Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Jul 7, 2006 9:04:52 GMT -5
I think it is relatively recent, yes... certainly a publicity shot used for a recent convention. Whatever - you'd still buy the lass a beer regardless, no?
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Post by undeadwillfeast on Jul 7, 2006 18:52:29 GMT -5
I'd buy her two beers
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Post by Kevin on Jul 8, 2006 18:38:44 GMT -5
Thanks for the recap everyone. I think I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL! )!($@&*$#&*(!*(!&*!$
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Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Jul 8, 2006 20:17:59 GMT -5
Kevin, you won't until you see the original 1974 flick. Just don't let your sister watch it!
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Post by speeddemon on Aug 22, 2006 7:31:58 GMT -5
i really enjoyed this movie , not like the first , but still very entertaining . chop top got on my nerves a little but he was a great character. they must have had great fun making this one.
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Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Aug 22, 2006 16:53:41 GMT -5
Yair it all went downhill fast from here. I think 2 was the only way to do it without being repetetive (3) or downright stupid (Next Generation).
I hold hope for New Beginning, but there's little news on it so far. I'll hunt for an update/rumours tonight
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Post by speeddemon on Aug 29, 2006 7:24:51 GMT -5
i have yet to see the other ones you mention mr toad, i have seen the original , and tcm2 and the remake or whatever it was . all of them were good in different ways. even though 3 and next gen. have bad reports i will watch them because they both have actors that i like in them , i have to check out their talents in a bad movie, even if it is just to laugh at them.
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Post by CT on Nov 18, 2006 22:19:40 GMT -5
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Watched the new 'Gruesome Edition' dvd with audio commentary by Stretch, Chop Top & Savini. Bloody good listen it was too! Definately worth a purchase, or if you already have the old dvd, an upgrade.
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Post by GL on Nov 25, 2006 12:46:32 GMT -5
I'll post my review here when I get the DVD for Christmas.
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Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Nov 26, 2006 7:08:00 GMT -5
I've got a feeling you're gonna lerv this one mate.
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Post by GL on Dec 28, 2006 12:05:17 GMT -5
“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2” is easily the best entry in the series.
**SPOILERS**
After a series of accidents on the highways, Lieutenant ‘Lefty’ Enright, (Dennis Hopper) fears a repeat of before, and DJ Stretch, (Caroline Williams) and her producer L.G. McPeters, (Lou Perryman) come forward with evidence in the case. Trusting his instincts, he gets her to play a tape of one incident over the radio which attracts the attention of Chop-Top, (Bill Moseley) and Leatherface, (Bill Johnson) to the station. Stumbling upon their hiding place with leader Cook, (Jim Siedow) she is held captive in a massive underground lair until Lefty mounts a rescue effort to get her back. Deciding to also settle an old vengeance against the family, he fights to both set her free and settle his score.
The Good News: This really surprised me with how good it really was. One of the greatest things about it is that it has a fun atmosphere present. From the simple storyline to the amount of action to the sick displays around at the ending, this movie simply screams good time. Right from the opening chase scene, where the family chases and chainsaws a car and the passengers traveling along a highway bridge, it sets an incredibly ominous tone that is equally spread throughout the rest of the movie. The attack in the radio station is one of the highlights, due to the fact that practically everything happens in there that could possibly happen. There’s a great chase through the library stacks, great gore with a kill involving a hammer to the head, one of the best jumps possible where Leatherface comes roaring out the darkness with chainsaw blaring and one of the greatest and most suspenseful scenes in the genre. Trapped in a room with a large ice-chest, the attacker stops when he realizes the victim is covered in ice water. What happens afterward is incredibly sexual and very tense, but the fact that a chainsaw is present there makes it all the better and all the more memorable. There is another fantastically sick scene later on, where Leatherface, using an electric knife, slices off the face of one of his victims, takes it still dripping wet with blood, and places it over a characters face and proceeds to dance with them. It’s great in it’s concept and comes across as really disturbing and quite memorable. The gore in here is quite over-the-top and comes from so many great deaths. There’s a guy bashed repeatedly in the head with a hammer, a guy who is still able to walk even though the skin of his face and other parts of his body have been peeled off, a throat slashing with a straight razor, a head chopped in half, and a chainsaw wound through the gut and out the back. There’s piles of skinned corpses and body parts laying around on the floor, and with intestines stored inside a giant barrel, there’s so much additional blood and guts on display in here. There is also a really spectacular underground labyrinth, which looks like the ruins of a hotel turned into a slaughterhouse with bizarrely placed corpses sitting under sun-lamps, at dinner tables, suspended on wires, all amid a bewildering maze of chandeliers and Christmas lights. Whenever the film is set there, it’s impossible not to like it, and becomes another great factor about the film. What needs to be said about the chainsaw sword-fight at the end, which is really spectacular and brings a special extra to this. All in all, there is a large amount to like about this one.
The Bad News: I really have a hard time finding stuff to dislike in here. This was a really enjoyable film that had tons going for it and really nothing I could find wrong. The one thing that even remotely bugged me was that the black comedy may not always be funny. It’s such a change from the original that it’s distracting to those expecting an all-out creep-fest. Other than this, there isn’t anything in the film that’s wrong.
The Final Verdict: It was surprising how good this one actually was, and with so little against that’s also very easily overlooked, this is one of the very best entries in the series and one of the better sequels made. Fans of the first one will love this one, and general horror fans will want to check it out as well.
Rated UR/NC-17: Extreme Graphic Violence and Graphic Language
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Post by Jen on Apr 9, 2007 11:34:08 GMT -5
I loved the whole "feel" of this movie, darkly funny with some great over the top characters. Dennis Hopper and Bill Moseley are both excellent. Leatherface seemed a caricature of himself though, which may seem weird of me to say, considering the character. But I am not sure how I felt about his actions in certain situations. He certainly wasn't very scary anymore...LOL. But overall, I really, really liked this film, despite how drastically different it seems from the first one. It isn't scary, but it is an insane ride. A 4 from me.
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Canetoad
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Post by Canetoad on Apr 10, 2007 2:42:05 GMT -5
Glad both of you liked it. It is indeed an insane ride... as are most Dennis Hopper films. In fact Toad would argue it is possibly one of the best sequels he has ever seen, in terms of taking the franchise further in imaginative fashion and not just trying to cash in on the succes of the original with a quickie rehash. (Halloween II comes to mind here)
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Post by GL on Apr 10, 2007 11:03:01 GMT -5
I would agree with that, Toad, as both do in fact take the premise found in the originals to better extremes. TCM upped the fun factor while also making sure that there was plenty of creepy images and ideas present, while Halloween managed to continue the storyline of the first one rather well.
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Post by HNT on Aug 24, 2007 12:54:26 GMT -5
I hadn't seen this one in a log time, and it is indeed quite a bit more fun than I remembered. A truly entertainng film that has minimal slow points and a generally bizarre and fun atmsphere throughout. The black comedy doesn't always work, but some parts (the Chili cookoff in paticular) are truly hysterical if you've seen the original
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