Youngblood,

Thats prolly enough for a few hours!, enjoy!
12-12-2011
SEABEAST is offline SEABEAST
@beans wow niceeeeeee only seen about half of those. now i know where to go after arnie and sly run out

@crabfish yeah i love that movie. seen it a few times

@mctron yeah i live in melbourne, pretty close to crown where aussie mills is held. can't wait
12-12-2011
tedjam is offline tedjam
great selections beans. cry freedom and the killing fields are terrific political movies
sam waterson performance in TKF is amazing shlda won the oscar
12-12-2011
Beans is offline Beans
Thnx guys, also i would recommend everyone to watch Christiane F (wir kinder vom banhoff zoo) and if you have kids in the age of 12/13, make them watch that movie, guaranteed drug free life!
12-12-2011
klink10k is offline klink10k
see you in melbs
12-12-2011
d2themfi is online now d2themfi
Updated 12-12-2011 at 01:17 PM by d2themfi
comedies- trading places, 48 hours (some action in this as well), bull durham, ferris beuller, weekend at bernies (#1 only), night shift, risky business, ruthless people, young frankenstein

action: ricochet, black rain, die hard, lethal weapon, top gun

thank me later
12-12-2011
davisimo is offline davisimo
Check out Bill Murray's 'Scrooged', festive 80s comedy.

Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are true action classics.

Gremlins was a fun movie, I think that is a festive one too.
12-12-2011
tedjam is offline tedjam
The natural is kinda corny but I love sport movies
12-12-2011
om666en is offline om666en
Best thing about watching the old movies is you often see actors before they where stars,playing small parts.
Bill Paxtons in The Terminator as one of the "Punks" that Arnie gets his clothes from.
12-13-2011
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Commando is real hof, and you have to be watching Over The Top with Stallone, real trashy 80s stuff but pretty epic.
12-13-2011
MC TRON is offline MC TRON
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Cliff Hanger with Stallone. So good!
And +1 for Die Hard 1 and 2
12-13-2011
aejones is online now aejones
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all the star wars, all the back to the future, all the lethal weapons, all the indiana joneses
12-13-2011
aejones is online now aejones
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also i saw someone mentioned tango and cash, that used to be one of my favorites as well
12-13-2011
BeeredUpDonk is offline BeeredUpDonk
Updated 12-13-2011 at 10:36 AM by BeeredUpDonk
Not sure if its been mentioned yet, but Blue Velvet is a must, if just for Dennis Hoppers performance, one of the best on screen villains ever imo.
Pretty in Pink, although not a great film, is classic 80s, and has some great songs on the soundtrack.
But give me Arnie playing a hard bastard any day of the week
12-13-2011
SEABEAST is offline SEABEAST
yeah i love blue velvet. and thankfully my childhood was not barren enough to have not seen star warses, back to the futures, indiana joneses... so good.

definitely gonna have a field day with all of these, thanks guys
12-14-2011
StnBuddha is offline StnBuddha
I'd also add Real Genius, Red Dawn, The Flamingo Kid, The Outsiders and Fatal Attraction to your 80's list.
12-14-2011
StnBuddha is offline StnBuddha
Can't Buy Me Love should also hit the list.
12-14-2011
BeeredUpDonk is offline BeeredUpDonk
As you say 90s too, for comedy Groundhog Day is v funny, and one film that blew me away was American Beauty which just sneaks into the 90s.
12-14-2011
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BLOODSPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!EPIC
12-14-2011
guitarizt is offline guitarizt
Gonna second some bean picks:

Aliens, Back to the Future, Top Gun, Tron, Wargames

I watched dune for the first time a few months ago and I really liked it. A couple other ones not mentioned yet but everyone has probably seen them already are Scarface and The Princess Pride.
 
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