| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 26, 2008, 11:03 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message news:ANIM8Rfsk-8D3777.12245125042008@news.west.cox.net... ... If I got it right, 179 lines of quotation, down to nine levels, then finally the actual content ... ... This would be true -- of Harryhausen. ... Is it a case of people being too stupid to edit the stuff they're quoting down to some reasonable number of lines, or of them having nothing like manners? Not that there's anything particular about Amin8rFSK, the people (s)he is quoting were just as bad. Well, see, the way you edited it down, you have me saying stuff I didn't say. So that's not exactly an improvement. -- Star Trek 09: No Shat, No Show. http://www.disneysub.com/board/noshat.jpg | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Anthony Buckland at April 26, 2008, 8:45 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net> wrote in message news:ANIM8Rfsk-8D3777.12245125042008@news.west.cox.net... Quote:... If I got it right, 179 lines of quotation, down to nine levels, then finally the actual content ... ... This would be true -- of Harryhausen. ... Is it a case of people being too stupid to edit the stuff they're quoting down to some reasonable number of lines, or of them having nothing like manners? Not that there's anything particular about Amin8rFSK, the people (s)he is quoting were just as bad. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 25, 2008, 2:30 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:moviePig wrote: Say, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE CHANGELING ...? OMG! "Wait Until Dark" was one of those memorable movie-going experiences for me. (But I wouldn't call it "horror" exactly. More, suspense.) I saw it when I was about 10 at a drive-in with my older sister and her husband and I was holding my infant niece on my lap and at one point I actually threw her up in the air! (She's fine now, don't listen to a word she says.) That is one EXCELLENT movie. I saw it at the best theater in town, the KACHINA CINERAMA (don't listen to anybody that says the Cine Crappy was the best; the Cine Crappy was just Crappy). The standard gag was, somebody, probably at every showing, would get down on the floor and reach under the seats and just when the bad guy grabs Audrey's ankle . . . Quote: I agree with George, though, about the appeal of horror movies. I've never understood it and I don't appreciate them. I know that many people don't appreciate my love for romantic comedies so ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 25, 2008, 2:24 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:On Apr 25, 12:14 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: In article 1f1784d1-e990-41c4-9814-4f92f91b9...@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, moviePig wrote: On Apr 24, 5:49 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Nex... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Charlie Foxtrot at April 25, 2008, 2:21 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:54:58 -0700, dgates wrote: Quote:On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:47:33 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: TBerk wrote: On Apr 21, 8:47 pm, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 21, 6:44 pm, "NewMan" wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! "Star Wars" is showing up on a lot of lists; I feel like an oddity for having "Return of the Jedi" instead. :) Jedi gave us the teddy bears to kill our expectations. (And no cool SE ending.) They were the JarJar of our generation. And YES I had that 'waiting in line and the little kids came out talking about "Luke!, I am your Father..." experience'. And it's only the new-generation fanboys who think "Man, that had to be a cool experience, hearing that for the first time"-- My best friend and viewing accomplice said, in the line, first show, first day, as we shuffled in: "I bet Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's father" If you mean first show, first day of ESB, then I would guess that your friend heard that somewhere. That seems like a pr... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 25, 2008, 11:29 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:In article wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuously since noon o... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 25, 2008, 11:28 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:46:43 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:47:33 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: TBerk wrote: On Apr 21, 8:47 pm, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 21, 6:44 pm, "NewMan" wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! "Star Wars" is showing up on a lot of lists; I feel like an oddity for having "Return of the Jedi" instead. :) Jedi gave us the teddy bears to kill our expectations. (And no cool SE ending.) They were the JarJar of our generation. And YES I had that 'waiting in line and the little kids came out talking about "Luke!, I am your Father..." experience'. And it's only the new-generation fanboys who think "Man, that had to be a cool experience, hearing that for the first time"-- My best friend and viewing accomplice said, in the line, first show, first day, as we shuffled in: "I bet Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's father" If you mean first show, first day of ESB, then I would guess that your friend heard that somewhere.... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 25, 2008, 11:25 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuously since noon or something. Made me cr... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 25, 2008, 11:14 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:On Apr 24, 5:49 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there contin... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Guest at April 25, 2008, 9:17 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 25, 2:05 pm, Auntie Lib wrote: Quote:moviePig wrote: Say, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE CHANGELING ...? OMG! "Wait Until Dark" was one of those memorable movie-going experiences for me. (But I wouldn't call it "horror" exactly. More, suspense.) I saw it when I was about 10 at a drive-in with my older sister and her husband and I was holding my infant niece on my lap and at one point I actually threw her up in the air! (She's fine now, don't listen to a word she says.) That is one EXCELLENT movie. I agree with George, though, about the appeal of horror movies. I've never understood it and I don't appreciate them. I know that many people don't appreciate my love for romantic comedies so it all makes the world go 'round but . . . I don't like being scared. (Never seen "The Exorcist" either. Just reading the book scared me. The reality on screen was much worse.) I saw "I Am Legend" recently and it gave me nightmares. Not the monsters so much but just that primal childhood fear of wha... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Auntie Lib at April 25, 2008, 8:05 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | moviePig wrote: Quote:Say, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE CHANGELING ...? OMG! "Wait Until Dark" was one of those memorable movie-going experiences for me. (But I wouldn't call it "horror" exactly. More, suspense.) I saw it when I was about 10 at a drive-in with my older sister and her husband and I was holding my infant niece on my lap and at one point I actually threw her up in the air! (She's fine now, don't listen to a word she says.) That is one EXCELLENT movie. I agree with George, though, about the appeal of horror movies. I've never understood it and I don't appreciate them. I know that many people don't appreciate my love for romantic comedies so it all makes the world go 'round but . . . I don't like being scared. (Never seen "The Exorcist" either. Just reading the book scared me. The reality on screen was much worse.) I saw "I Am Legend" recently and it gave me nightmares. Not the monsters so much but just that primal childhood fear of what lurks in the dark; he had to hole up in his hou... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: moviePig at April 25, 2008, 6:58 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 25, 12:14 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote:In article 1f1784d1-e990-41c4-9814-4f92f91b9...@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com>, moviePig wrote: On Apr 24, 5:49 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: moviePig at April 25, 2008, 3:02 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 25, 3:45 am, Halmyre wrote: Quote:In article wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuo... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Halmyre at April 25, 2008, 2:45 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuously since noon or something. Made me cr... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: dgates at April 25, 2008, 12:43 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:16:57 GMT, Derek Janssen wrote: Quote:josephmramirez@netzero.com wrote: "Batman" (1989) -- My wife was pregnant when we saw local hero Michael Keaton don the cowl for the first time. Audience anticipation and enthusiasm were tremendous. Late in the movie, when the Batplane rose above the clouds and was briefly silhouetted against the moon, forming the Batsignal, everyone cheered. Cheers for the "Batsignal" scene, but don't underestimate that the movie still had one of the Coolest Trailers Ever for its time-- The audience for Indy/Last Crusade, two weeks before, couldn't even get into the mood for *that* movie until they ran the trailer to get it out of the way... Yes, the 1989 "Batman" trailer was a classic. (Back then, the trailer blasting its cool at us without narration was a thunderbolt...) Batman crashing through the skylight ... machine gun fire pouring out of the Batmobile ... "I'm Batman!" ... it simply stunned everyone who had predicted that Burton and Keaton would make a mess ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: dgates at April 25, 2008, 12:17 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:46:43 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote:In article wrote: On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:47:33 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: TBerk wrote: On Apr 21, 8:47 pm, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 21, 6:44 pm, "NewMan" wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! "Star Wars" is showing up on a lot of lists; I feel like an oddity for having "Return of the Jedi" instead. :) Jedi gave us the teddy bears to kill our expectations. (And no cool SE ending.) They were the JarJar of our generation. And YES I had that 'waiting in line and the little kids came out talking about "Luke!, I am your Father..." experience'. And it's only the new-generation fanboys who think "Man, that had to be a cool experience, hearing that for the first time"-- My best friend and viewing accomplice said, in the line, first show, first day, as we shuffled in: "I bet Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's father" If you mean first show, first day of ESB, then I would guess that your friend heard that somewhere.... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Guest at April 24, 2008, 6:01 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 24, 5:49 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote:In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuously since noon ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Derek Janssen at April 24, 2008, 5:34 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | moviePig wrote: Quote: You guys are unreasonably harsh on JP. Remember, this thread's about memorable summer blockbusters ...not inductees into Great Cinema. And Dern and Neill more than justified their thespian presence with that first duo shot of them gazing slowly upward in amazement... *not* at the brontosauruses pruning the 60-foot poplars... but rather at the awe-inspiring wonder of CGI. (It *was* a wonder once, you may recall...) And the swell of John Williams strings saying everything that was on Sam Neill's face... (And I'll still put the raptors-in-the-kitchen scene up against ANY of the goofball "T-Rex attacks a Blockbuster" gags in Lost World:JP2.) Derek Janssen ejanss1@verizon.net | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Guest at April 24, 2008, 5:23 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 24, 6:20 pm, moviePig wrote: Quote:On Apr 24, 5:49 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been si... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 24, 2008, 4:49 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuously since noon or something. Made me crazy at first but by the time they got to "Mr. DNA" and the entire movie had turned to rancid pig feces, I figured the kid was enjoying it and I wasn't go... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Alric Knebel at April 24, 2008, 1:54 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | Derek Janssen wrote: Quote:josephmramirez@netzero.com wrote: "Batman" (1989) -- My wife was pregnant when we saw local hero Michael Keaton don the cowl for the first time. Audience anticipation and enthusiasm were tremendous. Late in the movie, when the Batplane rose above the clouds and was briefly silhouetted against the moon, forming the Batsignal, everyone cheered. Cheers for the "Batsignal" scene, but don't underestimate that the movie still had one of the Coolest Trailers Ever for its time-- The audience for Indy/Last Crusade, two weeks before, couldn't even get into the mood for *that* movie until they ran the trailer to get it out of the way... Yes, the 1989 "Batman" trailer was a classic. (Back then, the trailer blasting its cool at us without narration was a thunderbolt...) Batman crashing through the skylight ... machine gun fire pouring out of the Batmobile ... "I'm Batman!" ... it simply stunned everyone who had predicted that Burton and Keaton would make a mess of the character. Oh, man...Now yo... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Bill Steele at April 24, 2008, 1:21 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:Then, my interest really picked up the first time Obi-Wan mentioned "the Force." As the concept developed throughout the course of the movie, I remember turning to friends and saying, "That's allegorical Christianity!" Someone sitting nearby turned to look at me like I was crazy. It needn't be said that over the course of the six movies, Lucas thoroughly disabused me of that view, but I'll never forget that early euphoria as this mystical concept so much in line with my spiritual beliefs was first introduced. I always saw it as CAMELOT, which makes it not surprising that Lancelot gets the girl, or who Wart's father is. Since when did Uther Pendragon come back and make life hard for Arthur? | | Static Link |
| Posted by: moviePig at April 24, 2008, 12:59 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 24, 6:34 pm, Derek Janssen wrote: Quote:moviePig wrote: You guys are unreasonably harsh on JP. Remember, this thread's about memorable summer blockbusters ...not inductees into Great Cinema. And Dern and Neill more than justified their thespian presence with that first duo shot of them gazing slowly upward in amazement... *not* at the brontosauruses pruning the 60-foot poplars... but rather at the awe-inspiring wonder of CGI. (It *was* a wonder once, you may recall...) And the swell of John Williams strings saying everything that was on Sam Neill's face... (And I'll still put the raptors-in-the-kitchen scene up against ANY of the goofball "T-Rex attacks a Blockbuster" gags in Lost World:JP2.) 'Swell', indeed. And the kitchen caper is even more impressive when you remember that not an hour ago we met pixel-dinosaurs for the first time... and now we're already fully buying into their evil personae in a cat-and-mouse thriller. (I think I could even watch JP again. It and RAIDERS. Where's my library car... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: moviePig at April 24, 2008, 12:20 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 24, 5:49 pm, Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote:In article 1965e284-3cf8-488a-8554-895aae4f6...