80-90's Trilogy Vote

korme · 06-26-2018, 03:56 AM

You can only keep one trilogy. None get remade, only the original trilogy survives. Which do you keep from this general era I decided?

Mota · 06-26-2018, 05:31 AM

My vote is for the Alien trilogy. It wasn't my favorite at the time, but I've gone back and rewatched it many times since then, so it stands the test of time for me more than the other series.

Edward64 · 06-26-2018, 06:10 AM

My vote is for Aliens also.

Aliens 2 was the best with the space marines and their auto-movement (?) machine gun and the aliens on the "roof" was a great scene.

Butter · 06-26-2018, 06:23 AM

Close between Alien and Indiana Jones... but the overall crappiness of Temple of Doom finishes that off, though it would be hard not seeing Last Crusade ever again.

Kodos · 06-26-2018, 07:25 AM

I probably would have chosen Aliens if I could have traded Alien 3 for Alien 4. But since not, had to go with Dr. Jones.

Edward64 · 06-26-2018, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Kodos

I probably would have chosen Aliens if I could have traded Alien 3 for Alien 4. But since not, had to go with Dr. Jones.

Yes, Aliens 3 sucked but Aliens trilogy had the best 2 of 3 category.

Logan · 06-26-2018, 07:52 AM

Indy for me. The first one I saw as a kid was Temple of Doom and I probably watched it hundreds of times. I remember realizing others hated it maybe 15 years ago and being so shocked. I still love it but I've always wondered if I would've felt differently if I saw it when I was older first, especially as a follow up to Raiders.

Never seen any of the Alien movies.

Neon_Chaos · 06-26-2018, 08:49 AM

Back To The Future

Alan T · 06-26-2018, 08:59 AM

How about the evil dead?

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NobodyHere · 06-26-2018, 10:35 AM

Indiana Jones with Back to the Future being a close second.

korme · 06-26-2018, 11:33 AM

I'll throw my pick in for John McClane. Loved the Die Hard franchise when I was a young lad.

Buccaneer · 06-26-2018, 11:40 AM

It was a process of elimination for me.

1. I love Die Hard but my favorite is Die Hard 4.
2. Raiders is my all-time #1 favorite movie. Temple of Doom may be the worst big movie I had ever seen (saw both opening weekends).
3. Have not nor will I have any interest in the Aliens movies.

So that leaves BttF, which a good choice.

albionmoonlight · 06-26-2018, 12:21 PM

Really good question. I'm gonna need to think before voting.

kingfc22 · 06-26-2018, 12:33 PM

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Indiana Jones with Back to the Future being a close second.

This.

sabotai · 06-26-2018, 03:37 PM

Went with Back to the Future since that's the trilogy I could watch from beginning to end without issue. The other 3 have a movie I think is absolute garbage.

JeeberD · 06-26-2018, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by NobodyHere

Indiana Jones with Back to the Future being a close second.

Opposite. BttF first, Indy a very close second.

Vince, Pt. II · 06-26-2018, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Really good question. I'm gonna need to think before voting.

I've been thinking about it all day and still can't decide.

Suicane75 · 06-26-2018, 07:06 PM

I'm going to be in the minority here, but Die Hard 1 & 3 are so great that I'm going with that trilogy. Die Hard 2 is fine, even better if it's snowing outside.

JonInMiddleGA · 06-26-2018, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

I'm going to be in the minority here, but Die Hard 1 & 3 are so great that I'm going with that trilogy. Die Hard 2 is fine, even better if it's snowing outside.

I went the same way on a fairly simple basis: which one would I miss the most of it didn't exist?

GoldenCrest Games · 06-26-2018, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

I'm going to be in the minority here, but Die Hard 1 & 3 are so great that I'm going with that trilogy. Die Hard 2 is fine, even better if it's snowing outside.

I actually liked Die Hard in an Airport more than Die Hard in a Building or Die Hard with Samuel L Jackson. (That's exactly how my family remembers them

)

It didn't make much sense, but it was fun.

