I miss early 1993. Everything was just more exciting more colorful. Everything was just better maybe because I was a kid something about 1993 and 1994 really makes me feel warm outside. I always have nostalgia for those years.
@nigel_saxon
Күн бұрын
Last action hero was ahead of its time
@cg167
2 күн бұрын
Great video. I loved this film as an adolescent when it came out, but mostly for the soundtrack ("What the Hell Have I" is still a banger). I'll have to rewatch this because I never realized the parallels between Danny and someone like the Joker or Travis Bickle.
@ElevenYearz
2 күн бұрын
Thank you 🙌 loved the movie then, still love it now
@LukeLovesRose
2 күн бұрын
The Last Action Hero is Arnold's Demolition Man, a very smart and underrated comedy classic. No surprise from McTiernan. He was the 2nd best Hollywood action director of his time
@ElevenYearz
2 күн бұрын
McTiernan is great
@rishoutfield2043
3 күн бұрын
"Impious deities gathered at the Bricklayer's Arms," what a lyrical turn of phrase. I wish I had a garage band that does punk covers of Backstreet Boys songs that I could call Impious Deities.
@ElevenYearz
2 күн бұрын
🖤
@wrlord
4 күн бұрын
oh nonsense. Times Square was still a shithole at the time. I specifically remember them shutting the area down for this film. I was mystified by the sprinkler system they had installed on one block to simulate rain. It was still all porn and hookers.
@flammenjc
6 күн бұрын
Last Action Hero was a fantastic film. I actually think it falls into a category of being enough of a parody that it's almost immune to any plot/universal issues regarding Death or the Terminator 2 paradoxae. It's a great two-tone example of how movies are always too perfect and people ought to not get carried away, but likewise when you live in a shithole town, which was in this case visualized as a grey and damp NYC, of COURSE you're going to immerse yourself in alternate worlds where the good guys always win. Of course you're going to engorge yourself on stories where justice is always served. The scene where Danny gets robbed I think is entirely necessary to sell what a shit neighbourhood he lives in. That makes him an unlucky person which means he "deserves" the golden ticket chance to live out his best life in his favourite movie franchise, not to mention it explains why he might be cutting school [because maybe the other kids are trash] and explains perfectly his obsession with watching Slater's films. On top of that it's Arnie's best film by far. We only needed to see character development from 3 people. Benedict, which we saw. Slater, which we saw and Danny, which we also saw, it just wasn't broadcasted loudly. He became less of a wimp and more grounded in reality and I really think that is in the film to be seen. As far as the acting performances go I thought Charles Dance was brilliant. The lines he delivers, specifically whilst in the real NYC are gold. As for Arnie, as an avid Schwarzenegger enjoyer, this is by far his best performance, whilst able in this film to continue with the Arnie we all know and love, the action hero, he also conveys sorrow and an identity crisis. The knowledge that the pain and suffering he has of his son dying and him feeling responsibility for that was scripted, written into him and he has to live with that for the rest of his "life" for the sake of making his "story" more entertaining. I see LAH as a love letter to action films. We know so much in action films is ridiculous but some things become so legendary they are still referenced in conversation without fear of being shamed for enjoying such a display of blatant movie simulation. This film manages to tick all the boxes of poking fun where it needs to be poked but also a societal evaluation in that, in movies the bad guys ALWAYS lose and that in the real world that they CAN win.
@ElevenYearz
2 күн бұрын
Great insights
@raspas219
8 күн бұрын
Awesome movie. Very very enterteinment.
@LosAngelesCatfish
9 күн бұрын
This TRUE COMIC BOOK movie within a movie could have inspired the world of Deadpool
@99csmith
10 күн бұрын
Amazing
@ElevenYearz
9 күн бұрын
📼
@TheMickeyBloo
11 күн бұрын
I'm 45 and never seen it. 🤔
@ElevenYearz
11 күн бұрын
East Street bus stop on the Old Kent Road 🔮
@firekind1980
13 күн бұрын
20:06 The Equalizer shows this real NY. It wasn't filmed in a special way for the show. They just filmed in scumland NY city.
@andrewnick82
14 күн бұрын
Whoa that tought at the ending 🙌
@RangaTurk
15 күн бұрын
It was left in the shadow and knocked about in the turbulence of one of his own films being Terminator Two which didn't air on free-to-air commercial television in Australia until February 1994. The Cameo-Word Up music video intro feel in some scenes bring an atmosphere that you won't experience in other Schwarzenegger films is what makes this film unique. The Terminator Two slipstream lasted until the release of Jim Cameron's Titanic one of the greatest historicals Hollywood ever produced possibly to this day.
