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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 13, 2020 21:51:47 GMT
Interesting.
The Evil Dead - 9.5 - still the most frightening movie ever filmed Evil Dead II - 10 - pure genius Army of Darkness - 8 Evil Dead - 6.5 AvED Season 1 - 9 - our Evil Dead 4 AvED Season 2 - 9 - the final time travel is pure gold AvED Season 3 - 9 - the last episodes were incredible
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 13, 2020 0:11:27 GMT
Better than what we got in that Wolverine movie. Not at all. Taylor Kitsch was perfect in the role, and all Gambit scenes were great.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 13, 2020 0:05:24 GMT
I'm mapping all birthdays and ages of the X-Men and the other characters.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 12, 2020 23:52:45 GMT
I don't remember:
Was Weapon XI referred as "The Dead Pool" or "Deadpool"?
Blob looked great.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 12, 2020 23:39:46 GMT
Well, we got:
James "Jimmy" Logan Victor Creed Wade Wilson - superhuman agility and kinesthesis Frederick Dukes - The Blob Chris Bradley - technopathy and radio waves manipulation John Wraith - teleportation Agent Zero (not David North/Maverick) - superhuman physical abilities and sight accuracy
I loved their characterization and power display.
Also, the movie version of "Weapon XI" aka "The Dead Pool" was creepy and brutal. We got the real Deadpool in the standalone Deadpool saga, but this counterpart was very frightening and I liked it a lot. Plus, he had Cyclops' power and that was the chance to see more optical blast action!
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 12, 2020 23:05:33 GMT
So no "Logan".
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 12, 2020 23:04:28 GMT
This one for me. Both Magnet and Wheels, you're pretty much unstoppable Hahah yeah. Xavier and Lehnsherr can beat everyone and everything.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 11, 2020 21:10:00 GMT
Asking if Ash would have become a cult icon without the sequels is like asking if Freddy would have become a cult icon if Craven just made a movie about a local child killer in a boiler room. The chainsaw hand, oneliners, and playing into Bruce's personality are what made Ash so memorable. Ash basically had the traditional final girl role in the first ED only gender swapped. I think at best he'd be looked at like an Alice Hardy. I kinda agree, but Bruce's actor performance was 100% excellent and intense anyway, and Ash already had some "unusual quality", in the way the character gradually evolved from the beginning of the movie until the end. He also stole the lead character's "crown" from Scott, and that was another unprecedented aspect in "The Evil Dead".
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 11, 2020 19:56:50 GMT
Most likely not. At best he would be in the Johnny category. "They're coming to get you Barbara." Johnny? He didn't fight any zombie/Living Dead. ED1 Ash is like Ben.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 11, 2020 18:31:47 GMT
Yesterday I was thinking that, while it was still an immature and slightly underdeveloped character, the main traits of Ash were already on there anyway, in the first Evil Dead movie.
He already "interacted" with the Deadites like they would be human beings (unprecedented aspect for an horror movie IMHO)... talking with them in a serious way. He was brave enough to fight Evil Linda, Evil Cheryl and Evil Scott. Granted, he wasn't still the character we loved in ED2, Army and AvED... but the core within him was still intact and recognizable.
If you pretend that ED2 and the sequels were never made, and Ash was just the lead character of a standalone horror movie like "The Evil Dead", do you think the character would have become "cultish" or at least well-known the same?
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 7, 2020 22:36:10 GMT
No new 2K transfer or 4K transfer. "Darkman" is just the most overlooked and underrated cult flick out there. Thank you, Universal.
"Darkman" was my first introduction to Sam Raimi and its cinema. I became a super-fan when I was 13 years old, just after watching the fantastic trailer over and over. I started to buy the comic book adaptation, play the Commodore 64/Amiga videogame and collect dozens and dozens of articles about the movie... until I watched it for the very first time on a rented VHS, in total awe. It was my very first cinematic obsession. I also owned a gigantic "cardboard figure" (is that the right way to call it?) reproducing the Darkman from the official poster.
