Whoever started the things I learned threads is a genius! This movie is a perfect fit.
1. I can walk around a hospital wearing combat boots, a greasy face, and giant bowie knife with studded hand guard and nobody will notice me.
2. I can drive a old car off the third floor of a parking garage through the metal guard rails and not only will it be able to continue running but it will be able to participate in a high speed chase.
i learned poppy got a little sloppy way before seinfeld
shareCops like Cobra are not issued holsters, they are just told to stick the loaded weapon in the top of their pants aiming right at their genitals.
Yippee Kiy-Ya Mr. Falcon
These are all great posts and I agree. I love this movie and I'm not ashamed. Especially when you have a 5th of JD at your disposal for your viewing pleasure. THE quintessential 80's action movie.
shareLove the movie too...added a few...
I learned...
that ski masks aren't cool, we'd rather wear some fat chick's panty hoes on our head while we kill somebody...and then during the time we are disposing of the body we decide to take it off so that anyone that drives by can make out our face, and then we walk right up close to make sure they get an even better look at our face, he should have just handed her a camera too...
that when you are up against a wall and a truck is speeding at you, you just shoot one shot and wait for it to hit you instead of atleast trying to jump out of the way...
that anyone can just walk into a hospital and go freely to do whatever they want, even if they look like the craziest psycho anyone has ever seen (and also that security people wouldn't be alerted of this possibility that a psycho could be stalking some patient) and that if only they had remembered the health code and taken the stairs they wouldn't have been bothered at all..
that even though i thought a call was from headquarters that i was supposed to leave the hospital, i wouldn't think something was up being that i'm leaving the only witness to a pyscho's crime all alone and I wouldn't bother making a follow up call to cobretti to double check...
And finally after Cobra, has stabbed numerous badguys, blown up dozens of goons, shot an unimaginable amount of guys, and just drenched your your (buddy with the sniper rifle) and lit him on fire. And you think Cobra won't kill you because you say you "surrender" "That he can't break the law". HE is the law. And then he continues the impail you on a hook and push you through a wall of fire. Nice try though
sharewhen brigitte nielsen drives by and happens to see your face, make sure you carefully prop your most recent victim on a bus stop bench before giving chase.
sharethat ski masks aren't cool, we'd rather wear some fat chick's panty hoes on our head while we kill somebody...and then during the time we are disposing of the body we decide to take it off so that anyone that drives by can make out our face, and then we walk right up close to make sure they get an even better look at our face, he should have just handed her a camera too...
haha that really made me laugh
Cops like Cobra make sure the hammer is cocked before sticking their pistol in their pants.
shareI can rip the cigarette from a mexicans mouth, then rip his shirt. then tell him to clean up his act.
shareThat hospital bathrooms come with a bolt-action lock.
shareI can run screaming down a hospital hallway and no one will hear me, but two seconds after I pull the fire alarm the hallway will be full of people.
shareThat the New World can blow up supermarkets as long as Cobra doesnt shop there
That Gonzales hates frog legs
To not keep a supply of gummy bears laying around or Gonzales might try to kill you for them
The height of the flashing sign needs to be adjusted so that if Cobra is in a high speed chase he will not destroy them with his car
Gonzales celebrates things by punching holes in peoples chests
That you should always walk around with a match in your mouth. It not only looks cool with mirrored sunglasses, but you never know when it might come in handy for disposing of a bad guy doused in gasoline.
That you should put your newspaper inside a grill, keep your gun cleaning supplies in the freezer, and eat pizza with scissors while cleaning a gun and watching tv.
That after Cobra has brutally killed every other psycho in the movie, there's no reason to expect him to just arrest the head psycho; especially when the head psycho makes a point of calling him a pig and saying he wants to cut his eyes out.
That the new world order consists mostly of disgruntled businessmen and janitors clanging axes together over their heads in the sewers.
That you can make an interesting and hilarious montage by mixing shots of robots and homeless people set to bad 80's music.
That grenades and a submachine gun with a laser scope are LAPD standard issue.
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This thread is a trip! Let me put my 2 cents in. Some things that I learned from watching COBRA (1986) are:
When a shotgun-toting bomb-holding cult member holds up a supermarket and tells you that you are "free", remember to walk towards the door VERY slowly before you leave the building. It also might be a good idea to have your hands high above your hands, in order to convince the psycho that you do not have any intent to use any weapons that you may have. Also, most of all, walk backwards, not forwards, so that you may face the psycho. In this way, you will know that he won't shoot you in the back.
