Demolition Man - Life Simulator 2020 Edition

[@rtstrong]

This is one of Stallone’s best films and you cannot change my mind.

[@dakotajensen181]

3 words. Vr sex scene. Wait...this isn't google

[@Largentina.]

What kind of sicko would try and change your mind when you stated an objective statement?

[@devildogg061]

I agree with this...and Rocky for some reason

[@LibertarianTrap]

Judge Dredd. Fight me!

[@tanukiman3855]

It was “Oscar” and you know it! Boss.

[@coitusergosum2447]

"We're Police officers! We're not trained to handle this kind of violence!"

[@erinfreize]

Especially if they're glorified social workers with no actual experience fighting crime.

[@hunta4lif3]

Cops in America: pathetic!

[@lowkeyarki7091]

The result of people going overboard in demanding a more neutered police force.

[@phillytheflyerable]

sweden basically

[@demono6708]

Cops in payday tbh

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

This movie has some amazing quotes that are so applicable today. "You can't take away peoples right to be assholes."

[@dragonandavatarfan8865]

What's even more funny is the fact that this line came out of the mouth of Simon Phoenix, the antagonist of the movie. You know a society's messed up when even the villain is like "Yo man hol up, that's a bit too far".

[@BoozyBeggar]

You CAN if you just beat them every time they say something retarded, like "women's suffrage is good", or "I don't even see color", or "we have to fight them there so we don't have to fight them here", or "Israel is our greatest ally"

[@stanza77]

@@BoozyBeggar wow

[@Fuk99999]

@@BoozyBeggar “You can take away someone’s right to be an asshole by being a literal tyrant” Thanks boss

[@LevitatingCups]

You cant take away people's right to protest -reverse canada 2022

[@MarcveeBee]

Simons Phoenix’s best quote: “Look, you can’t take away peoples right to be assholes”…

[@The_Ballo]

Google hated that

[@DaveTex2375]

Britain 2024 would like to know your location.

[@canadiandeplorable6413]

"Just put me back in the freezer." The way everyone who grew up pre 1990 feels in 2020.

[@newvocabulary]

It was such a better time. I honestly thought the internet would improve things. It did not.

[@lostronin380]

Damn straight I do 🙂. Stick me back in now.

[@Centrophy]

@@blackskyirregular9876 It was still a PC shit show. The 90's were the era of the Burger King Kid's Club, Ghost Busters Extreme with the same PC cast full of tokens, corporations forming their diversity and heavy handed HR nonsense. If you've seen the film PCU, they didn't imagine those stereotypes of hyper PC college students. They were quite real. Still, tig bitty goth girls were also more prevalent so you take the good with the bad. The only problem these days compared to then is that PC culture is far more widespread these days and technology has given more power to the technocrats and SocJus mobs and I don't see it getting better. Oh, and there's no sexy sub culture. I miss my goth girls.

[@kobathedread]

@@newvocabulary It's good for the porn though.

[@areyoujelton]

John Duncan speak for yourself. I can literally listen to any song ever made, record my own music, learn anything... even talk to you right now because of the internet! Technology is great, people are the problem.

[@MetalGamer666]

I just love movies like Demolition Man, Robocop, and Starship Troopers. They seem like simple action movies, but are also a commentary on society and a cautionary tale.

[@80krauser]

Yeah Starship Troopers warns us don't let weirdos write satirical movies based on books he's never read. I did love the movie though. The Federation did nothing wrong

[@mackychloe]

@@80krauser Paul Verhoven - Weirdo?? Starship troopers - a book?? The federation - innocent?? Me - So confused!

[@80krauser]

@@mackychloe Yeah it's a book, the US Marines still make their officer cadets read it since it's more about the role of the Military, a reflection of military life and the complexities of command more than squashing bugs in power armor believe it or not. It's all over the internet and not very long it's worth a read for it's 'practical utopia' idea of the Federation if nothing else. Also dude made Showgirls he's a degenerate weirdo albiet a talented one.

[@juggalochef2399]

Imagine if Verhoeven had directed Demolition Man...OMFG now I want that so damn bad!

[@NaxoStreamsYou]

Starship Troopers, didnt had that one in my list... I will watch It..... I would also recommend 1987s film The Running Man.

[@defundhollyweird8675]

"John Spartan, you are fined one credit for a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute." This art imitating life thing really sucks these days!

[@fileyguy]

reporter-"john sparton how do you justify blowing up a 15 million dollar shopping mall for a girl whos ransom was only 25.000?" little girl"fuck you lady" sparton-"good answer" you wont get lines like that in todays movies sjw head will explode lmao

[@mikeochoa8234]

117 😇

[@marieandemerson1555]

John Spartan you have been deplatformed for violation of our terms of service. There is no appeal.

[@jfb.8746]

They predicted the social credit system of totalitarian China.

[@M-S_4321]

Life imitating art seems less fun now. Predictive programmed Life imitating Art feels grim. 👀😐

[@Blackjack701AD]

My dad recently visited my home for the first time in a decade. My wife had decorated the bathroom with a sea theme. I put three seashells on the counter and my dad caught the reference. I had told my wife about it (she had no idea what I was referring to) and I'm glad my dad pulled through!

[@johannl555]

Is that how the three seashells work? You have to pull through?

[@jfsimmonsiii]

Bless you for such a deep cut reference. I pray that my own kids will someday be that cool

[@kharis87]

Film was 40 years ahead of its time. One of Stallone's and Snipes' best films.

[@MrPimpshrimp247]

I agree. I'm not sure about Stallone but I think Snipes still has another great movie like this in him.

[@hydrogenone6866]

Both of them are epic.

[@kharis87]

@@Black-Circle actually it goes further back to stories of ancient mythology but i see your point.

[@broco1163]

It's such an underappreciated cult classic. I was wondering when Drinker would get around to it.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

Actually, I'd say it was only about 30 years ahead of its time, if you catch my drift! XD

[@waynetowers5046]

Drinker: 'OK, you're going to jump from that helicopter using a bungee rope.' Stuntman: 'Oh... Uhm, won't I bounce back up into the rotors?...' Drinker: 'Nah, it'll be fine.'

[@roguereaver634]

Wouldn't it be physically impossible with all the energy lost from gravity pulling him down and all the other friction/heat/wind resistance?

[@patrickfrost9405]

@@roguereaver634 Correct! You win a physics for today!

[@ollih.901]

@@roguereaver634 You assume that the helicopter won't move at all. Imagine the heli moving down, while the stuntman is bouncing back. That could be an issue. Therefore the heli has to hold the altitude. Otherwise you are right.

[@Arassar]

@@ollih.901 I'm going to assume that a guy flying a helicopter for a stunt jump is pretty good at maintaining his attitude Also, the chopper would have to drop in altitude AFTER the bounce but BEFORE he got all the way back up, because if he dropped before the bounce the tension wouldn't be enough to get him all the way back up

[@ollih.901]

@@Arassar As an external factor air currents can also play a role, but its unlikely that they would film that scene in a storm. I just wanted to point out possibilities, even if they are unlikely. Personally I would be more concerned about the bungee rope being attached properly and having the right length.

[@EskenRock]

This movie was literally 25 years ahead of it's time.

