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Help me remember a movie i saw when i was a kid

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poofyhairguy said:
Leave it in my memories then eh?
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It's probably best that way. Granted, I've only rewatched it once since I left childhood, and it was 15 years ago, but I remember it being significantly less awesome.
There is the fact that I was sober when I rewatched it, so maybe I should take another go at it...
 
poofyhairguy said:
Ok, I have a movie I can't think of either:

It is some sort of 80s fantasy movie. Early in the movie the hero pulls some sort of chakram weapon with white teeth looking barbs around it that is kinda alive out of water. He meets a princess and then at the end of the movie confronts some awesome evil which is only beaten when the chakram sacrifices itself to grind at the villian.

Any clue what that is?
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that is Krull, motherfucker.

nakedfrog said:
Just don't make the mistake of watching it now.
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also true

nakedfrog said:
It's probably best that way. Granted, I've only rewatched it once since I left childhood, and it was 15 years ago, but I remember it being significantly less awesome.
There is the fact that I was sober when I rewatched it, so maybe I should take another go at it...
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I tried watching it a year or two ago--it was on some channel, I forget which, or maybe even netflix. It really is terrible. The cool thing is that I had no memory of it being some quasi-space-fantasy greek myth world hodgepodge (I didn't recall the roman gladiator people in spaceships and space palaces and laser swords....yeah, laser swords).

It really doesn't make any sense beyond a desperate attempt to leech off the fad of the day, which was obviously Star Wars. They tossed in some Clash of the Titans for good measure. There is no logical reason for Krull to have existed in a world where those other movies did not exist. But god help me, I thought it was the bomb when I was ~6.
 
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zinfamous said:
that is Krull, motherfucker.



😀

also true



I tried watching it a year or two ago--it was on some channel, I forget which, or maybe even netflix. It really is terrible. The cool thing is that I had no memory of it being some quasi-space-fantasy greek myth world hodgepodge (I didn't recall the roman gladiator people in spaceships and space palaces and laser swords....yeah, laser swords).

It really doesn't make any sense beyond a desperate attempt to leech off the fad of the day, which was obviously Star Wars. They tossed in some Clash of the Titans for good measure. There is no logical reason for Krull to have existed in a world where those other movies did not exist. But god help me, I thought it was the bomb when I was ~6.
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I re-watched this a year or so ago myself. I couldn't believe how terrible it was. No wonder it has an obscure feel to it, especially since everyone cashes in on nostalgia.
The worst part, believe it or not, is the musical score. Yes, it has a composer very well known, like James Horner or Howard Shore...someone with cred.

But my gawd....it was horrible. It had this triumphant and fanciful theme while good guys are dying off in a hysteric way.

It reminds me of car commercials or TV specials in the late 70's and early 80's. Bad music showcasing crap cars.
 
zinfamous said:
that is Krull, motherfucker.



😀

also true



I tried watching it a year or two ago--it was on some channel, I forget which, or maybe even netflix. It really is terrible. The cool thing is that I had no memory of it being some quasi-space-fantasy greek myth world hodgepodge (I didn't recall the roman gladiator people in spaceships and space palaces and laser swords....yeah, laser swords).

It really doesn't make any sense beyond a desperate attempt to leech off the fad of the day, which was obviously Star Wars. They tossed in some Clash of the Titans for good measure. There is no logical reason for Krull to have existed in a world where those other movies did not exist. But god help me, I thought it was the bomb when I was ~6.
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Ug, I was 18 when this POS came out. I made the mistake of taking my then GF to see it. She left the theater and didnt even tell me. She got up, walked out. I thought she went to take a piss or something.
 
zinfamous said:
that is Krull, motherfucker.



😀
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Oyeve said:
Ug, I was 18 when this POS came out. I made the mistake of taking my then GF to see it. She left the theater and didnt even tell me. She got up, walked out. I thought she went to take a piss or something.
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I was 19 or 20 when I took my future 1st wife to see Krull at a drive in.

Was a bit odd, my future father-in-law had asked where we where going, he was an Executive VP at Paine-Weber then and they had invested in producing it, and wanted to know what we thought of it when we got back.

I don't think I said it sucked outright, but I still do not think he was thrilled with the review. 😛
 
I'm thinking of a movie when a kid sees an eyeball in the palm of his hand, but then he stabs it with like a piece of glass and it goes away. :colbert:
 
Oyeve said:
Ug, I was 18 when this POS came out. I made the mistake of taking my then GF to see it. She left the theater and didnt even tell me. She got up, walked out. I thought she went to take a piss or something.
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Krull was awesome. I saw it on TV when I was a little thing. He has like this shuriken that he kicks ass with.

The movie has Liam Neeson in it. 🙂
 
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