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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
5/2/14 10:42 p.m.

I don't think I have seen it since college--back when the movie was only 10 years old. So we pulled it up on Netflix tonight. Yeah, it's still trippy. Lotta gratuitous T&A, too.

This bit is still my favorite: http://youtu.be/lpb8QNdVjJA (And Dan O'Bannon, who wrote that part, also wrote Alien.)

LopRacer
LopRacer HalfDork
5/2/14 11:14 p.m.

It's been years since I saw any of that movie. I have a copy on VHS but no good way to watch it as my only VCR no longer rewinds. I may have to watch it once again anyway.

Hungary Bill
Hungary Bill Dork
5/2/14 11:19 p.m.

Man, I tried to watch "Heavy Metal 2000" the other day... I didn't make it far.

Nothing like the original.

Sine_Qua_Non
Sine_Qua_Non HalfDork
5/2/14 11:37 p.m.

Never seen it

SyntheticBlinkerFluid
SyntheticBlinkerFluid PowerDork
5/2/14 11:54 p.m.

It's been about 15 years. Great movie

DoctorBlade
DoctorBlade UltraDork
5/3/14 12:07 a.m.

About a decade

ddavidv
ddavidv PowerDork
5/3/14 5:59 a.m.

Saw it in the theater, and thought "Wow, this is awesome...animation with boobies!". Of course, I was barely of driving age at the time.

Wasn't it tied up in some legal battle for years before being released on video?

Curmudgeon
Curmudgeon MegaDork
5/3/14 6:20 a.m.

Have it on DVD and yes O'Bannon's piece is my favorite too.

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess MegaDork
5/3/14 7:13 a.m.

About 2 years ago. However, my Hagar CD came up in the LS400 Nakamichi deck last week. When that song came up, cranked up the base and volume. Sounded awesome.

Duke
Duke UltimaDork
5/3/14 7:18 a.m.
Sine_Qua_Non wrote: Never seen it

Fix that at your earliest available opportunity.

For me, it's probably been 25 years - but we watched it a LOT in college. I saw it the first time in the original theatrical release.

JohnRW1621
JohnRW1621 UltimaDork
5/3/14 7:47 a.m.

I seem to remember that...
It's your one way ticket to midnight.

stroker
stroker Dork
5/3/14 8:16 a.m.

Too long. It's aged better than my Art professor thought it would...

Jerry
Jerry Dork
5/3/14 8:18 a.m.

Too many years ago. Thanks for the Netflix reminder!

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH MegaDork
5/3/14 8:54 a.m.

2-3 years ago, also the first time I saw it. It came out a good few years before I was born.

If any of you have trouble getting the movie, PM me

rebelgtp
rebelgtp UberDork
5/3/14 10:16 a.m.

It's been awhile. I have it on dvd

Knurled
Knurled PowerDork
5/3/14 3:04 p.m.

I have it on tape but it was the crappy derated edit (bomber story was removed entirely, amongst other things) that aired on TNT in the early 90s, which I thought was kinda funny because the drug-snorting part of the alien stoners story was removed but a still from that scene was left in the credits.

I've only ever seen that, and my first experience with the movie, which was a really REALLY crappy copy of the full version. It was about 1992, and the tape must have been from the late 80s because it had aged like a fine milk. It was still freakin' awesome.

JG Pasterjak
JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
5/3/14 5:33 p.m.

Big fan of Heavy Metal, even though it contains no actual heavy metal. I remember seeing it for the first time when I was 12 or 13 and thinking it was like an issue of Starlog had a baby with a Frank Frazetta painting. Yeah the boobs were cool, but that novelty quickly wore off and the general awesomeness sank in.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
5/3/14 5:44 p.m.

As a B-17 fan, I was mesmerized from the get go. Bootlegs were the only way to see the movie for years. The legal battle stemmed from all the different record labels fighting about royalties. I just bought the soundtrack on vinyl.

SilverFleet
SilverFleet SuperDork
5/3/14 8:22 p.m.

Awesome move! I haven't seen it in years. The John Candy-voiced segment where the nerd became the muscle bound hero was always my favorite, mainly because of the dialogue. That and the last one... especially the crazy city siege to the tune of Dio-fronted Black Sabbath's Mob Rules.

The Locknar!

Duke
Duke UltimaDork
5/3/14 8:52 p.m.

My wife and I still tell each other to "get away, you thtupid bitch, that'th MY lochnar!" When we both want the same thing.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker
Giant Purple Snorklewacker MegaDork
5/3/14 9:17 p.m.

I haven't seen it in 30 years.

I have almost zero recollection of it due to certain aspects of a misspent youth that were likely in effect at the time. I do remember that it had zero actual metal on the soundtrack but for any other recollection/revelations... I will need to go watch it again. I'm pretty sure it's going to suck.

ryanty22
ryanty22 Reader
5/3/14 9:40 p.m.

Been a few months but saw Suicidal Tendancies last year, saw Gwar too

Knurled
Knurled PowerDork
5/4/14 10:04 a.m.
Duke wrote: My wife and I *still* tell each other to "get away, you thtupid bitch, that'th MY lochnar!" When we both want the same thing.

Okay, that's hilarious.

I occasionally add "...and one moving violation" to a list of bad things. And of course, when I have a stupid/crazy idea... I got an angle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHgMsvpFm08

Dr. Hess
Dr. Hess MegaDork
5/4/14 10:30 a.m.

Ya'll know that Heavy Metal was (is?) a comic book type thing and the movie was a movie version of the comic book type thing, and it wasn't about the music subset we call "Heavy Metal," right?

Trans_Maro
Trans_Maro UltraDork
5/4/14 10:37 a.m.

Don't bring logic and reason into a discussion on the internet..

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