NobodyHere · 06-26-2018, 08:05 PM

I prefer Die Hard with Alan Rickman

Vince, Pt. II · 06-26-2018, 08:26 PM

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I prefer Die Hard with Alan Rickman

+Infinity

Ryche · 06-26-2018, 10:15 PM

I think I can legitimately say I've seen each of the Indiana Jones more often than the other 9 movies combined.

EagleFan · 06-26-2018, 10:31 PM

Easily Die Hard. 2 wasn't good but the other two could be the two best movies up there.

stevew · 06-26-2018, 10:40 PM

If Rian Johnson remade any of the previous trilogies which would you most be offended by?

hoopsguy · 06-26-2018, 11:50 PM

Temple of Doom was bad enough to push that series below the Die Hards for me. Despite Raiders being a movie that I absolutely loved at the time.

Aliens was awfully good. Less enthused about the other two.
You can keep BTTF2 and 3.

Vince, Pt. II · 06-27-2018, 12:37 AM

Ranking all of the films and scoring each series based on the rankings, here's what I come up with:

1st Place: Alien (23 points)
2nd Place: Back to the Future (20 points)
3rd Place: Indiana Jones (19 points)
4th Place: Die Hard (16 points)

My top four:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Alien
3. Aliens
4. Die Hard

All four of those movies may be in my top 10 all-time though. Giving up any of them is rough.

Groundhog · 06-27-2018, 01:02 AM

I think I was a bit young at the time to really appreciate Indiana Jones. Seen them all a few times, but they didn't hit me at that most impressionable age.

If I was stuck inside all weekend and each trilogy was on at the same time, I'd be most likely to watch either Aliens or Die Hard, so it's a toss up between those two, depending on my mood.

Edward64 · 06-27-2018, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Vince, Pt. II

Ranking all of the films and scoring each series based on the rankings, here's what I come up with:

1st Place: Alien (23 points)
2nd Place: Back to the Future (20 points)
3rd Place: Indiana Jones (19 points)
4th Place: Die Hard (16 points)

My top four:
1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
2. Alien
3. Aliens
4. Die Hard

All four of those movies may be in my top 10 all-time though. Giving up any of them is rough.

Glad to see another Aliens 2 fan here.

I think my problem with Raiders and Die Hard is they didn't age well for me. Whenever I catch bits and pieces channel surfing, the acting (looking at you Bruce) and special effects seem "hokey" but Aliens holds up well.

Vince, Pt. II · 06-27-2018, 07:37 AM

Aliens is perhaps the greatest sequel of all time. In my book the only other sequel to come close is Terminator 2.

Kodos · 06-27-2018, 08:07 AM

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Aliens is perhaps the greatest sequel of all time. In my book the only other sequel to come close is Terminator 2.

Agreed. Both had great first movies that were somehow surpassed by the sequel. But are you forgetting Empire Strikes Back?

Vince, Pt. II · 06-27-2018, 09:00 AM

To me I find it hard to think of Empire as a sequel, if only because it was designed as a trilogy from the first. Same caveat applies to The Two Towers.

I think part of their (Aliens, T2) brilliance is that they deviated from their predecessor. Alien was a slow, dramatic, nearly psychological thriller, whereas Aliens was just pure unadulterated Sci-Fi action. Similarly, The Terminator wasn't nearly the action movie that T2 was.

Kodos · 06-27-2018, 10:18 AM

I can see that. Both Aliens and T2 are Top 10 all-time for me. And they hold up well.

Grammaticus · 06-27-2018, 12:26 PM

Original Star Wars and Mad Max, since we are letting one from the 70s slide in for Aliens.

sabotai · 06-27-2018, 02:46 PM

If we go by "relative to the original", Terminator 2 would be hands down the greatest sequel ever IMO.

Vince, Pt. II · 06-27-2018, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

If we go by "relative to the original", Terminator 2 would be hands down the greatest sequel ever IMO.

Absolutely. Even though I have a soft spot for the original and like it more than most.

Groundhog · 06-27-2018, 06:43 PM

Terminator 1 is fine in a semi B-grade 80s sci fi kind of way (a genre I love). Terminator 2 though was just exceptional overall though. Definitely one of the least likely smash hit sequels ever made.

