Had I a DVD player that question wouldn't arise. As it is I'll just stick my tape in and watch "Rio". Speaking of tape, I just got to Suncoast Video in time. I got my copy of "LotR: Return of the King" and noticed the tapes are confined to one wall rack whilst the rest of the store overflows with discs. The clerk said something along the lines of tapes being no longer made after this year. Bummer!
Bill Banaszak, MFE
Geez, you'd have to pay me more than that to sit through a Tom Cruise flick. As far as I'm concerned the F-14 was the star of "Top Gun". It's pilot was a necessary plot device. ;)
Bill Banaszak, MFE
The first three minutes of that film are excellent! They characterise carrier ops perfectly. You can see that those guys on the deck are working their nuts off, but they are having an awful lot of fun into the bargain. I've never worked on a USN carrier, but I have on a Brit one. It is damned hard work, but it is great fun!
Of course, after that the film goes downhill rapidly. :-(
I think the precise moment of the downward turn, is right about when "MiG-38" first gets mentioned...lol
But, the film does have some cultural/historical significance. Remember? It was the first "cheap" video. The retail was very low (for its time) due to the then-revolutionary inclusion of a sponsored advertisement: the cheesy Pepsi ad!
Cheesy Pepsi? I like I'd like to try that! :-D
Wife and I are heading down to the Science Center IMAX to see this today.
Allen
Bill, are ya gonna come and wipe the screen clean for me?? If not, stop telling jokes like this. (c:
RobG
"Gray Ghost" wrote a whole pile of stuff..
Didya see 'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow'? Just what Hollywood should be making more of - pure fantasy, purely fantastic! Loved it!
RobG
That movie was "hit and miss" for me. While the story's locale remained in New York, the "Arte Deco sepia" look made it wonderful. Once the plot moved beyond New York...that "magic" was lost. (It *very* much turned into a "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" wannabe, at that point.)
Did you view the DVD, and the original 6 minute "promo film"? Now
*that* is cool! Better than the star-studded full-length feature!
And late this Summer we are in for another re-make: "King Kong" is coming back!
Bill Shuey
the movie is out in December. the trailer looks very very similar to Jurassic Park, especiall JP #2 with the San Diego scenes.
At least it takes place in the 30's which should help, but it looks like we've seen this movie several times before.
the trailer is at apple.com/trailers.
Craig
"William H. Shuey" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@starpower.net:
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We saw the trailer yesterday at WOTW. Looks like it's closer to the original than the idiot remake of the 70s. Craig is right looks like JP. But I'm sucker for a good dino, so here's hoping for the best.
Frank
wasn't the 70's version just so bad? It defies description. I read that Peter Jackson does not even acknowledge its existence.
Craig
Paid to see it twice, then bought the DVD. Yes, I love it. It ain't perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better than most of the crap served up by Hollywood. In stark contrast, I went to see Star Wars Ep3(?) and was embarrassed to be there - for me, because I'd paid money for a crap show; for Lucas, because he thought it was wonderful; and for the crew, who must of felt like they had made Days of Our Lives in outer space... What a piece of junk! OK, I'm off my Lucas-bashing soapbox now..
RobG
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I remember thinking how cool it was - until we went to see it. The greedy oil tycoon was just to much, to lefty, preachy
70s schlock. Won't even watch on the tube.Frank
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Well Lucas was in a box. He started the series on the 4th Episode and then had to make the past fit the present. I really don't like what they did with Vader. He comes out as half idealist gone wrong, half tragic figure. Not what I expected.
Frank
Get a DVD player for about £25/C=35/$40 C= is a Euro
About time, should have happened 5 years ago - need the room for BR or HD-DVD
Mad-Modeller wrote, among other things:
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Bill,
Getting a DVD player for movies that you'll acquire in the future doesn't mean you need to toss out your VHS player -- unless space is at a premium, in which case you buy get a state-of-the-art combination DVD/VHS unit like mine for US$100-125.
Charles Metz
Oh sure, add more crap to the pile here. I have enough trouble with the music industry switching formats every 5 years or so. Crap, I'm still taping my LPs and 8-tracks onto cassettes.
As above. I have far too much VHS here to even think of changing formats. Aside from my own 1000+ I have all my father's collection. There are some duplicates but his tastes ran to movie musicals and he must have had some tape budget. AMC (remember them?) never got a musical past him untaped.
I'm currently working my way through "Let's Make Love" with Marilyn Monroe. Strictly from a storyline point of view it's a tad tedious. Marilyn impressed me because nowadays she wouldn't have made it onto film. There's simply too much of her. A woman has to be a walking stick now to get on film. Marilyn had a bit of puffy tummy in this pic. I like it. She had a physical substance that's sadly lacking now.
Bill Banaszak, MFE
"Mad-Modeller" wrote
"I've always thought Marilyn Monroe looked fabulous, but I'd kill myself if I was that fat"
-Elizabeth Hurley
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