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Weekend Quintuple Feature - it’s all been done before

Posted by sarcastig on May 4, 2008

So, I’ve finally been watching movies again. And since I’m not the type to do things half-heartedly, I actually watched 5 in a day, or to be precise, one 90-minute television pilot and 4 movies. The day was an initiative of my friend Joost, and well… it ruled.

The theme? Previous incarnations of recent movies

The program?

- Miami Vice (the pilot) - 1984
- Rocky IV - 1985
- Transformers: the Movie (the animated version) - 1986
- The Punisher (the Dolph Lundgren version) - 1989
- Beowulf (the Christopher Lambert version) - 1999

As you can tell, quality wasn’t the primary selection criterion (though in a way, it was). But that doesn’t mean we didn’t have tons of fun.

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