Heavy Metal, the movie 1981

[Taarna]

Any fans of this cult classic? While the animation is dated, some of the stories and voices are excellent. Of course the score and music rocks.

 

[Batmannerism]

Wow ! Did I ever love this movie back in the day.

Great music (both the classic 70's rock and Elmer Bernstein's rousing score), amazing animation (for the time) and it was funny.

I still smile every time I think of the words.....

" He's nothing but a low down, double-dealing back-stabbing, larcenous perverted worm. Hangin's too good for him, burning's too good for him, he ought to be torn up into little bitty pieces and buried alive !"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHgMsvpFm08

and of course,

Queen " The rising moon climaxes our love Den it is a sign"
Den " Yes, a sign"
Narrator (Dan): "I had no idea what she was talking about"

Man, that flick was so far ahead of its time. Sadly, I saw part of Heavy Metal 2000, and it was ****.

Hey, here's a link to a transcript of the script. I could just imagine the film while reading it (and chuckling away !)

http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/h/heavy-metal-script-transcript.html

 

[Victarion]

I love BOC's The Pact. It was written for this, I think.

 

[4thWallBreaker]

Love Heavy Metal. It's the second R-rated CBM movie, if you count graphic magazines...which are comics.

Fritz the Cat is numero uno.

 

[Taarna]

Queen " The rising moon climaxes our love Den it is a sign"
Den " Yes, a sign"
Narrator (Dan): "I had no idea what she was talking about"

Neither did Den! Remember he was the proverbial 99 pound weakling with no experience with Women. John Candy played Den.

The Den segment of the movie was excellent, almost as good as the Taarna segment.

Today young adults won't give the movie a chance due to very outdated amination. If movies could be re-animated today with the same voices, Heavy Metal would be reborn again.

 

[Batmannerism]

Neither did Den! Remember he was the proverbial 99 pound weakling with no experience with Women. John Candy played Den.

The Den segment of the movie was excellent, almost as good as the Taarna segment.

Today young adults won't give the movie a chance due to very outdated amination. If movies could be re-animated today with the same voices, Heavy Metal would be reborn again.

Yeah, Den was hilarious, and I was a big fan of John Candy. There are bits of the film that don't make a lot of sense, or don't seem to have a story, but I think the movie was intended to be trippy - but Den and Taarna were probably the most story driven (well, simple stories, but entertaining !).

 

[Mr.T]

Major Boobage

 

[Taarna]

I love BOC's The Pact. It was written for this, I think.

Yes, but the song was not in the film!

Taarna was one of the most inspirational heroes on amination even if she never uttered a word! A bad @ss woman warrior clad in very revealing clothing with the holy symbol of her kind, the Sword of Terra the Defender as her only weapon.

Perhaps she was mute, the film never gives specifics on her background except she was the last of a warrior race that must fulfill an ancient pact against all odds. Her physical form dies to destroy the source of evil, but her spirit lived to rejoin a new host body.

 

[4thWallBreaker]

I'd love a Heavy Metal movie that was live-action. Not a remake, mind you, but an original idea.

I had a loose idea for one. Evil people are the hero(es) of the story. The good guys, stereotypically white clothed and things, are the villains. I know this sounds like a villain story, but the evil-doers are necessary and realize that they must win to have balance. It's a bit Darkside of The Force, I realize, but the evil orb in the original could be the McGuffin of the film in this live-action sequel(?) and our lead is of course female, to follow tradition. She's just full on metal. Sword & Sorcery scifi epic. Could be so fun.