@jamesskinnercouk
17 күн бұрын
I do like the dreamy atmosphere you create in your videos (I was just cleaning out my subscription list, unsubscribing from channels I definitely wouldn’t watch and I stumbled on your channel that I forgot I subscribed to a while back and I’m glad you’ve made some recent videos). I do think even though people might do things for a laugh or prank I believe something is working it’s way through them and grows into this world. The film hellraiser came from someone’s imagination and spread through pop culture and enticed someone to start a ritual. You might be aware of something called active imagination a phrase coined by Car Jung when he was creating his red book. Active imagination is like entering a portal within and I guess who ever imagined Hell raiser was entering a portal (Becca Tarnas did a fascinating video called the red book and the red book, she presents the similar over lays of both Jung’s red book and the red book written by Tolkien, she points out this strange phenomena of the imagination).
@ElevenYearz
16 күн бұрын
Welcome back, glad you managed to watch the new videos I put out. Cheers for the feedback!
@jamesskinnercouk
17 күн бұрын
What a fascinating and thoughtful mini documentary you have put together here, thank you.
@ElevenYearz
16 күн бұрын
I'm a long time Depeche fan 🖤 Thanks for watching!
@jamesskinnercouk
16 күн бұрын
@@ElevenYearz I’ve only heard them the odd time here and there back in the 90s but your video has given me curiosity towards them (I actually really like electronic music any way so that’s good) especially the fact they are so popular in Russia as we need ways of building bridges with nations instead of burning them.
@ElevenYearz
16 күн бұрын
@@jamesskinnercouk 1981-1990 era Depeche is really what this video was focused on, and where I would start as a new listener. Speak & Spell all the way through to Violator is their strongest output. What’s fascinating is that the Depeche fans in this video were emulating an already decade old period of the band, as by the early to mid 90s their sound and aesthetic had changed dramatically.
@srebrooo
19 күн бұрын
Woah this is crazy
@ElevenYearz
19 күн бұрын
📼
@brianmelendy1194
19 күн бұрын
I love that movie.
@ElevenYearz
20 күн бұрын
I forgot to overlay image credits in the video! Here are all usernames (in order of appearance): 29erfool, GaryPanton, Pentaprism, kimboble, danbeames, nickhide, wateracre, huttleyjourno, isobelnecessary, laraloobrush, sophieelisabeth, moffrey_, xupmusic, _retailfail, tonymogan, johnbeck_, notlikecalvin, tomtomsatnavvy, nikvestberg, stackee, southwarknotes, andrew_humphreys, laurasynthesis, Zoah_HS, PaulGannonShow, robinallender, JackMRog. Cheers for sticking with the channel, it really means a lot to me 🖤
@leviathan_is_me
22 күн бұрын
So many theories and holes in this picture. The whole "How do the villains retain their "movie power" when Jack doesn't?". I always posited that the heroes were just given their "movie magic" where as the villains had to actually train, so that carries over. Doesn't work nor fix anything, and in the end, it is just a "don't think to hard" type of movie with a thin veneer of "maybe..., perhaps they meant...,"
@miaouew
22 күн бұрын
You know what I'm tired of? Hollywood.
@ProfSir1
23 күн бұрын
Oh crap I was wondering where those tapes went.
@ElevenYearz
23 күн бұрын
The ritual is still ongoing 🔮
@weisnikolai
27 күн бұрын
Love your videos ❤u need more views
@ElevenYearz
27 күн бұрын
Thank you 🖤
@BryceChillis
28 күн бұрын
tywin lannister lol
@LLlap
Ай бұрын
Books don't reference books? Music doesn't reference music? Rappers don't reference other rappers? Computer games have computer games inside of computer games....
@jmalmsten
Ай бұрын
I do wonder sometimes, if Hollywood people forget that you don't have to get married to all people you date. Or is it a religious thing? No pre-marital sex and all that?
@delanorrosey4730
Ай бұрын
The irony? Everybody hasn't moved on with their lives because the real world stinks because the bad guys have won.
@maniac1075
Ай бұрын
It's quite a weird ass theory... you dive in and pick apart NYC not being accurate to the time.... why can't it just be that its most likely not set in 1993? It can take years to get a script greenlit into a movie. It could've been written years, a decade before 1993. Plus, what kind of movie would it have been if NYC was a safe, friendly place? Should they have set it in Iraq instead??
