[Hatter313]

That does sound like a fun gimmick. Hmm. Something to consider after we're through with Tony, perhaps.

I love planning a good double feature. In concert with both these ideas I almost always do Wolfen when I do The Hunger. Throw in communion and you’ve got a nice Streiber Triple Play.

[Jimmy_Mike]

This.

I rewatched Sopranos now that I’m a dad and it hits completely different. Stoked for this TS viewclub.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Yes! James Michael is in the foxhole with us.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Well, I used to pair it with my other favorite 90s buddy cop sci-fi flick, Split Second, and it was an exquisite experience so I'll hope that you're doing the same. But perhaps my backup guess is Universal Soldier for no reason in particular.

Split second is something else and it was absent in my life for far too long. I did the same double feature not long ago and I have to assume I got the idea from you at some point.

It's so good, Brother Hatter. Such a fun time.

[CrossedPete]

This is a first time watch for me and I already I think this might be my new favourite movie.

[Mateo Sanboval]

[ScoJo]

Holy shit @CrossedPete, nobody will believe me but Stone Cold is the first thing that jumped into my head when you posed the double bill question.

Absotively bad-arse, sir! What a ride.

[ScoJo]

Evening, Lads! Young ScoJo and I were discussing the absolute merits and pondering the relative underappreciation of the films of one Mr Anthony David Scott this afternoon when we suddenly found ourselves hatching a cunning plan. We intend to individually watch, not sync, the films of Tony Scott in chronological order and share our thoughts here afterwards. We will be viewing the films on the same day, but, again, not syncing. The ultimate goal, aside from thorough enjoyment and internet camaraderie, will be to establish our own personal rankings of Scott's films. We'd love any and all to join in and bask in all of the Scotty wonder. We propose beginning tomorrow (Sunday) with a double bill of the until recently unavailable short film, One Of The Missing, and 1983's The Hunger starring - oh, heck, you all know what The Hunger is. The Untitled Tony Scott Project will include only films he has directed. The videos for George Michael's One More Try and Kenny Loggins's Highway To The Danger Zone will also be included. lastly, we will be strongly encouraging the director's cuts for both Revenge and Crimson Tide. The link to One Of The Missing is posted below. Join us, won't you?

https://archive.org/details/oneofthemissingreel2

Heads up!

So it turns out that this version of ONE OF THE MISSING has been mislabelled as the 26min Tony Scott student film from 1969, when in actual fact it's a 50min TV movie version of the Bierce tale from 1979! It looks like the TS version isn't available to view sorry (it was up on MUBI once upon a time but sadly no longer), so I'll be starting the journey with The Hunger this evening.

Apologies, should have checked the source properly before sending link to brother Matt, my bad not his :)


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[inksb]

I found an HD copy of The Hunger. I'm hoping to watch this evening or tomorrow. I actually never seen it before :)

[Hatter313]

I found an HD copy of The Hunger. I'm hoping to watch this evening or tomorrow. I actually never seen it before :)

Mileage may vary, but it’s gothy goodness for me

[Mateo Sanboval]

Thanks for the clarification, ScoJ. Stoked to see how many folks are getting involved. Sounds like static might be in as well. I'm very excited for The Hunger tonight. I haven't seen it in at least twenty years.

[CrossedPete]

Holy shit @CrossedPete, nobody will believe me but Stone Cold is the first thing that jumped into my head when you posed the double bill question.

Absotively bad-arse, sir! What a ride.

What a ride is an understatement, I loved this movie, it was so good. I believe it was you who suggested this movie after I was praising the great Lance Henriksen. Once again Mr. Henriksen plays the leader of a gang and he does not disappoint and truly solidified to me how great a character actor he truly is. Thanks for the suggestion @scojo I really loved this movie.

This is really making me think of other great character actors. Who are some of everyone’s favourites? A couple for me off the top of my head include: Keith David, Peter Stormare, Samuel Jackson and my all time favourite Gary Oldman but there are so many to list and I’m sure the list is always changing

[ScoJo]

Holy shit @CrossedPete, nobody will believe me but Stone Cold is the first thing that jumped into my head when you posed the double bill question.

Absotively bad-arse, sir! What a ride.

What a ride is an understatement, I loved this movie, it was so good. I believe it was you who suggested this movie after I was praising the great Lance Henriksen. Once again Mr. Henriksen plays the leader of a gang and he does not disappoint and truly solidified to me how great a character actor he truly is. Thanks for the suggestion @scojo I really loved this movie.