Julio Riddols · 06-28-2018, 01:17 AM

I'm not an Indiana Jones fan because I guess I just don't get into treasure hunter type films. I was thinking about it and I just usually have little to no interest in those types of films for whatever reason. I can't put a finger on why either, something about them just renders them uninteresting to me. I don't think I can recall one treasure hunt type film that I have ever really liked.

I'm a hard Sci Fi and psychological thriller type of guy, especially when it comes to sci fi thrillers with incredible effects. Alien is one of the best movies I've ever seen because of that. Had to go with that trilogy over Back to the Future, which also appeals to my sci fi side but is lighter fare and not as memorable or essential to the history of film for me. Die Hard is all right, but there are enough other movies that are a similar style that I can be satisfied without it even if Rickman was a stud in the first one. Alien has no comparable film that could replace it in my opinion and I prefer it over Back to the Future, so that's why I can't give it up.

korme · 06-28-2018, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Suicane75

I'm going to be in the minority here, but Die Hard 1 & 3 are so great that I'm going with that trilogy. Die Hard 2 is fine, even better if it's snowing outside.

I knew we were bffs.

korme · 06-28-2018, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

If we go by "relative to the original", Terminator 2 would be hands down the greatest sequel ever IMO.

STAY ON TOPIC EVERYONE KNOWS JUDGMENT DAY IS THE GREATEST SEQUEL EVER BUT THIS IS A TRILOGY DISCUSSION

Kodos · 06-28-2018, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Julio Riddols

I'm not an Indiana Jones fan because I guess I just don't get into treasure hunter type films. I was thinking about it and I just usually have little to no interest in those types of films for whatever reason. I can't put a finger on why either, something about them just renders them uninteresting to me. I don't think I can recall one treasure hunt type film that I have ever really liked.

That's how I feel about mob/mafia/gangster type films.

CarterNMA · 06-28-2018, 08:07 PM

Aliens is one of my all-time favorites. Raiders is great but it's not awesome.

NobodyHere · 06-28-2018, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by sabotai

If we go by "relative to the original", Terminator 2 would be hands down the greatest sequel ever IMO.

I'd go with Wrath of Khan personally. That was definitely a huge step up over the original film.

bulletsponge · 06-29-2018, 12:36 PM

Am i the only one that loves Temple of doom?

NobodyHere · 06-29-2018, 01:19 PM

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Am i the only one that loves Temple of doom?

I love certain segments of it. It had a really good beginning and a really good end IMO. The bridge scene is iconic Indy. But the middle of the movie kind of drags and may just be a little too dark for a film of that sort.

Buccaneer · 06-29-2018, 01:39 PM

Short Round made the movie annoying to watch (I wasn’t a kid when this movie came out).
The raft scene made it ludicrous.
The presence of Kate Capshaw made the movie completely unwatchable.

You would think giving Raiders a 10/10 and Crusades a 8/10,it would be my favorite trilogy but Temple ruined it.

By the way, I hope you do a 00/10s trilogy so I can vote for my most favorite one: Bourne.

Kodos · 06-29-2018, 01:59 PM

The Bourne movies are a great example of a movie series that is enjoyable enough while you're watching it but that doesn't stick around in your memory much afterward. And the shaky cam sucks.

Capital · 06-29-2018, 02:06 PM

Aliens easily for me although the 3rd one did bring down the first 2.

Super Ugly · 06-29-2018, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bulletsponge

Am i the only one that loves Temple of doom?

Nope. It was the first one that I saw as a kid. I love them all, but Temple of Doom has a special place in my chilled monkey's brain.

Critch · 06-29-2018, 02:39 PM

Despite only being two movies, Bill and Ted is the best 80's-90's trilogy.

