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Post by dupersuper on Jun 24, 2016 20:50:42 GMT -5
Agreed on basically all points, but one. I haven't seen Search For Spock for a while, because it's just not really that good, but I distinctly remember when Spock was Pon Farring, they showed Saavik kind of turning away from the camera a bit and starting to pull at her uniform. Seemed pretty clear to me that they were going for Spock having nailed her to get over the Pon Farr. But I may be interpreting it differently from others. I remember that people were discussing it way back when the movies were still coming out, and that Saavik's remaining on Vulcan during ST IV was postulated to be due to her being pregnant. Mind you, I think that in some versions of the Trek extended universe, Spock and Saavik ended up married. (Ugh. That's like marrying your father). No expanded universe stuff I read. In the novels and comics she stays on Vulcan a bit (reconnecting with Amanda, talking over her origin, going on a first contact mission on a random ship, having a brief romance), then hooks back up with the Enterprise crew.
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 24, 2016 20:51:24 GMT -5
Well, the planet was a joint venture between the Federation, the Romulan Empire and the Klingon Empire, so it's presumably in the Neutral Zone... True, but I was thinking of the Klingon ship blowing up Pioneer 10. By the XXIII century, that probe will not have reached even the closest star. Wormhole? Tachyon eddy?
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 24, 2016 21:01:48 GMT -5
I remember that people were discussing it way back when the movies were still coming out, and that Saavik's remaining on Vulcan during ST IV was postulated to be due to her being pregnant. Mind you, I think that in some versions of the Trek extended universe, Spock and Saavik ended up married. (Ugh. That's like marrying your father). No expanded universe stuff I read. In the novels and comics she stays on Vulcan a bit (reconnecting with Amanda, talking over her origin, going on a first contact mission on a random ship, having a brief romance), then hooks back up with the Enterprise crew. They get married in Vulcan's heart, a novel by Josepha Sherman and Susan Schwartz.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 24, 2016 21:03:37 GMT -5
True, but I was thinking of the Klingon ship blowing up Pioneer 10. By the XXIII century, that probe will not have reached even the closest star. Wormhole? Tachyon eddy? ...Or the people in charge have no idea how space works, don't care either, and just wanted the Klingons to blow up a recognizable piece of human machinery! Your wormhole theory makes sense, though, since that's how "Voyager 6" made it to the planet where it was turned into V'ger. (Well, actually they called it a black hole, but there's no black hole anywhere near the solar system so I assume they meant a wormhole).
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 24, 2016 21:18:08 GMT -5
No expanded universe stuff I read. In the novels and comics she stays on Vulcan a bit (reconnecting with Amanda, talking over her origin, going on a first contact mission on a random ship, having a brief romance), then hooks back up with the Enterprise crew. They get married in Vulcan's heart, a novel by Josepha Sherman and Susan Schwartz. Ah, I haven't read the Vulcan's Heart/Vulcan's Forge/Vulcan's Etc. books yet. Yet.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 29, 2016 18:47:57 GMT -5
I had computer problems and couldn't go online for ten days. But I'm back now! Which means it's time for YOUTUBE THEATER! Today: The Bad Sister (1931). Its Bette Davis's first movie! And Humphrey Bogart's fourth. (He's not quite a gangster, but he's still awful, an audacious con man!) Bette Davis is not the bad sister. She's the good sister. Sidney Fox is the bad sister. Some of the more devoted fans of old horror movies may remember Sidney Fox from Murders in the Rue Morgue with Bela Lugosi. Here's Bette Davis, age 23, in her first movie, glaring across the table at Sidney Fox, jealous that she didn't get to play the title role. I enjoyed this rather silly little drama. I wouldn't normally recommend it, but it's worth seeing for the early Davis and Bogart roles, as well as for some of the other early 1930s actors in the film, most notably ZaSu Pitts and Bert Roach. And it's only 65 minutes long! Also, there's a hilarious little brother who is super annoying and you may be hoping for something bad to happen to him by the end.
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Post by dupersuper on Jun 29, 2016 20:20:26 GMT -5
I saw After the Thin Man last weekend...