[@NormanReaddis]

It's not a movie it's a prophecy Same as 1984

[@WizenedFalcon3_9_1]

@@NormanReaddis don't forget about Brave New World and They Live

[@sabiti5428]

And it drew from the past. Main antagonist leader has what appears to be a Chinese style eunuch

[@NormanReaddis]

@@sabiti5428 the leader is a japanese weeb tho lol although people trying to be japanese nowadays are still on point

[@JR-vt7rb]

In Africa every minute 60 seconds pass

[@MaxPower-zc8nf]

I don't think I've ever seen an actor having more fun in a role than Wesley Snipes in this movie.

[@Kiljaedenas]

Oh yeah. He had an absolute ball with it! Even though the character was a despicable psychopath it was still great fun to watch!

[@konradcurze939]

This movie made me a huge fan of snipes the difference between Phoenix and Blade showed me his range he's just awesome

[@davidgannon5388]

Give "Freejack" a try. Mick Jagger has a blast in his role!

[@JnEricsonx]

Russell Crowe in Virtuosity? He looked like he was having a blast.

[@kingspicy6755]

Fun fact- Snipes said that he hated the wig for the character but Dennis Rodman would go on to use the character as inspiration for his own hair

[@kalphil4385]

Those three seashells could have come in handy during the great toilet paper shortage of 2020.

[@rubix4195]

Also, how the heck do they stay a pristine white!?!?!?

[@MrClubfoot90]

Maverick [gas station] has the start of this sea shell bull shit.

[@skynet1234567890]

Lol thats gold

[@evanabbott2737]

I always wondered how those shells worked...do you...rub them on yer hole?🤔

[@billyray9925]

@@evanabbott2737 Lol, he doesn't know how to use the three seashells.

[@05017351]

I'm a chemical expert and C4 is a gel when first made. It is normally cast into blocks but can be cast into any shape you make a mold for. The real sin is that C4 is really insensitive and will not explode if set on fire. It will burn, but it requires much more energy to actually detonate it.

[@RuddsReels]

Interesting to know! Great post!

[@jordanlaplante1131]

Cool

[@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226]

I'm not but I knew that anyway

[@jason.larsenthedanishgreek1226]

Electricity required for reaction

[@dustinfirkins5736]

Inaccurate it's the energy, not a chemical reaction . Closest is nitroglycerin. It will blow if agitated

[@EdgarFriendly-op3rn]

One of Dennis Leary's best lines: "I've seen the future, you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sittin' around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake singing I'm an Oscar-Meyer Wiener"

[@Davidofthelost]

I want that as my ring tone and just let it play out every time I get a call.

[@hc130radio]

For foresight of this movie is fucking unreal

[@AgentExeider]

And Spartan calls it rightly so "Fascist crap" that makes him want to puke.

[@Duke00x]

At this rate all of that is going to come true other then the Oscar-Meyer Wiener part. They wouldn't be singing it because 1. wiener is another name for male genitaled and we have that because it is offensive and threatening to women. and 2. it is a song about meat and that is offensive, barbaric and mean and also bad for the environment.

[@favoritemustard3542]

@@Duke00x 🐄💨 🐓💨 🐖💨 (Or! Pay 2×s the $ for 🐂💨)

[@harrisonjodeit4340]

The sheer brass balls on a villain like Fenix, though. "You're under arrest!" "No, I'm not."

[@slowfudgeballs9517]

Favelas are like that too. Gangs aren't criminals in 3rd world countries, it's local government. You can probably trust a gang member's word more honestly than a politician anyhow.

[@christopherclark4038]

​@@slowfudgeballs9517 that makes sense, they have been paid to murder and steal their whole lives instead of lying and getting paid for it

[@Chrisfragger1]

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- C. S. Lewis.

[@johnneville403]

Thank you for pointing this quote out. Says it all.

[@VainerCactus0]

One of the most insightful quotes of all time.

[@jimofaotearoa3636]

damn thats a good quote.

[@Ronin-lb5ij]

It's kinda ironic, since C S Lewis was a Christian. Romans 13 of the New Testament literally taught Christians to submit and obey authority, as it claimed *every* earthly authority is established by God.

[@jazzco4871]

@@Ronin-lb5ij teachings aren't programing, you can make what you want of them and make them fit the current context. so basically there just poetic food for thought.

[@Goth7illa]

John Spartan still finishing his burger after learning it’s rat was a great bit of character building. 💪

[@commandercaptain4664]

"And what's this chewy part here... don't tell me it was rat PE-NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIS!!!!"

[@StevieB8363]

Rat it may have been - but it was the only real meat he was going to get! And he had a beer to wash it down, so it wasn't all bad.

[@megahobbit5972]

He said it was the best burger he had in years

[@ronaldg7522]

It was the best ratburger he has ever eaten.

[@8Maduce50]

@@megahobbit5972 not saying much since he was frozen for 40 years or something

[@efe_aydal]

Soon enough people will say to criminals "Stop or I'll cancel you on Twitter!"

[@lucasoheyze4597]

No they won't.

[@BossLevel2013]

Lol

[@underkrooke831]

@@lucasoheyze4597 sure they will

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

@Sandy V. Karens call the cops, they don't cancel people.

[@seditt5146]

Already are in China

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

I think the idea of the fully-functional weapons in the museum legit works to the film's favor, since it shows just how ill-prepared everyone is. They are so certain their system is ''working'' that they never even entertained the possibility that someone would go in there and actually use one.

[@chickenmom720]

That's exactly my thought. Why bother? Nobody would ever dream of messing with them.

[@DKNguyen3.1415]

It's like having a fake elephant at a zoo. No one comes to the zoo to see a fake elephant.

[@thoughtcriminal9247]

This movie doesn't look fictional anymore; more like prophetic.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+Thought Criminal I'm pretty sure that was The Drinker's point. Like, his entire point in creating this video.

[@rubix4195]

Well, if it is, the ending is more poignant: both societies learn they have to co-exist and that everything is on a return to individual freedoms.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

@@rubix4195 I don't see that happening, sadly. At least without some serious pain to get us to that point. Then again, growth involves pain, so I guess it could happen.

[@thoughtcriminal9247]

@@rubix4195 I'd be happy if we stopped at that point; sadly, I don't see it happening. At the destructive pace we're at; we'll reach an IDIOCRACY stage at WARP SPEED.

[@piotrd.4850]

+Thought Criminal "Idiocracy" "They Live" polish "Sexmission" "be like": Frist Tiime, huh ? :D

[@EvilExcalibur]

The scene where he literally wipes his ass with infractions for profanity is easily the most relatable in the movie

[@clementcachico5240]

Better yet, he intentionnaly swear more to have some spare paper XD

[@ghostpiratelechuck2259]

He doesn’t know how to use the three seashells 😂😂😂😂

[@ricogoldstar]

In the movies account of historical events it was explained to John Spartan that several pandemics occured that caused changes in societal behaviors such as social distancing no handshakes and physical contact being discouraged and seen as unsafe.

[@fidelio9301]

Sure.....

[@brianmcdonald7017]

This movie is either a masterpiece or predictive programming.

[@deathstrike]

Exactly, it also predicted electric vehicles, widespread use of the taser as an alternate for lethal force (supposedly) and Arnold Schwarzenegger's political career (governor not pres) also VR, coded locks for homes, and "dietary" fast food and corporate takeovers. It was incredible that things like would become the norm less than a decade later.

[@ricogoldstar]

@@deathstrike Woah! Yes. Great observations! 👍

[@superdingo9741]

@@deathstrike And politicians using people of color to bring chaos and destruction in the streets. And useless [defunded] police force.

