SilverWook

Tons of commercials for PM on Cartoon Network today.

They aren't shying away from mentioning Mr. Binks.

There was some art house flick that played near me recently that was NC-17. And this is in a town where the title of "Kick Ass" was censored on the marquee!

First time I've noticed a NC-17 movie around here since the 90's. The local paper back then wouldn't even carry a listing for one. I'd like to think people have mellowed out over the rating, but you never know.

Having a adult guardian accompany a minor get the theater owner off the hook if the minor has nightmares for weeks afterward. Most chains check ages now, so kids sneaking into a R rated film is practically a lost art. Fangoria magazine once suggested kids pay for their ticket with a large bill, and ask about the snack bar.

There are so many movies with homoerotic elements that fly under the radar of the MPAA, I couldn't even begin to list them all. ;)

It's the '81 crawl on the Derann prints all the way. ;)

TheBoost said:

Bingowings said:

 

The studios do distribute a load of crap films.

If this film is crap and I can't say it is because I haven't seen it but if it is I think the studio reaction (assuming that Lucas hasn't pulled that out of his bucket of chicken) is more to do with the financial downturn than race.

It does seem very cheap of George to play the race card.

What about the first major motion picture about gay airmen in World War 2 George?

Racism is a bigger social issue but cinematographically it's kind of covered, where as with gay American war heroes, male and/or female, there's a lot of room for coverage in there.

With conscription there must have been thousands of gay service men and women during the war.

So much so that even a bad film would be considered at least a step in the right direction. 

Studios are very frightened of any film that might be labeled a 'black movie.'

Robert Townsend said the studios delayed the relase of "Meteor Man" because it was a 'black movie' and they figured all the black people we seeing 'Menace 2 Society' that month.

"Spawn" had the studio insist a black character be recast as white to avoid making the audience think it was a 'black movie.'

And studies show the studios aren't completely off base.

I totally agree with you that a movie about gay soldiers would be a real step in the right direction.  If you ever see the movie "Enigma" (which i don't reccomend) they more or less replace gay-super genius warhero Alan Turing with a generic straight guy in a fictionalized retelling.

They don't seem to be too afraid of black comedies though. Or all those Tyler Perry movies independently distributed?

The studios were pretty quick to get on the Blacksploitation bandwagon after "Shaft", and just as quick to bail when the genre petered out. If Red Tails ends up making a profit, the other studios will take notice.

And great news that Adywan is going to be working on ROTP. :)

Those of you who really want a '81 ANH print transferred, figure out how to overcome the 400ft reel limitation of Puggo's 8mm gear.

Would it be a Rube Goldberg contraption, or a custom made reel? There must be a way around this.

There are two Derann Super 8 prints in private hands ready and waiting...

Welcome aboard, Mr. Peterson! Nice to have someone who actually worked on the film around here. :)

Was Harrison Ford there for any of the inserts?

Babs said it best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_g3kkGH8Mo

I was holding out for "Blue Puggo" or "Puggo Harvest", but those would fly over the heads of the younger crowd. ;)

According to the poster, there will be the 2D option.

generalfrevious said:

Still, it's kind of hard for the sw franchise to redeem its dignity when you have darth vader vw commercials and r2d2 toothpaste. Do you think the godfather or taxi driver would have the stays they have as masterpieces if ther was a marlon Brando mr potato head or Travis Bickel doing pizza hut commercials? Every day the public is moving further and further away from the oot, and it being replaced by this over commercialized garbage.

The VW commercial was in good fun, and probably the most popular Super Bowl ad last year. That kid had the Vader moves down, bless his little heart!

Star Wars characters have been doing commercials since day one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13oCCNMls9c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRO1sxXqE7Q

As for Marlon Brando toys...

Very interesting! I totally did not know they were related.

I would think most Lucasfilm employees do bite their tongues on this.

Working for George is probably a great gig 99 percent of the time. ;)

John who? ;)

Love it or loathe it, it's on the way to becoming the counterpoint to "the OOT is too expensive to restore right now" baloney.

I've seen movies that make Manos a cakewalk. ;)

You don't see Manos, it sees you. ;)

Saw a piece on CNN today where they talked to a couple of the real guys, and they're happy with the film. Strip away all the hyperbole, and that is what really matters in the end.

Is the director of the film or the stars doing the talk show rounds at all?

I've watched it uncut and also have seen a DVD of the stage play. I have a weird affinity for bad films going back years before MST.

Manos' restoration is a blessing in disguise. If one of the worst movies ever made can be lovingly restored though donations, the official arguments against a restoration of the OOT start to look ridiculous, even to those outside the fandom. This is a potential game changer.

The tongue is made of candy, and a small battery operated motor in the handle makes it rotate, although I'm not sure why.

Any other uses are best left to your own sick imagination. ;)

IIRC, they lingered in the toy aisles for a long time on clearance before disappearing completely. Some future archeologist digging up an old landfill is going to have their head explode figuring it out.

Manos The Hands of Fate on Blu Ray. This is actually happening now, although not from Criterion. You get the idea. ;)

DTO screen might refer to the department LUH and SEN work in. Just guessing here...

The red (and blue) things are referred to as a "dendrites" in the DVD commentary. They earn credits working merely to buy them over and over again. They serve no function or other purpose.

First couple times I saw the movie when younger, I thought it was some sort of container for their daily drug supply! Probably because we see another fellow arrested desperately clutching his dendrite as he's taken away.

I always thought "consumer" meant something else, (as in the SE's don't fit my consumer) but the urinal like device in THX's apartment must be it.

Someone ankle deep in dendrites because they can't dispose of them, while still dutifully buying more would have been really funny. ;)

Can't find any captions playing my original U.S. LD capture in VLC. Going to try and check the jackets later to see if any of them have the CC logo. Japanese LD's usually didn't have them, IIRC.

Unless msycamore can beat me to it, I'll try to check and see if the LD had closed captions for that scene, if at all. (My DVD recorder has been pretty good at preserving CC unless a TBC is involved. )

It sucks that HDMI doesn't pass through the old caption signal.