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Forum: General Movie Discussion 11 hours ago
Replies: 408
Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?

I found out that I have a well documentable direct ancestor, born in 1430, a guy named Henry Schmidt, who lived in a town (Gemunden) in the Holy Roman Empire (today's Germany) that two of my great...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11 hours ago
Replies: 9
RIP Bernard Hill
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: RIP Bernard Hill

He became Theoden in LOTR. He did a great job of making King Theoden be real.
Forum: Games and Tabs 11 hours ago
Replies: 1,348
Give me three films about....
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Give me three films about....

The Deadly Mantis
Them! (ants)
Mothra (my favorite)

Only Mothra has a song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr8GKEqA4kU

Three movies about Mars landings.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11 hours ago
Replies: 35
‘Ideal’ movie running time is 92 minutes, poll claims
Posted By skizzerflake
Whether it's self-indulgent or independently...

Whether it's self-indulgent or independently creative or authentic artistry mainly depends on the product.

Yeah, again with the money, but since making a movie is, at least in part, gambling with...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 19 hours ago
Replies: 35
‘Ideal’ movie running time is 92 minutes, poll claims
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: ‘Ideal’ movie running time is 92 minutes, poll claims

Like a lot of things in life, "it depends". A 3 1/2 hour Rom-Com? No. A 90 minute version of Return of the King? Not that either. What I also "know" (or have been told at least, buy a theater...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 55
I don't know how to hate films
Posted By skizzerflake
"Don't know how to hate movies" I do. It...

"Don't know how to hate movies"

I do. It happens sometimes, generally at home, streaming, when I get 10 minutes in and decide to stop it. It happens because of "dumb" plot lines, plot lines that...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 day ago
Replies: 20
Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis

We will see. The trailer took a while to tell me that jumping off from the Chrysler Building is not a good idea unless some mysterious force keeps you from falling. Having been up there myself,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 55
I don't know how to hate films
Posted By skizzerflake
I'm both ways on articulation. I CAN get very...

I'm both ways on articulation. I CAN get very verbose about a movie, but, honestly, if I'm going to do all that work, I need some sort of gratification or payoff.

The other half of that equation...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 91
John Carpenter's The Thing
Posted By skizzerflake
Carpenter's is a really terrific way of adapting...

Carpenter's is a really terrific way of adapting the old story that goes real far back.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 42
Extremely Common Things In Movies But Almost Never Happens in Real Lif
Posted By skizzerflake
For a lot of those sort of movies, you are...

For a lot of those sort of movies, you are waiting for that moment; you gave up on realism when you bought into the concept of the monster....realism or believability isn't the point. The negligee...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Again, like Welles, Heaven's Gate was such a...

Again, like Welles, Heaven's Gate was such a monster that I've never gotten back to it. Between being overlong and slow, I got to a point where I could not bear another western. I grew up on those...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Yeah, for sure. My doubts about Welles came from...

Yeah, for sure. My doubts about Welles came from seeing him in live interview shows late in his life. He was kind of amusingly arrogant, had no doubts about his greatness, but that all wore thin. ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: MST3K: Anti-cinema?

This takes us back to the MST3K topic. Can a film maker be great by doing a great job at making deliberately weak, cheesy movies. Just what do we do with Roger Corman, a guy who made lots of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Yeah, but it does take you to that old expression...

Yeah, but it does take you to that old expression that opinions are like a**holes....everybody has one and they all stink.

I don't write books but I'm reasonably smart, have seen a lot of movies...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 4 days ago
Replies: 12
If you could reunite one cast for a surprise reunion for your birthday
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: If you could reunite one cast for a surprise reunion for your birt

Either the Seinfeld cast or the I Love Lucy cast. If I had a pool, I'd like to see Fred Mertz jump in.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 42
Extremely Common Things In Movies But Almost Never Happens in Real Lif
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Extremely Common Things In Movies But Almost Never Happens in Real

Women in slinky night gowns always are hypnotized by the eyes of the vampire. The men grab a cross.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 42
Extremely Common Things In Movies But Almost Never Happens in Real Lif
Posted By skizzerflake
An addition to the one about how the person...

An addition to the one about how the person running from killer/monster always looks back and trips, you also have the one about how, no matter how slow the monster walks, it always catches up with...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Yep. For sure. I had a period in life when I...

Yep. For sure. I had a period in life when I thought that my taste in movies, TV, food, clothing, etc was definitive since, after all, it was ME and I'm smarter than most people.

Somehow,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 91
John Carpenter's The Thing
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: John Carpenter's The Thing

I seem to have some background with this thread. Apparently, in 2014 I posted this, quite a journey for a comment -

Carpenter's Thing wasn't a remake, it was much closer to the 1935 John...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 91
John Carpenter's The Thing
Posted By skizzerflake
Both of them are classics, the old The Thing From...

Both of them are classics, the old The Thing From Another World from 1951 and The Carpenter make of The Thing. The Carpenter version is closer to the 1938 novella by John Campbell, AKA, Don Stuart,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 42
Extremely Common Things In Movies But Almost Never Happens in Real Lif
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Extremely Common Things In Movies But Almost Never Happens in Real

Ending a cell phone call by loudly flipping that flip phone shut.

Cars that can nearly fly across streams in car chase movies.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Skiz needs no redemption and would not accept it...

Skiz needs no redemption and would not accept it if it were offered. His movie tastes are hell-bound, but he gets some bonus points for liking dogs since most of them are better than us. They're...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Actually, back to the original topic, is someone,...

Actually, back to the original topic, is someone, doesn't have to be crumbsroom, who can make a persuasive argument as to why I would NOT like MST3K.

I've paid my cinematic dues. I've seen...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
For me, the question is about just WHO movies are...

For me, the question is about just WHO movies are intended for and why? Are they long, intellectualized puzzles to be unscrambled only by people who have enough erudition to "get it", or are they...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 261
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Yes, absolutely, if I'm the guy who's paying for...

Yes, absolutely, if I'm the guy who's paying for a ticket. They need me more than I need them. There's a lot of other things I can do with that two hours.

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