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 29, 2016 22:43:38 GMT -5
I had computer problems and couldn't go online for ten days. But I'm back now! Which means it's time for YOUTUBE THEATER! Today: The Bad Sister (1931). Its Bette Davis's first movie! And Humphrey Bogart's fourth. (He's not quite a gangster, but he's still awful, an audacious con man!) Bette Davis is not the bad sister. She's the good sister. Sidney Fox is the bad sister. Some of the more devoted fans of old horror movies may remember Sidney Fox from Murders in the Rue Morgue with Bela Lugosi. Here's Bette Davis, age 23, in her first movie, glaring across the table at Sidney Fox, jealous that she didn't get to play the title role. I enjoyed this rather silly little drama. I wouldn't normally recommend it, but it's worth seeing for the early Davis and Bogart roles, as well as for some of the other early 1930s actors in the film, most notably ZaSu Pitts and Bert Roach. And it's only 65 minutes long! Also, there's a hilarious little brother who is super annoying and you may be hoping for something bad to happen to him by the end. Geez, I was starting to get concerned, Hoosier! Welcome back!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 30, 2016 9:48:51 GMT -5
I had computer problems and couldn't go online for ten days. But I'm back now! Which means it's time for YOUTUBE THEATER! Today: The Bad Sister (1931). Its Bette Davis's first movie! And Humphrey Bogart's fourth. (He's not quite a gangster, but he's still awful, an audacious con man!) Bette Davis is not the bad sister. She's the good sister. Sidney Fox is the bad sister. Some of the more devoted fans of old horror movies may remember Sidney Fox from Murders in the Rue Morgue with Bela Lugosi. Here's Bette Davis, age 23, in her first movie, glaring across the table at Sidney Fox, jealous that she didn't get to play the title role. I enjoyed this rather silly little drama. I wouldn't normally recommend it, but it's worth seeing for the early Davis and Bogart roles, as well as for some of the other early 1930s actors in the film, most notably ZaSu Pitts and Bert Roach. And it's only 65 minutes long! Also, there's a hilarious little brother who is super annoying and you may be hoping for something bad to happen to him by the end. Geez, I was starting to get concerned, Hoosier! Welcome back! Yes, I'm back! And I saw a bunch of movies! Including three other Bette Davis movies, all of which were new to me! (TCM, Cinemoi and the other movie channels do a great job of getting the Bette Davis filmography in circulation. I wish they would do as good a job with Bogart! I've been wanting to see Stand-In again for 25 years!) I saw Guys and Dolls, Island of Lost Souls, Moulin Rouge!, Traffic and Three Kings. I saw a 20-minute documentary from Iran about a leper colony. I saw Min and Bill, which I/ve been wanting to see for years and years! Did I mention The Crippled Masters before I went offline?
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 30, 2016 11:44:35 GMT -5
^^ Crippled Masters?
Don't think so.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 30, 2016 15:11:49 GMT -5
The Crippled Masters (1979) is a movie I've been wanting to see for a while. It's been 15 years or more since I saw it on a "Terrible Movies" DVD and I thought "Oh, yeah! I gotta see that!"
It's on YouTube!
Here's the trailer:
So, I hope most of the regulars on this forum have seen Master of the Flying Guillotine. (If not, see it soon! You will hate yourself for not seeing it sooner.) Because The Crippled Masters made me think (a little) of Master of the Flying Guillotine. Guillotine is stupid-awesome. And The Crippled Masters is both stupid and awesome, with rather less awesomeness and rather more stupidness. And another key difference is that Guillotine is awesome despite being kind of stupid whereas The Crippled Masters is awesome because it is so stupid.
I don't know if I should recommend it. If the trailer doesn't make you go "WTF? I wanna SEE that!" then The Crippled Masters probably isn't for you. And there's no shame in that. Quite the opposite.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 18:29:06 GMT -5
Hoosier X ... I have seen Guillotine and Masters both and my friend recommended them to me and we actually watched them both on the same night! I know they are both stupid for their own reasons alone but I kinda like Guillotine better than Masters but having said that I didn't think I would like them at all. I have a fondness of watching movies are being stupid and these two for all it's worth made it somewhat enjoyable and I think once is enough ... but my friend watch them both on annual basis loves these two movies so much it's unbelievable to see him watch it at least 6-8 times in his life. I'm happy that your computer problems are fixed and back in the swing of things ...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 11:56:42 GMT -5
Olivia De Havilland100 Years Old TodayOliviaOne of the most amazing ladies and a legendary actress to boot!
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 1, 2016 15:37:24 GMT -5
Olivia De Havilland100 Years Old TodayOliviaOne of the most amazing ladies and a legendary actress to boot! And she's the star of the month on TCM! I've seen most of her important movies but I am really looking forward to The Snake Pit later this month.
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Post by Hoosier X on Jul 1, 2016 15:41:50 GMT -5
Yesterday I watched Duchess of Idaho (1950) with Esther Williams, Eleanor Powell, Lena Horne and Van Johnson. I thought I'd seen all of Esther Williams's good movies, but Duchess of Idaho is pretty good! Wonderfully silly, it never slows down and all the musical numbers are TOP NOTCH!
And I'm getting ready for a mid-afternoon break to watch Tugboat Annie (1933) with Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Robert Young and Maureen O'Sullivan.
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