Lucky folks in Michigan…

Updated on June 18, 2007 By Ken Begg 8 Comments

This is so frickin’ cool!

Sadly, Detroit, Michigan is out of my driving range—if we were talking Milwaukee, we’d have something.  However, everyone who can make the drive to the Detroit Institute of Arts will be treated in the upcoming months to a very cool idea—double bills of Ray Harryhausen and Toho monster movies on a big cinema screen.

This Saturday, the 23th of June, sees Jason and the Argonauts and Battle in Outer Space.

June 30th:  Earth vs. the Flying Saucer / Mothra.

July 7th:  Mysterious Island / Godzilla vs. Megaguirus.

July 14th:  It Came From Beneath the Sea / Godzilla.

July 21st:  7th Voyage of Sinbad / Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster.

July 28th:  First Men in the Moon /  Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.

 

Dammit, how come frickin’ CHICAGO doesn’t go stuff like this?  These shows run in the afternoon on the designated Saturdays.

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  • Terrahawk

    No Ken, people in Michigan would be lucky if Detroit and maybe Lansing were to be sucked away by a rogue tear in the space-time continuum.

  • Bun Bun

    Terrahawk -> Nah, just the id10ts in Lansing in government, and the Detroit government….
    ;-)

    Ken -> neener neener neener! My wife is willing to go, and I live about 10-15 minutes away from the DIA! She’s thinking of It came from beneath the Sea / Godzilla….

  • turkish spock

    Chicago doesn’t do stuff like this because it is, I’m sad to say, lame now. Granted, Detroit’s a whole lot lamer, but still Chicago’s not the city it was when I got here ten years ago. Once upon a time, I could see this happening, but not now. For a start, there’s barely any independent movie theaters left in the city, and the multi-plexes sure aren’t going to go for something like this.

    Right now, the Music Box’s annual horror marathon and B-Fest are pretty much the last things of this kind that you can rely on in Chicago. Chicago’s gone from a place I really enjoyed living in to one that I can’t wait to get away from. But I wouldn’t go to Detroit. No way.

  • El Santo

    Ah, Detroit bashing. A great past time for Detroiters and non-Detroiters alike. I approve! (I was just only going to say Detroiters, but the fellow from Chi-Town had to go and change the paradigm.)

  • turkish spock

    El Santo – Is there anyone who doesn’t bash Detroit? Seriously, I know a guy who moved from Detroit to Chicago, hated it, and so moved back to Detroit, and he bashes Detroit, which just makes my head hurt.

    I think I’ll have some business cards made with just my name and the words ‘I change paradigms’ on them. That would be fun for the brief moment before I had to explain what a ‘paradigm’ is for the first of no doubt many times.

  • El Santo

    I like to think it’s sort of a defense mechanism: if Detroiters bash it first, then no one gets hurt because we started the mockery. But if someone else makes fun of Detroit first, then we get snippy. That’s the rule. (See: Jimmy Kimmel Show, Portland Trailblazers video package, Superbowl coverage, etc.)

    Also, your friend reminds me of myself, since I moved to Seattle from Detroit 6 years ago and I do pretty much the same thing. It’s sort of a desperate plea for attention, as well as the only cool thing you can say about Detroit is that you survived it. :)

    That said, the DIA is a great place. It’s a well-kept building located in a cultural district (near the old Public Library and the Center for Creative Studies). However, from my visits, there’s, like, no good places to eat in that area.

  • sardu

    Come on, Detroit and Chicago people, no need to fight! BOTH your cities suck! (g)

    Along with Philly, LA, Atlanta, Cleveland and every other big urban center. And all these cities completely rock in their own ways as well. Well, not Philly, but the rest of them. Hell, even Baltimore has John Waters. It’s the paradox of our modern age.

  • Food

    This is interesting, this Detroit/Chicago sucks thing. I’m in the Oakland-San Francisco area, and it’s the precise opposite here. San Franciscans consider anyone who doesn’t live in the city to be merely camping out; and if someone doesn’t find S.F. to his/her liking, a sanctimonious lecture from a resident is the almost-inevitable result.