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Triple HHH · 04-09-2003, 03:41 AM

I was playing a video-game and it included this cheesy (but classic) cliche and it made me laugh and think of all the movies that have had people running down corridors/tunnels/caves and barely escaping death, with the flames even licking their heels sometimes. Slow-motion and everything.

-The Rock: Explosion in the sewers beneath Alcatraz. (has a obvious body-double for Sean Connery in this shot. The guy is way too bulky)

Monterey Jack · 04-09-2003, 04:03 AM

Try every Hollywood action movie from roughly 1990 to today.

I liked that Simpsons episode where Homer is getting chased by an angry mob at a candy convention(!), and he takes a can of cola, shakes it up, adds a bag of pop rocks, and hurls it at the crowd, shouting, "See you in hell, candy boys!" He then runs out the door in slow motion as the entire convention center explodes behind him.

RamonesGirl · 04-09-2003, 04:09 AM

TETRIS: The Movie

(Big ups to my Penny Arcade peeps!)

Triple HHH · 04-09-2003, 04:18 AM

I remember that episode Monterey Jack

Gotta love Pop Rocks.

There's one in Independence Day where Boomer, the pet dog, makes a heroic leap from an explosion in a tunnel. My friends and I would always shout at that part "Go Booooomer!! - you can dooo it!!" in slow motion. Fun times.

videoworx · 04-09-2003, 04:24 AM

The Black Hole - biggest mofo fireball rolling down a hallway...ever.

Bonehead · 04-09-2003, 05:19 AM

. . . adding to the Hollywood cliche . . .

The person running away usually avoids incineration by jumping into a body of clear water that has a camera positioned at the bottom so we can see the fireball pass overhead.

I've seen this cliche countless times, even Arnie did it once. Was in True Lies if memory serves.

MurDiddlyUrdler · 04-09-2003, 05:46 AM

Didn't Brendan Fraser outrun the Sun in that god-awful The Mummy Returns? I seem to remember him actually outrunning the Sun. That's impossible.

a.bunker · 04-09-2003, 01:39 PM

Starship Troopers

BubbleGumUK · 04-09-2003, 01:53 PM

Jedi...

When the Millenium Falcon races out from the Death Star after triggering its own explosion.

Does this count?

Moppy007 · 04-09-2003, 02:25 PM

ID4 (i always wondered how the dog survived the fireball in the tunnel)
Daylight (i'm sure there was a fireball somewhere!)
Eight Legged Freaks (being chased by the big spider at the end)

and while not a fireball, I believe the stars of Titanic ran away from slow motion water...

incubus0 · 04-09-2003, 07:30 PM

Let's not forget Shrek, with it's belly bouncing CGI greatness.

Dave McFly · 04-09-2003, 07:32 PM

Long Kiss Goodnight :Geena Davis and Sam Jackson
Demolition Man :Stallone, doesnt he do it in all his movies (see daylight

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Gigashadow · 04-09-2003, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dave McFly
Demolition Man :Stallone, doesnt he do it in all his movies (see daylight )

Also see Judge Dredd.

Dredd and Fergie entering Mega City One through the incinerator shaft run from a huge fireball.

tvboy · 04-09-2003, 08:54 PM

There's the time when Richard Pryor had a free-basing accident and ran out of his house WITH flaming balls of fire....
But that's not exactly what you're looking for, is it?

Shifty · 04-09-2003, 10:59 PM

Armageddon anyone?

spaceman_spiff · 04-10-2003, 12:44 AM

Arnie in Collateral Damage
Jean Claude and Dennis Rodman in Double Team (I love the fact that they hide behind a Coke machine)

spaceman_spiff · 04-10-2003, 12:50 AM

Bruce Willis in Die Hard - avoiding the elevator shaft fireball. He's not really running, but it's a narrow, spectacular escape...

Maximum Jonah · 04-10-2003, 02:59 AM

Just rented it yesterday...

Gotta watch "The Relic" for the biggest explosion at the end. Not only does Penelope Ann Miller have enough time to outrun the monster, but she closes every door behind her, gets into a tank used for softening up body tissue, yell "You Go to Hell" to the monster, and close the lid. Only then does the fireball consume everything.

Even so, I still love this movie!!!

Gigashadow · 04-10-2003, 03:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by tvboy
There's the time when Richard Pryor had a free-basing accident and ran out of his house WITH flaming balls of fire....
But that's not exactly what you're looking for, is it?

Nope. It's also not nearly as clever or funny as you seem to think it was.

Naminator · 04-10-2003, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by videoworx
The Black Hole - biggest mofo fireball rolling down a hallway...ever.

- I remember that scene!

Yeah, that's really the literal definition of people running away from really, really REALLY big fireballs. I gotta find a screencap of that one...