To me, DARKMAN is a brilliant movie and a masterpiece. Part sci-fi, part comic book, part horror, part thriller, part drama, part action, all genius. Raimi's direction was cosmic. Liam Neeson was superb and deserved an Oscar. Darkman's appearance and costume were absolutely astonishing, and the make-up was 100% impressive. The helicopter chase/raid in the city is still a CLASSIC of the Nineties action genre, that's for sure.
I've been dreamed a proper and real theatrical sequel for the following years... but Raimi declined.
I would be thrilled to know about a reimagining/remake of some sort, or even a "Darman Returns" starring an aged Liam Neeson. That would made my day.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jul 1, 2020 0:18:10 GMT
RIP DAN HICKS (JAKE from ED2). You will never be forgotten!
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 28, 2020 12:15:12 GMT
The remake/reboot whatever was actually perfectly decent. It was well made and pretty compelling, but it didn't feel like Evil Dead. The series was a great deal of fun. If they're moving on they should pick it up from there. I actually didn't finish it, so I dont know where it leaves off, but I imagine that could work even if Bruce Campbell is done with Ash. The remake didn't really work for me. The effects were excellent but it lacked the charm of the originals, if that makes any sense. As you said yourself, it didn't really feel like Evil Dead. It's the general consensus. It wasn't "colorful" and "crazy" like the original Evil Dead, let alone Evil Dead II or the TV series. It felt like a pretty generic, albeit if well-done, scary and serious modern horror movie without the hallucinating genius of Evil Dead.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 24, 2020 10:49:52 GMT
Tell me.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 24, 2020 10:49:12 GMT
Actually, Tony Stark's body will be possessed by the Kandarian Demon and he will turn into a Deadite.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 23, 2020 22:31:14 GMT
I have a question, too. So the demons were awakened from their "ancient slumber" by the incantations on the tape recording, but even before that there seemed to be a demon that was already roaming the forest. Like the moving porch swing that suddenly stops, how Cheryl's hand was possessed and made her draw that demonic face, etc. These strange happenings were occurring before the incantations, so why was this particular demon not dormant like the others? There are NO "demons". There's only ONE demon: The Kandarian Demon aka the Evil Force aka the (titular) Evil Dead aka the Evil. It's ONE demon able to possess two human beings at a time, as well as objects, trees and animals. The Kandarian Demon uses to speak about itself as "WE", just because it literally splits into many fragments of itself and put them inside whatever it possesses. The "Deadites" are all connected and they are all parts of the Kandarian Demon. It's one enemy. I guess that, before reciting the incantation, the Kandarian Demon is a "sleepwalker", roaming the forest without being able to possess anything or anyone. Don't forget that Professor Raymond Knowby recited the incantation one week before.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 21, 2020 23:30:19 GMT
TheSowIsMine Last question: Ashley puts the Necronomicon in the fire. After Evil Cheryl has decomposed, and she looks like a skeleton... she "jumps" over Ash: 1- Does the skull scream or open the mouth? 2- Does the skull present blood on it? I remember pieces of grey flesh? Thank you so much, really. The mouth is open and moaning. Blood and grey flesh. Thank you man. Yes, I vaguely remember the blood and the grey flesh on the skull, I don't remember if the skull was still decomposing (via animated FX) while Evil Cheryl was moaning and "jumping" over Ashley...
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 21, 2020 17:39:11 GMT
TheSowIsMineLast question: Ashley puts the Necronomicon in the fire. After Evil Cheryl has decomposed, and she looks like a skeleton... she "jumps" over Ash: 1- Does the skull scream or open the mouth? 2- Does the skull present blood on it? I remember pieces of grey flesh? Thank you so much, really.
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 20, 2020 19:24:48 GMT
Have you seen?
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Post by Martin Brundle - Martinfly on Jun 20, 2020 19:23:36 GMT
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