This is really making me think of other great character actors. Who are some of everyone’s favourites? A couple for me off the top of my head include: Keith David, Peter Stormare, Samuel Jackson and my all time favourite Gary Oldman but there are so many to list and I’m sure the list is always changing

You're welcome, Pistol Pete - just paying the good times forward as this was conpletely new to my eyes too until a couple years back when a bud rec'd to me. Sent me on a Baxley frenzy! Hint: he generally doesn't disappoint!

I'm thirstin' for the Hunger Goth Goodness tonight, just as soon as I can ditch these pesky bank holiday visitors ;-)

UNDEAD UNDEAD UNDEAD!!!

[Bub]

Evening, Lads! Young ScoJo and I were discussing the absolute merits and pondering the relative underappreciation of the films of one Mr Anthony David Scott this afternoon when we suddenly found ourselves hatching a cunning plan. We intend to individually watch, not sync, the films of Tony Scott in chronological order and share our thoughts here afterwards. We will be viewing the films on the same day, but, again, not syncing. The ultimate goal, aside from thorough enjoyment and internet camaraderie, will be to establish our own personal rankings of Scott's films. We'd love any and all to join in and bask in all of the Scotty wonder. We propose beginning tomorrow (Sunday) with a double bill of the until recently unavailable short film, One Of The Missing, and 1983's The Hunger starring - oh, heck, you all know what The Hunger is. The Untitled Tony Scott Project will include only films he has directed. The videos for George Michael's One More Try and Kenny Loggins's Highway To The Danger Zone will also be included. lastly, we will be strongly encouraging the director's cuts for both Revenge and Crimson Tide. The link to One Of The Missing is posted below. Join us, won't you?

https://archive.org/details/oneofthemissingreel2

Heads up!

So it turns out that this version of ONE OF THE MISSING has been mislabelled as the 26min Tony Scott student film from 1969, when in actual fact it's a 50min TV movie version of the Bierce tale from 1979! It looks like the TS version isn't available to view sorry (it was up on MUBI once upon a time but sadly no longer), so I'll be starting the journey with The Hunger this evening.

Apologies, should have checked the source properly before sending link to brother Matt, my bad not his :)


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ScoJo, I did a little investigating & found that "One of the Missing" is featured as an extra on the release of "Loving Memory". So if you know someone that owns it, perhaps you can do a private rip.

https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Memory-Dv ... B003NW1XLM

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Loving-Memory- ... 003NW1XLM

https://www.mondo-digital.com/lovingmemory.html

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[static14]

Wow! Amazon really nailed the 80’s Tony Scott vibe with their cross promotion. 👃

[Mateo Sanboval]

Hahaha!

[Jimmy_Mike]

I saw Nobody tonight in the motherfucking thee-ah-tah. Run don’t walk.

[Hatter313]

I saw Nobody tonight in the motherfucking thee-ah-tah. Run don’t walk.

Green with envy. God I miss movie theaters

[Mateo Sanboval]

I saw Nobody tonight in the motherfucking thee-ah-tah. Run don’t walk.

Green with envy. God I miss movie theaters

I can't wait to see this flick. Been with Bob since before Mr. Show. What a trip this movie looks to be.

[Bezulsqy]

I need to recap the last couple of pages of this thread:

I have not seen any of the new Godzilla and Kong (Monsterverse?) movies. But I got them all last weekend and probably will catch up on them soon. It sounds like I probably will enjoy those.

Although I have not seen any other The Howling expect the first one I find it an impressive feat to marathon any IV, V and VI of any franchise...

Tony Scott. I had no idea TS directed The Hunger, Top Gun and BHC 2. I knew TS was a movie director though :-) But could not think of anything he made...
I am in for this and I am happy to see you did not share any spoilers/insights thus far.
And as always: thank you @Evan for showing and sharing those molds!

Dark Angel / I came in peace: never heard of it but I see it is starring The Dolf. Half an hour ago I finished watching Universal Soldier: Regeneration (more on that in a different post) and I really want to start watching more Lundgren flicks. That voice gives me a tingly sensation. It is action movie ASMR.

Soap opera effect: yes, turn of motion flow type of settings in your tv. Might do the trick.

Split Second... fuck me. I forgot I still need to watch all things Rutger Hauer. Hauers look alone can give me a tingly sensation...

