Rock — Given the small audiences they draw, they can only afford to run the shows by using DVD projection. The benefit is that we can see the widescreen Japanese image with the American dub track.
Any time you come up here, you have free lodging at least. And I’ll get you a Superdawg; it’s right on the way to the theater.
Flangepart
Ken, was there any riffing?
I mean, even some quiet lines kept to a small group. I can’t see these flicks left without at least a small wedgie.
No, the Wednesday night program (which just moved to the Portage recently after they lost their original venue) has a 20-plus year history, and is made of of generally serious film buffs who don’t go in for that sort of thing. You get more of that on the weekend bills my friends run, though. Not riffing, so much, but more laughter.
Flangepart
Hummm…serious film buffs, and B-movies…does the phrase ‘oxymoron’ fit here, or just plane ‘ol ‘contradiction in terms?”
Flangepart — I have to disagree. First of all, of course, Day the Earth Stood Still was a studio ‘A’ picture, not a ‘B’. Second, can you really be a serious film buff is all you watch is tony Hollywood ‘important’ films and foreign fare? I think not.
Flangepart
Flangepart — I have to disagree. First of all, of course, Day the Earth Stood Still was a studio ‘A’ picture, not a ‘B’. Second, can you really be a serious film buff is all you watch is tony Hollywood ‘important’ films and foreign fare? I think not.
Ken Begg said this on August 5th, 2011 at 8:37 am
Welll…yeah, if you’re a realistic film buff. Those with an acceptance of Ted Sturgon’s famous ‘10% of everything is crap’ rule.
Which we are, mayhaps?…
FP — I’ll stick with my bell curve idea; the most interesting and instructive stuff is to be found at the extreme ends of the curve. It’s that stolid middle mass of things that sucks the life out of you.
Flangepart
FP — I’ll stick with my bell curve idea; the most interesting and instructive stuff is to be found at the extreme ends of the curve. It’s that stolid middle mass of things that sucks the life out of you.
Ken Begg said this on August 5th, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Works either way.
It’s the solid middle ground that sticks like a cheese plug that only prunes can move…uh…huh…would that make ‘Plan 9″ the equivilant of prunes?
Guy Hoyle
The %age in Sturgeon’s Law is 90% (90% of everything is pure crap). Personally, I think he was a wild-eyed optimist.