3DMan · 04-10-2003, 04:18 AM

I just saw one in Spun.

Elmo Oxygen · 04-11-2003, 03:03 AM

I personally prefer the Robert Rodriguez method of walking while the explosion occurrs directly behind you.

See Desperado and From Dusk Til Dawn for examples.

04-09-2003, 03:41 AM	#1 (permalink)
Triple HHH Actor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Governor of California	Movies where people run away from big fireballs. I was playing a video-game and it included this cheesy (but classic) cliche and it made me laugh and think of all the movies that have had people running down corridors/tunnels/caves and barely escaping death, with the flames even licking their heels sometimes. Slow-motion and everything. -The Rock: Explosion in the sewers beneath Alcatraz. (has a obvious body-double for Sean Connery in this shot. The guy is way too bulky) __________________ With fronds like these, who needs anemones? Last edited by Triple HHH : 04-09-2003 at 04:21 AM.

04-09-2003, 04:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Monterey Jack Wants to be John Smith Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Walpole, MA U.S.A.	Try every Hollywood action movie from roughly 1990 to today. I liked that Simpsons episode where Homer is getting chased by an angry mob at a candy convention(!), and he takes a can of cola, shakes it up, adds a bag of pop rocks, and hurls it at the crowd, shouting, "See you in hell, candy boys!" He then runs out the door in slow motion as the entire convention center explodes behind him. __________________ Lol VHS forty dollars??? more like dvd's 5 dollars hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha skip a long to blu ray disc and get with the freakin program!!!!!!!! LOL -ty_guy123321@hotmal.com

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Triple HHH Actor Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Governor of California	I remember that episode Monterey Jack Gotta love Pop Rocks. There's one in Independence Day where Boomer, the pet dog, makes a heroic leap from an explosion in a tunnel. My friends and I would always shout at that part "Go Booooomer!! - you can dooo it!!" in slow motion. Fun times. __________________ With fronds like these, who needs anemones? Last edited by Triple HHH : 04-09-2003 at 04:23 AM.

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Bonehead Actor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Far Beyond Driven	. . . adding to the Hollywood cliche . . . The person running away usually avoids incineration by jumping into a body of clear water that has a camera positioned at the bottom so we can see the fireball pass overhead. I've seen this cliche countless times, even Arnie did it once. Was in True Lies if memory serves. __________________ Come to think of it, there already are a million monkeys on a million typewriters and the Internet is nothing like Shakespeare.

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videoworx Would Make a Good Incubus Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: nowhere near Nebraska	The Black Hole - biggest mofo fireball rolling down a hallway...ever.

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MurDiddlyUrdler Banned Join Date: Aug 2002	Didn't Brendan Fraser outrun the Sun in that god-awful The Mummy Returns? I seem to remember him actually outrunning the Sun. That's impossible.

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Moppy007 Actor Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia	ID4 (i always wondered how the dog survived the fireball in the tunnel) Daylight (i'm sure there was a fireball somewhere!) Eight Legged Freaks (being chased by the big spider at the end) and while not a fireball, I believe the stars of Titanic ran away from slow motion water...

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incubus0 Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts	Let's not forget Shrek, with it's belly bouncing CGI greatness.

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Shifty Actor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Jersey	Armageddon anyone?

04-10-2003, 12:44 AM	#16 (permalink)
spaceman_spiff Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canad-eh	Arnie in Collateral Damage Jean Claude and Dennis Rodman in Double Team (I love the fact that they hide behind a Coke machine) __________________ My name is Jones ... Enemabag Jones...

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3DMan SOex Anonymous Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Dallas, TX	I just saw one in Spun. __________________ My Shite hey dude maybve my spelling isnt as goo as youyrs but at least i dont spank it on a pillow -yellow475

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spaceman_spiff Actor Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canad-eh	Bruce Willis in Die Hard - avoiding the elevator shaft fireball. He's not really running, but it's a narrow, spectacular escape... __________________ My name is Jones ... Enemabag Jones...

04-10-2003, 02:59 AM	#18 (permalink)
Maximum Jonah Starring Claude Rains Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada	Just rented it yesterday... Gotta watch "The Relic" for the biggest explosion at the end. Not only does Penelope Ann Miller have enough time to outrun the monster, but she closes every door behind her, gets into a tank used for softening up body tissue, yell "You Go to Hell" to the monster, and close the lid. Only then does the fireball consume everything. Even so, I still love this movie!!! __________________ Cats don't swim. They wait for the boat... Remember.

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Elmo Oxygen Actor Join Date: Jan 2003	I personally prefer the Robert Rodriguez method of walking while the explosion occurrs directly behind you. See Desperado and From Dusk Til Dawn for examples.

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