Boondock Saints Retrospective: The Boondock Saints II - All Saints Day (2009)

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

2009
Directed By: Troy Duffy
Starring: Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flannery, Billy Connolly, Julie Benz, Judd Nelson, Clifton Collins Jr
Rated: R

Let's do some gratuitous violence.
      ~Murphy MacManus

Boondock Saints Retrospective: Overnight (2003)

Overnight
2003
Directors: Tony Montana, Mark Brian Smith
Rated: R

As for my film career?  Get used to it, cuz it ain't goin' anywhere. Period.
                                       ~Troy Duffy

Boondock Saints Retrospective: The Boondock Saints (1999)

The Boondock Saints
1999
Director: Troy Duffy
Starring: Willem DaFoe, Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flannery, Billy Connolly, David Della Rocco
Rated R

There was a firrrreeee figggghhhht!
        ~Paul Smecker

Quickie Retrospective: My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

My Bloody Valentine 3D
2009
Director: Patrick Lussier
Written By: Todd Farmer and Zane Smith
Starring. Jensen Ackles, Jaime King, Kerr Smith, TOM FUCKING ATKINS, Betsy Rue, Kevin Tighe, Megan Boone
Rated: R

Stay the fuck away from my wife!
                   ~Axel

Robocop Podcasts!

As sometimes occurs during these retrospective series, I get called up to guest on the show I boast the most, Out Now With Aaron and Abe.  In conjunction with the Robocop remake, I not only did the weekly episode for the show, but we also did another one of the popular commentaries on the original Robocop.  In addition to myself, the commentary features Aaron and Jim Dietz, and its actually a really great discussion about the Robocop series, remakes and filmmaking of the 1980s.  Its pretty impressive.  Be sure to check these out if you have the time.

Quickie Retrospective: My Bloody Valentine (1981)

My Bloody Valentine
1981
Director: George Mihalka
Starring: Paul Kelman, Lori Hallier, Neil Affleck, Don Francks, Cynthia Dale, Alf Humphreys
Rated: R

Beware of what you make fun of, you little asshole!
                       ~Happy

Delta City's Finest: Ranking The Robocop Franchise

So what have we learned about Robocop?  I think we’ve learned that it is one really awesome/great/all-time/classic movie that still holds up and demands to be seen still to this day, but an incredibly weak franchise that has never risen close to the heights of the original or has lived up to even lesser but good sequels.  Paul Verhoeven is the one man that understood how this thing worked and also was able to successfully translate it to the big screen.  I like to give a lot of credit his way, but a case could also be made that this story and character truly can only work for one movie.  The more you focus on him and the longer you follow the goofier and more ridiculous it can get.