tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post466413766307258899..comments2024-03-28T04:08:45.199-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Four decades of a cultural phenomenonPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-12693073634086630662015-08-16T03:16:39.672-05:002015-08-16T03:16:39.672-05:00For me, at the current moment, it would probably b...For me, at the current moment, it would probably be Firefly and The Fifth Element.<br /><br />"Well, my days of underestimating you are certainly coming to a middle."<br />"Anyone else wanna negotiate?"<br /><br />Great lines.Kermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08735634114106769565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71711943482191096282015-08-16T01:30:30.444-05:002015-08-16T01:30:30.444-05:00As a very small child, I caught the first "St...As a very small child, I caught the first "Star Wars" movie during the original re-release (before the release of "Empire Strikes Back".<br />Joe in PNGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-34416218496535176402015-08-15T07:21:33.293-05:002015-08-15T07:21:33.293-05:00Anonymous at 1:41: You're right. That's wh...Anonymous at 1:41: You're right. That's what I get for writing from memory. <br />Anyway, my thesis still stands. (And I also forgot Victor/Victoria.)Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-7822647136913100922015-08-14T16:00:40.307-05:002015-08-14T16:00:40.307-05:00Lonesome Dove - either the TV movie or the book, b...Lonesome Dove - either the TV movie or the book, but mainly the book.<br />I will say that there are some mighty fine performances by some great actors in the movie, though.<br /><br />When TRHPS came out in '75, I told myself that that's the most stupid title ever, and that I would NEVER go see it. Still haven't.<br />That's kinda scraping the bottom of the barrel for something to be proud of, isn't it...<br /><br /><br />Charlie Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14711194082485871790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-78025226818181558142015-08-14T15:15:17.555-05:002015-08-14T15:15:17.555-05:00Kurosawa's "7 Samurai" is one for me...Kurosawa's "7 Samurai" is one for me. I first saw it in a butchered version on T in the late '60s. When I saw the complete version, I couldn't take my eyes off of it, I've sat through the whole thing at least 20 times.<br />Peckinpah's "Wild Bunch" has the same effect on me.<br />Now I like movies and I like the 2 directors listed above, but none of their other movies captures me the same way and I'm not sure why. Sometimes I think that these creators only have one masterpiece in them. While they are talented and have a considerable catalog of work, take that one movie out and the overall average falls.<br />Someone mentioned 'Fistful of Dollars" and I think it is superior to "Yojimbo", but Leone did nothing close to it again. The 2 sequels are good movies and the last one looks very pretty and is done on a much larger canvas, but they are lesser movies.<br />Last comment on movies I find iconic. Anime has some hidden gems among mountains of dreck. One lesser known movie is "Skycrawlers" it mones some interesting emotional depths.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-17604795272526163572015-08-14T14:42:21.789-05:002015-08-14T14:42:21.789-05:00Monty Python's Flying Circus and the movies
F...Monty Python's Flying Circus and the movies<br /><br />Fantasy - J.R.R. Tolkien<br /><br />Murder Mysteries - Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe<br /><br />The Human Condition - C. S. Lewis and my Bible<br /><br />Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530748998376076224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-23272053540709357092015-08-14T13:41:38.207-05:002015-08-14T13:41:38.207-05:00 Cousin, Cousine was remade as Cousins with Ted Da... Cousin, Cousine was remade as Cousins with Ted Danson and Isabella Rossellini. La Cage Aux Faux is the french movie The Birdcage is based on. I think the appeal of RHPS is largely due to the participation. I know of no other movie that you interact with like RHPS. I saw every weekend while in Nuclear Power School in Orlando.(Nukes have always been a little off.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-41789846459929951202015-08-14T10:29:23.226-05:002015-08-14T10:29:23.226-05:00Sci-Fi that started a cult following? How about La...Sci-Fi that started a cult following? How about Larry Corriea's Monster Hunter International series. Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game (among military personnel). Star Trek. Star Wars. Just to name a few...Wandering Neuronshttp://www.wandering-neurons.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73634808163080769122015-08-14T10:16:47.984-05:002015-08-14T10:16:47.984-05:00Books with that have a big following and are ackno...Books with that have a big following and are acknowledged to have had a majors impact on sci-fi and society at large?<br /><br />Can anyone say 'Atlas Shrugged'? When Presidential candidates are talking about a book, and major news publications are making comparisons are acknowledging parallels to major plot elements, I think the bar has been passed whether you like the book or not.White Knight Leo #0368https://www.blogger.com/profile/08205070834243357448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36060929633915189212015-08-14T09:03:38.884-05:002015-08-14T09:03:38.884-05:00I remember in the late 70s/early 80s, when I was k...I remember in the late 70s/early 80s, when I was known to pubcrawl on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago, seeing the block-long line for the Saturday midnight show of Rocky Horror at the Biograph Theater. I never went to it, and when I rented the movie years later, it was so bad I couldn't watch it. <br />I think the sexual ambiguity had something to do with its appeal. Remember, this was also the era of Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Cousin, Cousine (remade as The Birdcage). <br />Remakes/reboots don't do as well as the original because the original is, well, original. Remakes are copies, and the lack of originality shows in them. Old 1811https://www.blogger.com/profile/09079719195789200332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-73932909262692864902015-08-14T08:49:41.268-05:002015-08-14T08:49:41.268-05:00For me, the really fascinating thing is to watch H...For me, the really fascinating thing is to watch Hollyweird and/or our cultural gatekeepers (while they still have a job) try to figure out how to COPY an iconic piece of pop-culture. How many bad imitations of FISTFUL OF DOLLARS did Hollywood crank out before they gave up? So many of the shots of CITIZEN KANE have been copied over the years that it takes a conscious effort to watch it and not feel that it's nothing special. <br /><br />And sometimes the rotoscoping works, and sometimes it doesn't. Want to spend a day film-geeking? Watch YOJIMBO, then FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, and then LAST MAN STANDING. Why does the first transposition work, and the second doesn't?<br /><br />I have a vague memory that some effort was made to duplicate the RHPS phenom; a handful of really ODD SF/Horror/Comedy films made at around that time. Mercifully, I can't recall the details, except for the feeling that the LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS musical kinda/sorta fits in there. C. S. P. Schofieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18307088118631856756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-83467436446141777172015-08-14T08:41:25.017-05:002015-08-14T08:41:25.017-05:00Dune by Frank Herbert. The book.Dune by Frank Herbert. The book.Eaton Rapids Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09102166969915526172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-29436579943899196052015-08-14T04:53:07.700-05:002015-08-14T04:53:07.700-05:00For me, watching "Jerimiah Johnson" is v...For me, watching "Jerimiah Johnson" is very easy, I've seen it at least a dozen times in the past 10 years and still will sit down and watch it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com