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Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 hours ago
Replies: 411
Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By skizzerflake
I like them when they're distant, after dark and...

I like them when they're distant, after dark and I can watch the lightning. I've been way too close to some very severe thunderstorms and tornados (100 feet in one case) to want them up close.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 hours ago
Replies: 411
Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Things You Just Found Out/Learned Recently?

A corollary to my discovery about Henry Schmidt is that, several centuries later Karl Schmidt (a descendant of Henry) and his wife Caroline emigrated to Baltimore, where Karl owned a saloon and I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 hours ago
Replies: 288
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
I'll have to check out that one. I see that I...

I'll have to check out that one. I see that I can stream it on Amazon Prime without the robot commentary.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 17 hours ago
Replies: 20
Using the Apple Vision Pro to watch movies?
Posted By skizzerflake
For me, it's a question of how unappealing that...

For me, it's a question of how unappealing that thing is, regardless of pixels, colors, sound or whatever. I have a distinct preference for being aware of my larger surroundings, even when they are...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 19 hours ago
Replies: 20
Using the Apple Vision Pro to watch movies?
Posted By skizzerflake
It's not the money, but the whole concept. I...

It's not the money, but the whole concept. I don't think I would want one except as a curious novelty that costs $100. In a year or two, someone will have a knock-off for about that anyway.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 19 hours ago
Replies: 20
Using the Apple Vision Pro to watch movies?
Posted By skizzerflake
That price tag is definitely a discourager for...

That price tag is definitely a discourager for me, especially since I'd like to keep my kidneys.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 19 hours ago
Replies: 20
Using the Apple Vision Pro to watch movies?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Using the Apple Vision Pro to watch movies?

I think I will let that gadget sit for a while. I don't really want my movies to be all that immersive. I like being able to break my concentration, look around the room or theater, see who just...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 19 hours ago
Replies: 288
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: MST3K: Anti-cinema?

It's worth noting that MST3K also skewered a few movies that were not "horror" or "sci-fi" (quotes are deliberate considering the quality of the movies), but from other genres.

Movies like...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 81,729
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By skizzerflake
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Last night, it was an old favorite, the 1980 version of The Fog.....not the later remake. It's John Carpenter at his auteur peak, modest production, only a few actors you've heard of, but it's set...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 81
I don't know how to hate films
Posted By skizzerflake
That doesn't work for me since I hate the Mafia,...

That doesn't work for me since I hate the Mafia, but I did love the Godfather movies.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 2 days ago
Replies: 11
RIP Bernard Hill
Posted By skizzerflake
I really liked him there. He does have the right...

I really liked him there. He does have the right British gravitas and a sense of propriety.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 288
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
Wow. I'm glad to be out of this one....too many...

Wow. I'm glad to be out of this one....too many words.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 288
MST3K: Anti-cinema?
Posted By skizzerflake
They do us all a service. Humans need constant...

They do us all a service. Humans need constant reminding that they should not take so many things so seriously. Movies like The Crawling Eye, or The Crawling Hand, or The Slime People certainly...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 134
‘Ideal’ movie running time is 92 minutes, poll claims
Posted By skizzerflake
The problem with "self indulgent" is that, like a...

The problem with "self indulgent" is that, like a lot of expressions in English, truth of any sort, as my English teacher used to say, depends on whose ox is being gored. I defy anybody to make a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 411
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 4 days ago
Replies: 11
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 4 days ago
Replies: 1,369
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 4 days ago
Replies: 134
‘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 5 days ago
Replies: 134
‘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 5 days ago
Replies: 81
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 6 days 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 6 days ago
Replies: 81
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 6 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 1 week 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 1 week ago
Replies: 288
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...

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