Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 253

JWBear · 11-14-2007, 06:57 PM

I thought the hobo in Polar Express was hot!

CoasterMatt · 11-14-2007, 07:14 PM

Hey iSm! Wanna go see Beowulf in IMAX 3D for Free?!? PM me!

Alex · 11-14-2007, 07:37 PM

I saw the IMAX 3-D. I have to say it has really improved but still not something that is great for a feature length experience.

Especially if you're someone who tends to tilt your head. I didn't realize I was such a person but the 3-D glasses only work when straight up and down (because of how they polarize) so as my head tilted the picture started to ghost.

innerSpaceman · 11-14-2007, 08:48 PM

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

ARRARRRRGHGHJSKFFFGGHGGHGHGHGH!

Why Must They Frelling LIE?!?!?!?

Ok, I haven't watched the DVD yet ... but there's a handy comparison chart provided with the set. Handy, that is, if you don't mind outright FRAUD.

The fact that they bothered to print up a chart that lies about the two missing scenes and other changes pisses me off even more than if they just left that stuff off the DVD.

DON'T BUY THIS SET!

I will watch the movie anyway, but UGH. This is not good.

Most people who saw the film in 1977 don't remember the missing scenes. One of them is pretty inconsequential, and I can understand why no one seems to recall it. The other one is not really a big deal either - by itself.

But if you ask anyone who saw the film in '77 whether the Mashed Potatoes scene was hilarious the first time they saw Roy Neary carving the infamous "shape" in the spuds, they will undoubtedly recall that the joke was funny precisely because the man could not stop carving that shape.

The scene still garners laughs because it's just plain silly for him to carve mashed potatoes. But the real joke is lost, and the two prior scenes where Roy goes from merely seeing the shape to actually recreating it in his model train set are (apparently) still and (likely) forever missing.

In all subsequent and now existing versions of the movie, we don't see that Roy's been carving a mountain shape in his model train set until after he does it with the potatoes. Pardon me, but that's revisionist BULLSH!T and a crock of total fraud for them to put this out as the 1977 original theatrical version.

Arrrgh! One of the greatest movies ever made, and it existed for only two years and then was LOST to the annals of history. Bah and double and triple and infinity BAH!

I bet they have that insert shot of the UFO shadow over the truck, too.

And I bet they use the long shot of Roberts Blossom saying "They can run rings around the moon, but we're years ahead of 'em on the highway" from the cutting room floor instead of the close-up that was in the movie.

And I double-down bet they have the shots of the astronaut's pre-departure prayer meeting that were NOT in the '77 film.

Oh, here goes two hours of my life about to be wasted in frustration and wrath.

Sigh.

Gemini Cricket · 11-14-2007, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

ARRARRRRGHGHJSKFFFGGHGGHGHGHGH!

So we should buy the new set?

CoasterMatt · 11-14-2007, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

ARRARRRRGHGHJSKFFFGGHGGHGHGHGH!

Sounds like an endorsement to me

JWBear · 11-15-2007, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Sounds like an endorsement to me

It sounds more like a seizure to me.

Snowflake · 11-15-2007, 08:46 AM

I saw the film on first release, once and maybe twice. I remember the mashed potato carving scene and I remember laughing. But, that's about it. I'm sure if I saw the film again today, I'd think I saw the same film.

innerSpaceman · 11-14-2007, 08:53 PM

P.S. What if iSm is just plain wrong about what he remembers from seeing a film thirty+ times in 1977 and '78?

Yeah, well, they all thought I was wrong about the Star Wars opening crawl from the same year. And we all know how that turned out.

innerSpaceman · 11-15-2007, 09:01 AM

That's what the Spielberg and/or the Studio are banking on: that no one really remembers the details of the film, despite it being a huge hit in 1977. The problem with lying about a 30th Anniversary restoration release is that SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE 30 years later.

They should have waited till the 75th Anniversary when everyone who saw the original film would be dead.

