Hype Movie Club

[flickchick85]

My cyberpunk picks:

The RoboCop series
The Running Man
Strange Days
Demolition Man
Virtuosity
(guess I'm still in my 90's cheese mood a bit lol)

 

[blueharvest]

My picks for this month:

Demolition Man
Judge Dredd
Escape From L.A.
The Fifth Element and
Minority Report

 

[Kane52630]

Tron Legacy
Robocop series
Upgrade
The Terminator
Ex Machina


also shout out to Kin:

 

[Ninjablade]

Ooo, good category.

The Running Man
The RoboCop Series
Akira
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Demolition Man

 

[Luigi]

Akira
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Escape from L.A.
Ghost in the Shell
Looper

 

[DKDetective]

RoboCop (1987, not sure why people are referring to it as a "series")
Demolition Man
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Dark City
Dredd

 

[Kane52630]

RoboCop (1987, not sure why people are referring to it as a "series")

 

[flickchick85]

Sorry again for the delay, no excuses, just forgot this time! Anyway, onto our June picks! Tied in first place:


Demolition Man (1993)

Directed by: Marco Brambilla
Written by: Peter M. Lenkov, Robert Reneau & Daniel Waters
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary & Nigel Hawthorne
What's It About? A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.


The RoboCop Series (1987-1993)

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven, Irvin Kershner & Fred Dekker
Written by: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner & Frank Miller
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Wise, Dan O'Herlihy, Felton Perry, Belinda Bauer, Robert John Burke, Rip Torn & Mako
What's It About? In a dystopian, crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, young police officer Alex Murphy is brutally murdered by a ruthless gang, only to be resurrected by a powerful corporation as the cyborg RoboCop, who soon seeks revenge on his killers.


And our runner-up with 3 votes:


The Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Written by: Shirow Masamune & Kazunori Itô
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi & Akio Ôtsuka
What's It About? A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

I've never seen the other RoboCops besides the original and the remake, so despite DK's protests, this should be interesting! Thanks for voting, all!

(And don't worry, I already have July's category all cued up so barring any further memory failings, I should be able to get that one up mostly on time!)​

 

[DKDetective]

Sorry again for the delay, no excuses, just forgot this time! Anyway, onto our June picks! Tied in first place:


Demolition Man (1993)

Directed by: Marco Brambilla
Written by: Peter M. Lenkov, Robert Reneau & Daniel Waters
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary & Nigel Hawthorne
What's It About? A police officer is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent nemesis who is loose in a non-violent future society.


The RoboCop Series (1987-1993)

Directed by: Paul Verhoeven, Irvin Kershner & Fred Dekker
Written by: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner & Frank Miller
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Ray Wise, Dan O'Herlihy, Felton Perry, Belinda Bauer, Robert John Burke, Rip Torn & Mako
What's It About? In a dystopian, crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan, young police officer Alex Murphy is brutally murdered by a ruthless gang, only to be resurrected by a powerful corporation as the cyborg RoboCop, who soon seeks revenge on his killers.


And our runner-up with 3 votes:


The Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Written by: Shirow Masamune & Kazunori Itô
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Iemasa Kayumi & Akio Ôtsuka
What's It About? A cyborg policewoman and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master.

I've never seen the other RoboCops besides the original and the remake, so despite DK's protests, this should be interesting! Thanks for voting, all!

(And don't worry, I already have July's category all cued up so barring any further memory failings, I should be able to get that one up mostly on time!)​

Have fun watching back-to-back movies written by Frank Miller! I know you will enjoy them so much!

 

[Kane52630]

Have fun watching back-to-back movies written by Frank Miller! I know you will enjoy them so much!

 

[Luigi]

Don't forget the latest entry in the Robocop series.

 

[flickchick85]

Ok y'all, time for our July category! In honor of a certain movie opening in the middle of the month, our category is...


Richard Donner

As per usual with filmmaker categories, movies he only produced don't qualify, just directing and writing credits. And as Donner doesn't have a massive (non-TV) filmography to choose from, everybody gets up to THREE votes this time. Voting will be open through the weekend!​

 

[flickchick85]

My Donner picks:

Ladyhawke
Superman
Timeline

 

[blueharvest]

The Omen
The Goonies and
Ladyhawke

 

[Luigi]

Ladyhawke (Never seen)
The Omen
Superman II

 

[Kane52630]

Superman
Lethal Weapon
16 Blocks

 

[flickchick85]

Our July picks!


Ladyhawke (1985)

Directed by: Richard Donner
Written by: Edward Khmara, Michael Thomas, Tom Mankiewicz & David Webb Peoples
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer & Michelle Pfeiffer
What's It About? The thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.


Superman (1978)

Directed by: Richard Donner
Written by: Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman & Robert Benton
Starring: Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando & Jackie Cooper
What's It About? An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.


The Omen (1976)

Directed by:
Richard Donner
Written by: David Seltzer and Harvey Bernhard
Starring: Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, Harvey Stephens, David Warner & Billie Whitelaw
What's It About? Mysterious deaths surround an American ambassador. Could the child that he is raising actually be the Antichrist? The Devil's own son?



Three classics! Thanks for voting, y'all!​

 

[Luigi]

The Omen

The 70s, back when you could fly on an airplane with a bag of daggers on your lap.

What better way to celebrate the release of a new Superman film than with Richard Donner's classic horror film. Solid Gregory Peck performance as the poor guy seems to be constantly on the edge of an emotional breakdown. But the true star of the film was Jerry Goldsmith's score, you could tell **** was about to hit the fan whenever those strings started playing.

 

[CaptainWagner]

Superman (1978)

As a proud SHH member, this was without a doubt my biggest cinematic blindspot. I'd seen all the memes and spoofs over the years, and it was hard not to roll my eyes at the idea of it all. And yeah, watching it in context, stuff like the time-warping and Lex's entire deal still kinda sucks in my opinion. And the pacing is deeply odd. But what I didn't expect was how bold Donner's style is. It's an incredibly flashy movie, and has a cast that is always committed 100%. That's enough to carry it for a bulk of the runtime. And big props to the relentlessly horny chemistry between Supes and Lois - in today's painfully chaste Hollywood, what a refresher that was!

All in all, while certain choices ranged from WTF to cringe, this is a classic for a reason. Glad to finally check it off the list!

 

[CaptainWagner]

I know things have kinda died down in here this month but was going to suggest, with 'Highest 2 Lowest' coming out in August, that we could potentially do a Spike Lee month?

 

[flickchick85]

I know things have kinda died down in here this month but was going to suggest, with 'Highest 2 Lowest' coming out in August, that we could potentially do a Spike Lee month?​

I was gonna do a genre this month since we did a director last month, but sure.

August’s category:


Spike Lee


Everybody gets up to 4 picks, voting will be open til the weekend!​

 

[CaptainWagner]

I think this qualifies me as a bonafide influencer

Bamboozled
Crooklyn
Inside Man
Malcolm X

Three unseen entries at the top of my list and the masterpiece I've got to rewatch before his reunion with Denzel

 

[emielaen]

Bamboozled
Malcolm X
Mo' Better Blues
Summer* of Sam

 

[flickchick85]

Inside Man
Malcolm X
4 Little Girls
Summer of Sam

 

[DKDetective]

Going mostly with deeper cuts I haven't seen:

Mo' Better Blues
Jungle Fever
He Got Game
Inside Man