View Poll Results: Trilogy?
Alien (1979) Aliens (1986) Alien3 (1992)	14	16.87%
Back to the Future (1985) Back to the Future Part II (1989) Back to the Future Part III (1990)	21	25.30%
Die Hard (1988) Die Hard 2 (1990) Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995)	12	14.46%
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)	36	43.37%
Voters: 83. You may not vote on this poll

06-26-2018, 06:23 AM	#4
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Close between Alien and Indiana Jones... but the overall crappiness of Temple of Doom finishes that off, though it would be hard not seeing Last Crusade ever again. __________________ My listening habits

06-26-2018, 07:25 AM	#5
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I probably would have chosen Aliens if I could have traded Alien 3 for Alien 4. But since not, had to go with Dr. Jones. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties. Last edited by Kodos : 06-26-2018 at 07:25 AM.

06-26-2018, 08:49 AM	#8
Neon_Chaos Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Parañaque, Philippines	Back To The Future __________________ Come and see.

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Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	How about the evil dead? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

06-26-2018, 05:31 AM	#2
Mota College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2001	My vote is for the Alien trilogy. It wasn't my favorite at the time, but I've gone back and rewatched it many times since then, so it stands the test of time for me more than the other series.

06-26-2018, 06:10 AM	#3
Edward64 Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2005	My vote is for Aliens also. Aliens 2 was the best with the space marines and their auto-movement (?) machine gun and the aliens on the "roof" was a great scene.

06-26-2018, 07:52 AM	#7
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Indy for me. The first one I saw as a kid was Temple of Doom and I probably watched it hundreds of times. I remember realizing others hated it maybe 15 years ago and being so shocked. I still love it but I've always wondered if I would've felt differently if I saw it when I was older first, especially as a follow up to Raiders. Never seen any of the Alien movies.

06-26-2018, 10:35 AM	#10
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	Indiana Jones with Back to the Future being a close second. __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

06-26-2018, 11:33 AM	#11
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	I'll throw my pick in for John McClane. Loved the Die Hard franchise when I was a young lad.

06-26-2018, 11:40 AM	#12
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	It was a process of elimination for me. 1. I love Die Hard but my favorite is Die Hard 4. 2. Raiders is my all-time #1 favorite movie. Temple of Doom may be the worst big movie I had ever seen (saw both opening weekends). 3. Have not nor will I have any interest in the Aliens movies. So that leaves BttF, which a good choice.

06-26-2018, 12:21 PM	#13
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Really good question. I'm gonna need to think before voting.

06-26-2018, 03:37 PM	#15
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Went with Back to the Future since that's the trilogy I could watch from beginning to end without issue. The other 3 have a movie I think is absolute garbage. Last edited by sabotai : 06-26-2018 at 03:37 PM.

06-26-2018, 07:06 PM	#18
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	I'm going to be in the minority here, but Die Hard 1 & 3 are so great that I'm going with that trilogy. Die Hard 2 is fine, even better if it's snowing outside.

06-26-2018, 08:05 PM	#21
NobodyHere Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2013	I prefer Die Hard with Alan Rickman __________________ "I am God's prophet, and I need an attorney"

06-26-2018, 10:15 PM	#23
Ryche College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Highlands Ranch, CO, USA	I think I can legitimately say I've seen each of the Indiana Jones more often than the other 9 movies combined. __________________ Some knots are better left untied.

06-26-2018, 10:31 PM	#24
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	Easily Die Hard. 2 wasn't good but the other two could be the two best movies up there. __________________ The EagleFan YouTube Channel - Reactions Soarin' & Scratchin' YouTube Channel - We react to music, videos, TV, we talk, we are planning some field trips Soarin' & Soothin' - Meditation, Relaxation, and Sleep Aid; mental health is important

06-26-2018, 10:40 PM	#25
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	If Rian Johnson remade any of the previous trilogies which would you most be offended by?

06-26-2018, 11:50 PM	#26
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Temple of Doom was bad enough to push that series below the Die Hards for me. Despite Raiders being a movie that I absolutely loved at the time. Aliens was awfully good. Less enthused about the other two. You can keep BTTF2 and 3.

06-27-2018, 12:37 AM	#27
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Ranking all of the films and scoring each series based on the rankings, here's what I come up with: 1st Place: Alien (23 points) 2nd Place: Back to the Future (20 points) 3rd Place: Indiana Jones (19 points) 4th Place: Die Hard (16 points) My top four: 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark 2. Alien 3. Aliens 4. Die Hard All four of those movies may be in my top 10 all-time though. Giving up any of them is rough.