[@davidgannon5388]

5:13 - I dunno, Drinker... Given how the world is today (3 years after you made this vid), I'd say this was just another scarily accurate prediction by this amazing cinematic masterpiece!

[@maineman5757]

Back in the day I used to think that Demolition Man's futuristic world was so farfetched but now I don't think that anymore.

[@RightURKen7]

I didn't find if farfetched at all. I saw it exactly predicting the future, although yes, a bit exaggerated. I was baffled as to why the movie wasn't more popular at the time.

[@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122]

@@RightURKen7 Do you remember CHAZ? The Seattle mayor called it "summer of love" until they came to her house.

[@flybobbie1449]

People from reality shows dying, next will live on screen.

[@TheJarric]

@@VeryProPlayerYesSir1122 basicly what pheonix did at beginin

[@TheScarletSlayer]

@Punch Line yes but right now we are kinda if in a transition phase. We still have people being mad at everyone for everything so logically after wokeness fuses with Disney...well you see where I'm going with this

[@JABoyle3875]

“Hurting people isn’t a good thing! Well...sometimes it is, but not when it’s a bunch of people looking for something to eat!”

[@barriolimbas]

Yes, how action heroes are meant to be, loved the old days.

[@ericb4127]

Zombies?

[@JABoyle3875]

@@ericb4127 not really people anymore. Herschel's barn in Season 2 of The Walking Dead showed that.

[@commandercaptain4664]

"Hey, Luke Skywalker, use the Force."

[@M-S_4321]

😒foreshadowing😏

[@JoeSyxpack]

Simon Phoenix has the most poignant quote in the movie: "Look, you can't take away people's right to be assholes."

[@Michael-kd1ho]

It's saying something that even a psycho like Phoenix is disgusted by how utterly evil and mad Cocteau actually is.

[@mitchlogan4796]

@@Michael-kd1ho It is like Sargon said in his "Politics of Demolition Man" video. "Simon Phoenix may not respect people's lives, but he at least respects their agency."

[@duskomorientes5088]

That scene where he swears at the machine and uses the tickets for toilet paper is f.ing gold

[@dcbadger2]

And on top of it all, Sandra Bullock is an absolute smoke-show in this one.

[@Ryan_Gutz]

I know late reply but you're right. She is lightspeed hot

[@picklerick7953]

@@Ryan_Gutz i know late reply but lol

[@albreal]

You're forgiven

[@Okletsrumble]

Absolutely

[@thesexyskywalker3283]

Yes she looks amazing in this one.

[@thecountofmontecristo2796]

"Huxley, look, this isn't the Wild West! The Wild West wasn't even the Wild West! Hurting people's not a good thing! Sometimes it is, but not when it's a bunch of people looking for something to eat!"

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

John Spartan, “toxic masculinity” at it’s finest.👍🏿🖕🏿

[@SuperSupersoda]

Every single time I re-watch this movie, I lose it laughing with the way Stallone just sort of added "sometimes it is" as an afterthought to what he was saying. The quote doesn't do this justice, you have to watch the delivery for yourself.

[@EN-qh6ss]

@@Minotaur-ey2lg exactly. Needed to save the world.

[@Muck006]

@@Minotaur-ey2lg As Jordan Peterson put it: *_"Good people have the capacity to become monsters BUT they have it under control."_* Feminists however ARE monsters all the time and have zero ability to control it.

[@commandercaptain4664]

"The Wild West wasn't even the Wild West" *Adam Conover has entered the chat*

[@gladiatorscoops]

I loved this movie so much I put 3 Sea Shells in my bathroom.....took 2 years for someone to pick up on the reference but it was totally worth it.

[@droe2570]

@@Nevets_2770 That seems plausible.

[@dwmarch]

By pick up on the reference do you mean someone actually wiped their ass with them?

[@AAron-gr3jk]

yeah but how do they work?

[@commandercaptain4664]

*laughs in Schneider*

[@Harpagio]

@@AAron-gr3jk 2 seashells to pull extra poop out like chopsticks, wipe with the 3rd. I always thought (hoped) that they were buttons like flush, bidet, dry, but nope apparently they're actual shells

[@jerryc5743]

“Jeffery Dalmer? I like that guy!” Loved that line by Snipes.

[@affokasso]

This movie aged well. Too well.

[@chaosworrier4468]

I always took the loaded museum weapons and the fact that Dr Cocteau thought he could control Snipes' character as further evidence that this dystopian world was so naïve and out of touch with true violence/evil. After all, if it would never occur to the populace to pick up and shoot a weapon, it makes no difference if it is loaded or not...

[@patbastardandthespurious5822]

You think Alec Baldwin should have given it a watch?

[@chrisg5219]

Precisely the same message I got

[@Paskaloth]

I could see that, it also goes a step further into more amusing for me, when not even the rat eating people of the sewers thought to take them.

[@DefaultFlame]

"It's more authentic if it's loaded, museum director!" "I like the cut of your jib, son."

[@RaptorJesus720]

In the movie we had Dr. Cocteau and Simon Phoenix...today in reality we have Joe Biden and BLM.

[@History_Coffee]

Tbh the fact that the leader guy was so disconnected from reality that he thought he could control Simon and his goons is also something we see today with politicans pandering to groups of rioters and arming militant terrorists against other militant terrorists being like "nah it'll be fine"

[@Biden_is_demented]

I was about to write a retort, but... Nah, fuck it, it´ll be fine. Buuuzzzzz *You have been fined 1 credit, for a violation of the Verbal Morality Statute*

[@brandonfj5811]

I also think it's good to note that Spartan never claim that the society he came from was perfect and implies to find something in between that works for everyone

[@NormanReaddis]

@@Biden_is_demented you're social credit on twitter will be deducted, have a nice day

[@Poppadop1]

Only _"today with politicians"?_ Railroad tycoon Jay Gould allegedly said, *"I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half."* And he might have said this in the late 1800s. This strategy may be dumb in the long-term, but in the short, it often works. Unfortunately, "short-term" can be measured in decades.

[@squills1]

Exactly

[@JohnDoe-zr8pc]

I saw this opening weekend when I was 15. My parents took me and a friend of mine to see it. It was soooo much fun. Funny thing was, I remember thinking how impossible it was for society to change THAT much in only 40 years… Well it’s been only 30 years since it’s release, and a big chunk of these actually have come true.

[@John_on_the_mountain]

That scene where he is talking about his emotions to an automated terminal, is the equivalent of people posting those "self-help" and "self-esteem" memes

[@Peglegkickboxer]

Lol look at the Amazon mental health booths they put in the warehouses. It's surreal

[@JR-sx3gl]

@@Peglegkickboxer wow, really? Can you have a wee at the same time?

[@PygmalionFaciebat]

Its even more realistic... I get a lot of ads in youtube-videos for a ''internet-counselor'' where you can make a psychotherapy via screen. Thats indeed very close to the thing Demolition man portrayed.

[@ForestX77]

@@Peglegkickboxer You’re shitting me right ?!

[@mathewcipriano4794]

You mean like how people go back to comments and say thanks for the likes they received when in actuality such likes mean nothing in the long run?

[@alphacause]

Demolition Man is a cautionary tale about how, when society vilifies all forms of masculinity, society inadvertently allows those who express masculinity in its most violent and immoral form, to act with impunity. The way to counteract this problem is to NOT to demonize masculinity as a whole, but to allow those who express their masculinity within a moral framework to act as a check against those with no moral boundaries.