@intothebarbican
Ай бұрын
Depeche, my top guys 😎
@nigelwitgunn3406
Ай бұрын
"... and Kickboxer." 😂😂😂
@m8discovery
Ай бұрын
Among so many video essays nowadays, this one felt so sincere and profound. I am glad I found it. The way you described how Russian fans treat DM as a spiritual thing rings so true. I think it applies to all of the eastern block. I am Ukrainian born in the 90s and became a devotee in late 2000s, but still I feel that sacred feeling for the band. By the way, one of the modern Ukrainian writers Serhiy Zhadan has a novel called Depeche Mode. The content is totally unrelated to the band, yet the band is an emblematic symbol of the mindset of young people during the 90s and 00s, hence the name.
@ElevenYearz
Ай бұрын
Thank you for the feedback. The Serhiy Zhadan book sounds great, I’ll look into it, cheers for the heads up!
@tontorn6384
Ай бұрын
I love the video, thanks a lost for all work ane enerdy you waisted to it ✨🙏🖤🤝
@ElevenYearz
Ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind comment, I can assure you that although time was lost - it was not wasted. Cheers!
@tontorn6384
Ай бұрын
@@ElevenYearz Im sorry, I was tired. More Depeche Mode videos please! 🙏✨
@alfredthegreat9543
Ай бұрын
Problem is it wasn't funny enough as a "buddy" comedy or serious enough to be a thriller, and just fell into an uncomfortable middle ground.
@permanentlyexperimental3691
Ай бұрын
I always thought of this and Galaxy Quest as two of a kind. Movies that parody their respective genres while still functioning as genuinely good movies within that genre.
@ElevenYearz
Ай бұрын
I still need to get round to properly watching Galaxy Quest 😵💫
@permanentlyexperimental3691
Ай бұрын
@ElevenYearz 100% recommend it. Best star trek movie ever made.
@deydododontdedoh.5672
Ай бұрын
Nice to see Runcorn shopping centre. another new town. 🙂
@ElevenYearz
Ай бұрын
There’s some beautiful old footage of Runcorn here on KZitem.
@deydododontdedoh.5672
Ай бұрын
Nicely done 👌 thank you 🙂
@ultravi0lence
Ай бұрын
“Be critical of the media you love, it’s the only way it’ll ever get better” is such a great quote.
@ElevenYearz
Ай бұрын
Cheers!
@AngryPenguin22
2 ай бұрын
I was wondering why I would see so many Russian comments on Depeche videos on youtube. Now I know. Thanks man!
@ElevenYearz
Ай бұрын
😏
@bobhuber8480
2 ай бұрын
Oh, it was meta. I got it when I saw it in the cinema. Thanks for spelling it out for anyone who didn’t notice that! Clap clap clap.
@adampatino5372
2 ай бұрын
Are you trying to bore me? Cuz 7 minutes in, and you're just pointing out the obvious, reiterating what the movie explicitly states.
@ElevenYearz
2 ай бұрын
“A lot of people listened to Depeche Mode then. It wasn’t 10,000 or 100,000 people, it was the entire country listening to them. At night when I went to bed I would hear someone listening to them on their car radio, other times I would hear passers by humming Depeche Mode tunes…” - interview with a DM fan in the amazing 2006 documentary film 'Our Hobby is Depeche Mode' which I strongly recommend watching!
@AlexanderSaranchuk
2 ай бұрын
I think all former USSR was looks like Basildon slightly expanded on big territory. )
@cyris8403
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video. I subscribed. Well done.
@ElevenYearz
2 ай бұрын
Thank you
@grimmorrageart
2 ай бұрын
while being from Russia myself (however, a bit younger than people shown here, a child of those who were Dave Days participants), I feel this link to DM music on a somewhat spiritual level and I can only agree on all the conclusions that were made in this video thank you for it and best of luck in growing your channel a little feedback: text sometimes cannot be seen clearly due to being white on a white-ish background, but overall quality work
@ElevenYearz
2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed. Thank you for the feedback!
@tossr4716
2 ай бұрын
Was very good and entertaining
@KOLOPCorps
2 ай бұрын
The villain enters the real world and shoots someone in an alleyway. "I just killed somebody!" No real response. "I did it on purpose!" and then the people yell at him. "No one cares, shut up and keep it down." The whole contrast between action movies and real life, and the reaction of this for both villain and hero is fantastic on how the react to this and how they see they see the real world. Also, him seeing Arnold Swartzenagger is hilarious.
@0svvan0
2 ай бұрын
it just hit me while watching this video, Last Action Hero is an "isekai" anime. yeesh.
@BubblegumCrash332
2 ай бұрын
Its the only action film I can think of that has a child actor that is well acted and not annoying
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