06-27-2018, 01:02 AM	#28
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	I think I was a bit young at the time to really appreciate Indiana Jones. Seen them all a few times, but they didn't hit me at that most impressionable age. If I was stuck inside all weekend and each trilogy was on at the same time, I'd be most likely to watch either Aliens or Die Hard, so it's a toss up between those two, depending on my mood. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

06-27-2018, 07:37 AM	#30
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	Aliens is perhaps the greatest sequel of all time. In my book the only other sequel to come close is Terminator 2.

06-27-2018, 09:00 AM	#32
Vince, Pt. II Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Somewhere More Familiar	To me I find it hard to think of Empire as a sequel, if only because it was designed as a trilogy from the first. Same caveat applies to The Two Towers. I think part of their (Aliens, T2) brilliance is that they deviated from their predecessor. Alien was a slow, dramatic, nearly psychological thriller, whereas Aliens was just pure unadulterated Sci-Fi action. Similarly, The Terminator wasn't nearly the action movie that T2 was. Last edited by Vince, Pt. II : 06-27-2018 at 09:02 AM.

06-27-2018, 10:18 AM	#33
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	I can see that. Both Aliens and T2 are Top 10 all-time for me. And they hold up well. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

06-27-2018, 12:26 PM	#34
Grammaticus Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tennessee	Original Star Wars and Mad Max, since we are letting one from the 70s slide in for Aliens.

06-27-2018, 02:46 PM	#35
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	If we go by "relative to the original", Terminator 2 would be hands down the greatest sequel ever IMO.

06-27-2018, 06:43 PM	#37
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Terminator 1 is fine in a semi B-grade 80s sci fi kind of way (a genre I love). Terminator 2 though was just exceptional overall though. Definitely one of the least likely smash hit sequels ever made. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

06-28-2018, 01:17 AM	#38
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	I'm not an Indiana Jones fan because I guess I just don't get into treasure hunter type films. I was thinking about it and I just usually have little to no interest in those types of films for whatever reason. I can't put a finger on why either, something about them just renders them uninteresting to me. I don't think I can recall one treasure hunt type film that I have ever really liked. I'm a hard Sci Fi and psychological thriller type of guy, especially when it comes to sci fi thrillers with incredible effects. Alien is one of the best movies I've ever seen because of that. Had to go with that trilogy over Back to the Future, which also appeals to my sci fi side but is lighter fare and not as memorable or essential to the history of film for me. Die Hard is all right, but there are enough other movies that are a similar style that I can be satisfied without it even if Rickman was a stud in the first one. Alien has no comparable film that could replace it in my opinion and I prefer it over Back to the Future, so that's why I can't give it up. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA Last edited by Julio Riddols : 06-28-2018 at 01:18 AM.

06-28-2018, 08:07 PM	#42
CarterNMA Mascot Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Maryland by way of Arizona	Aliens is one of my all-time favorites. Raiders is great but it's not awesome.

06-29-2018, 12:36 PM	#44
bulletsponge Pro Starter Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: TX	Am i the only one that loves Temple of doom? __________________ the Barbarian, WW Royal Rumble Champion

06-29-2018, 01:39 PM	#46
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Short Round made the movie annoying to watch (I wasn’t a kid when this movie came out). The raft scene made it ludicrous. The presence of Kate Capshaw made the movie completely unwatchable. You would think giving Raiders a 10/10 and Crusades a 8/10,it would be my favorite trilogy but Temple ruined it. By the way, I hope you do a 00/10s trilogy so I can vote for my most favorite one: Bourne.

06-29-2018, 01:59 PM	#47
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	The Bourne movies are a great example of a movie series that is enjoyable enough while you're watching it but that doesn't stick around in your memory much afterward. And the shaky cam sucks. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

06-29-2018, 02:06 PM	#48
Capital High School Varsity Join Date: Oct 2000	Aliens easily for me although the 3rd one did bring down the first 2.

06-29-2018, 02:39 PM	#50
Critch lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Herndon, VA	Despite only being two movies, Bill and Ted is the best 80's-90's trilogy.

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