[@zainiikhwan9405]

This is underrated comment. Cannot agree more with you

[@haillobster7154]

And therein lies the hidden depths of this movie. "Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times."

[@brendandubalos2149]

BASED and redpilled.

[@ShamblesMD]

Hugs and words definitely aren't going to stop the Simon Phoenixs of the world.

[@GudieveNing]

11/10

[@therealkzero]

When I saw this in 94 (I was 13), I thought "There's no way in hell the future would end up like that. Way too clean and censored" . Good thing I don't predict the future for a living.

[@estradamurcielgo175]

Whats clean about the future? Feces, used needles, and homeless cities everywhere

[@briankriens5645]

Scary thing is that psychos like Zuckerberg watched these movies, and identified with the bad guys.

[@zephyrerazortail5478]

I was 7 back then. I just enjoyed the BOOMs xD

[@rickyshiffer1519]

Be well.

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

I misread that as "I saw this when I was 94."

[@LordMalice6d9]

Every year that goes by in the post 2000's world, the more this movie starts to look more like a documentary.

[@zwippie92]

I read on IMDB a few years ago that Stallone wanted his friend Jackie Chan to play Simon Phoenix but Chan declined because it could confuse the Asian audience who is used to see him as a hero. And I have to say, this worked out better with Snipes. He's really spectacular in this movie, I love the crazy character he portrays here and he does so well. Stallone, Bullocks and the others all do a wonderful job but when Snipes is in a scene, he just takes over everything. I love the scene were he kicks the glass and it doesn't work and then he asks the guy "How much do you weight?" and the guy starts answering but Phoenix just picks him up and smashes him into the glass. Lovely.

[@andrewdau1299]

Snipes was great in this movie. He was basically the Joker.

[@smallxplosion9546]

I really doubt most of the Asian audience sees him as a hero regardless with him and his pro-ccp ‘morals’, such a shame as he’s an amazing actor

[@timmcc6899]

@@smallxplosion9546 That isn't why they don't like him ... The people from Hong Kong that i've spoken to about Hong Kong cinema all say that he's a Hollywood sellout, and thats why they don't like him.

[@TheStrayHALOMAN]

Wesley Snipes made overalls look BADASS in this movie.

[@areyoujelton]

He looked like Dennis Rodman gone wild(er)

[@id9504]

@@areyoujelton Dennis Rodman actually started dying his hair because of Simon Phoenix

[@wesleybrehm9386]

Overalls were actually popular IRL when this movie was made. I'm not ashamed to say I owned a few pair in the 90s, and still do but wear them for very different reasons now. I don't know how on earth we thought they were cool in the 90s, but they were. For some other great examples see any 90s teen TV show; Saved by the Bell, Fresh Prince of BelAir, Family Ties, and Blossom to name a few that come to mind.

[@Shoxic666]

He looks like the painter from balamory but badass

[@Naadeneo]

they say Snipes moved so fast they told him to slow down to film his moves

[@GermanNightmare1976]

I absolutely love the last line the Critical Drinker has for us: "Be well!" That surely gave me joy-joy feelings.

[@jimthar17]

Enhancing your calm is the best way to avoid going on a murder death kill spree at the local Taco Bell.

[@smallxplosion9546]

@@jimthar17I love Taco Bell, but man if I keep eating it I may have to get some more seashells, already broke 2/3

[@weschester5432]

"You are an incredibly sensitive man, who inspires joy-joy feelings in all those around you."

[@WhatHistoryShorts]

"We're police officers, we're not trained for that sort of violence" - love Dem Man

[@deedlessdeity218]

Sounds like UK Police

[@mgshock]

We're social workers, we're not trained for this sort of violence!

[@residentelect]

@@deedlessdeity218 One of, if not THE most restrained, (mostly) unarmed and fair police forces in the world. Their officer safety training concentrates almost solely on de-escalation, communication and use of non lethal force... YET... The BLM and ANTIFA mobs still want them disbanded, accusing them of being heavy handed, and shooting "innocent" drug dealers, terrorists and murderers. They should all take a month's paid vacation and leave BLM to police the cities... I'd sit there and watch with the biggest bucket of popcorn I could find (before I was stabbed and it was robbed from me)

[@Saicofake]

Resident Elect there is BLM in the UK?

[@residentelect]

@@Saicofake Yes mate. Despite us being one of the most tolerant and diverse countries in Europe, they still claim every white person is privileged, racist and evil. They want our police disbanded, prisons closed, to tear down our monuments to Great men and women like Churchill and Queen Victoria, the Military to disarm its nuclear deterrent, bring down the government, and install a socialist "Eutopia" akin to Venezuela... Complete and utter madness...

[@Bobalicious]

Demolition Man was fun to see on the big screen. Wesley was having a good time, Sly was in good form, and Sandra Bullock was adorable all over the place.

[@crystaljackson3912]

Denis Leary was brilliant as well. This movie hits all the Huxleyian and Vonnegutian markers. Simply brilliant, and such fun to watch.

[@wolfboi3861]

I feel like a man again after this review. The good old days where we all had thicker skin.

[@dwl815380]

Almost like before internet was mainstream!?!?

[@juggmkj]

Feel like a man yet named yourself "boi"....

[@wolfboi3861]

@@juggmkj it was given to me by O.Gs back in my hood 25 years ago.Your internet shit talk is highly needed thank you.

[@KH4444444444N]

@@dwl815380 Nailed it.

[@startingQB]

This review makes you feel like a man? Your skin must be very thin...

[@ethicsandcomplianceoffice]

I cant believe this move is over 30 years old - makes me feel a relic. But god I loved this flick as a kid, those g(l)ory 80’s and ‘90smovies - just as the Drinker said: Stallone, Arnold, Willis, JVC and I’d add Kurt Russel, Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Ford and some more. Those were the real deal. The movies were gritty and smelled real. Put me back in the freezer !

[@theshadowman1398]

The Denis Leary speech that he made underground is utterly relevant today. That’s right. You see, according to Cocteau’s plan, I’m the enemy. Because I like to think, I like to read. I’m into freedom of speech, freedom of choice. I’m the kind of guy who would sit in the greasy spoon and think “Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the big rack of Barbecued spare ribs with the side order of gravy fries?” I WANT high cholesterol. I want to eat bacon, butter and buckets of cheese alright? I want to smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinatti in a non-smoking section. I wanna run around naked with green jell-o all over my body reading a Playboy magazine. Why? Because maybe I feel the need to okay pal? I’ve SEEN the future, you know what it is. It’s made by a 47 year-old virgin in gray pajamas soaking in a bubble bath, drinking a broccoli milkshake and thinking “I’m an Oscar-Meyer Wiener”. You wanna live on top, you gotta live Cocteau’s way. What he wants, when he wants, how he wants. Your other option: come down here, maybe starve to death.

[@JimmyTurner]

Edit thinking to singing

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

Yep, Denis Leary speaks the truth. Why? He’s an asshole 😄

[@theshadowman1398]

Charles Caballero His stand ups are epic

[@rseeker1]

I just watched it the other day and it is uncanny how on the nose some of the things are.

[@Garrus1995]

So many comedians were essentially prophets with their predictions of how PC culture and censorship would become a mainstay of American life. Carlin especially knew the shit that was just around the corner. Fuck this age of cancel culture and “progressive” crybabies who think “language is violence.”

