I got to see "Back to the Future" on the big screen tonight.
Actual film, none of that projected DVD crap.
Jawusumness.
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I got to see "Back to the Future" on the big screen tonight.
Actual film, none of that projected DVD crap.
Jawusumness.
That was my reaction when I found out it was playing here. :p
what the hell with the word "JAWUSUM"? cool about the movie tho.
Unfortunately those repertory prints can be of crappy condition since they play in so many different theaters that usually employ idiot projectionists, and if it is one of the original prints, it is in analog only. Even the new prints are probably analog. I saw it on film when it first came out.
Projecting DVDs is gay.
"Jawusum" was handed down to the Sega-16 forum by the greatest wordsmith the internet will ever know.Quote:
Originally Posted by JackieBogard
What does this word mean? It means "more awesome than awesome".
I was never quite as fortunate. HBO is probably where I first saw it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
What is worse is paying to see a movie only to find out it is a projected DVD. It only happened once, and it was only $3, but still.Quote:
Projecting DVDs is gay.
I don't really care if they print was less than pristine, it wasn't a projected DVD and it was an excellent theater experience (ie: no crying babies, people talking, or cellphones).
Just like last years "Ghostbusters", except I've wanted to see BttF on the big screen far longer.
I'm going to see Scarface on the 30th. Very stoked, I am a big fan of midnight movies. I think it will be a DVD projection, but it doesn't really bother me. If you are sober enough to notice you are missing the point.
Isn't it illegal to charge people to watch projected DVD's?
the only thing that could match the JAWUSUMNESS of BTTF at the cinema would be Jurassic Park!
Nope, but you need studio permission. Often the studio will tell you to do this if no 35mm film prints are available... assuming you can run 35mm.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Sports Guy
Hmm. Wonder if they often give permission for that. Do they control how much they charge?
I saw Jurassic Park in theaters..........twice. Saw "Lost World" as well. But not JP3, I had a feeling that would be really terrible (and 99% of it was).Quote:
Originally Posted by JDB1983
But BttF > JP
Once there was Jaws, and Jaws was awesome!Quote:
Originally Posted by JackieBogard
so one might say.. Jaws was Jawsome!!
but then people started mispronouncing it as Jawusum and even Jawasum.http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/imag.../facepalm4.gif
I Remember seeing Back to the Future in theaters when it first came out and it was indeed JawusumQuote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
Funny, it was just playing at the local retro theater in my college town. Skipped it though to see Kick-Ass (which was awesome btw). Only skipped it because I had just seen it in theaters with an appearance/Q&A session (autographs were $20 so I said fuck that) with Christopher Lloyd, James Tolkan, Lea Thompson, and the chick who played Marty's girlfriend. It was awesome!
I would have gone to see Lea Thompson. :love:
she hasn't changed a bit, i would say. adorable indeed
I saw JP 8 times at the cinema, I couldn't get enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
It's a toss between JP & BTTF for my fave film, and I only choose JP because I was old enough to experience the hype at the time and see it at the cinema:)
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Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
I liked JP3 better then LW, JP3 had a lot of Jungle scenes and cool stuff in it,
while LW was.. well the first part was fun but the whole T-Rex in the city was just stupid.
I'm glad i saw all three in the cinema, was really worth it.
You better be careful about Jurassic Park in a theater. That was the first DTS release, and DTS players have gone through numerous firmware revisions since then and it is said that the JP DTS discs will no longer work on current players unless you get remastered discs. All JP prints are stereo analog with lousy Dolby A-type noise reduction which most theaters will try to play back in Dolby SR, making it sound very muddy. Most prints also have DTS timecode as well. There is no Dolby Digital or SDDS track. Again, it goes back to theaters not employing individuals who know what they are doing or even what to request from the studio. If you are lucky enough to get a showing in DTS, good luck with that as well, as I have heard reports of the DTS kicking in and out (back and forth from analog to digital) throughout the first reel.
