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The original book was geared towards a younger audience, but I don't think there was a Young Adults category when it published in 1979. I think adults could read it, but the story is harder to swallow. For instance, as far as I can recall, the book never mentions the children's clothing being washed - in 3 years! They occasionally wear old clothes found in the attic, but not on a daily basis.
<i>I did enjoy the cast, which made it bearable even for a film I didn't care for.</i>
Same here. I actually liked most of the cast members. But this type of humor just doesn't connect with me. Like when John Goodman's character smashed up the Corvette with a crowbar. Some people think that scene is hilarious, but I didn't see any humor in it.
<i> It was a little peculiar to me, however, that we never see Rob again after his hasty exit for school before Fred has his breakfast in the Stephenson home, cooked for him by Peggy.</i>
According to the actor, Michael Hall, there was an issue with his contract and the studio did not want to pay him more money for what would have been a brief appearance as Rob. After getting only bit appearances in other films, the actor became a rather wealthy art dealer. He lived to age 93.
The robbery was Dick's idea. And he vowed not to leave behind any witnesses.
In horror movies there is always one dim lightbulb in the basement which stops working. Luckily a candlestick is always handy to light up those creaky stairs.
Whitney Houston was incredibly talented and at one point had millions of dollars. Like so many others, she lost everything, and died at age 48.
I found the show on TUBI. It's still fun to watch.
I idea of adding black, Latino, etc... characters for the sake of diversity wasn't widely considered in the '80s. Most black characters appeared in movies set in an urban environment, comedies, or historical films about the Civil War or similar themes.
In the movie Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) tells her lady friends that he is 'almost 18', so adoption doesn't make sense. He probably had no idea what a conservatorship was, but apparently he agreed to it when he was 18 years old. Legally an 18 year old is considered old enough to agree to binding contracts, etc...
<i>It was basically Harry and the Hendersons, if they had taught bigfoot to play Football!</i>
I recently re-watched the movie. I had forgotten the scene where they discussed his academic abilities. Mostly in the bottom 1/3 of the class. He was portrayed as a child-like gentle giant.
French spoken with a Canadian accent, eh?
I know two people who lived in Hawaii for a while and had similar experiences. It was 'paradise' at first. But then the high cost of living started to add up. One person lived in Hilo (on the Big Island) and didn't realize it rained so much there.
There would probably be a lot of gimmicks used to sell tickets such as: big discounts, give-aways to lure people in, and someone buying up tickets just to inflate the numbers. That being said, using total receipts has its flaws too. Some films are not widely released or get eclipsed by a blockbuster movie that gets all the attention.
Now some are calling for Sandra Bullock to return the Oscar because of the current controversy. I don't think that's a fair demand since she had no hand in crafting the movie's script and probably did not know of Michael Oher's displeasure.
It was addressed in a couple episodes, particularly 'The Baptism'. John more or less said he was a man of faith but disliked organized religion. From time to time Olivia or the Grandmother would prod him to go to church but he never did. Oddly, in one of the later episodes, they had all stopped going to church. There was no minister and the church building had fallen into disrepair.
Perhaps the androids were only suitable for analysis type jobs like Ash had. In any case, I don't think Weyland Yutani knew exactly what they were retrieving. But they believed it would be quite useful for the company.
I watched Family sporadically for the first few seasons. Some of the episodes features issues that my own family never dealt with - or would never talk about if we did. A guess that captured my attention. At some point I lost interest in the characters and all the week-to-week drama they were dealing with. According to Wikipedia the show's ratings started to tank after Season 3, so I guess I wasn't the only one who stopped watching.
The actress who played the daughter (Ellen Latzen) was actually surprised she got the part. It was just a crazy idea her mother had to take her to the screening. Ellen once said that most of the other girls trying out were all dolled-up to look super-cute. But the director wanted someone plain who would not draw too much attention.
I like a good thunderstorm too. Just not real violent. A couple lighting strikes is OK but prefer when most of the lightning is just flashes in the clouds.
But somebody drew the sketch of her wearing the diamond necklace. Since she knew who would have filed an insurance claim for the 'lost' necklace she had some credibility.