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    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    In Alan Moore's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, both Allan Quartermain and Captain Nemo are brought out of retirement (and, in the case of Quartermain, opium addiction) to serve the British Empire.
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    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    I'm a bit disturb there is another Alexis Brown in the world. We might have to get some swords and fight it out. There can be only one!
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    92BuickLeSabre promoted this comment abrown28 was starred abrown28 was unstarred
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    07/27/09

    @abrown28: /unsheathes lightsaber
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    Image of WilletteEchidna WilletteEchidna
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
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    Image of I_Like_Bunnies I_Like_Bunnies
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    Notice the trend here?

    Everybody called back is an ALL TIME, CARD CARRYING BADASS HALL OF FAME member!

    When the shit hits the fan, nobody wants to fuck around. You go get the best no matter where they are.

    I mean this list could just be entitled "BAD MOTHER FUCKERS WE FOUND WE CAN'T SURVIVE WITHOUT".

    And you forgot John Spartan. And John Rambo (the "syfy" link is the massive roids/hgh needed; chemistry is "syfy").
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment I_Like_Bunnies was starred I_Like_Bunnies was unstarred
    Image of skippitymonster skippitymonster
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    How bout those crusty dudes in 'Space Cowboys?' Not a classic perhaps, but nice final shot.
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    Image of Mutedsage Mutedsage
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    John Spartan in Demolition Man.
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    BlueBeard promoted this comment Mutedsage was starred Mutedsage was unstarred
    Image of CarrerCrytharis CarrerCrytharis
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    Kind of an unconventional example, but I'd like to propose the SDF-1 from 'Macross'. After sitting quietly in a lake for a few years, it's launched one more time to repel an alien starship attack -- and where it was able to destroy an entire Zentraedi armada in the past, a single rotting husk of a spaceship is able to inflict massive damage upon it before being destroyed. (Fortunately they fix it later, in time for 'Macross Plus'.)
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    Image of Whitworthian Whitworthian
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    Obi-wan Kenobi... getting too old for this Sith.
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    Image of Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders
    07/26/09

    @Whitworthian: Oh.... that demands to be on a T-shirt. I need to wear that T-shirt!
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    Image of Dholcrist Dholcrist
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    How could you possibly forget one of the best stories of this sort ever, LEGEND by David Gemmell.

    The greatest hero of the age comes out of retirement for the last, greatest, most hopeless battle. Heroic fiction at its best.
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment Dholcrist was starred Dholcrist was unstarred
    Image of MinervaAlpaca MinervaAlpaca
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    Also: ROBIN AND MARIAN with Sean Connery.

    And "The Last Defender of Camelot" by Roger Zelazny. An ageless Lancelot returns for one last battle . . .
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment MinervaAlpaca was starred MinervaAlpaca was unstarred
    Image of MinervaAlpaca MinervaAlpaca
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    Er, THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, anyone?
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment MinervaAlpaca was starred MinervaAlpaca was unstarred
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    07/26/09

    @MinervaAlpaca: Oh crap! I had a mental note to include TDK. Drat.
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    Image of OldDog1 OldDog1
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    Not science fiction but rather history. They called this guy back, not once but twice to save the day.

    Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC – 430 BC?) was an ancient Roman political figure, serving as consul in 460 BC and Roman dictator in 458 BC and 439 BC.[1]
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    92BuickLeSabre promoted this comment OldDog1 was starred OldDog1 was unstarred
    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/26/09

    @OldDog1: And what does he get for thanks?

    Cincinnati.
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    Image of OralieElatus OralieElatus
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    Ellen Ripley in Aliens. Sure, she wasn't so much "retired" as she was in stasis for 57 years and then "fired," but she did decide to go back to LV-426 to help destroy the aliens.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    What's with the ST action figures? Copyright issues?
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    Image of kyre kyre
    07/26/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: If you are wrong and I had to guess, I would say the fact that they even made an "old Picard" action figure is amazing. Images of it certainly need to be thrown out there from time to time. It's also possible it was easier to find than a good picture of old Picard from the episode (the internet is a funny place like that).
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    Charlie Jane Anders promoted this comment kyre was starred kyre was unstarred
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    07/26/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: I found them amusing, that's all.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/26/09

    @Charlie Jane Anders: Works for me. When you post so many things each day it's good to have a little fun with it. Keeps you fresh.

    BTW, thanks again for the edit button!
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    Edited by Dr Emilio Lizardo at 07/26/09 12:01 PM Dr Emilio Lizardo was starred Dr Emilio Lizardo was unstarred
    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/26/09

    In reply to Recalled To Action: 20 Heroes Pulled Out Of Retirement
    It's not SF, but my favorite version of this trope (which is just as common in Sports movies as Action movies) is Adam Carolla's proposed film "The Snapper."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKK2zCEkLNU

    Edit: Sorry, can't get the html to work for some strange reason. But that's the link for the audio description.
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    Edited by 92BuickLeSabre at 07/26/09 8:34 AM 92BuickLeSabre was starred 92BuickLeSabre was unstarred
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