Stone Cold. Who is the Craig R Baxley and why have I never heard of his movies?

Okay. That is all I think. Will you make a new TS related thread? That way I can still scroll through this one without reading your insights into all things TS before I can catch up. I need to finish JCVD first and only have one more to go. I hope to have watched The Hunger before the end of the week.

[inksb]

Dark Angel / I came in peace: never heard of it but I see it is starring The Dolf. Half an hour ago I finished watching Universal Soldier: Regeneration (more on that in a different post) and I really want to start watching more Lundgren flicks. That voice gives me a tingly sensation. It is action movie ASMR.
sensation...

Dark Angel is fantastic. If you want some more Dolph to watch I highly recommend checking out Red Scorpion, Showdown in Little Tokyo (Brandon Lee co-starring, one of my favorites), Masters of the Universe, Punisher, Johnny Mnemonic. I haven't seen Joshua Tree/Army of One or Men of War in a long time, I remember enjoying them but honestly it's been so long, maybe Mateo can chime in on these? Silent Trigger is truly ridiculous and worth a watch. And if for some weird reason you have never seen Rocky IV then fix that asap.

[Bezulsqy]

45. Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)



Okay, we're 17 years after the first one and the second JCVD UniSol we do not count. This is a completely different movie than the original. It is a great action movie. Lots of shooting and kicking and Russians. But for me it lacks the charm of the original. That mainly has to do with the period in which it was made. JCVD could do no wrong around 1992. Those movies were a lot a fun because of the mix of action and humor. They were more lighthearted. In the 2000s everything became more serious and tougher. That is not always bad.
This UniSol was simply put a decent and well made action movie. Well paced. And the Dolph Lundgren part was very strange. I expected a lot more from his role.

Only one more to go and then I can start writing my JCVD dissertation.

[Bezulsqy]

Dark Angel / I came in peace: never heard of it but I see it is starring The Dolf. Half an hour ago I finished watching Universal Soldier: Regeneration (more on that in a different post) and I really want to start watching more Lundgren flicks. That voice gives me a tingly sensation. It is action movie ASMR.
sensation...

Dark Angel is fantastic. If you want some more Dolph to watch I highly recommend checking out Red Scorpion, Showdown in Little Tokyo (Brandon Lee co-starring, one of my favorites), Masters of the Universe, Punisher, Johnny Mnemonic. I haven't seen Joshua Tree/Army of One or Men of War in a long time, I remember enjoying them but honestly it's been so long, maybe Mateo can chime in on these? Silent Trigger is truly ridiculous and worth a watch. And if for some weird reason you have never seen Rocky IV then fix that asap.

Thanks for the tips! I have seen Rocky IV and Johnny Mnemonic but cannot reminder anything of the latter. I do remember going to a bar/pub 20 years ago where they had the pinball machine. I did not like that machine.

[Mateo Sanboval]

45. Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009)



Okay, we're 17 years after the first one and the second JCVD UniSol we do not count. This is a completely different movie than the original. It is a great action movie. Lots of shooting and kicking and Russians. But for me it lacks the charm of the original. That mainly has to do with the period in which it was made. JCVD could do no wrong around 1992. Those movies were a lot a fun because of the mix of action and humor. They were more lighthearted. In the 2000s everything became more serious and tougher. That is not always bad.
This UniSol was simply put a decent and well made action movie. Well paced. And the Dolph Lundgren part was very strange. I expected a lot more from his role.

Only one more to go and then I can start writing my JCVD dissertation.

I love this movie completely and I think it is a far better film than the original UniSol, but it is also an extremely different film as you outline. They are cut from wholly different cloths and I don't think really meant to be linked very heavily to each other. I think this is a The Raid-level piece of action genius perfectly shot and exquisitely framed. The strangeness of Dolph's role and the eerie ambiguity of the world around them only adds to the enjoyment for me. We are here for action and action only. To quote the 30th Century man himslef, "There is no hope." There is also one of the best extended take/one shot sequences in all of action cinema here where JCVD is clearing a building under bombardment by walking in, out, around, and through said building fighting all manner of folks along the way with nary a shaky cam in sight. It's tremendous.

[Mateo Sanboval]

And I think a separate thread for The Untitled Tony Scott Project is a fine idea. I'll be watching The Hunger tonight as I was unable to procure a copy before bedtime yesterday.