#Dan O’Herlihy

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“Sometimes we just have to start over, from scratch, to make things right.”

We’ve got Robocop stuff in our campaign I’m PSYCHED!!! In our game, the shrewd CEO Uldman gave us our first quest years ago. He offered to help Les with research on Fair Gold which drew them together and they got pretty close 🫣 🤷 Too bad he turned out to be a bad guy!! 😱 who could’ve guessed!! The party kicked his ass, went on our way to spend some time doing our own thing, only for Uldman to return. After a 2nd defeat and our party’s absence for 15 yrs, are there signs of him showing his face again? Or is it merely the ghosts of our past? Who can say?

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“Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.”

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RoboCop 2 will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on June 18 via Scream Factory. The 1990 sci-fi action sequel was the final film directed by Irvin Kershner (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back).

Comic book legend Frank Miller (The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City) and Walon Green (Eraser) wrote the script. Peter Weller returns to star with Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Tom Noonan, Belinda Bauer, and Gabriel Damon.

RoboCop 2 has been newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negative with Dolby Vision and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Stereo. Special features are listed below.

Disc 1 - 4K UHD:

Audio commentary with author/CG supervisor Paul M. Sammon

Audio commentary with RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop documentarians Gary Smart, Chris Griffiths, and Eastwood Allen

Disc 2 - Blu-ray:

Audio commentary with author/CG supervisor Paul M. Sammon

Audio commentary with RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop documentarians Gary Smart, Chris Griffiths, and Eastwood Allen

Corporate Wars: The Making of RoboCop 2 – Interviews with director Irvin Kershner, producer Jon Davidson, actors Tom Noonan, Nancy Allen, Galyn Görg, executive producer Patrick Crowley, associate producer Phil Tippett, cinematographer Mark Irwin, and author/CG supervision Paul M. Sammon

Machine Parts: The FX of RoboCop 2 – Interviews with Phil Tippett, Peter Kuran, Craig Hayes, Jim Aupperle, Kirk Thatcher, Paul Gentry, Don Waller, Justin Kohn, Randal Dutra, and Kevin Kutchaver

Interview with RoboCop armor fabricator James Belohovek

Interview with comic book writer Steven Grant

OCP Declassified – Archival production and behind-the-scenes videos including interviews with director Irvin Kershner and actors Peter Weller and Dan O’Herlihy, and a look at the filming of some deleted scene

Theatrical trailer

Teaser trailers

TV spots

Still Galleries – deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes photos, stills, posters and lobby cards

When Detroit's descent into chaos is further compounded by a police department strike and a new designer drug called "Nuke," only RoboCop (Peter Weller) can stop the mayhem. But in his way are a sinister corporation and a bigger and tougher cyborg with a deadly directive: take RoboCop off the streets … permanently.

Pre-order RoboCop 2.

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Orson Welles and Jeanette Nolan in Macbeth (Orson Welles, 1948)

Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O’Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier, Erskine Sanford, John Dierkes, Keene Curtis, Peggy Webber, Lionel Braham. Screenplay: Orson Welles, based on a play by William Shakespeare. Cinematography: John L. Russell. Art direction: Fred A. Ritter. Film editing: Louis Lindsay. Music: Jacques Ibert. 

Orson Welles may have taken the old theatrical superstition of referring to the play not by its title but as "the Scottish play" a little too seriously. The decision to have actors deliver Shakespeare's lines with a Scottish accent was met with derision by critics, and Republic Pictures, the poverty-row studio that released the film, eventually had it redubbed without the accents after the initial release flopped. The original soundtrack has been restored, however, and it's hard to see what set the critics' teeth on edge: For the most part, the occasional flavoring of the dialogue with Scottish vowel sounds and diphthongs is unobtrusive. The one exception, to my ear, is Roddy McDowall as Malcolm, who carries the accent a bit too far -- though that may be because McDowall's conception of the character is something of a callow noodge, especially in the scene in which he's trying to persuade Macduff (Dan O'Herlihy) to cease grieving for his murdered family and take action. I must have seen the old redubbed and cut version at one point, because I remembered the film as rather glum and murky, when in fact, although it's not wholly successful, it's filled with Wellesian visual touches and some very solid performances. Welles makes remarkable use of the Celtic cross as a visual motif, for example, having the troops advancing on Dunsinane carry impossibly long staffs surmounted with the cross, a touch that dazzles the eye. His own performance is somewhat uneven -- Welles was seldom the strongest actor in his productions -- and he fails to provide Macbeth with the character arc that makes the character a tragic figure, moving from mere ambition to blind bloodthirstiness. Jeanette Nolan is a good Lady Macbeth and O'Herlihy a suitably strong adversary for Macbeth. As usual, Welles drew many performers from his Mercury Theater company, including Erskine Sanford as a dignified Duncan, something of an about-face from his broadly comic performance as the flustered newspaper editor Herbert Carter, huffing and puffing when he's ousted by the paper's new owner, Charles Foster Kane, in Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941). The low budget for the film shows, especially in the sets -- Dunsinane seems to be more cave than castle, its walls made out of Plasticine -- cobbled together on the Republic soundstage by art director Fred A. Ritter. And although Welles's keen eye served John L. Russell well, as Alfred Hitchcock's would later when he shot Psycho (1960), Russell was never a distinguished cinematographer. Still, this is a fairly distinguished effort at putting Shakespeare on film.

