| Cacique Caribe | 06 May 2007 10:05 p.m. PST |
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| Pictors Studio | 06 May 2007 10:22 p.m. PST |
That is a great clip. Thanks for posting it. |
| Cacique Caribe | 06 May 2007 10:36 p.m. PST |
Reba is just the perfect partner for Burt too! CC |
| Phil Walling | 07 May 2007 1:04 a.m. PST |
Great movie… and great clip :) |
| PzGeneral | 07 May 2007 2:56 a.m. PST |
For me, the best part is Michael Gross is really Anti-Gun… |
| Doc Perverticus | 07 May 2007 5:19 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 07 May 2007 5:23 a.m. PST |
"For me, the best part is Michael Gross is really Anti-Gun…" LOL. I didn't know that! That makes it even funnier, considering his character in the film:
picture CC |
| The Gonk | 07 May 2007 5:25 a.m. PST |
Burt Gummer is my personal hero. "I am completely out of ammo…that's never happened to me before." "What kind of supreme being would condone such irony?" Burt would make a heckuva figure. RAFM, I'm looking at you… |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 May 2007 5:27 a.m. PST |
"Burt would make a heckuva figure." Gonk, My thoughts exactly! And Reba too.
TMP link CC |
| Broadsword | 07 May 2007 5:48 a.m. PST |
Burt & Heather Gummer figures would rock! |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 May 2007 5:56 a.m. PST |
I just love the last line on that clip: Burt Gummer: "Guess you broke into the wrong  rec room, didn't ya!" CC |
| jpattern | 07 May 2007 9:23 a.m. PST |
"Tremors" is one of my favorite monster movies of all time, and the sequels and TV series aren't bad, either.
Michael Gross is not just anti-gun, he's also very pro-environment. I remember an episode of one of those execrable "practical joke" shows back in the 80s – might have been "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes". The producers placed a fake California Condor nest and eggs in the middle of Mr. Gross's driveway, then told him he couldn't use the driveway, mow his lawn, or do anything else to disturb the nest until the eggs hatched and the chicks flew the coop. He was actually happy that the birds had "chosen" his driveway. He asked if there was anything else he could do to guarantee the eggs would hatch, and he was genuinely heartbroken when they revealed the prank. What a nice guy! |
| Cacique Caribe | 07 May 2007 1:09 p.m. PST |
I'm liking him more and more mainly because, though he has completely different views to that of his Tremors character, he plays a very convincing role. CC |
| cfuzwuz | 07 May 2007 5:32 p.m. PST |
The first time I saw TREMORS I didn't even realize that Burt was played by Michael Gross. And I watched Family Ties all the time! What a great, fun movie! |
| Detailed Casting Products | 07 May 2007 6:02 p.m. PST |
One of the "missing links" to the Tremors movies is an old episode of The Outer Limits called "Invisible Enemy". Those characters needed to stay up on the rocks, too.  |
| jpattern | 07 May 2007 6:25 p.m. PST |
SciFi Gamer, thanks for that, I'll have to track it down, just for completeness' sake.
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| jpattern | 07 May 2007 6:41 p.m. PST |
Oh, and it's an Outer Limits episode, not Twilight ZOne. |
| Detailed Casting Products | 07 May 2007 10:03 p.m. PST |
Um, OK . |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 May 2007 5:02 a.m. PST |
Adam West?
picture I must get it: link Photo of the creature cruising on the sands:
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picture Cheesy creature effects, but good gaming possibilities! All that is missing is some good near future astronauts, though my Pig Iron infantry might actually work for this. picture CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 May 2007 5:20 a.m. PST |
The Tremors' Graboids would make more sense, though, since I would not expect such a creature to have eyes, or to have obsolete eyes (even if similar real creatures do have functional eyes). It would be like smaller versions of Dune's "Sandworms" which, in turn, are more like these earthling creatures (which do have eyes): picture
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link These have degenerated eyes: link link
picture CC |
| The Gonk | 08 May 2007 5:43 a.m. PST |
Criminy! Where's my Grizzly BMG??? |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 May 2007 8:32 a.m. PST |
Interesting FAQ from the creature's designers/makers: link CC |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 May 2007 11:37 a.m. PST |
To ya'll gun experts . . . So, if someone made a 28mm equivalent of Burt and Heather Gummer, what sort of guns/rifles would the figures need to have? CC |
| Detailed Casting Products | 08 May 2007 12:00 p.m. PST |
CC, that answer is obvious. "All of them". |
| jpattern2 | 08 May 2007 12:07 p.m. PST |
Remember, Burt decided to go with stopping power over rate of fire, so any big elephant gun or hand-cannon would be appropriate. Maybe an antitank rifle or a .50 sniper rifle, minus the scope. I think I'd go with some kind of grenade launcher; maybe an over-and-under combination of some sort. |
| Detailed Casting Products | 08 May 2007 12:11 p.m. PST |
OK CC, I'll be serious. "elephant gun", giving tribute to the first movie. |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 May 2007 12:33 p.m. PST |
Nice photo of Burt and Heather in action: picture
link This poor guy was definitely having a bad day (scroll down): link CC
PS. By the way, whatever happened to the Heather Gummer character in the sequels? Even if Reba couldn't/wouldn't do the sequel, the Heather character was awesome. |
| Cacique Caribe | 08 May 2007 12:50 p.m. PST |
"PS. By the way, whatever happened to the Heather Gummer character in the sequels? Even if Reba couldn't/wouldn't do the sequel, the Heather character was awesome." Oh well . . . This teeny tiny little line on this article is all I could find on that: "Burt's wife has left him, and the call snaps him out of a deep aimless depression."
link CC |
| The Gonk | 09 May 2007 5:36 a.m. PST |
Burt used a double barrel elephant gun of some type in the first movie, but any figure of him would need have to have the Grizzly Big Boar. It's the .50 cal rifle he used in 2 and 3. link |
| Cacique Caribe | 09 May 2007 6:06 a.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 09 May 2007 9:06 a.m. PST |
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| jpattern2 | 09 May 2007 11:28 a.m. PST |
"Man, that's a BIG gun!"
Ooooh, and shiny, too!
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| blackscribe | 09 May 2007 12:55 p.m. PST |
It was a .576 Weatherby Nitro Express or some such. Which does kill stuff dead it does. |
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