[@pieceofschmidtgamer]

My God, Bullock's character is basically every 90s obsessed Zoomer. Demolition Man predicted 90s Nostalgia!

[@NJGuy1973]

Bullock was 29 when this film came out. It's set in 2032, so she would have been born in 2003, along with Greta Thunberg and Olivia Rodrigo.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

@@NJGuy1973 that’s depressing

[@cjnf11]

@@NJGuy1973 Her character can be even younger than 29 too.

[@davidharrison7014]

@@NJGuy1973 Sandra Bullock was hot!

[@billmilligan7272]

I mean, 90s nostalgia was easy to predict. In the 90s we had heaps of 60s nostalgia.

[@CCootauco]

Spartan's macho exterior but thoughtful interior is also something I overlooked. He's basically the middle ground between order and chaos, utilizing both to do what's right for others.

[@AGnar0k]

Yeah apparently a lot of people in this comment section (from what I've seen) are leaning way more towards the extremes instead of finding that middle ground, which was the real message of this movie lol

[@malimrav24]

Or as todays liberals would say: "toxic man" being macho and being thoughtful are two things that are not good for this "new normal" agenda, macho people are strong = evil and thoughtful people use their head to do thinking = also evil

[@Scaley_Reptile]

As REAL MEN do.

[@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus]

Eh I’d rather eat a rat burger than not swear and use the three shells

[@jeremyblackmouth3323]

When they leveled that building in the beginning of the movie, I remembered that MTV had a contest where the winner would be the one who had control of the detonator for the demolition charges. The winner probably became an arsonist later in life but damn, can't really blame him if he had access to that for only a moment in time.

[@dbeerewout]

OR he became a Demolition Man, Ha get it, Demo-Man?! Okay, Ill show myself out :D

[@DerDieSkaSkie]

This is one of my favorite movies. Wesley is a genius at being a mad man

[@jgobroho]

People cheer on Heath Ledger for his portrayal of the joker but it seems nobody remembers Snipe's Simon Pheonix lol.

[@randalmarrs1112]

This movie has become so much more relevant in the past few years. Science fiction has a good track record for predicting the future. Unfortunately, 1984 seems to be right on track just a bit behind and with a few modifications.

[@VegetoStevieD]

Only now do people realize that Obrien and The Party were following ( The J 3 W $ ) Goldstein's book, like it was a manual. Turns out that The Party had long since been corrupted by Goldstein, and they're all so stupid from double think, that they don't even know it.

[@jakelawson1]

Wesley Snipes performance was the greatest portrayal of The Joker ever. The fact that this was written by the fella who wrote "Heathers" explains a lot of the humor.

[@vergilvalerian3755]

I'm a no-rust kinda guy myself...

[@jakelawson1]

@@vergilvalerian3755 Our love is God. Let's go get a slushie.

[@leftsideanalog]

wait until they get a load of me

[@azraelbatosi]

Never thought of it this way, but yeah, I agree. Be cool to see someone write the Joker like this, take some inspiration from Dark Knight, I’d see that

[@jp3813]

Joker would rather play sadistic games over & over w/ the hero rather than try to kill him. Phoenix's rivalry w/ Spartan is a lot simpler.

[@daveh2850]

I'm sure this will have been noted below, but Bullock's character's name: Lenina is the name of the primary female character in Brave New World, and Huxley is of course from the author of that book, Aldous Huxley. Another reason this film had rather more brainpower than it initially got credit for.

[@daveh2850]

People accuse 1984 of being a guide to the future, but I would suggest that Brave New World was much closer to the mark, in depicting a world of endless, inane entertainment, none of it too challenging or 'thematic,' whatever the fuck that is.

[@sabinegierth-waniczek4872]

@@daveh2850 And free soma for all!

[@O4C209]

LA looking like a war zone probably had something to do with the LA riots that occurred in 1992 (the year before the movie was released).

[@MrFallenone]

Yeah I am pretty sure he knows that and the question was rhetorical.

[@storytellingchampion6438]

@Joe Blow I have to say that's a bad take

[@combatdoc]

Because Stallone is a Republican and scared of the world.

[@rettc4030]

@@storytellingchampion6438 it's not

[@storytellingchampion6438]

@@rettc4030 I feel like separating people for arbitrary differences is a mistake and a fallacy.

[@ronniehopper2726]

I honestly believe the writer of demolition Man just wrote about a watered-down 2020

[@raynmanshorts9275]

Don't worry. We still have a few years to get there.

[@Ch4os4ever]

When CHAZ/CHOP appeared I thought "Only a matter of time until a Simon Phoenix of their own shows up and sets up shop there"

[@eijiniizuma6184]

@@Ch4os4ever Raz -Simon Phoenix

[@Chasqui4021]

Watered down? I'd take DemoMan Los Angeles over today's Los Angeles any day!

[@greytroll1632]

The police in this movie was defunded. And SJWs would love to reprogram people to think like them.

[@Noir0rioN]

One of the most overlooked, most (maddeningly) prophetic movies ever made.

[@Legion849]

A chilling reminder of the world we live in today .

[@Herr.P]

But they dont really opress Sly like real SJW:s would have done.

[@davidcastillaaragon6566]

I would also add that the name of Sandra Bullock´s character "Huxley" is a clear reference to the author of " A happy world", Aldous Huxley. A book that certainly inspired the writers of this movie. Great movie indeed.

[@Pigness7]

"why do all of these action movies show LA to be a warzone?" Me: The 1992 LA Riots

[@BulletTooth504]

Predator 2 came out in 1990.

[@VegetoStevieD]

Exactly.

[@brndnwilks]

@@BulletTooth504 Yeah, but that was still at the height of the crime wave, so everyone expected violent urban centers filled with drugs to get worse.

[@simplythebest2k]

the speculation really came from the power the blood, crisps and Hispanic gangs had back then. They still operate low key but not like back then.

[@DriesduPreez]

And then you roll down the window only to see California well on it's way to that. Have you guys seen Pirates of the Caribbean meme where Sparrow gets off his sinking ship at the docs just as it pulls in? It's got the captions "California, Californians, Your State" 🤣

[@dbrobb5282]

Wesley Snipes and Dennis Leary were thoroughly underrated for their roles in this film. Both were brilliant.

[@engelsmola1580]

Exactly! I was about to say that and then I read your comment

[@Magneticlaw]

Yes... Leary's transplanted stand-up schtick didn't translate well to every performance he did, but it worked for this one.

[@justtime6736]

Dennis Leary is a corporatized copy of Bill Hicks.

[@TrueThanny]

@@Magneticlaw It worked perfectly in _The Ref_ as well.

[@evilestmonkeey]

Stallone too

[@Nobullshit-47]

I'm rewatching it and I remember when it came out, it was considered a flop, but holy crap I love how ridiculous it is. Wesley Snipes is phenomenal, and I love the dystopia they built. It reminds me of Last Action Hero as well. That movie was incredible, it just came out at a bad time, right after Jurassic Park, and sort of ended Arnold's career in the 90's. It made me realise I miss ridiculous action movies with bad one liners, and I want more bad guys like Simon Phoenix.

[@mattkhourie4037]

If only movies were allowed to go back to being fun.

[@sooperd00p]

Present day Arnold is a total lefty loser imo. What happened to him?

[@mooseyman74]

@@sooperd00p he wasn't happy with the idea of a nice Terminator in T2 but Cameron talked him round. Maybe he did the same now not realizing Cameron has lost the plot.