Cult members generally like to kill their victims with knives and axes. Why? It's obvious - so that they can make their kills even more bloody. I mean, it would be easier to blow each regular victim away with a shotgun, but then that would not be much fun, now would it? Killing a victim with an axe requires a closer and more personal contact - making the results even bloodier. Also, when used, axes and knives tend to be quieter than firearms and guns...
1. The new world order is composed of business men, factory and construction workers and crazy looking psycho guys clanking axes over their head in the sewers.
4. it’s ok to rip the front of a gang member vest off, and then leave him unanttended with your really expensive car.
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- a man in his mid-30's with an oddly waxy complexion immediately gains the distinction of "kid" when he becomes a victim of a supermarket killer.
- Bad guys take their shades off before firing weapons. Good guys leave em on.
- Police actually expect shotgun-wielding bad guys to cooperate with the command "Drop it!" even after impaling them with a throwing knife.
- Police/media cannot keep an accurate tally of a serial killer's killings. Note that the news report claims "the Night Slasher killed his 16th victim"... then the slasher kills a woman, and the police say "well that makes 16 victims". Wha?
- being rude to a woman at a truckstop selling trinkets and bobblehead dolls and telling her "no sale" is in some way charming.
- Stallone likes crazy women... and lots of ketchup on fries is a sign of mental illness.
- It's easy for bad guys to raid a small town and take over the police station... then for the ones in the station (including a bald Sid Haig lookalike) not to be seen or heard from ever again.
I learned that not only do you need to use a remote control for a TV that is an armslength away, you also need to shake it downwards as you press the on button in a 'remote control usage' gesture.
shareIf a crazed man comes into a supermarket and starts shooting all over the place, you should not run for the exits but instead hide under shelves and hope he won't notice you.
It's acceptable to drag TV reporters around.
If a van comes thundering straight towards you, don't move out of the way just stand there and wait for it to crush you.
A gang member won't feel disrespected if you rip half his shirt off, in fact next time he sees you he will be polite and friendly.
When getting out of a car to run from bad guys on foot it's necessary to fire a couple of shots into the air for no reason.
A gang of men on motorbikes with stocking caps over their faces roaring around the city raises no suspicion to passing cops and pedestrians whatsoever.
lol, ejecting unspent shotgun rounds, I thought I was the only one that noticed that....
share* Apparently shotguns come with unlimited Ammo hacks. Not only can you fire as many times as you want without reloading, you can continue to eject unspent shells. I mean you have as much as you want, and it sounds super cool!
* Your police superiors will not believe that there may be more than one killer, even after you kill 6 or more guys with stockings on their head outside of your apt/chasing the night slasher in your car.
- if someone is trying to sleep it may not be a good idea to assemble all your firearms in the same room...you may keep them awake...and end up asking a stupid question like, "can't sleep?"
- cops don't buckle up until some bad dudes start shooting...
- its kind of difficult to break down a door that opens out...so use your knife...
- the best way to start a new world order is to just randomly kill people...
"ENGLISH, MUTHAFCKA!! DO-YOU-SPEAK-IT?!?!"
Ripping a dude's shirt and telling him to clean up his act will make him respect you and want to be your friend.
share- if you can't fit when parallel parking, you can push the car in front with your car, and the people in that car won't do anything to you, even though they seem like crazy cholos.
- all you have to do is rip someone's shirt, tell him to clean up their act, and he'll be scared
"Together, we can prevent Graveyard babies"
Monty apparently doesn't believe Cobra's "Army Of Killers" theory even though the 6 foot blonde witness saw 3 people at the scene of the crime, the head bad guy tries to kill her in the hospital, and 3 more guys are sent to Cobra's apartment to take him out.
Cobra only releases a sketch of the suspected killer if you say the magic word of please.
The psycho killer actually calls Cobra crazy during the car chase scene.
Stallone can arm wrestle away the spikes of a knife right in his face just like his spectacular arm wrestling skills in his post semi-truck driver/resurgent deadbeat dad role in "Over The Top."
-They cant make action movies these days.
shareThis and commando are the greatest movies ever.
"I like the taste of flavor" Me
Sometimes crazed killes don't finish off their victims.
they leave them lying outside roadside motels, seriously wounded.
like in ALL cop movies, your captain is always a black man who shouts alot, disproves of your methods, never believes your story, and threatens suspension if you don't "drop the case".
like in ALL cop movies, the main hero is always the renegade cop who plays by his own rules and is disliked by all his coworkers.
like in ALL cop movies, the main hero's partner is a burnt out veteran whose within days of retirement.
steel mills and factories can run by themselves with no workers.
you can eat pizza, burgers, hot dogs, and fries and still have the body of an olympic track runner.
average normal looking people join gangs that hack random strangers to death with axes for no reason.