Commando Fans http://commandofans.com The #1 Source for Commando Tue, 04 May 2010 18:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Commando Remake http://commandofans.com/news/commando-remake/ http://commandofans.com/news/commando-remake/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:36:17 +0000 Eric http://commandofans.com/?p=824 Fox To Remake Famed Schwarzenegger Pic

20th Century Fox is going Commando again, setting David Ayer to write and direct a reboot of the 1985 film that became one of the building blocks that transformed Arnold Schwarzenegger from bodybuilder to superstar. Erwin Stoff and John Davis will produce the new version.

Ayer is the former Navy soldier who wrote Training Day and moved into directing with the dark dramas Harsh Times and Street Kings. He will put his own real-world spin on this original premise: a retired elite special forces operative sees his daughter kidnapped and is told she’ll die unless he gets on a plane and kills the rival of a nasty exiled dictator. In the original, Schwarzenegger jumped off the plane before takeoff, and killed everyone involved in the kidnap plot, in a real beefcake turn that followed Terminator. Ayer’s protagonist will be less brawny, but more skilled in covert tactics and weaponry. Hopefully the new version will hang onto some of the fun spirit of the original, the first of several film collaborations between Schwarzenegger and producer Joel Silver where they blew up everything in sight. Rae Dawn Chong played the flighty flight attendant who became the commando’s reluctant accomplice, Dan Hedaya played the diabolical dictator, and a young Alyssa Milano played the kidnapped daughter.

It’s the second big reboot of an Arnie action film for Fox. The studio has a July 9 release date on Predators, a new chapter of a franchise launched by Predators, the 1987 Schwarzenegger classic.

Source: http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/fox-to-remake-famed-schwarzenegger-pic

I don’t really know what to think about this. I know it can’t top the original but it also won’t tarnish its legacy either. And besides, who will they get to play Bennett? No one can fill Vernon Wells’ boots and chainmail vest.

Discuss this breaking news on the Commando Fans Message Board.

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Parody of the movie “House” with our favorite chainmail clad leather daddy, Captain Bennett. All credit goes to Killian from the Commando Fans message board. Made in late 2007.

I’ll be ready, John!

]]> http://commandofans.com/news/bennetts-house/feed/ 2 Soundboard http://commandofans.com/multimedia/soundboard/ http://commandofans.com/multimedia/soundboard/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:59:07 +0000 El Presidente http://commandofans.com/?p=797 Launch the Bennett SoundBoard (5 MB)!
]]> http://commandofans.com/multimedia/soundboard/feed/ 2 The Captain Bennett Chronicles http://commandofans.com/news/the-captain-bennett-chronicles/ http://commandofans.com/news/the-captain-bennett-chronicles/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:28:12 +0000 Eric http://commandofans.com/?p=791 Back at the Bennett Mansion….

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Here’s another dance track by Paul Martinez for all of you leather daddies to dance to!

]]> http://commandofans.com/news/another-bennett-dance-track/feed/ 2 Soundtrack http://commandofans.com/multimedia/soundtrack/ http://commandofans.com/multimedia/soundtrack/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:04:57 +0000 Eric http://commandofans.com/?p=781 Commando Soundtrack
Power Station – We Fight For Love
Prologue
Opening Title
Surprise
Sully Runs
Matrix Breaks In

Note: The above files, with the exception of “We Fight For Love”, are only samples. If you wish to download the entire soundtrack, please e-mail me and I will provide you with download instructions.

Power Station – We Fight For Love Lyrics:

I will protect you
Nothing can hurt you
No storm clouds gathering terrify
I am a mountain
Surrounded by your love
You are a fountain
That dreams are made of

We fight for love
We fight for love
Fight for love

Somewhere
Somehow
Someone
Somewhere
Somehow
Someone

I fight with fire
As I watch them conspire
To blow my world apart
Between the light
And the endless night
You will always be in my heart

We fight for love
We fight for love
Fight for love
We fight for love

Somewhere
Somehow
Someone…

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The “Sully Scream” Sequence – (Movie, French Version, Trailer)
Matrix: “LET OFF SOME STEAM, BENNETT!”
Bennett: “John I feel good. Just like old times. What’s it feel like to be a dying man? You’re a dead man, John!”
Matrix: “BULLSHIT!”
Bennett: “John, I’m not going to shoot you between the eyes. I’m going to shoot you between the balls!”
Bennett: “Welcome back John. So glad you could make it!”
Bennett: “Your training, Matrix!”
Bennett: “They offered me a hundred grand. Do you wanna know something? When I found out I’d get my hands on you, I said I’d do it for nothing.”
Bennett: “Tranquilizer…I wanted to use the real thing!”
Matrix: “Bennett! I thought you were…”
Bennett: “DEAD? You thought wrong.”
Sully: “You fuckin’ whore.”

