Tekel Towers » Tek Towers 'Ultimate 80's Movie'

Sieb22 · 22/6/2015 8:17 pm

Thank you for the numbers for this game european_bob.

Game 9 saw a Lethal Weapon misfire with no votes and Batman going sulking back to his wonderful toys as they both join the list of movies that are eliminated. The Regulators of Young Guns go riding bareback unseeded through to the next round, joined by Jamie Lee Curtis's breasts in Trading Places as the winner. Well done to both of them. And the two movies.

Round 1/Game 10

KHAAANNNN!!
Released: 1982
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Domestic Box Office: $78'900'000
Trivia: Originally subtitled "The Undiscovered Country" instead of "The Wrath of Khan", that subtitle was then used for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

Those aren't pillows!
Released: 1987
Director: John Hughes
Domestic Box Office: $49'230'280
Trivia: Both John Candy's and Steve Martin's favourite film of their own.

You gotta be fuckin' kidding
Released: 1982
Director: John Carpenter
Domestic Box Office: $13'782'838
Trivia: Released only a couple of weeks after E.T The Extra-Terrestrial and flopped at the box office. The movie found a new lease of life with the advent of VHS and home movie rentals.

human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!

Released: 1984
Director: Ivan Reitman
Domestic Box Office: $229'242'989
Trivia: John Candy was hired to play Louis Tully but quit the role after his ideas for the character were rejected. He wanted to have a German accent and have a pair of schnauzer dogs. Rick Moranis was cast in the role at the last minute.

VOTING CLOSES WEDNESDAY (24th June) AT 9AM

Movies eliminated from Round 1-
1: Short Circuit
2: Predator
3: The Princess Bride
4: This is Spinal Tap!
5: Gregory's Girl
6: Road House
7: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
8: Platoon
9: 48 Hours
10: Rocky III
11: Top Gun
12: Three Amigos!
13: The Karate Kid
14: Rain Man
15: Gremlins
16: Friday the 13th
17: Batman
18: Lethal Weapon

Movies through Round 1-
1: Die Hard (S)
2: Das Boot
3: Scarface (S)
4: The Shining
5: Uncle Buck (S)
6: Highlander
7: Big (S)
8: The Running Man
9: E.T The Extra-Terrestrial (S)
10: Police Academy
11: The Empire Strikes Back (S)
12: The Blues Brothers
13: Beetlejuice (S)
14: Aliens
15: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (S)
16: The Untouchables
17: Trading Places (S)
18: Young Guns

Foo Kin Twat · 22/6/2015 8:21 pm

Who' my gonna call

Yep has to be Ghostbusters

Tek · 22/6/2015 8:51 pm

Loved Ghostbusters as a kid (like everyone else).

But these days i would be most likely to watch Planes,Trains and Automobiles.So that gets my vote.

lifesanocean · 22/6/2015 9:49 pm

FFS, gonna go all tactical and vote for Star Trek since Ghostbusters will surely go through.

This quiz is evil.

PatReilly · 22/6/2015 10:04 pm

Planes, Trains and Automobiles, please.

St Obswell · 23/6/2015 6:08 am

P,T & A TA. Watched this again only a few months ago and it just made me laugh looking at John Candy R.I.P. His body and soul lives on in the mould of friend and fellow Arab Stuart Cox

Sieb22 · 23/6/2015 10:15 am

Star Trek 2 is fine, The Thing is really good and tense and the directors commentary on the dvd with Kurt Russel is great.

Great to see Planes, Trains getting some love. Probably my favourite John Hughes movie. Was going to vote for that tactically as I thought Ghostbusters was a sure thing, but alas this could be another Gremlins shock exit, so my vote goes to GHOSTBUSTERS!!!

Sieb22 · 23/6/2015 10:24 am

Also sad to hear about James Horner who died in a plane crash yesterday morning in California.

A great Oscar winning film composer, who's past works included Aliens, 48 Hours, Braveheart and the movie in this game, Star Trek The Wrath of Khan.

Wrath of Khan was his first acclaimed musical score, and he also has a very fleeting cameo in the movie as a crew member on board the Enterprise.

RIP James Horner.

Hamiltonarab · 23/6/2015 10:58 am

PTaA. Still very watchable.

Would have been a lot tougher decision had it been Ghostbusters II.

Tek · 23/6/2015 2:43 pm

Sieb22 wrote:
Also sad to hear about James Horner who died in a plane crash yesterday morning in California.

A great Oscar winning film composer, who's past works included Aliens, 48 Hours, Braveheart and the movie in this game, Star Trek The Wrath of Khan.

Wrath of Khan was his first acclaimed musical score, and he also has a very fleeting cameo in the movie as a crew member on board the Enterprise.

RIP James Horner.

Just read that,sad news.

Great composer.The 'Braveheart' soundtrack completely made the film.

St Obswell · 23/6/2015 2:55 pm

Tek wrote:
Sieb22 wrote:
Also sad to hear about James Horner who died in a plane crash yesterday morning in California.

A great Oscar winning film composer, who's past works included Aliens, 48 Hours, Braveheart and the movie in this game, Star Trek The Wrath of Khan.

Wrath of Khan was his first acclaimed musical score, and he also has a very fleeting cameo in the movie as a crew member on board the Enterprise.

RIP James Horner.
Just read that,sad news.

Great composer.The 'Braveheart' soundtrack completely made the film.

Aye, just like Titanic too. Be quite a few tears shed at his funeral if they play some of those tunes.

huntedbyafreak · 23/6/2015 3:11 pm

Planes Trains and Automobiles

european_bob · 23/6/2015 3:54 pm

Trains, Planes and Automobiles!

Slammy_83 · 23/6/2015 7:08 pm

If Ghostbusters doesn't get through I'm reforming the Clique.

You have been warned.

Sieb22 · 23/6/2015 8:12 pm

Slammy_83 wrote:
If Ghostbusters doesn't get through I'm reforming the Clique.

You have been warned.

Is that a vote for Ghostbusters then Slammy? Belated welcome to the forum

Sieb22 · 23/6/2015 8:14 pm

Score Update:

Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan: 1
Planes, Trains & Automobiles: 6
The Thing: 0
Ghostbusters: 2.

Sieb22 · 23/6/2015 8:18 pm

Can I also get 4 numbers from 1-20 from somebody please for the next game.

Voting for this game closes at 9am tomorrow morning.

Slammy_83 · 23/6/2015 8:29 pm

Sieb22 wrote:
Can I also get 4 numbers from 1-20 from somebody please for the next game.

Voting for this game closes at 9am tomorrow morning.

4, 11, 16 and 20.

Sieb22 · 23/6/2015 8:31 pm

Thank you Slammy, am I also getting the nod for Ghostbusters for you to take that score up to 3, could make all the difference

doontheroadarab · 23/6/2015 9:51 pm

Ghostbusters

Sieb22 · 24/6/2015 8:25 am

Full Time:

Planes, Trains & Automobiles: 6
Ghostbusters: 3
Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan: 1
The Thing: 0.