[@Jar0fMay0]

@@sooperd00p Hollywood happened

[@shanechannel7066]

I had a small role in this film when I was younger. I was one of the bystanders who orders a hotdog from a street vender. Sadly The hot dog fake was due to budget management.

[@ScottCleve33]

Watching this again three years after it was first posted and this is without question the Drinker's best opening.

[@fwfs]

In many ways, Demolition Man is a loose adaptation of Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" (several of the character names echo the book like Lenina Huxley and John Spartan (John the Savage)). The premise is similar. A society technologically bred and conditioned to be "perfect" is introduced to a character that doesn't follow their programming. Yup, both the book and this film are eerily prophetic in many ways. Too bad so many people have given up their individuality, critical thinking, and determination in the face of adversity in favor of PC-ness, groupthink, and hedonism.

[@brndnwilks]

My exact thoughts, down to the character names. A society bred to be stable and non-threatening.

[@owenblount7334]

thus spoke zarathustra anyone?

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

Except Brave New World is more about Logical Positism: the complete and utter surrender to science letting science replace religion, philosophy, morality and art. A cold dead world where people while at peace and not needy, are completely lacking in self actualization

[@GudieveNing]

And Covid is being used to further this track and traced dystopian centralised power hungry witless agenda.

[@TROBassGuitar]

No one has given up their individuality

[@jwnj9716]

God this movie is so much fun. Wesley Snipes definitely stole the show. Even Dennis Rodman was impressed by him.

[@travisjohnson8146]

Wait?!? Wasn’t that Dennis Rodman playing Phoenix?

[@CRefos]

@Enwurd Jogger no we dont

[@joshuanorris5860]

He sold that role without a doubt :)

[@travisjohnson8146]

Rocko Lmao!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@diegosilang4823]

1993: Demolition Man 2020: Demonetization man

[@kaptinbarfbeerd1317]

2020: Demonetization person FTFY

[@mikjeuitbranant]

2020 - Demolition Cis

[@mikjeuitbranant]

Mephistopheles 10 k, It's over 9000 I think it’s the term the “Alphabet people” use for white males”. Alphabet people being LGTBQetcetcetc.... It’s Identity stuff. I’m not an expert... thank God.

[@JonSaul]

@Mephistopheles 10 k, It's over 9000 It means anything normal. It used to have a very generic use in science but then the crazies decided to use it.

[@dickmelsonlupot7697]

@@kaptinbarfbeerd1317 I think you mean Demolition *MAAM*

[@so2fast4u2]

As a kid it got me smiling and rooting for Snipes... as an adult it got me a tear down my cheek and a mind filled with questions...

[@roberth1310]

If everybody could just enhance their calm, it would be a better world!

[@JohnnyReb1976]

Sometimes, the situation calls for decreased calm. A man knows when.

[@lord_insany]

more soy!

[@Mopsisgone]

@@JohnnyReb1976 a woman even moreso! 😁😱

[@FamousWolfe]

I'm sad you didn't include the clip where Snipe's character says "You can't take away people's right to be assholes!"

[@IncredibleFulk1]

Snipes says that. But yeah.

[@FamousWolfe]

@@IncredibleFulk1 Huh, I thought it was Stallone. Guess I need to go back and watch the movie again lol. Edit: just found a clip online, yeah it's Snipe's character, you were right.

[@IncredibleFulk1]

Pix-Elated lol That ok bro. I love this movie so much I remember most of the lines. But stuff like that happens to me too so no worries.

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

and he was so wrong. After clowns like hitler stalin and other ass holes, we have done a pretty good job of taking most of that right away. We also take away the freedom of rapists and pedos. I bet that pisses you off?

[@FamousWolfe]

@@angrysocialjusticewarrior Holy shit man you're taking things WAY out of context. It's one thing to orchestrate the mass murder of millions of innocent people, nobody has the right to do that. It's something totally different to heavily regulate people's everyday speech, thoughts, and behavior like they do in fictional stories such as Demolition Man, Brave New World, 1984 etc. What Simon Phoenix meant when he said "you can't take away people's right to be assholes" is exactly that, the government shouldn't curtail people's individual freedoms even if it's for the sake of a 'better' society. Yes some people will behave like shitheads, it's inevitable but preferable to a world like in Demolition Man where yes people are "polite" and "politically correct" but find themselves unable to actually deal with stress, change, and chaos (which Snipes' character Phoenix represents). As an aside, no I'm not pissed when a convicted rapist or pedo has their sentence lawfully applied and they lose their freedoms, because their actions hurt other people and that's where a person's freedoms end (where another's freedoms begin).

[@AshPrimeDCFC]

We need a Drinker review of Starship Troopers!

[@Caboose816]

I second this!

[@Daemonarch2k6]

Yes!

[@ironwolfosiris]

I'm waiting for it lol

[@sevenshadesofsmooth]

I would like to know more.

[@danieljanecka9492]

fk ye!

[@Odious_One]

The reason why L.A. was depicted as a war torn police state so often in the early to mid 90s was because it could've easily happened. The LA gangs overran huge section of the city from 90 - 92. There were the LA Riots in April of '92. By '94 there was the Simpson trial. Then the Northridge Quake also in '94, then the Seventh Heaven Rave Riots in '96, those are just a few highlights. So, between 90-96 LA was actually on the edge of collapse in the eyes of thousands of people.

[@leemonsampson1844]

I was there!😢😢😢😢

[@hydrogenone6866]

*"You see, according to Cocteau's plan... I'm the enemy. Because I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, the freedom of choice. I'm the kind of guy who likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder - "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of BBQ ribs with the side order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol. I wanna eat bacon and butter and BUCKETS of cheese, okay? I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section. I wanna run through the streets naked with green Jell-O all over my body reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly might feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Mayer Wiener." You live up top, you live Cocteau's way: what he wants, when he wants, how he wants. Your other choice: come down here... and maybe starve to death."* ~Edgar Friendly

[@Ch4os4ever]

Man that speech started as a social critic now its a Nostradamus prophecy!

[@Nmdixon-cu7vm]

This was the best line in the movie! I appreciate it now as an adult to see where he was coming from.

[@blaze4metal]

Today, that's like the internet equivalent of facebook vs 4chan

[@hydrogenone6866]

Its one of favorite movie speeches.

[@JackChurchill101]

This will be the quote of the next revolution... In the 1880s it was Marx's "workers of the world, unite!". In the 2030s they'll just quote Edgar Friendly...

[@Natgeo-xf8xb]

Me: Getting ready to say "go away now" in unison with The Drinker. The Drinker: "Be Well" Me: "NANI!?"

[@maryjames8433]

Hey look, a movie that he likes.

[@richydocus323]

@@sleepalaska I laughed out loud when I heard "Be well" 🤣🤣🤣

[@Lenriak]

When that happened, I actually laughed and responded with "be fucked" in sync with Sly. XD

[@benlunch7618]

WTF??? Both Doomcock and The Drinker???

[@Nandru85]

Talk ablut subverting expectations... I fell too

[@adamheywood113]

I just watched this again, first time in years. When I was a teenager I thought it was a cool film. But now it's fucking terrifying.

[@Stonegoal]

You hang out with bad people.

[@mcdura]

I still cannot get over how close to reality this is.

[@Jim90117]

"It's been deemed that anything not good for you is bad; hence, illegal."

[@FromtheHerts81]

I've personally never smoked and yet I STILL don't think they should have banned smoking in all indoor areas.