The mashed potato scene still gets a laugh, but I don't know why. Yeah, it's silly. And people who saw the film in '77, like Snowflake, remember they laughed at that part ... and still laugh today. But it was a joke with an elaborate set-up. And the set-up is no longer in the film.

Ok, I've watched the new DVD .... more in a bit. (Hahahah, put me on Ignore for a day or two if you don't want to read more about Close Encounters than you ever cared to know!)

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11-14-2007, 07:37 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I saw the IMAX 3-D. I have to say it has really improved but still not something that is great for a feature length experience. Especially if you're someone who tends to tilt your head. I didn't realize I was such a person but the 3-D glasses only work when straight up and down (because of how they polarize) so as my head tilted the picture started to ghost.
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11-14-2007, 08:48 PM	#4
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Close Encounters of the Third Kind ARRARRRRGHGHJSKFFFGGHGGHGHGHGH! Why Must They Frelling LIE?!?!?!? Ok, I haven't watched the DVD yet ... but there's a handy comparison chart provided with the set. Handy, that is, if you don't mind outright FRAUD. The fact that they bothered to print up a chart that lies about the two missing scenes and other changes pisses me off even more than if they just left that stuff off the DVD. DON'T BUY THIS SET! I will watch the movie anyway, but UGH. This is not good. Most people who saw the film in 1977 don't remember the missing scenes. One of them is pretty inconsequential, and I can understand why no one seems to recall it. The other one is not really a big deal either - by itself. But if you ask anyone who saw the film in '77 whether the Mashed Potatoes scene was hilarious the first time they saw Roy Neary carving the infamous "shape" in the spuds, they will undoubtedly recall that the joke was funny precisely because the man could not stop carving that shape. The scene still garners laughs because it's just plain silly for him to carve mashed potatoes. But the real joke is lost, and the two prior scenes where Roy goes from merely seeing the shape to actually recreating it in his model train set are (apparently) still and (likely) forever missing. In all subsequent and now existing versions of the movie, we don't see that Roy's been carving a mountain shape in his model train set until after he does it with the potatoes. Pardon me, but that's revisionist BULLSH!T and a crock of total fraud for them to put this out as the 1977 original theatrical version. Arrrgh! One of the greatest movies ever made, and it existed for only two years and then was LOST to the annals of history. Bah and double and triple and infinity BAH! I bet they have that insert shot of the UFO shadow over the truck, too. And I bet they use the long shot of Roberts Blossom saying "They can run rings around the moon, but we're years ahead of 'em on the highway" from the cutting room floor instead of the close-up that was in the movie. And I double-down bet they have the shots of the astronaut's pre-departure prayer meeting that were NOT in the '77 film. Oh, here goes two hours of my life about to be wasted in frustration and wrath. Sigh.
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11-15-2007, 08:46 AM	#8
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	I saw the film on first release, once and maybe twice. I remember the mashed potato carving scene and I remember laughing. But, that's about it. I'm sure if I saw the film again today, I'd think I saw the same film. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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11-14-2007, 08:53 PM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	P.S. What if iSm is just plain wrong about what he remembers from seeing a film thirty+ times in 1977 and '78? Yeah, well, they all thought I was wrong about the Star Wars opening crawl from the same year. And we all know how that turned out.
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11-15-2007, 09:01 AM	#10
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	That's what the Spielberg and/or the Studio are banking on: that no one really remembers the details of the film, despite it being a huge hit in 1977. The problem with lying about a 30th Anniversary restoration release is that SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL ALIVE 30 years later. They should have waited till the 75th Anniversary when everyone who saw the original film would be dead. The mashed potato scene still gets a laugh, but I don't know why. Yeah, it's silly. And people who saw the film in '77, like Snowflake, remember they laughed at that part ... and still laugh today. But it was a joke with an elaborate set-up. And the set-up is no longer in the film. Ok, I've watched the new DVD .... more in a bit. (Hahahah, put me on Ignore for a day or two if you don't want to read more about Close Encounters than you ever cared to know!)
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