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200 Films of 1952

Film number 163: Invasion U.S.A.

Release date: Dec 10th, 1952 

Studio: Columbia 

Genre: drama 

Director: Alfred E. Green 

Producer: Albert Zugsmith, Robert Smith 

Actors: Gerald Mohr, Peggie Castle, Dan O’Herlihy 

Plot Summary: While a group of strangers sit in a bar in New York, WWIII starts... with a U.S. invasion! 

My Rating (out of five stars): *½  

Oh my god, what did I just watch??!! First of all, the correct title should be Invasion, Stock Footage, USA! There was so much generic stock footage of war, I almost fell asleep. Who knew you could take a movie about WWIII and make it so boring? When it wasn’t a snooze-fest, though, it was absurdly bad and wholly ridiculous. Mystery Science Theater 3000 has to have done this one, right? [Ha! I just looked, and they did!]

The Good: 

Uh... I guess its saving grace is the unintentional hilarity of it all. I’m sure you’ll laugh. Just fast forward through the war footage, though. 

There were some knee-slapping quotes I will share at the end. 

I didn’t mind Vince and Carla, our romantic lead. They were so campy but appealing all the same. 

The Bad: 

ALLLL of the stock footage used. I would guess that almost ½ the film consisted of it. Because there were no characters in it, and it was all so generic, I was sick to the back teeth of it by the end. 

Why could they never utter the word “Russians” or “Soviets?” Was there some particular reason? Because all they could say was “the enemy.” 

Most of “the enemy” didn’t have Slavic accents either- they sounded much more Germanic. The most prominent feature of the accents, though, was how hopelessly bad they were! 

Here’s some explicit propaganda telling Americans that we need to spend spend spend on our military budget! We risk death if we don’t pump trillions into our defense! One Senator in the film felt we should reduce military spending, so of course he had to be killed by the Rus-I mean- “the enemy.” 

The special effects of New York City’s skyscrapers succumbing to bombs made me giggle. They couldn't have looked more like models if they tried. 

Did a high schooler write this? I mean literally, did one?? 

The romance in the film felt so stupidly out of place. 

The ludicrous ending!!! It came close to ruining the whole thing for me. And I will never look at a brandy snifter the same way again! 

The music sounded like what would happen if you gave Francis Scott Key some writing paper and some cocaine. 

Eminent film critic Hedda Hopper recommends it! (j/k, she was just a conservative gossip columnist who was always up for scaring Americans about Commies) 

Ok, here's a section of quotes that made me guffaw: 

A man and a woman sit at a table: 

Vince: You know, it’s funny. The world is coming to an end and yet you and I are sitting here eating dinner. What’s more, I was hungry. 

Carla: Sometimes I forget what’s happening in the world. I feel good... as if I just met a new beau. 

Vince: You have. 

Carla: ...one I like very much.

Vince: He likes you even more. War or no war, people like to eat and drink... and make love. 

Here’s one more: 

Vince: How’s the blood bank? 

Carla: Great- we've got a new record this week. 

Vince: You set a record with me a long time ago. 

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For an addition for the old man crushes, I recently rewatched Robocop and utterly forgot until then how much of an absolute snack both Ronny Cox and Dan O’Herlihy were in the movie (also featuring baby Miguel Ferrer)

Oh!! Interesting... and intrigued. I always think I saw Robocop because I grew up watching the tv series and, in general, love me some Peter Weller. But dually noted, maybe it is time to bite the bullet. Or shoot the dick, as it were.

Thank you for the message!!

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Remembering Dan O’Herlihy (May 1, 1919 - February 17, 2005).🕯

#DanOHerlihy

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The Last Starfighter (1984) Movie Review

The Last Starfighter – ABC Film Challenge – Action – L – The Last Starfighter – Movie Review Director: Nick Castle Writer: Jonathan R Betuel (Screenplay) Cast Lance Guest (Jaws The Revenge) Robert Preston (The Music Man) Kay E Kuter (Watermelon Man) Dan Mason (Price for Freedom) Dan O’Herlihy (RoboCop) Plot: High schooler Alex Rogan conquers the Starfighter video game, only to find out…

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Dr. Andreas Korn: Gameforschung

RoboCop 2 (USA 1990)

Regie: Irvin Kershner

Darsteller:

Peter Weller: RoboCop, Alex Murphy

Nancy Allen: Officer Anne Lewis

Tom Noonan: Cain

Gabriel Damon: Hob

Dan O’Herlihy: OCP-Chef (Omni Consumer Products)

Felton Perry: Donald Johnson

Jeff McCarthy: Holzgang

Belinda Bauer: Dr. Juliette Faxx

Galyn Görg: Angie

Willard E. Pugh: Mayor Kuzak

Robert DoQui: Sgt. Reed

uva.

