Comments on: Real-Life [Movie] Dialogue

By: Gene Barry Passes Away « File 770

Gene Barry Passes Away « File 770 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:00:02 +0000

[...] of the Worlds’ best line, even if it wasn’t Barry’s, is “Welcome to California” – as a fellow waving a white flag greets the Martians just before becoming [...]

By: John

John — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:35:58 +0000

cynth: Caught quite enough of it already, thank you!

Froog: Sssssh ssshhh quiet, man, keep your voice down! Why do you think I was all stage-whispery about never having seen it? Right: I’m embarrassed.

Can’t promise to watch it this weekend; I’ve already committed us to a pile of new releases. BUT I will promise to watch it soon.

By: Froog

Froog — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:10:27 +0000

It was two decades before I realised Christopher Guest was 'The Six-Fingered Man'. I don't think you can really call that one of his projects. He just agreed to do it, for a laugh, as did a host of other great talents like Wallace Shawn, Peter Cook, Billy Crystal, etc. John, amongst the things you have to do, not just in your lifetime but THIS WEEKEND, is watch Spinal Tap. And I can just see Christopher Guest (or Harry Shearer maybe) playing today's ReCaptcha mess-with-your-head: grandmother Hodgman.

By: cynth

cynth — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:12:27 +0000

I was actually channel flipping and saw the ending of this with the huge mega-beasts battling each other. I gotta say, this was a very weird movie. And will probably play over and over again in the next few weeks as the cable’s wont to do. So you’ll have plenty of time to catch it John.

By: John

John — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:48:15 +0000

brudder: Alas, I can’t tell you that. I didn’t see that actual moment in the actual movie — of course I didn’t see the movie AT ALL, and if I had I think I probably must have tuned in somewhere past that point. But it was included in the trailer shown during the week-long run-up to the broadcast.

By: s.o.m.e.one's brudder

s.o.m.e.one's brudder — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:29:04 +0000

Please tell me this clip came from a spoof site….Please…I mean it. It could be the next sign of the apocalypse…

By: John

John — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:44:02 +0000

Froog: This past Saturday night, the made-for-the-SyFy-network feature was called Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus. How mega was the mega-shark? It took a good chunk out of the Golden Gate Bridge. Also, there was this moment: The two creatures actually fought to a draw, so you can imagine what the octopus must have been like. And among the cast were Deborah ("Debbie") Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas, so right there we're talking quality. Er, not that I myself watched it. Jules: We've seen Guffman once. (We'd just seen Best in Show and decided we needed to backtrack through the rest of the canon. :)) Liked it a lot, although I/we haven't seen it again so my quoting from it would be shaky at best. I couldn't help noticing that both Guffman and Princess Bride are Christopher Guest projects. Coincidence? Inconceivable! (And btw, you sometimes mention your embarrassment that you haven't seen one movie or another. Well, I [stage whisper] have never seen Spinal Tap.) brudder: You're the sort of blog audience a blogger longs for -- one who can quote from a ~~five- or six~~four-year-old post, long after its author has forgotten it!

By: s.o.m.e. ones brudder

s.o.m.e. ones brudder — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:16:46 +0000

One other kind of scary thought: I can kind of imagine the prior inhabitants of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and especially “the Basilisk” quoting quite literally from this flick without any sense of irony or sarcasm whatsoever. We need more mileage between now and those years.

By: s.o.m.e. ones brudder

s.o.m.e. ones brudder — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 06:13:46 +0000

Froog’s citation of Atomic Cafe is so right. Is this available through NetFlix or the now so old fashioned Block Buster? I could use a view of it again while awaiting the next wacky steps of the remaining “axes of evil” – N. Korea and Iran. Bring on Slim Pickens and Stanley Kubrick.

By: Jules

Jules — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:26:54 +0000

“Welcome to California” brings “Waiting for Guffman” to mind and Catherine O’Hara’s line delivered wonderfully-poorly (she’s *supposed* to be a very bad actress in the movie): “California will be a sight for THESE weary eyes.” Ever seen that film? Have we talked about this before? Please tell me you have. Most quote-able movie, after “The Princess Bride.”

I must see this version of “War of the Worlds” one day.