Eli26
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Kit is the queen of complainers and he's jabbing at complainers? Pot calling the kettle black.
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Eli26
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Eli26
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He has a point though. *****ing about a lack of story in essentially 80's action flicks is like *****ing about there being too much potato in french fries.
No, he actually doesn't.
I'm as excited for this as I've been for the first 2, the 80s action films are some of my most favorite and these movies bring them back and my favorite actors from them are as enjoyable today as they were back then.
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I think I am most excited to see Antonio Banderas and Stallone on screen together again. I thought they worked well together in Assassins. Seeing Ford in that teaser is pretty cool too. Looking forward to this.
Also Wesley being back is awesome!
Also Wesley being back is awesome!
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I can't wait for this !
So There.
So There.
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Yeah, actually I do. If you're to stupid to see it that's your problem. Anyone looking for good story telling in a movie that's MADE to be campy 80s style action is a moron.
It's not about having the plot since there's no movie w/o it.
The point is you can either write and shoot First_Blood / Predator / Die_Hard... or I_Come_in_Peace.
Or even something closer to Reb Brown movies, they has fanbase too
Let's ease up on Reb Brown.
thenammagazine
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Hopefully that'll clean out the bats. Seriously, *****ing about a lack of plot in 80's action movies? Really?! It's the same as looking porn "grinders" and *****ing about a lack of story there, too.
C'mon, Commando was Oscar material 
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If you don't like 'em don't watch 'em....its as simple as that. These films are as much about nostalgia as they are about the story, everyone knows these guys aren't what they were in the '80s but the people who like these films don't give a **** about that in the first place.
I feel like some people think these movies are made with intent to be some amazing new film, but that's not the point, they're just nostalgic fun for the actors who thrived in the genre and the fans of it, they're not trying to compete with the likes of today's action flicks, no one's naive enough to think movies with 60 year old Sly, Willis and Arnold will compete with ones starting the Rock or Vin Diesel with today's audiences. They just want to do a few more films like they made their careers on while they can and if some fans enjoy it great, if not, no big deal. These movies aren't major box office draws but they keep gettin made, there's a reason for that.
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Love-letters to a bygone era. 
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I don't know the box office numbers, but I bet these movies do pretty well internationally.
And what an awful era it wasLove-letters to a bygone era.
At least it spawned some GOOD films.Too bad none of those were remembered by writers of these "love letters".
I guess it's all about finding gold bullion in the lake of ****. And not wasting it too quick.
Maybe I've been unfair on the first 2 films. I've only watched them once each.
They don't bomb and I do believe they see sold international business, but they're also not blockbusters like the franchises of their primes were. In a Hollywood where movies don't seem with sequels unless you're doing 500 million to a billion at the box office, it's nice to see these continue to roll out. I'm sure the budgets are lower than most of today's action films too.
jye4ever
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I thought 2 was horrible, at least 1 had the cool tunnel battle.
Rambo 4 was better than both though.
Rambo 4 was better than both though.
thenammagazine
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And what an awful era it was
Too bad none of those were remembered by writers of these "love letters".
I guess it's all about finding gold bullion in the lake of ****. And not wasting it too quick.
They do require attendees whose asses haven't been broomsticked to appreciate what they're doing.
The first one wasn't bad, but the second one was not so great
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