[@SPQR7117]

@@FromtheHerts81 Actually, that's literally one "good" thing _they_ have ever implemented as far as laws are concerned. Shocking admission, I know. Here's why- smoking indoors affects non-smokers as well. Smoke doesn't know to stay in the smoking section only- it travels wherever the drafts will carry it. It had literally nothing to do with trying to "control" smokers but everything to do with non-smokers or people who simply didn't want to smell that crap not having to be subjected to inhaling it. Why should I not go to my favorite restaurant anymore simply because a smoker will be in there hotboxing the joint up? I'm a non-smoker as well- but we simply don't have great ventilation systems that completely remove smoke from indoors. I remember traveling through a European airport back in the 90's where they had a smoking section *in* the airport- that stuff wafted everywhere _beyond_ the stupid little designated area for smokers.

[@glebbokhan9777]

@@FromtheHerts81 I'm a smoker but I disagree with you. At least now we, misanthropic smokers, have an excuse to leave the mortals inside and isolate ourselves for a couple minutes every so often. No but seriously, smoing inside is only ok if the place has great air conditioning AND the smoke room is well isolated from the rest of it. Which is rare. Otherwise smoke becomes very irritating even for the smokers, not to mention those who do not smoke themselves

[@FromtheHerts81]

@@glebbokhan9777 You do yourself a disservice, Gleb. Just think of what it's like smoking outside in winter. There has to be another way, I feel. There always is. Besides, the UK public were against a blanket ban in the early Noughties. But did they listen? Think of the Iraq War protests and you'll find out...

[@MichaelMacGyver]

Pretty much what they're trying to do with sugar now in Scotland, trying to buy something (other than water) to drink that DOESN'T have artificial sweeteners in it is damn near impossible. Only option left in most places is Coca Cola, which they charge you more for (sugar tax)

[@mish375]

I've been saying this for years: Demolition Man was before its time. And it was meant as a warning, not a guidebook.

[@billkasperdotcom]

You are being fined 5 credits for violation of the Mandatory Happy Act.

[@FatManJackson]

Actually is was a prediction. They tend to do that.

[@chakchinalai827]

Predictive programming like the Hunger games perhaps? 1984 can be seen as both that and the warning you stated.

[@mish375]

@@chakchinalai827 Yep, 1984 was definitely before its time. Government listening in on you, thought police, gaslighting, etc. It's scary how we are seeing this now. What I find hilarious (or brilliant?) about The Hunger Games is that Suzanne Collins was slamming Hollywood's celebrity culture to their faces and it went right over Hollywood's head. They only focused on the authoritarian politics. The extras on those films are so funny at times because Elizabeth Banks shallowly goes into how J-Law is the only thing keeping the films together, and yet the books are all about not worshipping celebrities and how that culture has become toxic for the audience and people in it. Then again, Banks isn't the brightest crayon in the colouring box...so, I don't think she needed to act to play Effie.

[@jeyfomson6364]

Some people were just giving you hints about the kind of world they intend to create .

[@khaled3433]

Top 10 mystery in movies : ...... 2- inception ending 1- how the three shells work

[@georgevaughn6486]

3- What's in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

[@georgevaughn6486]

4- Who was the Thing? McCready or Childs.

[@greatestscott6599]

0- What the hell is happening in every David Lynch production -1- How'd it get burned?!

[@neosildrake]

@@georgevaughn6486 What's in the Pulp Fiction briefcase? The directors lunch and a bottle of Vodka.

[@neosildrake]

@@greatestscott6599 To both questions: Lots and lots of liberally used recreational substances.

[@josephbrawley6925]

Having fully functional firearms on display behind glass at a museum is about as crazy as giving an emotionally volatile man-child actor a loaded weapon on the set of a.....oh.....

[@Khazandar]

Eh, Walmart's been doing that for years, though.

[@josephbrawley6925]

@@Khazandar .......no? No they dont. They're not loaded.

[@zekeiyf2003]

Alec Baldwin referance?

[@WideAwakeViking]

One of the three greatest documentaries of all time! (Other two being "They Live" and "Idocracy")

[@slidetek]

Snake Pliskin thinks you might have missed one.

[@WideAwakeViking]

@@slidetek Sorry, both "Escape" films reached documentary status this year. ;)

[@stuffums]

The 90s LA warzone trope is basically a 90s version of cyberpunk that exaggerates the real gangster stuff (bloods vs crips etc.) that made LA known for it, among other things like Tupac and NWA, and it creates a sort of -punk setting. Like steampunk or cyberpunk exaggerating the hell outta settings, Ghettopunk depicted a simplified world where entire regions were just gang-controlled, living in Hood Fortresses

[@buddyfett1341]

90s warzone LA is 2020 cities letting BLM/Antifa run rampant

[@raynmanshorts9275]

@@buddyfett1341 In other words, the 1992 LA riots.

[@iraqifoodcart8447]

@@raynmanshorts9275 1992 LA riots *all over again*

[@benlunch7618]

"The 90s LA warzone trope is basically" ...a 2020 Portland trope?

[@robwalsh9843]

I recently watched Class of 1999(sequel to the Class of 1984 with killer androids)It's set in Seattle and its aged rather well let's shall we say....

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

Change the ‘no sex’ to ‘hookup culture, where sex is transactional & meaningless to most’, & ‘polite to everyone’ to ‘polite to those who agree with you on everything’... & it’s on point to now....

[@Grubnar]

Truly a Brave, New World.

[@cinderheart2720]

@@Grubnar And yet we only get weed instead of soma.

[@im3phirebird81]

Ocarina in their book this is just a transitional phase to justify the further step to distance ourselves from who we truly are, just like the current scenario we live in. I want them to die... forever.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

iM3 Phirebird **_deep & resounding shudder_**

[@Spartacuzzz69]

As a 90's kid I watched this movie countless times whenever it was on TV. StarShip Troopers as well. My appreciation of a film is measured by how many times I've watched it. And among soo many other 90's flicks it is countless... Now I have a few recommendations for the Drinkers recommendations/review's. "Escape from L.A." "The Rock" "Last Man Standing" "Young Guns" "Trainspotting" I'll be back with some others later...

[@mironbarabakh5970]

You lied :(

[@CoffeeConnected]

Interesting names they gave to the main characters. Huxley, Cocteau, Phoenix and Spartan. All of them have subtext and meaning.

[@reidsimonson]

What is the subtext for Huxley and Cocteau?

[@Tekisasubakani]

@@reidsimonson Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World, maybe?

[@gorillawhale1046]

Whats cocteau subtext

[@TheMountainBeyondTheWoods]

Cocteau Twins maybe?

[@LazarKG92]

Also Huxley's name is Lenina which is just the sort of name a leftist loonie would give to a daughter. Such ideologically inspired names were somewhat popular in the 20s USSR and to an extent in 40s and 50s Yugoslavia.

[@TheSonOfTheDragon]

This movie and The Running Man staring Arnold Schwarzenegger almost perfectly predicted the future. EDIT: Escape from New York and Escape from LA are pretty accurate as well.

[@AlbionVega]

Running Man is probably the most overlooked Arnie movie, and that’s just sad.

[@pierrebe4492]

you forgot idiocracy,

[@TheSonOfTheDragon]

@@AlbionVega Yes it is, one of my favorite part is when he killed so many people that the audience started placing bets on him to win.