@d1g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuously since noon ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 24, 2008, 10:48 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:35:07 -0700, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net wrote: Oh, and "Alfred, let's go shopping" Endless speculation on that one. Didn't amount to anything in the film, but was a GREAT trailer line! Actually, it had a pretty reasonable (if mundane) explanation in the film. What I thought was so wild (and cool) about it in the trailer is that it was so out of context that it just seemed surreal to hear. Yes. In the film it was just 'let's buy some cosmetics to test' The trailer left us picturing a Bruce Wayne/Batman/Alfred shopping spree. First stop, Sharper Image "one of everything please" -- Star Trek 09: No Shat, No Show. http://www.disneysub.com/board/noshat.jpg | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 24, 2008, 10:46 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:47:33 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: TBerk wrote: On Apr 21, 8:47 pm, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 21, 6:44 pm, "NewMan" wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! "Star Wars" is showing up on a lot of lists; I feel like an oddity for having "Return of the Jedi" instead. :) Jedi gave us the teddy bears to kill our expectations. (And no cool SE ending.) They were the JarJar of our generation. And YES I had that 'waiting in line and the little kids came out talking about "Luke!, I am your Father..." experience'. And it's only the new-generation fanboys who think "Man, that had to be a cool experience, hearing that for the first time"-- My best friend and viewing accomplice said, in the line, first show, first day, as we shuffled in: "I bet Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's father" If you mean first show, first day of ESB, then I would guess that your friend heard that somewhere. That seems like a pretty odd thing to predict would ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: dgates at April 24, 2008, 8:56 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:35:07 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote:Oh, and "Alfred, let's go shopping" Endless speculation on that one. Didn't amount to anything in the film, but was a GREAT trailer line! Actually, it had a pretty reasonable (if mundane) explanation in the film. What I thought was so wild (and cool) about it in the trailer is that it was so out of context that it just seemed surreal to hear. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: dgates at April 24, 2008, 8:54 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:47:33 -0700, Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote:In article wrote: TBerk wrote: On Apr 21, 8:47 pm, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 21, 6:44 pm, "NewMan" wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! "Star Wars" is showing up on a lot of lists; I feel like an oddity for having "Return of the Jedi" instead. :) Jedi gave us the teddy bears to kill our expectations. (And no cool SE ending.) They were the JarJar of our generation. And YES I had that 'waiting in line and the little kids came out talking about "Luke!, I am your Father..." experience'. And it's only the new-generation fanboys who think "Man, that had to be a cool experience, hearing that for the first time"-- My best friend and viewing accomplice said, in the line, first show, first day, as we shuffled in: "I bet Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's father" If you mean first show, first day of ESB, then I would guess that your friend heard that somewhere. That seems like a pretty odd thing to predict would ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Guest at April 24, 2008, 7:01 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 24, 1:41 am, Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote: josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: "Jurassic Park" (1993) -- I have never looked forward to a movie as eagerly as I did the first JP flick. me too. I read the book 6 times. I had loved Crichton's novel and was involved in an organization called The Dinosaur Society (thanked in the credits at the end of the film!), so this was a sort of once-in- a-lifetime experience. Later that summer we took a trip to Alberta, so it was a very dinosaurish season all the way around. I've never been as disappointed in a movie. Absolute crap. We went opening night, huge lines, ended up front row center. Halfway back was a guy with a portable TV in his lap, watching the game. Next to me was a kid about 10 who hummed the score, perfectly, about 10 seconds ahead of the movie. I assume he'd been sitting there continuously since noon or something. Made me crazy at first but by the time they got to "Mr. DNA" and the entire movie had turned to rancid pig feces, I figured the kid was e... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Goro at April 24, 2008, 6:04 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 21, 12:19 pm, George Peatty wrote: Quote:On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:05:01 -0700 (PDT), moviePig <pwall...