Misc. Sounds

Sully: “Have some beers in Val Verde, Matrix. It’ll give everyone a little more time with your daughter.”
Matrix: “You’re a funny guy, Sully. I like you. That’s why I’m going to kill you last.”
Henriques: “Open your mouth again and I’ll nail it shut.”
Matrix: “I’ll be back, Bennett!”
Bennett: “John, I’ll be ready John!”
Gen. Kirby: “Silent and smooth, just like always.”
Bennett: “Ever since you had me thrown out of your unit, I’ve waited to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Pay-day.”
Cooke: “You scared, motherfucker? Well you should be cause this green beret’s gonna kick your big ass.”
Gen. Kirby: “Someone’s killing your men.”
Matrix: “You gave them new identities!”
Gen. Kirby: “There must have been a leak.”
Diaz: “My people have got some business with you and if you want your kid back then you’ve got to cooperate. Right?”
Matrix: “Wrong!” (Gunshot)
Arius: “Your father seems to be cooperating. You will be together with him soon. Won’t that be nice?”

Jenny: “Not nearly as nice as watching him smash your face in!”
Cindy freaking out.
Matrix: “Remember, Sully, when I promised to kill you last?”
Sully: “That’s right, Matrix. You did!”
Matrix: “I lied.” (Sound of Sully falling a long way.)
Matrix: “What’s wrong?”
Cindy: “This isn’t a plane! This is a canoe with wings!”
Matrix: “Well then, get in and start paddling!”
Bennett: “You’re getting old, John. You’re getting old…”
Cindy: “I can’t believe this macho bullshit!”
Matrix: “C’mon Bennett…let’s party!”
Arius: “You will do exactly as I tell you.”
Matrix: “Fuck you.”
Bennett: “I’m gonna kill you nooooow!”
Cooke: “Fuck you, asshole.”
Matrix: “Fuck YOU, asshole.”
Matrix: “Don’t break radio silence until they see me.”
Cindy: “How will I know?”
Matrix: “Because all fucking hell is gonna break loose.”
Kirby: “Any sign of Matrix?”
Soldier: “No sir, just those bodies. You think there’s more sir?”
Kirby: “If he’s still alive, I’d expect a lot more.”
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Start off your day with a Bennett dance track by Paul Martinez. Grab your leather pants, chainmail vests, choker necklaces, & moustaches before you hit up the clubs!

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]]> http://commandofans.com/multimedia/videos/feed/ 0 Characters http://commandofans.com/movie-info/characters/ http://commandofans.com/movie-info/characters/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:07:14 +0000 Eric http://commandofans.com/?p=642

Arnold Schwarzenegger as

matrix
Toughness 20(obviously)
Intelligence 16 (similar to Bennett)
Strength of Good/Evil 15 (good, but does murder a lot of people)
Plot Importance 20 (duh!)
Effectiveness 20 (just leaves bodies and gets the girl)
Special Ability STEAM PIPE THROW (20) obviously a wining move all the way

Vernon Wells as

bennett
Toughness 18 (tough, but ultimately defeated)
Intelligence 16 (he’s smart, he has an edge)
Strength of Good/Evil 20 (obviously a grade-A badass)
Plot Importance 17 (great baddie – important for the film)
Effectiveness 13 (doesn’t actually achieve THAT much in all honesty)
Special Ability BALSA WOOD SMASH (5)

Rae Dawn Chong as

Cindy
Toughness 10 (takes out mall security/police van, and allegedly does advanced karate)
Intelligence 17 (flies the plane, reads instructions, calls Kirby)
Strength of Good/Evil 14 (took some convincing to join the quest, but had a heart of gold)
Plot Importance 17 (rescues Matrix, flies the plane, tricks Cooke)
Effectiveness 9 (could have done more to aid our hero’s cause, and phoned Kirby a bit late)
Special Ability SEAPLANE PILOT (3)

Bill Duke as

Cooke
Toughness 17 (takes Matrix to the limit)
Intelligence 11 (steals a car, but falls for Matrix’s trick)
Strength of Good/Evil 9 (only a henchman – doesn’t really do anything evil)
Plot Importance 12 (does quite a few key things)
Effectiveness 14 (completes trashman mission and Bennett fake death mission, but fails to stop Matrix)
Special Ability CAR STEAL(12)

