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RiffTrax Discussion => Individual RiffTrax Discussion => McBain => Topic started by: Trekker4747 on January 25, 2013, 01:30:26 PM
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We learned at the very least a Rifftrax with Christopher Walken in it is a must have and as a bonus we get Michael Ironside?! Man, could there be anything more watchable?
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I learned just how oily revolutions can really be.
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I learned that if anyone invokes my father's Vietnam division, I must drop everything and join their cause.
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I learned that causing an international incident is all worth it for some mediocre tail.
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I learned that Walken used to be typecast as a slightly unhinged Vietnam vet.
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Green Lantern secretly served in Vietnam as "Roberto Santos."
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Mike knows the word "Fuck."
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Why is the like option not available in this thread for some reason?
I learned that causing an international incident is all worth it for some mediocre tail.
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Maria Conchita Alonso never really did anything for me either. Haven't seen this one yet, but is she as attrocious of an actress here as she is in Predator 2?
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I learned that America is awesome.
I learned that when you are holding a Columbian dictator hostage with a gun, you should not give him the gun.
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I don't necessarily find her unattractive. She's just not "center of attention in an action move"/"our hero's chick" attractive. And certainly not "drop everything, commit several felonies, kill bad and potentially innocent people while also potentially cause an international incident" attractive. It must be said hair style and wardrobe in this movie doesn't serve her well. Her acting in it? Oy.
I learned that even when he's not trying, Michael Ironside still steals a scene even when he's sharing it with freaking Christopher Walken!
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I learned that some guns can shoot bullets through two aircraft windows without breaking them and kill the guy on the other side.
I also learned that Rifftrax will never, ever figure out proper audio mixing.
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I learned that some guns can shoot bullets through two aircraft windows without breaking them and kill the guy on the other side.
We do see a small bullet hole in at least our main characters' plane which is probably about right given the double-paned aircraft "glass" used in aircraft and certainly used in fighter jets. What's more remarkable is how the bullet holes didn't depressurize either aircraft since both were flying at altitude.
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I learned that ceiling fans weigh approximately 400 pounds
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I learned it is really hard to tie up a steering wheel to keep it straight, and some fighter pilots have really crappy reaction times so they just can't jump out of anything fast enough.
Oh and also in that same scene I learned that you really need a fuel truck rigged to explode to knock down a gate. Even though it seemed like the truck all by itself was doing a pretty good job, the explosion really helped, ah, clear out the empty area beyond the gate...?
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I learned that "Michael Ironside" is a person that people know. I just thought, "Wow, that white man has a fantastic ass," but then my husband's all "Wow, that's Michael Ironside," like that would mean something to me.
I also learned that the physics in this movie would never work at all. When I asked my personal physicist if the firing a gun out of a plane would successfully kill the enemy pilot, he said "Yeah, sure. Go get 'em girls." He was also super impressed with the GPS salad spinner add-on for your laptop.
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We learned at the very least a Rifftrax with Christopher Walken in it is a must have and as a bonus we get Michael Ironside?! Man, could there be anything more watchable?
It seemed like everyone in this movie was having a really great time! Kind of like a wedding reception that you weren't sure you wanted to go to, but really enjoyed by the end. I still think this movie was made solely to launder a whole lot of drug money, but it was quite the kick in the head!
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I learned that "Michael Ironside" is a person that people know. I just thought, "Wow, that white man has a fantastic ass," but then my husband's all "Wow, that's Michael Ironside," like that would mean something to me.
I also learned that the physics in this movie would never work at all. When I asked my personal physicist if the firing a gun out of a plane would successfully kill the enemy pilot, he said "Yeah, sure. Go get 'em girls." He was also super impressed with the GPS salad spinner add-on for your laptop.
Oh, see, now here we go. I thought "michael ironside" was supposed to be the blond kid with the bulbous tush who flew the not--exactlly-legit "U.S." fighter jet. Come to find he was the guy with the creepy little middle-aged-man ponytail. I still only know him as "that guy in that show." Look, just set me up with some DVDs of WKRP, OK? I'm not ready for this millennium.
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Ahh, you would need to be well versed in 80's and early 90's action movies to truly know who Michael Ironside is. The man is a LEGEND to those who take their movies over the top, silly, and absolutely amazing.
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I can't think of a film with worse 'good' guys. They have the gall to (in between ruthlessly murdering everyone) wear hideous Hawaiian shirts.
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I learned it is really hard to tie up a steering wheel to keep it straight, and some fighter pilots have really crappy reaction times so they just can't jump out of anything fast enough.
Oh and also in that same scene I learned that you really need a fuel truck rigged to explode to knock down a gate. Even though it seemed like the truck all by itself was doing a pretty good job, the explosion really helped, ah, clear out the empty area beyond the gate...?