Back when it was released, however, it worked great and sounded great.
I don't know if I'd see JP again.
I got to experience the that movie in theater & it isn't anywhere nearly as high on my list as BttF (which I'd say is #1).
BTTF 2 puts BTTF's pants on the ground, lookin' like a fool with its pants on the ground. Now THAT'S a movie to see in the theater. I love movies that take place in the future...
This is the way I see the BTTF series:
1. mostly a "what if" movie about seeing your parents as teens. It's certainly a good movie, but the time travel is almost an afterthought. I only really liked it up till when he travels back and then the clock tower scene onwards. In other words, not that much. The 50's were lame.
2. HOLY FUCK BEST MOVIE EVER! Tons of time traveling and "butterfly effect" scenarios. You get to see an awesome interpretation of the future as well as alternate timelines and all of that crazy shit.
3. OMGWTFBBQ! cowboys? why? I could trim it down to 5 minutes and that's all you would need.
^Yeah, I'll kinda agree there. Except the first one is still awesome, the second one is the best ever and the third one is a piece of shit.
I saw it in the Drive In when I was a little kid. :)
Then more than a few of you are gonna shit yo-self because I got an double sided BttF2 movie poster. :cool::cool::cool:
1. I have to agree. According to wiki an early draft sported a time traveling fridge; this is concurrent with the time traveling as an afterthought theory. 50s were awesome, as a young kid it made the film 'okay' because of the Leave it to Beaver world it represented. Good gateway drug to other 80s films.Quote:
Originally Posted by 17daysolderthannes
2. The future. Okay, the first 30 mins is great but then it gets confusing as fuck and too dark. Everything in this movie goes wrong and it gets depressing to watch as a kid. Elizabeth Shue ftw. I could trim this movie down to 5 minutes and it would make as much sense. For christ sake, they have to bust out a chalkboard and draw a picture of what the hell is going on so the audience can follow.
3. OMGWTFBBQ This is the best movie ever! Cowboys? Time machines? STEALING A ****ING TRAIN!? Growing up this was my favorite of the three and I was surprised to learn that most people don't enjoy it. I have a model of the white walled DeLorean to this day.
For a movie that "put in time travel as an afterthought", the first movie showed a loving level to detail considering the small changes in present-1985 after Marty's return... like the ledge of the Clocktower (unchanged first, then in 1955 Doc accidentally breaks off a small part, after the return its still broken) or The Mall (form "Two Pines Mall" to "Lone Pine Mall" after marty ran over the pine tree).
I love the first movie mostly because of the love for small detail that film has, setting up seemingly irreverent trivia that either influences or gets influenced by the course of the plot. It's one of the most cleverly executed movies I know, and entertaining to boot.
The second one is okay, but you have a hard time enjoying it without having seen the first one already (mostly because you have to know most of the cast already, if you haven't seen the first one the entire Biff-angle is very hard to follow). The third one doesn't have this problem (at least not to the same degree), and personally I loved the whole Western/Jules Verne-stick.
Never saw the 1st BTTF in the theaters, but did see the 2nd and 3rd... That would be crazy!
What was the 1% you liked?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
I saw Gremlins on the big screen a number of years ago. The original reel, too. The quality was pretty blah, but the experience was salubrious!!!
I enjoy all three movies. The third one gets special mention because it addresses an issue that is rarely touched upon in time travel movies: what do you do if you go someplace where you can't fix/repair/fuel your time machine?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nunzio
The parts of JP3 that touched upon Dr. Grant's life after the events of the first movie were wonderful. Finding out he doesn't like dinosaurs as much anymore (rightfully so) plus the scene of him trying to do a serious lecture, only to have people only want to ask him about Jurassic Park (and the events of Lost World) added a sense of realism.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
And you would have been proud of me at the BttF viewing MrMatthews. When I saw Huey Lewis in the beginning of the movie I leaned over to my gf and said in her ear "Meg Honey, we all miss the news, but Huey Lewis needs time to create".