Zum Kinofilm habe ich zunächst von meiner Blueray Trilogie (Edition 2020) eine Auswahl von Screenshots zum Teil 2/3 in einer Sway Präsentation zusammengestellt.

Sie dienen mir als Ressourcen für einen Vergleich der Filme mit dem Computerspiel Robocop - Rogue City (Developer: Teyon, Publisher: Nacon 2023).

Dr. Andreas Korn, 21.01.2024

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The Last Starfighter | Episode 388

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The Last Starfighter | Episode 388

Jim reflects on a Feel-Good Sci-Fi Classic from 1984, “The Last Starfighter,” starring Lance Guest, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston, Dan O’Herlihy Norman Shaw, Kay E. Kuter, Barbara Bosson, Chris Hebert and Vernon Washington. Directed by Nick Castle (Halloween and Halloween II), the film follows a young dreamer who ends up saving the universe. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.

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Halloween 3 - The Season Of The Witch 1982

This very underrated score & film definitely needs recognition today! Building on the electronic synth of Halloween 2 this brooding syntheizer classic doesn’t let up even in the slower tracks. It’s creepy with paranoia running throughout. This has been re-released a lot over the past 5 years in different variants by Death Waltz but this is my favourite version. The sleeve accompanies the record perfectly.

Just be sure not to get a copy that keeps skipping on the ‘Silver Shamrock’ song it would drive crazy especially if your in the bath! Sure the album is basic musically but it’s the best of basic! Like most of John Carpenter & Alan Horwarth’s work this is a gem.

Sleeve 9/10

Record appearance 8/10

Music 9/10

Sound quality 8/10

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Luis Buñuel's 'Robinson Crusoe' on Amazon Prime

Luis Buñuel’s ‘Robinson Crusoe’ on Amazon Prime

Luis Buñuel is best known for his witty, surreal comedies that satirized society, religion, politics, and sexual mores in the 1960s and 1970s, but he had a long career before his breakthrough as an internationally celebrated satirist. Robinson Crusoe (1954), his first English language movie and his first color feature, was produced not as a prestigious art movie but a commercial project for…

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This week on Content Abnormal we present Vincent Price and Dan O’Herlihy in The Croupier adventure “The Roman”!

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10 Favorite Horror sequels

Horror  sequels have a bad reputation but there are some gems out there 

Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors

In my oppinion the Nightmare series has some good entries but  my favorite is 3 .Best balance of Freddy being scary and funny ,fleshes out Freddy’s backstory ,some creative moments ,the return of Nancy ,and the idea of the kids having powers in their dreams is cool 

Exorcist III

A sequel that goes in a diffrent direction then the first movie .George C Scott is a great recast for Lee J Cobb ,Brad Douriff is a super terrifying villain ,and I like it more then the first movie 

Revnge of Frankenstein 

Love Frankensteins relationship with his assistant,I think the film does something interesting with it’s monster,the ending is perfect and Peter Cushing is amazing

Bride of Frankenstein 

Great villlain,heartbreaking scenes,the monster evolves as a character and in some ways it improves on the first film

Bride of Re-animator 

Just a really fun folllow up and more Jeffrey Combs is always good 

Evil Dead 2 Dead By Dawn

So I have neglected to put this on any list and I am ashamed because this is a damn good movie .In some ways it improves upon the first film ,it fleshes out Ash into the character we know and love and it’s a great mixture of horror and comedy 

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

While the first film fit the griminess of the 70′s.this one fits the excess of the 80′s,we get chainsaw fights,a crazy Denis Hopper, a great new villain with Bill Moseley as Choptop and one of my favorite final girls Stretch  

Halloween 3 Season of The Witch 

I dont know if it counts as technically it’s not a sequel .....But at the same time it is.John Carpenter wanted to make Halloween an anthology series  and everyone got mad  Michael Myers wasnt in it ,that the idea was dropped moving forward.....Which sucks cause I LOVE THIS MOVIE .We have in the lead the man, the myth,the mustache  :Tom Atkins who is great ,Dan O’Herlihy (Of Robocop fame) plays an extremely creepy villain,the plot is super original ,it’s really crazy  and just drenched in the Halloween feel 

Psycho II

This is a sequel  no one thought would work.....And yet it’s REALLLY good ,with Anthony Perkins delivering a fantastic performance 

Conjuring 2

I think the first is scarier but man this movie has it’s terrifying moments (THAT NUN )  and it is a solid sequel 

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Episode 235 – Dan O’Herlihy

Irish-born actor Dan O'Herlihy broke out on the big screen when he earned an Oscar nod for the title role in Robinson Crusoe. Over the course of his career, he worked steadily on in films and on television, including his memorable role of "The Old Man" in Robocop and a recurring part on Twin Peaks. We'll hear him in two starring turns on Suspense - "Strange for a Killer" (originally aired on CBS on June 15, 1958) and Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King" (originally aired on CBS on May 31, 1959). Plus, O'Herlihy plays a pair of roles opposite Vincent Price in "Greed Causes Murder," an adventure of The Saint (originally aired on Mutual on August 14, 1949).

Check out this episode!