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No, but for several years it seemed like every single manager or exec I came into contact with owned one.
The scenario in the movie you refer to didn't strike me as the least bit odd.
You, however, obsessing over it and being creepy about it, you strike me as very odd.
I don't think she saw him as an idiot. He wasn't an idiot. An idiot wouldn't be so self-aware as Tom was. He was articulate, even witty at times. He could be charming when he wanted to. His problem was that he was uninterested in pretty much everything. He didn't know things because he didn't care to know. He was obsessed with his own success, but not interested in putting in the effort. He looked for shortcuts. He was also sometimes aloof and manipulative. He obviously genuinely liked Jane, but on the other hand he wanted to use her for his own success.
Jane knew Tom was shallow and uninformed and disinterested. But she didn't think he was a bad person, so she let his finer points win her over. Then she finds out just how shallow and manipulative he's capable of being, and that's the end of the line for her, at least in terms of romance.
One of the stunt men who was in the movie posts on Facebook, occasionally he shows some very cool behind-the-scenes stuff. A while back he claimed someone sent him a file of the Rollerball rough cut which was almost FOUR HOURS long. He said the last game with NY was originally much longer and more graphically violent. He listed listed a few examples of what had to be cut out to get the R rating.
The ones I remember are-
An unconscious skater being run over by multiple bikers until it looks like his pelvis is almost separated from his torso.
A biker crashing face-first into the handrail and his face being reduced to "red goo."
A skater getting slammed backward into the barrier between the track and the center bullpen, folding him over it, and afterward a nice close-up of his compound fractured spine.
He doesn't sound all that pro Biden these days.
He is very pro Hamas and pro genocide against Jews. His Twitter is filled with Jew-hating cunts just like himself. Bad man.
But at least he still hates Trump, so there's at least a sliver of hope he comes back to sanity someday.
Wow, you must have felt good after getting all that out. Like taking a huge, angry, bitter shit.
And congratulations on finally figuring out the characters the way you were always supposed to.
>Made with the idea of being a cult film. except it never made it.
It was pretty much an instant cult film, and that was fairly well known long before 9 years ago.
I always assumed we were at least meant to wonder if those two guys (and the Parker Posey character, why leave her out?) all really did know Amy and she was just playing innocent. Going around town, giving everyone a different fake name, being the queen manipulator.
The Big Chill was one of many movies I watched in those early 80s "holy shit we have a VCR!" days when it was either A) watch whatever random tape mom was able to grab for the weekend or B) don't use the VCR at all. VCRs were so novel and revolutionary in those days, I'd watch just about anything. The Big Chill, Kramer Vs. Kramer, All That Jazz, Sometimes a Great Notion, On Golden Pond... all movies I never would have watched in a million years if I was the one picking the rentals. All movies that blew my mind because, even though they were "for old people," I still really enjoyed them, despite being only 14 or 15. Thankfully I had a friend at school who could dub tapes, so I still got my freak on with Alien, Rollerball, The Road Warrior etc.
They went out of their way to show off Glenn Close's great ass in the kitchen dance scene, but that wasn't enough for me to see her as an "alluring" overall package. I put her in the same cubby-hole as Meryl Streep and Sigourney Weaver; certainly not ugly, but... a little too harsh in the face to be what I personally consider attractive.
Yes, Meg Tilly is the obvious choice. JoBeth Williams wasn't particularly stunning, but I'd still take her over Close.
movie: here's a character who is clearly more miserable and dead inside than any of the others
people: "I love him!"
I got the impression he didn't like anyone, including his children, his wife, and himself.
It wasn't the best movie ever but I enjoyed most of it. Some fantastic if understated stunt work.
For 20 years I've been assuming the stunt co-coordinator on Kill Bill deserved a lot of credit for the Gogo scene where she's winding her chain around her legs and neck, I'd never seen anything like that before and thought it was very innovative. Turns out it was actually a watered down pale imitation of this movie's scene where Michelle Yeoh is using her rope dart as a weapon, and it's about 3x more complicated and impressive than what was done in Kill Bill.
Everyone is free to do their own investigation into Islam.
I did, over 20 years ago now. I found it to be an even bigger pile of shit than other similarly popular religions.
Oh, I was a grown ass adult when JP was in theaters. I never heard of anyone honestly believing actual living breathing dinosaurs had been recreated by science. I don't doubt that such people existed. As long as there have been people, there have been idiots. As long as there are people, there will always be idiots. Access to the internet has nothing to do with it. Were those people who wanted to go to Wakanda in 2018 somehow stuck in an 80s time warp with no access to the internet?
The only thing I'm talking about here is how ridiculous the previous poster's claim was that in 1984 people were better able to suspend disbelief while watching Gremlins because they were stupid and ignorant due to lack of internet access. One of the most absurd things I've heard anyone say in a while.
Anyone in the 90s who thought they'd found a way to bring dinosaurs back was a blithering idiot.
Anyone in the 80s who "didn't think Gizmo was that far-fetched" was a blithering idiot.
There have always been blithering idiots among us, and they're still around today. Some of them are currently posting in this very forum, apparently.
I never even considered seeing it in theaters, I just saw it for the first time streaming. I really enjoyed it today as a soft old fart, but I'm sure if I saw it in 1990 I would have hated it.
Fun exercise that beats working: Box office top 10 from summer 1990:
1. Ghost - $218 mil - Saw it in a theater, don't remember shit about it; if I liked it I'd remember
2. Total Recall - $119 mil - Saw in a theater, instant classic, still love it, my pick for best movie of summer 1990
3. Die Hard 2 - $117 mil - Skipped it in theaters, finally saw it for the first time a few years ago, I remember nothing
4. Dick Tracy - $104 mil - Saw it in a theater, mostly because I loved the Dick Tracy cartoons on TV as a kid; I vaguely remember not hating it
5. Back to the Future Pt III - $88 mil - Skipped it, saw it for the first time a couple years ago, bored me to tears, validated my lack of interest; I loved the first one, both sequels can miss me
6. Arachnophobia - $53 mil - Skipped it, was only vaguely aware it existed; streamed it a couple years ago, immediately purged it from my memory
7. Problem Child - $53 mil - Skipped it, never seen it
8. Robocop 2 - $45 mil - Saw it in a theater, I actually remember a couple things about it, but I didn't like it much
9. Gremlins 2 - $41 mil - Already covered
10. Ducktales - $18 mil - A Ducktales movie exists? Who cares?
I was just about to post "I heard somewhere the character was originally going to be much more slimy and villainous in the script, but the actor in the role was so likeable they did a quick re-write to make him a nicer character." That article must be where I heard that.
Correct.
Damn, I was really hoping to find out which scene lLayer was in. =(
EDIT: I didn't take note of the exact moment, but Angel of Death is played somewhere during the final act when the gremlins are going hog wild and the building is in a state of complete anarchy. Probably no more than 20 min from the end credits.
No idea about Faith No More, I don't know their material except for the songs We Care A Lot and the one with the dying fish video.
Gizmo looks vaguely like a monkey.
...and so did the Olsen twins when they were little.