After Marty rocks out at the dance, the gf leaned over to me and said in my ear "I didn't like any of that!".
I disagree 100%. The "confusing" and "dark" nature make it awesome. It was almost Terminator 2 levels of awesome with less violence. Simple plots bore me, BTTF2 made me go "what's going on!? I MUST KNOW!" and more importantly "how are they gonna fix this!" I almost want to watch it right now, it's balls to the wall fantastic!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nunzio
It had almost nothing to do with anything. There's a few "oh, so that's what his ancestors were like" and what not, but for the most part, it was needless. IMO, BTTF3 would've been better as a 10-20 minute ending to BTTF2 and call it a day. Cowboys fucking blow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nunzio
You're confusing an emphasis on time travel with a well thought out script. In the commentary (or some behind the scenes thing, I don't remember which), they flat out say the whole point of the movie was to see what it would be like to meet your parents when they were your age and answer questions like "would you be friends with them?" etc. All of the past->future details are just quality film making.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phantar
And that's about 1 minute of the movie, the other 117 minutes can go to hell. Also, what are you talking about? Almost EVERY time travel movie has a segment where they run out of fuel, etc. and go "oh crap, we gotta fix this before Hitlersaurus rex eats us!" I have to say, though, it's pretty damn weak to claim the Delorean still runs on gas but there's a god damn nuclear reactor on the back powered by garbage. Swap in an electric motor for christ's sake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
Huey Lewis is the SHIIIITTT. I used to always put Sports in my dad's CD player when I would ride in his car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
Can you believe I've never seen any of the Back to the Future movies?
I don't remember if I saw the original Gremlins movie at the theater or on VHS, but I definitely saw Gremlins 2 at the theater and it was indeed salubrious!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MrMatthews
It's awesome when, in the theater version, the film appears to tear up and the screen goes blank. A few people in the audience would be getting up to leave, when the Gremlins suddenly start doing noises and hand puppets on the screen. Hilarious. The home versions of the movie had a different segment when the VHS tape would seem to break down, and I think diff. TV channels appeared to be flipped through, with Gremlins on all the channels. lol
Films I saw at the theater on their original release:
-Star Wars
-The Empire Strikes Back
-Return of the Jedi
-Ghostbusters
-Back to the Future
-Jurassic Park
-The Lion King
-Batman (Michael Keaton version)
-Transformers: The Movie
-Raiders of the Lost Ark (before it was renamed Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark)
-Probably many other worthwhile movies.
Most of the experiences were lackluster because the theaters of the day were lackluster themselves, but Jurassic Park was really cool because I saw it in a big, new theater with true 5.1 DTS (not the shitty stereo DTS versions that were floating around most lesser theaters). I was blown away by the flying disc logo in the beginning and how the sound went back and forth to the surrounds, left and right and all of that. It was an experience. So I ended up working at that theater as projectionist and I got to play with all of the cool toys.
But mostly older movies like that are best enjoyed in the home as the sound is better, the picture quality is better (though smaller) and you don't have to deal with a bunch of other idiots known as the typical movie theater audience.
so you listed Transformers as a worthwhile movie?
...unacceptable.
Blasphemy!Quote:
Originally Posted by Devil N
I believe he is referring to the animated film (G1) which is most definitely worthwhile.Quote:
Originally Posted by 17daysolderthannes
Engineers don't like animated robot movies. :mrgreen:
Other, not-so-good movies I saw at the theater:
Street Fighter The Movie
Mortal Kombat
Both were horrible. Thank god I was paid to watch them since it was part of my job.
Also saw Independence Day 2 or 3 times about 4 months before it was released to the public. The first incarnation was OK at best. The 2nd was much better, but for the final release they edited it back so it was closer to the first incarnation. I don't remember much about the 2nd edit because it was long ago and I hate the final version of the movie.