Posted: 5/21/2008 3:09:48 PM EDT
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Has anyone seen this movie? and if so is it worth watching? The Final countdown |
Yeah, I'm sure none of us has ever seen that VERY popular and often rerun movie that was released in 1980.  More specifically, I'm sure none of us has ever seen it more than maybe 200 TIMES.  Arfcommers are much better connected to cool movies than you might think. There's this one called "Red Dawn" that's supposed to be pretty good, too. Have you seen it? CJ |
Actually i have seen red dawn and really didnt like it... i have tried to watch it several times since then just could never get into it. eta: i cant spell lol |
I have not seen most of the movies ARFcom likes 
Me to.  
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Ok guys, what other movies should i watch. There was one from the 80's that i cant remember the name of. all i can remember is that there was a device that could freeze time and at the end of the movie the woman frooze time and was outside and you can see all these missles coming down. anjyone know what that movie was? |
OK, everybody line up and feed the troll.... 
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Since they were in visual range of the Japanese attack force, they should have unloaded a handful of phoenixes. That would have gotten somebodys attention!! |
Better go back into the village and build barns then. You'll be safer there than saying you didn't like Red Dawn here. |
HA! And really confused the shit out of a lot of people. It probably would have generated urban legends which would still be discussed today...attributing the mysterious attack to E.T.'s or some supernatural phenomenon. (That is if it really happened and not just a movie, of course. )
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You beat me by a few minutes. I have the DVD and watch it sometimes. I wonder if the movie was filmed with us sinking the Japanese fleet, but deleted from the movie? It would be an interesting ending. |
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That's one of the best "what if" movies ever. You really want the movie to continue with the 1980s Carrier Battle Group taking on the Japanese Naval fleet at Pearl Harbor first, and then take out the rest of the Japanese Navy in the weeks to follow. And imagine being the commander of the battle group and having to explain your presence not only to the current President, but to the rest of the US Navy of 1941 that you will eventually have to work with? Captain of the Midway: "Lemme get this straight...you're from FORTY YEARS in the future??  "It's never-ending fun to think of such a scenario. CJ |
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"Alert One, this is Eagle Control. What have you got?" "Two Japanese Zeros sir." "Two WHAT?" "Two trophy class Mitsubishi A6Ms in original condition. Complete with all markings. I mean they look brand new sir." I have seen it in at least 20 years and I still remember that. |
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Well i found a bittorrent and downloaded the final countdown and also Logan's run so i will watch over the weekend.. I'm not trolling i just heard about the movie today from a friend.. we were talking about the bf2 mod forgotten hope and i made a comment about having a harrier jet during ww2 and he mention this movie so i looked it up online... so anyone else have a movie worth watching that a poor amish boy hasn't seen. BTW i haven't watched a lot of movies. i usually read books. |
Logan's run sucks great story but the movie looks like shit hard to believe Star Wars came out just a few months later Logan's runs looks 20 years older than Star Wars |
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It was actually the first episode of the "New Twilight Zone." Episode was called "A Little Peace and Quiet." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Little_Peace_and_Quiet  I watched it when it originally aired. Kevin "  "
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No kidding. I remember seeing it and thinking that it would have been awesome if that carrier had dessimated the entire japanese fleet and saved Pearl Harbor. Screw altering history! |
You are a bad man.  Should we give him the required ARFCOM movie list just in case? |
You are the man.. that is what i was looking for... i still rmemeber that when i was a kid.. i was 7 when that came out... |
 No problem! The image definitely stuck with me, that's why I remembered it. Ah, the 80's...when Nuclear Annihilation was just a button press away. Kevin "The shiny, candy like button..." |
I watched the final assault clip, they launched a couple of Prowlers. Isn't that a waste of fuel?
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Logan's Run suffered from a common problem: A futuristic movie filmed in the contemporary style of the day. And when the style of the day is particularly silly and lame, you get mass suckage. The problem is, it's difficult NOT to make movies that are connected to the current styles. Something of the modern culture carries into the movie unless you really work hard to eliminate it. The best movies are the ones where you can't tell when they were made by their visual style. The Godfather would be a perfect example. It's easier to make movies set in the past than in the future for that exact reason. If you KNOW what the visual style should be, rather than try to extrapolate one, it's just that much easier to do it. Movies set in the past are a lot easier to make, from that perspective. CJ |