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Manitou defeated by white man's magic manitous

posted 17 years ago by jeffyoung1
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Did everyone miss the superb twist at the end where 400-year old, supreme manitou, Misquimacas, meets defeat?

Tony Curtis and Michael Ansara call up every Indian manitou they can think of and cannot match the evil Misquimacas' overwhelming mystic power.

But at the end, the brave duo inadvertently summon up the "machine manitous", creations of the white man, to defeat Misquimacas, who had no previous experience with machine manitous. I really loved this ironic cultural twist.

"The Manitou" is a dated horror/sci-fi flick, but still enjoyable to watch and therefore enjoys cult fave status.

[–] xredgarnetx 17 years ago

Can't wait to catch the rest of this. Only saw the first half jour so far, and that was on this very day before I had to leave for work. I was reviewing films back when THE MANITOU first came out, but somehow missed this drive-in
beauty all these years, until now. The "old lady" falling down the stairs, with her head intentionally taking out almost every post in the wooden railing, and Curtis bopping in his too-tight jeans to a godawful disco tune emanating from a stereo receiver the size of a regulation PGA golf course, just drew me right in.

[–] falcon2484 11 years ago

I loved the doctor's office that looked like a '70s crash pad.

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[–] gallileo60 16 years ago

Well it makes sense, after all the white man did win the first time around with the indians, and the spirit was no match for technology........

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[–] Oddark123 12 years ago

But imagine it now, they had to throw all the power of the computers hospitals had back then.

Nowadays all you have to do is throw an iphone at Misquamacus and he be done for

[–] gallileo60 12 years ago

hahahahahaha, too damn funny..........Yep your watch is more powerful that the computers that went to the moon

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[–] quahog_me-1 11 years ago

That is if you believe we went to the moon

lol

[–] gallileo60 11 years ago

Well most normal people believe we did, but hey to each his own....

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[–] moonglum9 10 years ago

I don't even believe there is a moon! It's all a scam. It's just a big picture glued to the sky dome that is around the Earth.

[–] KinksRock 11 years ago

In the original ending of the novel, Misquamacus was defeated by venereal disease (his victim had it). The author's editor didn't like that ending and made him change it, which I think is a shame because I thought the ending featuring machine manitous was pretty silly, and it was made even more silly in this stupid movie.

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[–] Loveunderlaw 9 years ago

THEY COULD'VE JUST SENT HIM SOME GIRLS FROM DETROIT OR GARY INDIANA LOL :)

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[–] Oddark123 9 years ago

I made a joke a while back earlier based on the movie version. But has Misquamacus had to deal with Manitou's of modern technology in the more recent sequel books?

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[–] KinksRock 9 years ago

I can't even remember how they defeated him (and now his sons) in the Manitou books that follow. The Manitou series is just so silly.

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