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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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How Did Police Academy Last So Long?
I watched them while I was laid up, and man. When I was ten, they didn't seem that bad, but they weren't even great then. So I'm laid out and get a nostalgia trip and watch them. First couple aren't horrible, but how did this last as a franchise? Fuck, were the 80s that boring?
...wait, maybe you don't have to answer that last one. ![]() --John Rogers |
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Over Like Rover
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I started whistling the Police Academy theme as soon as I started reading this thread. Feel at least 7% happier than I did beforehand.
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Listen to Killer Mike
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First 3 were amazing..
The best shot of all time was in the 80s.. |
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Two weeks.
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The Blue Oyster
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Dr. Mantis Toboggan
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the switching back and forth between mauser and harris always confused me as a kid.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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A Property of Matter
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The Stonecutters
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quesque fuck?
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Just like how American Pie has lasted so long...
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Out Of Step
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Theres supposed to be a new one getting made, Guttenburgs even coming back for it. Can't be any worse than Mission to Moscow at least.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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And don't challenge them. I'm pretty sure they could manage to make it worse than 7 if they tried. I've seen the rest of the series. They like to push downward barriers. |
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Out Of Step
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It was on yahoo again recently, but everythings getting remade lately so you never know, not like the cast is busy.
They kinda did lower the bar again with the TV series, even the cartoon came out looking like the Godfather in comparison. |
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You can't teach that
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People love that guy who makes crazy sounds.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Never saw the cartoon or the TV series. |
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Over Like Rover
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It's High Noon!
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Snow Mexican
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Its a Gutenberg-conspiracy....
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CITIZENS ON PATROL!
![]() Love PA. And Tackleberry was my favorite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bye_TBwuNEA (embedding was disabled by a stupid asshole) |
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#BUCTOBER
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Taller than Adam Cole
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I will say that the early Police Academy's were great.
Mauser: Can someone explain how this happened? (raises hands to show the hair attached.) Mahoney: I can sir, and if you don't stop that, you can go blind. |
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You can't teach that
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Carl Winslow?
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Out Of Step
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Apparantly Robocop makes an appearance in one of the cartoon episodes, who needs Steve Guttenburg!
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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Out Of Step
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Only saw a screenshot but it looked like Jones and someone else stood talking to Robocop, kinda wish it was out on dvd now.
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Narc stole my star
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I like the fat guy w/ the squeaky voice.
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Dr. Mantis Toboggan
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bobcat goldwaith?
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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What I don't get is the adaptation to TV that happened to every popular movie ever in the 80s.
There was a TV series for Harry and the Henderson for Christ's sake. |
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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As bad as some of the adaptations were, I still think I prefer that mentaility to the one of "half the shows must be reality TV and the other half crime dramas." |
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Yeah, the reality stuff is pretty unwatchable. For every one thing I like (Kitchen Nightmares) I hate literally 60 other shows.
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Ron Paul 4 EVA
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I don't watch any of them. I don't normally care, either. I just wish there was more initiative in trying new things. I mean, especially since if one's successful, there's literally 50 just like it in a month.
I did watch a couple of forensics dramas, though. It's not like I completely hate the genre, I just hate the number of them they had at one time. Crime shows in general, really. For every good law enforcement show, there's like 90 bad ones. And everything else seems to get canceled. |
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