"Strict No Politics Rule"

[CptHowdy87]

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You are only allowed to discuss religion and politics when it is the main topic of a specific movie. Keep in mind that all people are different and have different beliefs, so be respectful to each other. Stay on topic and make sure what you say is directly related to the movie.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...=177430&page=6

This is the thread for the movie Cobra I posted in. I've re-posted an edited version of my previous post which got deleted.

Here is the original post:

I never really liked this movie and I love cheesy 80s action movies like this. Commando is honestly one of my favorite movies. I hadn't seen it in years and thought I'd re-watch it again thinking maybe I just need to be in the right mood for it. Sorry, but it's really terrible.

Cobra seems like a mish mash of Dirty Harry, Death Wish and even somewhat draws inspiration from the Night Stalker murders committed by Richard Ramirez just a year or 2 before. The villains and their motives are so poorly realized though. Who are they and what is their goal? They're apparently a group of anarchists called the New World. The criminal at the beginning was not said to be in any way connected with the New World and no other crimes that are referenced in the movie are attributed to them other than the Night Slasher murders. If this is a group of people then why is it just the one guy going out committing these murders? Shouldn't they all be committing all different acts of crime all over the city? We get no big speech from their leader about what their cause is. It's all too vague and underdeveloped and ultimately very unsatisfying because it's a great concept that's been executed well in other movies.

This Regan era right-wing fantasy wants to make some sort of half assed statement about the rising crime rate and soft judges that let these crooks back on the street but again it's a poorly realized and executed plot point. I'm just gonna copy and paste the 'Stupid Political Content' part of the Ruthless 80s Review of this movie:

"As with the Death Wish series, Cobra is nothing more than the Right’s answer to liberal judges and excessive gun control. Only if cops are given free reign (no Miranda with these tough guys) will we ever hope to put a dent in the rising crime rate. Sly even has a monologue (appropriately monosyllabic and monotone) where he talks about how he throws the criminals in jail and the judges let ’em out. And because those at the top have no desire to fight crime, terrorist groups are allowed to organize, take hostages, kill decent men and women everywhere, and turn our country into a wasteland. How all of this was supposed to occur with Herr Reagan at the helm and a Third Reich-style Justice Department is beyond me, but I’m guessing it has to do with the fact that bearded, pot-smoking liberals have all the power and tough-on-crime hard-liners are forced to cower in fear in their back rooms and forest retreats."

It takes itself too seriously. It's not fun enough. Sly's not likable enough. The action isn't anything special and most of all this movie was clearly BUTCHERED by the MPAA. Every single kill is a cut-away. I challenge anyone to show me a single frame of this movie with so much as a drop of blood. Also, the 80s soundtrack was f'ing hideous. Terrible song choices.

Perhaps the only thing I liked about the movie was Bryan Thompson as the Night Slasher. He is one seriously scary looking dude. If Arnie had have been busy with another project at the time then he would've been perfect as the T-800 in The Terminator (which funnily enough he was in as one of the punks at the beginning).

The political parts of my post were about the movie. It wasn't intended to be provocative or antagonistic in any way. If anything I thought even right-wing folks would've gotten a laugh out of the Ruthless 80s Reviews part that I copied from that site. The politics in Cobra were in fact the main topic of the movie and that's what I was discussing and was in adherence to the rules of this site.

Why then was my post deleted and why I was given a 3 day ban?