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Oct 09, 2008 02:58PM
No, it wasn't Slithis, but it was a particularly poor reptilian monster and if you look closely, you can see the wheels underneath the monster. This particular monster had acid spit and whenever he used it, the screen would turn green.
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oh my god, i love you guys, but i'm really terrible at this sort of thing. i'm going to sit on the sidelines and cheer.
Most definitely. and one of the few never completely killed off, since he could also regenerate.
Now, name at least one of the two monsters (2 as far as I know) to attack London.
Technically, I think she thought she was defending it. One down, but what's the other? Let's see, something hard. Who was the actor who shot down down The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms?
I want to give you a handshake Phillip.
gladly accepted, mike.so, what, i'm being shot down on a mere technicality? you boys play rough!
winner, again!And for those of you desperate to know the name of the second beast to attack London, it was The Giant Behemoth.
Yes, KD at a guess I imagine you do suffer from addictive behavior. So, here's your fix.of the following actors, which one never appeared in a vampire movie?
Lawrence Olivier
Anthony Hopkins
Gary Oldman
Humphrey Bogart
John Malkovich
Well, Bogie did do something very close to a vampire movie in 1939, "The Return of Doctor X", in which he plays a doctor brought back from the dead who can only survive on human blood. Apparently Boris Karloff was originally selected for the part, but when he wasn't available the studion decided to make Bogart do it. I've never been able to find it. One of my film books claimed that no prints existed any more, but I see comments on Google by people who claimed to have seen it.
But since he wasn't specifically a vampire, you're right.
I know absolutely none of these (well, the Evil Dead one I think I might have) but I'm kind of digging the whole thing!
Well, KD and VJ...another one from the PNW here. Kickin' it in T-town. Well, sort of, I'm on the computer, my kids are in bed and my husband's out-of-town (again), that's as close as it gets to "kickin' it" for me...lol!! Anyhoo, nice to see some new "faces" since I last made an entrance. I'll try to do a better job of keeping caught up. So much has transpired...
hugh beaumont...you cats are really taking it out.
So, maybe you folks can start a new group for Hugh Beaumont fans. hmm. very strange....
i knew that. damn you rob for stealing the lead on the one i actually knew.his role as dracula in son of dracula is pretty bad. he was born to play the werewolf, though.
ok, here's one:the woman who plays the lead role in wasp woman is the head of what kind of corporation?
correct!i guess i should have thought of something harder.
the burning...sounds like something worth checking out.i've never seen an episode of seinfeld...you may laugh and jeer at will.
rob,i had a steady thursday night gig at the rose pistola in north beach for a few years and all these famous people and movie stars would come in there (folks like depp, redford, and jagger). one night, someone said, "oh, that guy from seinfeld is at the bar". it was jason alexander, and i recognized him from some crappy suspense film...but i would never had known him otherwise.
i realize that's almost like saying you've never seen a baseball game.
and just so you know, i'm not proud of it or anything. it's just that i never have ocassion to watch television unless i'm on tour and staying in a hotel; and then i usually come in late and read until i fall asleep (unless i discover there's a movie on that i want to see). i don't even know what channels my set gets; there's no cable and no antennae.
i did see that film "comedian", that jerry seinfeld made and thought it was well done and kind of brave of him to do it. i don't remember it all that well, but i do remember being pretty impressed with it.
I have a friend who has been trying to get me to go over to her house and watch the office. it hasn't happened.....yet. i have heard good things about the humor. i think i was in a room once where the british version was running - was the sound even on? i can't remember.
you've got me, i had no idea bogdonovich and karloff worked together.
ah, just spit it out!(not your tongue, the answer!)
i'm going to see if targets is on netflix. cheers.
I was a Teenage Werewolf was certainly one.And yes, Targets is well worth seeing. r can't decide
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Rob, we watch The Office religiously at our house. Enjoy the British version as well. I just sift through this page...I am horrible at movie trivia...
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Ah, what part? I grew up in Pensacola.
