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Offline mr_a500

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I'll have to buy it on DVD, though. And see if I still like it, or whether it was just something I liked in my teens.


Yes, it's great finding obscure things you liked when you were young after searching for years. I've done lots of searching recently and made great discoveries on movies, music, games & TV shows that I liked - with only bits of information - like a piece of a title or a vague idea of the character's name. (I found the C64 "Swinth" knowing only that it was "music with lines"!)

But here's a WARNING - about 50% of the time, the thing you once liked is actually crap and it was better to have a good feeling about it than to have it ruined forever.

For example: when I was young I was blown away by "Space 1999", then I got it on DVD and it actually sucks (blown, then sucked :-D). I loved "Martian Chronicles", but then I saw how embarrassingly bad it was.

"Shogun" was as awesome as I remembered, but I still ruined the feeling by foolishly watching the "behind the scenes" stuff. Second WARNING - never watch the "behind the scenes" stuff. You won't be able to watch the movie without thinking about it.

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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2006, 12:39:18 PM »
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Why the hell are all your posts replaced with "IIP?"

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I'd put off watching that until you've been dead for about a year. Even then, I wouldn't recommend watching. I'll give you a hint: Rock Hudson and crew (a bunch of moronic thugs, not scientists) finally get to Mars and all they do is sit around a campfire (this is Mars remember!), get drunk, litter and get into a fight. Only one crew member objects to the drunken littering and Rock Hudson and crew hunt him down and kill him.

There are only a couple scenes still worth watching (if you can skip directly to them - preventing your brain from becoming contaminated with the crap):

1. The very end where Rock Hudson talks to a martian - lame script, but nice music, set and lighting.

2. Near the beginning with the martian couple in their house - still silly, but nice sets and images (especially martian walking across dark landscape)