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[Gwladys St. Glory]

The Phoenician Scheme

Whole lotta' meh...

 

[Tommy Chong]

It's to early on a Saturday morning for 'should', I've not got it in me. Rumour is it was owned by one of the prop guys, but I can't confirm that.

It’s not that uncommon for extra props to magically grow legs and disappear off a set, once the movie has been completed. Especially back then.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Film props are a fairly new phenomenon, the fact the vader sabre was in all 3 original films makes it kind of special. Can see this sort of stuff becoming like fine art, a fantastic investment that holds or better acquires value.

Right up there with Indiana Jones' hat or whip. Movie freaks are all over that shiz.

 

[Rita_Poon]

It’s not that uncommon for extra props to magically grow legs and disappear off a set, once the movie has been completed. Especially back then.

Yeah, that's part of the mystique here, new hope 77, empire 80, jedi 83. Someone held onto and reused the same prop in light of the success and the hype of the time for 6 or 7 years? I'm questioning the provenance here. If it had been prized out of Lucas' cold dead hand then maybe, but Phil from props that smuggled it out hidden down his trousers 42 years ago? I've got questions!

 

[Tommy Chong]

Yeah, that's part of the mystique here, new hope 77, empire 80, jedi 83. Someone held onto and reused the same prop in light of the success and the hype of the time for 6 or 7 years? I'm questioning the provenance here. If it had been prized out of Lucas' cold dead hand then maybe, but Phil from props that smuggled it out hidden down his trousers 42 years ago? I've got questions!

Exactly… The cameraman or the best boy might decide to keep a momento from his time on the set.

Last day on the job, no ones really going to be taking prop inventory.

The Phoenician Scheme

Whole lotta' meh...

Agreed, mate…

Not one of Wes Anderson’s better films.

 

[Rita_Poon]

Right up there with Indiana Jones' hat or whip. Movie freaks are all over that shiz.

Ford gave the Indiana Jones whip going up for auction to then-Prince Charles at the 1989 UK premiere of The Last Crusade. It was given as a gift

Indiana Jones’ iconic whip among famous movie props up for auction

Many of movies’ most sought-after props are going up for auction, including the Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Rita_Poon]

2019

bbc 2 11pm

re this, can understand the kick back against corporate america, can also see the Mangioni aspect and empathise with the cause.

 

[ClausThomsen]

Damn! It doesn’t look like they skimped on the special effects, based on that!

And was that William Forsythe I saw in that trailer?!

It is - there was a few pounds more of him back in the day by the looks of things.

The level of effects / stunt work is genuinely good even without a "for the budget" qualifier.

Henriksen made a load of these around this time, 'near dark', 'johnny handsome', this. How did an actor that was such pals with Bigelow and Cameron end up with so few options.

I'd guess he just liked keeping busy or maybe there was a touch of being a big fish in a smaller pond allowing him a lot more creative control on set.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I'd guess he just liked keeping busy or maybe there was a touch of being a big fish in a smaller pond allowing him a lot more creative control on set.

I reckon he's smart enough to know that he needed a foil to make a good film with, someone approaching his equal, he'd seen it in Terminator with Hamilton, he was integral with Weaver in Aliens, there has to be someone or something with some chops to make the viewer care about the jeopardy, to be invested in.

There was a film out last year, 'Mad props', seeing as I've just had a moan about Vader's light sabre elsewhere I might try n catch it.

I suppose he did sort of get there, maybe he was being farmed out as a name for hire to boost crap films, but he ended the spell of rubbish with the slightly camp and so-so actioner 'hard target' (93) the under rated 'No escape' (94) a bit part in 'the quick and the dead' (95). Maybe it's work for works sake and keeping the bills paid.

I hadn't realised/remembered he was in 'Close encounters', so with Terminator and Aliens has a pretty hi stock in the sci fi world.

 

[ClausThomsen]

I reckon he's smart enough to know that he needed a foil to make a good film with, someone approaching his equal, he'd seen it in Terminator with Hamilton, he was integral with Weaver in Aliens, there has to be someone or something with some chops to make the viewer care about the jeopardy, to be invested in.

There was a film out last year, 'Mad props', seeing as I've just had a moan about Vader's light sabre elsewhere I might try n catch it.

I suppose he did sort of get there, maybe he was being farmed out as a name for hire to boost crap films, but he ended the spell of rubbish with the slightly camp and so-so actioner 'hard target' (93) the under rated 'No escape' (94) a bit part in 'the quick and the dead' (95). Maybe it's work for works sake and keeping the bills paid.

I hadn't realised/remembered he was in 'Close encounters', so with Terminator and Aliens has a pretty hi stock in the sci fi world.

I can agree with all that. I've only got a very vague memory of No Escape so I'll have to revisit that.

But.... Van Damme at peak mullet, a 1993 Yancy Butler and Wilford Brimley playing Cajun. That ain't so-so.

 

[Del-boy]

Murder at 1600.
90’s Wesley Snipes thriller. Worth a watch. 90’s and late 80’s are packed with decent thrillers. Ones today and made recently are not to the standard imo.

 

[Rita_Poon]

I can agree with all that. I've only got a very vague memory of No Escape so I'll have to revisit that.

But.... Van Damme at peak mullet, a 1993 Yancy Butler and Wilford Brimley playing Cajun. That ain't so-so.

'Hard Target' is ham, a great big hock of ham. Van Damme couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag. Vosloo camps it up as well. Henchman for hire and Schwarzenegger lifting (Hess) buddy Ole Thorsen is there as Damme fodder. For a film so loaded with automatic weapons, there's not a crack shot in the bunch. And our hero would have to move faster than Mr Anderson (Neo) to beat a bullet with a flying side kick. (I wonder if this scene was an homage to the knife vs gun face off in the original 'Magnificent Seven').

3 rattle snake captures out of 10. And that's being generous.

 

[BITTER TWISTED & BLUE]

Last film I watched all the way through was Army of One.
Absolute tosh,predictable plot and the characters so obviously cast for their looks suiting the role as opposed to any acting ability.
Only stuck it out to make sure she killed them all and no chance of a sequel,hopefully

 

[jaycee]

"Exit 8", bit of an odd one this, basically a young fella walking up and down the same subway tunnels, done in the vein of vivarium, it's an absolute love or hate film

 

[BlueInNZ]

The Beekeeper. Omg what absolute dross. Tbh Im not sure i even got halfway through. Pathetically predictable plot, wooden acting. People get paid to make this shoite.