Plus, that whole truck thing was unnecessary considering all of the rockets that they had to shoot afterwards.
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I learned that in a scene that establishes our main character's fighting skills that impresses a guy he just met so much that it starts the plot of the movie, it is entirely unnecessary for the main character be impressive AT ALL.
I learned that it is okay to have a shot that makes it looks like our heroine and love interest is ROBBING villagers.
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Ahh, you would need to be well versed in 80's and early 90's action movies to truly know who Michael Ironside is. The man is a LEGEND to those who take their movies over the top, silly, and absolutely amazing.
I remember him most strongly as Richter in the 1990 "Total Recall". The man just oozes evil. He must have been a shark in a previous life. A deranged, had-to-evolve-into-a-human-just-to-kick-puppies, shark. And what's really scary is that he is a method actor, who stays in character between takes. With all the bad guys and psychos this guy plays, I can't imagine what he's like on set.
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I learned that posing for pics before the graves of recently murdered villagers is fun. Fun!
I learned that Columbians have no issues whatsoever putting their children and grandmothers in the front lines of the Revolution.
Man, this movie gives Mythbusters a whole season worth of material.
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Man, people not knowing who Michael Ironside is makes me feel old, which I really shouldn't be feeling at 34.
I learned that if you're going to extort a mafioso kingpin for finances for your personal international incident misadventure you should: Kidnap him, .... knock him out?... tie him to a chair and suspend him off the edge of the building, lay out your extortion deal, and then leave him hanging off the building with no obvious means of escape while your contact information for your Swiss Bank Account (TM!) remains precariously perched on a ledge on a flimsy piece of paper. I also learned said mafioso king pins are actually pretty easy to capture and get information out of.
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I learned that Mike/Kevin/Bill will wait YEARS to get in that "Beyond Thunderdome" joke Tom Servo originally wanted.
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Man, people not knowing who Michael Ironside is makes me feel old, which I really shouldn't be feeling at 34.
You're so sweet! I'm not too young to have known Michael Ironside, I'm so old I still treasure John Saxon as my action bad guy of choice.
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Ahh, you would need to be well versed in 80's and early 90's action movies to truly know who Michael Ironside is. The man is a LEGEND to those who take their movies over the top, silly, and absolutely amazing.
I remember him most strongly as Richter in the 1990 "Total Recall". The man just oozes evil. He must have been a shark in a previous life. A deranged, had-to-evolve-into-a-human-just-to-kick-puppies, shark. And what's really scary is that he is a method actor, who stays in character between takes. With all the bad guys and psychos this guy plays, I can't imagine what he's like on set.
For me Michael Ironside will always Lt Ratczeck (no idea if that's spelled right) from Starship Troopers. Without a doubt my favorite cheesy movie of all time. And I've said it before (namely after the T:Salvation riff), Michael Ironside is simultaneously awful and awesome in everything he's in.
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Michael Ironside in Total Recall FTW.
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I always think of Scanners when I see him. Hopefully they don't think too hard about me. ;)
/yes, I'm old
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I learned they relied on J Patterson for all the music for the movie.
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I can't find the soundtrack anywhere!
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You are right. I just checked too. No where to be found. Perhaps a J Patterson conspiracy.
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Man, people not knowing who Michael Ironside is makes me feel old, which I really shouldn't be feeling at 34.
I learned that if you're going to extort a mafioso kingpin for finances for your personal international incident misadventure you should: Kidnap him, .... knock him out?... tie him to a chair and suspend him off the edge of the building, lay out your extortion deal, and then leave him hanging off the building with no obvious means of escape while your contact information for your Swiss Bank Account (TM!) remains precariously perched on a ledge on a flimsy piece of paper. I also learned said mafioso king pins are actually pretty easy to capture and get information out of.
And that he knows his brother-in-law is screwing him. At least, he thought he was. HE THOUGHT HE WAS!!!
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I learned that Jay Patterson has a lovely singing voice.
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I learned that if a young woman walks up to construction workers on the Brooklyn Bridge they won't call the man she's looking for to come down, or say he's busy and needs to wait or anything like that. Nope, they'll just send her up the cable to talk to him herself.
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What I didn't learn was what the deal was with the US reprinting their money in Red White and Blue, what was up with that?
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What I didn't learn was what the deal was with the US reprinting their money in Red White and Blue, what was up with that?
I think it was just political satire about how meaningless politicians are.
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I thought the suggestion might have been they were counterfeiting or something.
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Nah, I'm with Darth. It was a commentary on how politicians have the tendency to concern themselves with meaningless domestic matters (especially over things like how Americans feel about their patriotism and money) when there's real world problems out there that are effect lives, livelihoods and, well, stuff that matters.
It's also odd. If not mistaken the US Mint and Federal Reserve have more to do with the printing of money, what it looks like, and such more than the Federal Government and the President himself do.