Quote of the day

“Hello…Hello.  I’ve got a message for you, and you’re not going to like it… Pray for death.” – Wyndham

From Prince of Darkness(1987), a spooky movie about a cylinder of ominous ooze in the basement of an old church.  A number of actors from other John Carpenter movies are in it along with Alice cooper.  The urge to look for bugs and worms while encountering homeless will intensify after watching this.

 

It’s a character turns evil movie/episode/game

“<oldname> is DEAD! I am <newname>!!”-character that turned evil

When one character turns bad and has a showdown with the protagonist there’s a good chance that this will be said.  The most recent example I can think of off the top of my head is Smoke saying it in MKX.  There were a number of good characters turned evil in the storyline but I think he was the only one who had a new name.  Guess he didn’t think Dark Smoke was a cool enough name, even though it’s as good as any shadow/dark(insert name here).  Can you imagine if each turned character had their own alternate names?  The frustration of a hero character warning a former ally against fighting only to have them say “Whoa, whoa, whoa, get with it and use my new name, loser.”  Then once a bad character is defeated the process has to be repeated for each one while trying to keep their names straight.

 

Quote of the day

“My unit died in the jungle so you could SHOP for SHOES!!!”

-homeless guy, Saints Row 2

 

Christmas Quote of the day

“Geronimo, motherfucker!” -John McClane(Bruce Willis) in Die Hard(1988)

Lesser known than ‘Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker’, he says it after jamming a handful of detonators into a brick of C-4 on a chair, then putting a monitor over it, wrapping the cord around the seat, and shoving the whole thing down an elevator shaft.  Tis the season to not give a shit about glass.

 

Quote/message of the day

Paul Kersey: Hey…what’s the problem?

thug1: wat?

Kersey: With the car, what’s the problem?

thug1: Just get outta my fuckin face.  Who are you?

thug2: We’re stealin the fuckin car, what’s it to you?

Kersey: (shrugs) It’s my car.

thug1: Now you gon die.

thug2: (opens switchblade)

Kersey: (shoots both)

-from Death Wish 3(1985), starring Charles Death Bronson.

Charles Bronson took out copious amounts of criminals in the Death Wish movies.  There are five of them(1974, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1994), and by the last one he uses a remote controlled soccerball bomb.  He was in his 70s and bad guys just couldn’t stop killing his family and friends.

The first two were far more serious, but the third is my favorite for how over the top it is.  The fourth and fifth had their moments but couldn’t hope to surpass the huge 80s gang riot.  Plus Wildey arrives and shows up the S&W Model 29 and Automag.

Death Wish 3 helped sell a lot of Wildey magnums over the years because not many people had heard of them before.  When I first saw the VHS cover long ago it seemed like the gun was a Hollywood shoop of an automatic with a python barrel or something, but it’s for real and real fuckin neato.  Supposedly the Wildey company is back in business again too, so it might be possible to get one new.

.475 Wildey mag > .44mag

 

Quote of the day

“Those were 500 dollar sunglasses, asshole.” – Johnny Cage

From Mortal Kombat(1995)

The first boss fight sure ended abruptly compared to the one with Scorpion.

As far as video game movies go, MK was better than most.  The CGI doesn’t hold up, and the story changes are a mixed bag, but the choreography was nice and the movie was memorable.  While the 2nd game was excellent, the movie sequel was horribly terrible for the most part.  Some parts of the recent Legacy series are good, but it gets inconsistent and meandering at parts.  The trouble with making a movie about a game with so many characters and different outcomes is that everyone has their favorites.  On the other hand, if comic book movies can be made as good as The Avengers(2012), maybe video game movies will get their due.

 

Quote of the day

“Death to Videodrome!  Long live the new flesh!” *drops mic*

-Max Renn, Videodrome(1983)

 

Quote of the day

“Hell is just a word.  The reality is much, much worse.”  – Weir from Event Horizon (1997)