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Chongo94

Chongo94

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TxFrog1999 said:
Had a date night with the Mrs. this weekend and we decided on seeing the reboot of The Running Man. For the record, the 80's version is one of my favorite Arnold movies while my wife never really found it interesting (she's not much of a fan of campy films). Coming out of the theatre she really liked it, thought it was fun, and enjoyed the pace and overall plot (which I hear is a lot closer to the actual book, which I never read). I felt like they did less with 35 more minutes of run time, and the entire third act was a rushed hodgepodge of plot devices that did little to properly resolve the story. All of the threads I thought were going to setup a satisfying ending went nowhere and then the ending just sort of… happened. No big build up, no tension, no satisfying moments like the 80's version where the death of each hunter lingers on screen long enough for you to feel something, everything just felt like there was a check box the writers had to satisfy and then on to the next scene.

I'd give it a 5 out of 10, it wasn't horrible, but wasn't great, very forgettable by next month.
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I’ve not heard good things from anyone who has watched it.
 
PurpleBlood87

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So just watched a video on YouTube about things from John Ford's classic "The Searchers".

John Wayne's ionic line "That'll be the day" stirred Buddy Holly so much that he wrote his only No. 1 song "That'll be the day".
 
tcudoc

tcudoc

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I was flipping channels today and caught the last half of Mystery Science Theater’s take on Mac and Me. I think it was an 80’s movie not long after ET. It was the same story as ET except the boy was in a wheelchair, the writing was horrible, the actors couldn’t act, and the whole movie was for sale with product placement (especially Coke and McDonald’s).
The sick aliens were made well by drinking Coke and there was a protest rally with break dancers to keep evil developers from tearing down a McDonald’s. Skittles got in the mix towards the end as the alien loves those as well.
MST did a great job making fun of the entire terrible movie. It is difficult to believe this was on at theaters. One of those “It’s so terrible that it’s great” movies.
 
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Boomhauer

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tcudoc said:
I was flipping channels today and caught the last half of Mystery Science Theaters take on Mac and Me. I think it was an 80’s movie not long after ET. It was the same story as ET except the boy was in a wheelchair, the writing was horrible, the actors couldn’t act, and the whole movie was for sale with product placement (especially Coke and McDonald’s).
The sick aliens were made well by drinking Coke and there was a protest rally with break dancers to keep evil developers from tearing down a McDonald’s. Skittles got in the mix towards the end as the alien loves those as well.
MST did a great job making fun of the entire terrible movie. It is difficult to believe this was on at theaters. One of those “It’s so terrible that it’s great” movies.
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Chongo94

Chongo94

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tcudoc said:
I was flipping channels today and caught the last half of Mystery Science Theaters take on Mac and Me. I think it was an 80’s movie not long after ET. It was the same story as ET except the boy was in a wheelchair, the writing was horrible, the actors couldn’t act, and the whole movie was for sale with product placement (especially Coke and McDonald’s).
The sick aliens were made well by drinking Coke and there was a protest rally with break dancers to keep evil developers from tearing down a McDonald’s. Skittles got in the mix towards the end as the alien loves those as well.
MST did a great job making fun of the entire terrible movie. It is difficult to believe this was on at theaters. One of those “It’s so terrible that it’s great” movies.
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Didn’t that movie help to nearly ruin some of the actors careers?
 

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