Comments on: If This Distracted Globe ran the New Beverly Cinema http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:40:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-5540 Joe Valdez Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:53:05 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/#comment-5540 <strong>Daniel</strong>: Thanks as always for commenting and for your approbation of my retro taste. Since this article was such a success, I'm going to be breaking rank more frequently it looks like. Oh, <em>Return To Oz</em>, what an exquisite flick. The only fantasy film that's even come close to being this good was <em>Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban</em>. Daniel: Thanks as always for commenting and for your approbation of my retro taste. Since this article was such a success, I’m going to be breaking rank more frequently it looks like. Oh, Return To Oz, what an exquisite flick. The only fantasy film that’s even come close to being this good was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

]]> By: Daniel http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-5535 Daniel Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:04:19 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/#comment-5535 Great picks here, Joe, and I'm glad you broke rank to give it a shot - clearly you have one of the best libraries (in your head) to choose from! Really happy to see Return to Oz and Top Secret in there. Great picks here, Joe, and I’m glad you broke rank to give it a shot – clearly you have one of the best libraries (in your head) to choose from!

Really happy to see Return to Oz and Top Secret in there.

]]> By: Piper http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-5525 Piper Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:29:01 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/#comment-5525 Joe, Right now you're hanging at 6 or 7. I don't want to make any promises so close to election, but I could see you moving up in the near future. Actually, you're right on that this meme fit right in. I like the quick synopsis you added of every film. Joe,

Right now you’re hanging at 6 or 7. I don’t want to make any promises so close to election, but I could see you moving up in the near future.

Actually, you’re right on that this meme fit right in. I like the quick synopsis you added of every film.

]]> By: Joe Valdez http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-5524 Joe Valdez Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:19:10 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/#comment-5524 <strong>Pat</strong>: I'm just trying to get into your Top 5 Friends. I hope this gets me closer to that goal. Actually, your meme was so close to what I already think about in terms of content that it was not much of a deviation. In the future, I hope to start profiling actors and actresses of the '70s and '80s as opposed to only movies. <strong>Jeremy</strong>: I think you understood the purpose of the meme best, which was not to rank the best double features, but to think up ones you would pay money to see on the big screen again. Many of my films were rendered in anamorphic widescreen and it would be a kick to see a 35mm film print with an audience, even if the movie itself has flaws. I'm thinking of <em>The Dark Crystal</em> in particular. <strong>James</strong>: Sometimes I think the public knows enough about John Carpenter's <em>The Thing</em>, then I run into somebody who has never seen it. How anyone can propose <em>Saw</em> as one of the scariest movies ever made without seeing <em>The Thing</em> is a travesty. Thanks for commenting! Pat: I’m just trying to get into your Top 5 Friends. I hope this gets me closer to that goal. Actually, your meme was so close to what I already think about in terms of content that it was not much of a deviation. In the future, I hope to start profiling actors and actresses of the ’70s and ’80s as opposed to only movies.

Jeremy: I think you understood the purpose of the meme best, which was not to rank the best double features, but to think up ones you would pay money to see on the big screen again. Many of my films were rendered in anamorphic widescreen and it would be a kick to see a 35mm film print with an audience, even if the movie itself has flaws. I’m thinking of The Dark Crystal in particular.

James: Sometimes I think the public knows enough about John Carpenter’s The Thing, then I run into somebody who has never seen it. How anyone can propose Saw as one of the scariest movies ever made without seeing The Thing is a travesty. Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: James Hansen http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-5523 James Hansen Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:20:06 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/#comment-5523 Very excited to see FOXES and THE THING make the list! I honestly haven't seen a whole lot of these...looks like a solid line up that I would love to check out though! Very excited to see FOXES and THE THING make the list! I honestly haven’t seen a whole lot of these…looks like a solid line up that I would love to check out though!

]]> By: Jeremy http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-5522 Jeremy Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:27:33 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/#comment-5522 Great stuff Joe...thanks for participating. Several of these I would love to see on the big screen with special mention going to FOXES, a special film that I don't see mentioned enough. Great stuff Joe…thanks for participating. Several of these I would love to see on the big screen with special mention going to FOXES, a special film that I don’t see mentioned enough.

]]> By: Piper http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/comment-page-1/#comment-5521 Piper Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:19:14 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2008/07/31/if-this-distracted-globe-took-over-the-new-beverly-cinema/#comment-5521 My word? Joe breaks format? Damn, had I known you would do this, I would have surely included you in the original folk. I am most intrigued by Monday night. Never seen Over The Edge or even heard of it. And you know I would be there the last night. My word? Joe breaks format?

Damn, had I known you would do this, I would have surely included you in the original folk.

I am most intrigued by Monday night. Never seen Over The Edge or even heard of it.

And you know I would be there the last night.

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