David Patrick Kelly as

sully
Toughness 7 (only acts hard towards little girls and women. Practically cries like a baby when Matrix catches him)
Intelligence 8 (giving Matrix money to buy a beer as to “give us a little more time with your daughter” wasn’t the wisest thing to say)
Strength of Good/Evil 9 (like Cooke, just a henchman, most evil thing done is to call a frightened air stewardess a “fuckin’ whore”)
Plot Importance 15 (creates one of the film’s best scenes in the shopping mall and leads Matrix to the motel room)
Effectiveness 18 (one of the film’s most popular characters with cracking dialogue and use of cigarettes)
Special Ability the “FAG GRIN” (10) useful for pulling fuckin’ whores

Charles Meshack as

henriques
Toughness 12 (easily taken out by Matrix on the airplane)
Intelligence 7 (doesn’t see it coming, and he laughs at Sully’s joke about spending time with Matrix’s daughter)
Strength of Good/Evil 14 (he’s one badass, smug s.o.b.)
Plot Importance 10 (lets Matrix escape!)
Effectiveness 3 (not in the slightest bit effective, Matrix snaps his neck like a chicken wing)
Special Ability THE SHIRT OF DOOM (6) blinds his opponents with his jazzy dress sense.

Alyssa Milano as

JENNY
Toughness 3 (Displays almost no feats of strength, but does manage to get her father to throw his arms up in the air and “surrendurr”)
Intelligence 7 (Best place to hide she can think of is under the bed….manages to escape from her room in Val Verde although it takes her several hours)
Strength of Good/Evil 20 (Surely no one else in Commando is more good than the innocent Jenny?)
Plot Importance 20 (again, surely no-one else can beat Jenny for plot importance, with no daughter to kidnap or rescue the film wouldn’t exist!)
Effectiveness 5 (apart from a couple of escape attempts and a one-liner Jenny spends almost the entire film either being kidnapped or being held hostage.
Special Ability SANDWICH MAKING (12) – Not impressive on the face of things, but she does manage to make a sandwich with ingredients so secret not even the Superhuman senses of her father can detect them

James Olsen as

kirby
Toughness 4 (a bit old these days, he’s getting a little “rusty”)
Intelligence 20 (the main man, he taught Matrix to be “silent and smooth” and just about everything else he knows)
Strength of Good/Evil 16 (obviously a hero, but could he have protected Jenny better?)
Plot Importance 10 (leads Arius’ henchmen to Matrix’s house…doesn’t actually do much – but is an important man for Matrix to trust)
Effectiveness 10 – (leaves inept soldiers Jackson and Harris to protect Matrix’s family…misses the action twice and is left with just bodies)
Special Ability THE BODY REMOVAL (7) – useful, but not particularly impressive.

Dan Hedaya as

Arius
Toughness 12 (talks a big game but doesn’t deliver)
Intelligence 17 (only mistake he made was kidnapping Jenny)
Strength of Good/Evil 19 (pretty badass but no Bennett)
Plot Importance 15 (is one of the main reasons for the film!)
Effectiveness 10 (doesn’t get his way and does very little damage – overshadowed by Bennett)
Special Ability THE HOLLOW THREAT (5)

Gary Cervantes as

Diaz
Toughness 13 (looks good on the seat, kills soldier)
Intelligence 3 (rookie move to confront the worlds angriest, most ruthless man, when a note would do)
Strength of Good/Evil 4 (looks like a bit of a ringleader of the violence, soldier killer)
Plot Importance 11 (tells Matrix what’s basically going on, allowing his quest to begin)
Effectiveness 7 (kills soldier well, but fails to talk Matrix round)
Special Ability ASK THEM NICELY TO COOPERATE (2)

piss ant soldier
Toughness 15 (fearless in the face of Matrix’s wrath))
Intelligence 1 (dumb but tough?)
Strength of Good/Evil 8 (just a job)
Plot Importance 5 (just there as cannon fodder, serve no other purpose but to die)
Effectiveness 10 (the grenade hurts Matrix, delays the eventual murder of Arius and Bennett)
Special Ability ‘WARM BUTTER’ THROAT CUT (13)

I’d like to thank all the high-ranking message board members who provided the content for this section including Chainmail Vest, Piss Ant Soldier, and Col. John Matrix!

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