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[bbgun]

I think it's definitely a Gen X movie because it was classic 80s, and I don't know who associates the 80s with Boomers.

Et tu, Chocy?

But I kind of see bb's point in that it's kind of early Gen X. I'm a pretty early Gen Xer and it came out before I was even in high school.

Very early. You had to be 17 or older to see it in 1982. That means 90% of Gen X was barred from seeing a movie about "their" generation. Feh. Sixteen Candles was way more Gen X friendly.

 

[Genghis Khan]

You had to be 17 or older to see it in 1982. That means 90% of Gen X was barred from seeing a movie about "their" generation. Feh. Sixteen Candles was way more Gen X friendly.

That's where I think you are getting tripped up.

It's not a Gen X movie based only on people who saw it in the theaters in 1982. It did just ok in theaters. It resonated in subsequent years through cable and home video.


"Box office

The film ranked 29th among U.S. releases in 1982, earning $27.1 million, six times its $4.5 million budget, and later gaining popularity through television and home video releases."

 

[boozeman]

Sign me up. I would hope she could outclass Jane Fonda in the role.

 

[boozeman]

Dune?

 

[bbgun]

three of those interminable LOTR movies

 

[Irving Cowboy]

No Episode 6?

Schmitty flush.

 

[Genghis Khan]

No Episode 6?

Schmitty flush.

Episode 4 > Episode 6

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Episode 4 > Episode 6

Definitely.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

Episode 4 > Episode 6

Sunnuvabitch.

That's what I meant.

 

[bbgun]

~looks for Santa Bear~

 

[shoop]

Sign me up. I would hope she could outclass Jane Fonda in the role.

I’ll watch her in almost anything

 

[shoop]

Dune?

Get out of here with Dune and Forrest Gump. Pick one of the LoTR or lump them together. I know I am in the minority but Pulp Fiction is not as epic as people make it out to be. It was just edgy for its time.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Is T2 better or worse than the original Terminator?

Is there a general consensus on this?

 

[NoDak]

Is T2 better or worse than the original Terminator?

Is there a general consensus on this?

This first is good, but I think T2 is generally thought of as the better movie.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

This first is good, but I think T2 is generally thought of as the better movie.

That's how I always thought of it, but having seen the first one some lately, it's pretty great, too.

Of course the second had better special effects, but I don't hold that against the first one.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

That's how I always thought of it, but having seen the first one some lately, it's pretty great, too.

Of course the second had better special effects, but I don't hold that against the first one.

It's rare for a sequel to be better than an original but in this case I believe so.

 

[boozeman]

I am not convinced this won't suck.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Why does Jonathan Kent look like Harvey Weinstein?

 

[Genghis Khan]

I am not convinced this won't suck.

It will definitely suck.

 

[ravidubey]

It looks epic. Unapologetically hopeful and awesome