FanFiltration

SilverWook said:

True, but that bit of info made it into the pages of Starlog at the time. Along with speculation she was Spock's daughter, possibly conceived during the events of The Enterprise Incident. Star Trek III throws this idea under the moon shuttle of course. ;)

I suspect Khan baby got the ax because it was a little too dark, even for 1982. Some people think Joachim was Khan's son, even though there was a character by that name in Space Seed.

 I thought it was his son, named after one of Khan's most loyal followers and first to die in the horrors and aftermath of the Ceti Alpha VI explosion.

"Visited JJ and his EP VII set. I signed the NDA [non—disclosure agreement] so all I can share are this old Bantha-Tracks subscriber's tears and snotty nose of joy. The Force is WITH this movie. Holy Sith...,"

Kevin Smith Masterclass live

http://www.nifff.ch/?a=175,3336

Director Kevin Smith talks about his recent visit to the set of Star Wars Episode 7, and tells why he broke down in tears and why this Star Wars will gross billions at the box office. Skip ahead to time 35:12 to go right to the Star Wars part.

Jaws (1975) 10/10

A Hard Day's Night (1964) 10/10

50 years old, and it still rocks!

The Shark Is Still Working (2007)  7/10

Each year, the 4th of July is the time when I watch "Jaws". I've begun the festivities a day early this year by watching this documentary for the first time. They cover a lot of ground, but still I was not that satisfied with the film making style used. I was following the production of this documentary on the Jaws forums a number years back, and I expected a bit more from it. 

Milius (2013)

A fascinating look at the life and work of filmmaker,John Milius.

9/10

I live in Las Vegas, NV. This photo shows that my pool's water temp hit 111 degrees this past Tuesday. 

SilverWook said:

As with MGM, somebody lacked the vision to see what a tourist goldmine the old backlot could have been.

 20th Century Fox stockholders went nuts after the studio backed a number of box office disasters in the 1950's. The back lot was mostly used for Westerns, and the land value was shooting up in that area that is adjacent to Beverly Hills. By the early 1960's, Westerns had fallen out of favor, and T.V. was taking hold super fast. The studio needed cash fast to pay off debt and also finance new projects to please stockholders. The studio head refused good advice to take out loans, and the land developers were knocking their door down. Fox also had other location properties (such as Malibu Ranch), so they sold out about 75% of their Mix Ranch studio property with hardly any thought. If they would have been able to hold out with the advised financial loans until 1972, "Poseidon Adventure" would have revived the studio fully, and paid the loans off.

A 1988 photo of "Hello Dolly" street, with a very new Fox Plaza ("Die Hard's" Nakatomi Plaza) in the background. This street is the only remaining purposely constructed out door set piece to still exist at Fox's (Mix Ranch) studio.

Now with MGM, they wanted to get into the casino hotel racket in Vegas, and literally lost the farm.   

SilverWook said:

I imagine a similar reaction ensued when the makers of Die Hard found their Nakatomi Plaza.

There's no such thing as bad publicity though. The hotel used for the location shots in The Shining, and the one the interior sets were modeled on have both warmly embraced their connection to the film. ;)

Funny you should say that...

"Die Hard's" Nakatomi Plaze is right down the street from where "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" was shot in Century City. Fox Plaza in Los Angeles, portrayed "Nakatomi Plaza" in that film.

It's location is at

2121 Avenue of the Stars (at the corner of
W. Olympic Blvd.)

Century City, Los Angeles, California

The two filming locations are on the land that was once part of the 20th Century Fox studio back lot, and before that the area was the ranch of cowboy actor Tom Mix

In this historic photo (pre-1950) of the old 20th Century Fox studios, What would become Avenue of the Stars today (not shown in this picture), runs down the center of the photo from top to bottom. It's current location is just to the right of the top to bottom road that is shown in this photo.  What is today's W. Olympic Blvd. can be kind of made out as a winding dirt road cutting through the property from left to right about half way up the photo.    At this time it was nothing more then a 20th Century Fox studio back road. The only thing that still exists of the film studio today is all in the lower left hand section of this photo.  Santa Monica Blvd. runs from left to right at the top of the picture.

Ryan McAvoy said:

Space-Pirate old Solo with a bionic pegleg. Yowzah!

And also a robotic CGI parrot.

SilverWook said:

Nice! Are those your pics?

 Nope, just found them online...

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes filmed at the University of California, Irvine's Social Science Lab

SilverWook said:

Well, so long as apes aren't being forced to do the work. ;)

I did pass through the area once, and the buildings were unmistakeable.

SilverWook said:

Roddy McDowall was the man...uh...ape.

One of these days, I want to visit Century City, (where Conquest was shot) and see if I can spot the actual locations used. Some of it must look the same four decades later?

 I was there a few years ago doing that very thing. The most recognizable areas I found from "Conquest" are on the outskirts and inside of the outdoor shopping mall and the grounds around the adjacent office buildings located at the corner of Avenue of the Stars and Santa Monica Blvd. There is the pedestrian foot bridge and plaza from the ape riot scenes that spans Avenue of the Stars.  It's still there, the bridge where the Ape Control riot police have a stand off with a huge mob of Apes. You do get that instant recognition when you go to certain areas, and see the exact same office buildings that burn at the end of the film. Some of the same lamp posts and path stone work had been there from the early 70's. You better hurry, they have been doing updating and renovations on the other side of the mall area recently. 

USA! USA! USA!

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Let's hope Belgium waffles it!

Jimi Hendrix - The Last 24 Hours

A cheaply made cash-in unauthorized Jimi Hendrix exploitation documentary that is more hysterical then historical. It has DRUGS, it has SEX it has CONSPIRACIES. As one of the comments for this film said...

"ha ha ha...you mean that's not actual footage of Jimi being kidnapped?! Jimi is so rock n' roll he wears his hippie head band in bed....this really is cheesey greatnes"

It was most definitely a blatant "ALIEN" rip-off. Though the sets looked cheep (even by T.V. standards), I did not notice any styrofoam boxes. :{

SilverWook said:

Is Inseminoid the Alien knock off that was so low budget, they made the spaceship walls out of styrofoam burger boxes?

 I had to go watch this film based solely on this comment.

When I saw the name Run Run Shaw at the start of the film, I thought I just might be in for a "Blade Runner" class of production.  

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Yeah I know it's the modern style but button up shirts never look right to me without a tie.

He needs this style of tie, only a bit thinner and a tad shorter.

Edit: And make the tie the same red as his coat liner.

I don't recall ever having seen this game before. The same year this came out I had chosen to go with a ColecoVision gaming system. I think I made the better choice, yet this Star Trek game looks very kewl.

STAR TREK for Vectrex review