[@TheSonOfTheDragon]

@@pierrebe4492 While that movie is hauntingly accurate I was speaking in terms of action movies.

[@nicholasr6381]

Minority report is getting that way too

[@powermasterjazz]

There is a deleted scene that reveals his daughter is with the underground rebels. I guess they cut it for time or pacing.

[@creekandseminole]

I thought Sandra Bullock was his daughter? That's a theory...

[@nonh1]

No way!

[@CynicalOldDwarf]

Incest - a game that is fun for all of the family!

[@thiagosalgoa7206]

@@creekandseminole Spartan mindfucked his own daughter then...

[@BadgerOff32]

I'm pretty sure they cut that scene because it just didn't make any sense. John Spartan spent around 70 years in cryo-stasis, so his daughter would have been really old if she was still alive, yet in the deleted scene where she is with the rebels, she's like late 20's/early 30's-ish? She was definitely not in her 70's or 80's. It would've been a massive plot hole.

[@BilTheGalacticHero]

Demolition Man is a GREAT movie. It's hilarious and the puns and quips never end. It looks like Stallone and Snipes had a blast playing their over the top characters. Also, a 442 isn't a sports car...

[@PaxIesus]

When I first watched this movie in the '90's, I agreed with your opinion that John Spartan getting blamed for Phoenix's murder spree was illogical. And then 2020 happened, and I when I rewatched this movie with some friends, I realized that this mentality is 100% how 2020 handles police officers.

[@danielarcher369]

They always find someone to blame!

[@SkidMan_Jurej]

Morality Policing as Tim Pool called it

[@JohnDoe-pt7ru]

The writer was even more accurate than they realized.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

That isn't how 2020 handles police officers. The Police Unions are extremely powerful, if you even threaten an officer with an investigation, the Unions will threaten to get all the police to not protect or serve you anymore. It's almost a protection racket they are running.

[@Edax_Royeaux]

@Cure4Living The Unions fought tooth and nail against the investigation that started the BLM mess. Their efforts failed because the public video got out, but they did everything they could to hush up the investigation. It's one thing to defend the police if their innocent, it's another to undermine the investigation to find out what happened. The Police Union acted before they themselves knew what happened. It's because police officers receive a double standard in their favor that the BLM movement exploded. It's not like people went out the protest for no reason. There is a problem with the system but nobody is acting rationally at the moment.

[@Itskilo]

The start of the film where Phoenix has taken a city is basically CHAZ

[@cavecanem1741]

Don't insult Phoenix like that

[@yosemetsam628]

@@cavecanem1741 Thank you, chaz is a joke

[@AndreNitroX]

I thought I saw a similarity

[@Azraelseraphim]

If Simon Phoenix was running CHAZ there would be so many more people dead and Trump would have to call the National Guard.

[@TheJarric]

@@Azraelseraphim chaz was most violent city on planet

[@thomaskositzki9424]

I am 1982 model and when this came out I thought: "Ah, just more Stallone nonsense. I pass." Years later I watched it and, oh man, was I suprised that it actually has an intelligent story to tell. And a lot of stuff explodes. Excellent.

[@falco5150]

God damn I love this movie. I remember going to see it when I was a kid. It was really the definitive "summer blockbuster". They don't make them like this anymore.

[@yup486]

Man, I really miss practical effects. Real, tactile things that actually exist and the actors can genuinely interact with and touch. Ah, those were the days.

[@Vollification]

People today: **points at 1984** "That was supposed to be a warning! Not a guide!" People in the future: **points at Demolition Man** "That was supposed to be a warning! Not a guide!"

[@Gitsenberg]

People in the further future: *points at the past* "You were supposed to take those warnings, not circle jerk it in an echo chamber"

[@javierortiz82]

heck didn't pizza hut actually updated their logo based on this movie's version?

[@Vexed_Vixen]

People now*

[@aetherfukz]

Easily the best movie Stallone ever made. The amount of quoteable lines it has is insane. Sandra Bullock at her absolute hottest also is great in every scene. And apparently Snipes based his performance on Dennis the Menace, which you can kinda see especially in the scenes where he's wearing the orange shirt with the jumper pants.

[@abrahamthebewildered1448]

Haha! Let's not go crazy now. It is definitely a fine movie, but the best from Stallone? No. Rocky 3 takes that spot for me.

[@LanceD188]

@@abrahamthebewildered1448 Copland, it's gotta' be Copland! :P

[@robertmoats1890]

Wesley Snipes was the most enjoyable bad guy I've ever seen in this movie. Every ridiculous thing he does makes sense, because he absolutely revels in chaos, and it's awesome. I haven't watched it in years, but I still remember the little techno tracks they played as he beat the crap out of everyone, almost like he was dancing. And Stallone was definitely in his prime here. Every movie that came out around this time was like a competition between Stallone and Schwarzenegger, and the audience benefited from it greatly.

[@whitealliance9540]

90s: everone makes fun of the "happy joy" song from this movie 2020: baby shark dudu du dududu baby shark dudu du dududu

[@wonkothesane8691]

Oh, just fuck you for putting that damn song in my head! Fuck completely off! (I'm kidding, but really, don't do that.)

[@Smug_Adam69]

No stop please not that damn song ,its worse than let it go

[@SPQR7117]

An article from Bloomberg last year: _“Baby Shark,” the viral earworm and de facto anthem for the Washington Nationals during the team's World Series run last year, gave its producer Kim Min-seok a fortune of about $125 million._ Now back to your regularly scheduled mundane existence.

[@wonkothesane8691]

@@SPQR7117: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

[@606danco]

In the 90s i had No idea what a happy joy song was i was all about hardcore back then

[@leonevelake]

As for Spartan being charged, that scene is already a bit into the films alternate "future". So they are probably on some level reflecting attitudes that lead to Cocteau's vision for society. Even without that, i believe it, they could make a case that he was criminally negligent in the line of duty, disobeyed orders and in that fashion shift the blame to Spartan rather than Pheonix. But beyond that We are seeing officers and civilians charged for defending themselves . Of course I live in between Seattle and Portland and it all seems pretty believable

[@daimonmau5097]

I thought that too more or less, that at that point Spartan was allready living in a crazy pc society, and one mistake like that would be enough to allow the lefttists to put the very good cop in prison.

[@gorillawhale1046]

Hell a officer make a judgement error on the job nowadays and a whole city is turned into the opening of this film.

[@drmayeda1930]

One major problem with the explosion that killed the hostages. The C4 is a red herring. You set fire to C4 and it burns up not explode. You need a detonator of some kind for a C4 explosion.

[@Citi2en_V41n]

good luck to you. Hope you're plenty outside of both cities, but no matter what stay safe.

[@AloisWeimar]

gen Z reactionary complain that violent movies are to blame and not a militarized police, then extol violent movies while saying Portland is a PC hellhole yet decry the real protesters and yet praise a comedians protesting against the police force of this fake pc city. what a bunch a bootlickers, keep living in the bubble.

[@Pantheragem]

I was 19 when this movie came out. A few years later my '74 Camaro found it's way to me. Over the years I remember thinking how my car was becoming more and more like the Olds 442 in this movie. It gets an insane amount of attention compared to when I got it. That's because it's in a world it doesn't belong in anymore, much like it's owner.

[@Borgassmord]

Saw this in the theater in 93 and thought it was one of the most fun, underrated movies I'd seen in....ever. The PC movement was just beginning in earnest then and needed to be stopped. More movies like this were necessary.