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Natalie,Driven through it, but never spent any time there.
Man, I need to jump (further) on the Italian horror films train.So many movies in my Netflix queue, so little time...
damn, i've seen that movie twice and i can't remember the answer to this question. oh well, short term memory is over-rated.
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Well, the main one I can think of is that Loco-motion song. So strange. I need to watch that movie again soon.
amy,there is more than one pop song that drifts through inland empire.....
omg, i may actually get one of these.
the answer to amy's question could be one of the following:beck - black tambourine
little eva - loca motion
nina simone - sinner man
these are tunes by popular artists that appear in inland empire. i'm not sure which one amy was referring to. you could argue that nina simone is a jazz artist, and you would be right, but she also made a lot of soul jazz records that made the crossover into pop.
there are also several penderecki works floating around in there; he is a composer whose music you also find in the shining (we've discussed him, but he's not ligeti, who wrote the famous vocal music for 2001, whom we have also discussed).
here's my question
in halloween 3, season of the witch, the shamrock commercial plays ad infinitum on television screens throughout the film.
does this commercial appear in any of the other halloween sequels, or the original? if so, name the films in which they appear.
i was asking this question because i wanted to know the answer, not because i knew the answer. i thought i saw the commercial show up in one of the later sequels....like the return of michael meyers or one of those last attempts.ok, this one is pretty easy, who are the three writers conversing at the onset of the bride of frankenstein?
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um, Phillip, I know one is Mary Shelley. I'll take a stab at this (I've actually seen the movie, but it's been a while) and say the other two are Lord Byron and Percy Shelley...(?)
excellent, amy - you've won. it seems they spent a lot of time together when byron was in exile. i now pass the baton to you.that ken russell film that featured them was pretty silly. what was it called? gothic, or something like that?
rob,thanks for answering it!
yeah, i hear you on the sequel thing. i'm about to write a little piece on a sequel.
but what did you think about the alien sequels?
yeah, of all the "franchises", the alien episodes are my fave. i totally agree with your estimation of the suite. each of them have their own unique vibe and bring a different set of rules to the table. sigourney kicks ass in every one, the first one still haunts me with it's suffocating isolation and deep sense of dread; the second one is a great action flick as long as you leave out the james cameron special edition (longer cut); the third one, set in the environment of a prison filled with a crew that would make the russian nihilists look like boy scouts is a dark one indeed; and jeunet definitely seemed to have some fun with the last one.
Personally, I was crazy about Alien and Aliens. The first is the more interesting in many repects, but the 2nd is a wild rollercoaster ride indeed. I thought 3 was good, but emotionally, I was severely irritated with killing the little kid before the credits even rolled since that was the emotional payoff for Aliens. So, it took me a while to calm down and appreciate the film for what it was. 4, hmmmm. better than many others, but the worst of this lot.
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joan crawfordwhat ever happened to baby jane
straightjacket
berserk
there are some others, but....it's late.
i know an older guy who was a screenwriter in hollywood in the late 4o's, 5o's & 6o's. he knew joan crawford and said she had an uncanny ability to remember people's names. he said she could meet someone at a party for a fleeting moment and not see them for two years and remember their name.
now if i could just think of a decent question.
What was the amorphous blob-like creature that threatened the UK in a film that starred Dean Jagger?
larry hagmani just want to say that i'm going to let you get away with using the term "actor" when referencing larry hagman (but don't do it again!)....i mean, really kd - i dream of genie? was that acting? i don't think so. that was the ocassional change of wardrobe and a few clever settings.
now i'm mad that i'm going to spend the rest of the day thinking about barbara eden....
but enough of that!
here's the next trivia question:
how does the scientist eventually kill gojira in the original (japanese version) of gojira (godzilla), and what is the name of that scientist (ha ha, let's see who gets that part) that employs this "weapon"?
that's kind of my point...barbara eden is so yummy. and my sexual frustration level is SO HIGH at the moment.....see what i mean?
