To: yankeedame
I thought the first Star Wars movie from about 1977 had a scene where a functioning Death Star blew up an entire PLANET.
Sorry to sound like Red Forman's son, Eric.
To: yankeedame
3 posted on
04/11/2008 7:31:21 AM PDT by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: yankeedame
Dr. Strangelove after Major T. J. “King” Kong rode the bomb release like a bronco.
The blast flash without sound was incredibly effective.
4 posted on
04/11/2008 7:33:31 AM PDT by
KC Burke
(Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
To: yankeedame
"They blowed up real good!"
5 posted on
04/11/2008 7:36:15 AM PDT by
weegee
(March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
To: yankeedame
Not exactly an explosion but I always thought that scene in
The Gauntlet where they shot the house to death was pretty cool.
6 posted on
04/11/2008 7:39:44 AM PDT by
NonValueAdded
(Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
To: yankeedame
How about the chopper scene in Apocalypse Now when Robert Duvall’s crew takes out a village.
To: yankeedame
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My favorite is the head going in Scanners. Not big, but jazzy . . . |
To: yankeedame
“Biggest” would be the destruction of a planet by the Death Star in Star Wars.
“Best” would be the bridge destruction on “The Bridge On The River Kwai” because of the build up to its destruction and the actual explosion (real bridge, real train, real explosives)
9 posted on
04/11/2008 7:43:05 AM PDT by
kidd
To: yankeedame
How about "fun" explosions?
The Terminator
"It's over" and then...
Rock and Roll High School
The pyrotechnics on the roof of the school were overloaded and caught a tree fire. Also annoyed the neighborhood as I think they were shooting at 3am.
The Atomic Cafe
This documentary is chock full of atomic bomb test footage and period "atomic" songs.
The Who on The Smothers Brothers
A prank gone wrong, Pete suffered permanent hearing loss.
And aren't there a bunch of films that used demolitions of casinos and other building in the context of a film?
Real explosions are always "better" than CGI effects. That's just a computer cartoon.
10 posted on
04/11/2008 7:46:37 AM PDT by
weegee
(March 18th, 2008 Obama~"I did NOT listen to the sermons of that man, Jeremiah Wright...")
To: yankeedame
Under the Forrest Gump one it says ‘In the Marines’...wasn’t he in the Army?
11 posted on
04/11/2008 7:47:15 AM PDT by
aft_lizard
(born conservative...I chose to be a republican)
To: yankeedame
They blew up Earth in “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”. Dreadful movie.
14 posted on
04/11/2008 8:27:15 AM PDT by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
To: yankeedame
if you didn't jump out your seat the first time you saw it, you obviously have no soul.What the hell does Star Wars have to do with ginger kids???
15 posted on
04/11/2008 8:34:11 AM PDT by
Andonius_99
(There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
To: yankeedame
If you want some real explosions, go to:
SonicBomb.com They have quite a few videos of Explosive Ordinance Disposal shots in Iraq and Afghanistan. Impressive explosions but what's really great are the comments and laughter from the soldiers who are watching the explosions. Too funny!
One of my favorites.
To: yankeedame
What about the napalming of Kurtz' village in Apocalypse Now?
17 posted on
04/11/2008 9:01:59 AM PDT by
Virginia Ridgerunner
("We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it!"--Duncan Hunter)
To: yankeedame
I don’t know... the explosion at the end of the lobby gunfight scene in The Matrix was also pretty impressive (OK, so that entire scene is probably my all-time favorite movie scene) - actually, lots of things blew up in spectacular ways in those movies, although the last two weren’t good for much except the fight scenes and explosions IMO. I tend to enjoy movies with spectacular explosions, but I honestly can’t think of any off the top of my head (other than other Star Wars movies, and though it’s not a movie there are still lots and lots and lots of explosions in Stargate SG-1) that are stunning on that level. I also seem to remember Cloverfield as having some nice explosions, too...
Anyways, since we’re on the topic of movies with cool explosions, and since my Netflix queue is starting to get low, if anyone’s got any recommendations for good movies - namely, movies with lots of explosions and maybe special effects or spaceships - let me know!
19 posted on
04/11/2008 10:01:33 AM PDT by
Hyzenthlay
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: yankeedame
Scenes we'd like to see:
22 posted on
04/11/2008 5:26:08 PM PDT by
JoJo Gunn
(Help control the RINO population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
To: yankeedame
23 posted on
04/12/2008 9:47:17 AM PDT by
Minutemen
("It's a Religion of Peace")
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