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Watching the President's speech in Armageddon...
Posted on 11/13/25 at 4:45 am
Posted on 11/13/25 at 4:45 am
And it struck me how writing like this hardly exists in mainstream summer blockbusters anymore. The same thing for Bill Pullman's speech in Independence Day. It blows my mind how cheesy action films from the 90s have become examples of how Hollywood should do it here in the 2020s.
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Posted on 11/13/25 at 6:09 am to RollTide1987
That’s because they had talented straight WASPs handling business back then.
Say what you will about ole Handy’s Harvey, he was castle mostly untalented women but they were all attractive. Now they don’t hire any talented women and they look like the old dog poo mixed with the new dog poo.
Say what you will about ole Handy’s Harvey, he was castle mostly untalented women but they were all attractive. Now they don’t hire any talented women and they look like the old dog poo mixed with the new dog poo.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:19 am to RollTide1987
Somewhere in the mid to late 90s a switch was flipped and people just started doing less and less. We got dumber and expected more free stuff for less work. Was it CERN? I don’t know, but change my mind.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:25 am to RollTide1987
Armageddon is a perfect blockbuster in every sense of the word.
My god that’s an enjoyable as all heck movie.
You laugh, you cry with every other emotion mixed in!
Back when Hollywood wasn’t afraid of “toxic masculinity”.
I’d love for movie like this to make a comeback.
My god that’s an enjoyable as all heck movie.
You laugh, you cry with every other emotion mixed in!
Back when Hollywood wasn’t afraid of “toxic masculinity”.
I’d love for movie like this to make a comeback.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:25 am to RollTide1987
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Armageddon.
Will watch anytime it is on no matter where it is at in the movie. No shame at all.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:40 am to RollTide1987
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:41 am to TheePalmetto
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That’s because they had talented straight WASPs handling business back then.
Yea. Hollywood famously had hetero WASPs running things in its heyday.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:54 am to TheePalmetto
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straight WASPs handling business back then
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Harvey Weinstein
hmm
Posted on 11/13/25 at 9:57 am to TheePalmetto
quote:You know that Armageddon writer Shane Salerno is gay, right?
That’s because they had talented straight WASPs handling business back then.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:04 am to ned nederlander
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Yea. Hollywood famously had hetero WASPs running things in its heyday.
lol
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:07 am to Fewer Kilometers
Michael Bay ain’t queer is what I know.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:20 am to TheePalmetto
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Michael Bay ain’t queer is what I know.
Who cares?
Roland Emmerich is a gay German and made Stargate, Independence Day, The Patriot
Some badass American movies
Posted on 11/13/25 at 10:22 am to RollTide1987
Armageddon was cringy AF when it released and it hasn't gotten any better.
When I think of bad movies, it's one of the first that come to mind.
You're probably not wrong about modern day movies....but I would NOT hold up this pile of shite as an example.
Go with something like The Fugitive.
When I think of bad movies, it's one of the first that come to mind.
You're probably not wrong about modern day movies....but I would NOT hold up this pile of shite as an example.
Go with something like The Fugitive.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 11:54 am to RollTide1987
You can tell when writers stopped being family men and started being family less women and subversive fruitcakes
Posted on 11/13/25 at 1:37 pm to LSUbub12
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I’d love for movie like this to make a comeback.
After the success of Top Gun, I had the highest of hopes for Twister. After watching it at home, I had never been happier that I saved the cost of 2 movie tickets. It was SO EPICALLY BAD. The original movie is a remote drop movie for me.
Don't ruin Armageddon, too
Posted on 11/13/25 at 1:49 pm to RollTide1987
The president's speech in ID4 is easily the top speech of all time. Goosebumps. For such a silly movie its perfect.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 1:57 pm to Grievous Angel
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You're probably not wrong about modern day movies....but I would NOT hold up this pile of shite as an example.
Go with something like The Fugitive.
The Fugitive was nominated for Best Picture the year it came out so that's not a fair example. I'm talking about the quality of generic summer action films from 30 years ago compared to the quality of the ones that are released today.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 3:48 pm to LSUGUMBO
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After the success of Top Gun, I had the highest of hopes for Twister. After watching it at home, I had never been happier that I saved the cost of 2 movie tickets. It was SO EPICALLY BAD. The original movie is a remote drop movie for me.
I agree with you in the original but I thought they did a great job with Twisters and I went in with super low expectations. To each his own I guess.
Posted on 11/13/25 at 4:03 pm to Hester Carries
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You can tell when writers stopped being family men
It's a Michael Bay movie. He's one of the first mainstream directors to make dating pornstars normalized.
He has no children
Posted on 11/13/25 at 4:10 pm to SlowFlowPro
Michael Bay did not write Armageddon.
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