@moviepig.com wrote: Say, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, WAIT UNTIL DARK, THE CHANGELING ...? Meanwhile, you've already listed JAWS (...which is horror per IMDb), so you must have *some* understanding of the appeal... I wasn't the one who listed Jaws, and while I understand that for some there is an appeal, I really do fail to see why. Horror movies are so graphic today that they encroach upon my personal space. I understand the appeal of being scared in a circumstance where one feels 'safe' while being scared. I simply never feel 'safe' .. To be fair, MANY horror fans discount today's horror movies as "torture pr0n," although, it seems like many discounted many of the horror films of my day as "Splatterpunk." There are different types of horror, there's the FRIDAY THE 13TH/ELM ST stuff and then there's ALIEN and THE SHINING. There's POLTERGEIST... ANd then those Vincent Price stuff and the Italian gore-fests.... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: moviePig at April 24, 2008, 3:50 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | On Apr 23, 11:56 pm, Derek Janssen wrote: Quote:... "Aliens" (1986) -- My future wife and I saw this on our first formal date in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC. The theater was packed and there was much excitement and screaming. She was often terrified, which I didn't mind. :) Too young to see the first Alien, but absorbed enough of it from the other fans-- Wasn't wild that they were doing a sequel, but went to see it on surprise buzz, and when the Space Marines geared u for battle, it felt like such a cathartic moment of *all* going out for a little high-caliber payback time against dreary-atmospheric Ridley Scott...Eat flamethrower, Backlight Boy! > ... You saw ALIENS without having first seen (for yourself) ALIEN? Wow. I know each movie nominally stands alone, but... -- - - - - - - - - YOUR taste at work... http://www.moviepig.com | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Derek Janssen at April 24, 2008, 1:16 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | josephmramirez@netzero.com wrote: Quote: "Batman" (1989) -- My wife was pregnant when we saw local hero Michael Keaton don the cowl for the first time. Audience anticipation and enthusiasm were tremendous. Late in the movie, when the Batplane rose above the clouds and was briefly silhouetted against the moon, forming the Batsignal, everyone cheered. Cheers for the "Batsignal" scene, but don't underestimate that the movie still had one of the Coolest Trailers Ever for its time-- The audience for Indy/Last Crusade, two weeks before, couldn't even get into the mood for *that* movie until they ran the trailer to get it out of the way... Yes, the 1989 "Batman" trailer was a classic. (Back then, the trailer blasting its cool at us without narration was a thunderbolt...) Quote:Batman crashing through the skylight ... machine gun fire pouring out of the Batmobile ... "I'm Batman!" ... it simply stunned everyone who had predicted that Burton and Keaton would make a mess of the character. Oh, man...Now you've made me h... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 24, 2008, 12:47 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:TBerk wrote: On Apr 21, 8:47 pm, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 21, 6:44 pm, "NewMan" wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! "Star Wars" is showing up on a lot of lists; I feel like an oddity for having "Return of the Jedi" instead. :) Jedi gave us the teddy bears to kill our expectations. (And no cool SE ending.) They were the JarJar of our generation. And YES I had that 'waiting in line and the little kids came out talking about "Luke!, I am your Father..." experience'. And it's only the new-generation fanboys who think "Man, that had to be a cool experience, hearing that for the first time"-- My best friend and viewing accomplice said, in the line, first show, first day, as we shuffled in: "I bet Darth Vader turns out to be Luke's father" It was about the last thing we all heard before they started the film and ran the FOX logo over the still closed curtains . . . -- Star Trek 09: No Shat, No Show. http://www.disneysub.com/board/noshat.jpg | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 24, 2008, 12:41 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: In article 56ffb516-1844-43c8-9e1b-c88079f1e...@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: The "official" summer movie season is upon us once again with the release of "Iron Man" on May 2. Iron Man, Iron Man, does whatever an iron can . . . I'm going to the theater to see a movie for the first time in years for this one! The previews for "Iron Man" are very effective. I hope the movie itself is not a letdown. Unfortunately each trailer seems a bit less effective than the previous one. I think it's because the early stuff came from the filmmakers, and the later from the invariably incompetent professional trailer makers. Quote: "Batman" (1989) -- My wife was pregnant when we saw local hero Michael Keaton don the cowl for the first time. Audience anticipation and enthusiasm were tremendous. Late in the movie, when the Batplane rose above the clouds and was briefly silhouetted against the moon, forming the Batsignal, everyone cheered. First night. Audience cheered ever... