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Post by sostie on Oct 8, 2018 12:01:48 GMT
BLADE RUNNER & THE THING
Released the same day Based on classic sci-fi books with different titles Critical and financial flops on release Later re-assessed as classics of their genre Both had follow-ups released decades later
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 & RESERVOIR DOGS
First proper debuts by each director Made by directors who were making a living writing/selling screenplays Films set in LA A bigger success financially and critically in UK than in US The directors are killed on screen Set in predominantly one location Homages to other films Cast features an ex-con
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Post by sostie on Oct 9, 2018 11:48:01 GMT
SMALL SOLDIERS & TRANSFORMERS
Teenager is caught up in a battle between two warring factions of sentient inanimate objects Kevin Dunne plays the hero's father Each has a voice actor that have played skeletal faced bad guys (Frank angell/Skeletor, Hugo Weaving/Red Skull) Each has a voice actor that appeared in Captain America First Avenger Each has an actor with an Oscar nominated daughter
CAPTAIN AMERICA FIRST AVENGER & WONDER WOMAN
Both based on comic book characters created in the 1940s Set during a World War Set mostly in Europe Both have a multi-cultural/national team Both have a scene in a London pub with that team Both have an antagonist with a facial deformity Both have an antagonist that is a chemist Both have a scene where the German bad guy kills superior officers Both main characters carry a shield Both leads have a love interest that is an Allied agent, from another country Both male love interests scarifice themselves preventing an aircraft delivering a weapon of mass destruction, both of whom have/will return in a sequel Both main characters later appeared in movie about a super hero team
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 9, 2018 12:41:33 GMT
The Hateful Eight and The Thing - Both star Kurt Russell Both scored by Ennio Morricone A singular location surrounded by snow "One of them fellas is not... what he says he is." No one survives
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Post by sostie on Oct 11, 2018 10:48:17 GMT
THE LOST BOYS and NEAR DARK
Released the same year Boy from single parent family meets girl...boy falls in love with girl...girl part of leather clad vampire gang...boy becomes vampire...boy defeats gang with help from his family...boy and girl cured of vampirism The male lead lead from both films was in Solarbabies Both feature a cast member that was in Young Guns II
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