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 24, 2008, 12:35 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: "Batman" (1989) -- My wife was pregnant when we saw local hero Michael Keaton don the cowl for the first time. Audience anticipation and enthusiasm were tremendous. Late in the movie, when the Batplane rose above the clouds and was briefly silhouetted against the moon, forming the Batsignal, everyone cheered. First night. Audience cheered every name in the credits, except Prince, who they booed thoroughly. We went and saw Star Trek V at the same theater the night before, reluctantly, but wore our Batman t-shirts. :) Cheers for the "Batsignal" scene, but don't underestimate that the movie still had one of the Coolest Trailers Ever for its time-- The audience for Indy/Last Crusade, two weeks before, couldn't even get into the mood for *that* movie until they ran the trailer to get it out of the way... Yes, the 1989 "Batman" trailer was a classic. Batman crashing through the skylight ... machine gun fire pouring out of the Batmobile ... "I'm Batman!" ... it simply stunned everyone who had pr... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Anim8rFSK at April 24, 2008, 12:29 am | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | In article wrote: Quote:Anim8rFSK wrote: In article wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! bah. 5th row center. You were WAY too far back. :) Times Square Loews, front row balcony, suspended in the air, 70mm print, Memorial Day weekend 1977. Want to see the button they gave me while I was standing in line? http://users.rcn.com/weanderson/images/mtfbwy.jpg Cool! The Cine Crappy started with 35mm and switched to 70mm partway through the run. It was a Cinerama theater with the curved screen. Couldn't hold focus with 35mm. So one projector had the sides in focus and the middle out, and the other had the middle in focus and the sides out. And it remained that way until we got 70mm. Then we had focus through the whole thing, but they kept losing audio. Sigh. -- Star Trek 09: No Shat, No Show. http://www.disneysub.com/board/noshat.jpg | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Derek Janssen at April 23, 2008, 10:56 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote: "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981) -- I loved everything about this movie, which I saw about half a dozen times that summer. I was working as a busboy in a restaurant that stayed open late, so I'd often sleep until noon. On several occasions my day consisted of rolling out of bed just in time to drive over to the local mall theater to catch a matinee of "Raiders" before heading downtown to work. You know, I saw it 3 or 4 times that summer, but never in a crowded theater or anything. It was great but doesn't resonate for me like a WE ALL HAVE TO CROWD IN THE CAR AND GO NOW summer blockbuster like the others. You'd be the exception... Spielberg still guarded his E.T.-era films under lock and key, so I remember seeing next to zero publicity for the film up until March or April, still didn't know what the heck a Lost Ark was, and wondered whether it was going to be about people climbing mountains to look for that wrecked boxcar from the old 70's documentary-- I don't recall exactly what we w... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Derek Janssen at April 23, 2008, 10:48 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | TBerk wrote: Quote:On Apr 21, 8:47 pm, josephmrami...@netzero.com wrote: On Apr 21, 6:44 pm, "NewMan" wrote: Sitting in the 7th row of the CinaCapri theater for Star Wars!!! "Star Wars" is showing up on a lot of lists; I feel like an oddity for having "Return of the Jedi" instead. Jedi gave us the teddy bears to kill our expectations. (And no cool SE ending.) They were the JarJar of our generation. Quote:And YES I had that 'waiting in line and the little kids came out talking about "Luke!, I am your Father..." experience'. And it's only the new-generation fanboys who think "Man, that had to be a cool experience, hearing that for the first time"-- We, OTOH, remember it differently, and that collective moment of wanting to shout back "...DON'T BELIEVE HIM, LUKE!!!" And then, ten minutes later, "....Aw, crap, they were serious. -_- " Derek Janssen (watch James Earl Jones on the DVD documentary, the only one to get the "real" non-decoy script during filming...He was one of us.) ejanss1@verizon.net | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Derek Janssen at April 23, 2008, 10:18 pm | | Topic: Most memorable summer blockbuster experiences Forum: groupsrv | | Anim8rFSK wrote: Quote:In article wrote: Then came Terminator 2 in 1991 Ooo, good call. I got the laserdisc of T1 so my Dad could see it and I could take him to T2. But first we went to THE ROCKETEER which he dearly loved, being the right age to remember October 1938, and I found out the Gee Bee was the first model airplane he built as a kid (I bought him a beautiful presentation model of it that Christmas). Then T2 came out and obliterated everything else in the theaters for the whole summer. A great freaking ride. Too bad it cost us any more Rocketeer movies though. Actually, ISTR the Rocketeer boring the little kids silly (they *not* of the right age to remember 1938 or to care about it), while we of the right age to at least have heard of 1938 sat back and drank in the whole faux-Raiders thing-- The rugrats just weren't into Period Atmosphere. (And, as this was Roger Rabbit-era Disney, the studio was hypersensitive to whether a big-budget project had become a "hit" or not, and had already spend enough tim... | | Read Entire Entry |
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