Now Watching: Scenes From Tron Ares

Looking really forward to this one.

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Official Trailer: Tron: Ares

Really looking forward to this one.

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Maximilian

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Trailer: Tron - Ares

Loved Tron: Legacy, so I'm really looking forward to this one.

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Now Watching: Wanderers

A fantastic sci-fi short film.

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Oh No, They're Forming

Click below for a really dark scene from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Alien Day: LV-426

I almost forgot it was Alien Day.

Currently watching the below and pondering the fact that a long slow segment like this one would never make it into a movie these days.  So glad I grew up when I did.  Movie magic.  True story telling.  

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Sci-Phi Film Festival

A local theater had its second annual Sci-Phi Film Fest this past weekend and we made an amazing weekend out of it.  Never EVER thought I'd see CLOSE ENCOUNTERS or ROBOCOP on the big screen ever again.  The festival started out on Friday night with a 35mm print of MARS ATTACKS!, and it's funny how dated that one has become.  Though seeing it with a packed house was a blast.  KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE was the second feature.  Saturday night was bananas with ROBOCOP and SCANNERS.  Based on the crowd reaction, I think ROBOCOP was the highlight of the weekend.  It definitely was for us.  That final scene in the boardroom as justice is served to Dick Jones was incredible -the audience roared and cheered and clapped, and then again when Robocop was asked his name and replied "Murphy."  The event ended on Sunday afternoon with CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.  Holy moly to see that larger than life was quite an experience.  Seeing it in this setting reconfirmed my often-posted-on-this-blog sentiment that this film is a science fiction horror movie.  The abduction of the little boy Barry, being seen in a dark movie theater, was really powerful (and horrifying).  And the rumble of the massive alien craft rising over Devil's Tower was breathtaking.  

When you see old classics on a big screen, it's easy to remember why going to the movies was such an amazing thing in the past (and why it really isn't these days).  You can feel how so much in these films was specifically designed to be on a massive screen in a darkened theater.  And you can sense how the studios strived to give us something original, something none of us had ever seen before.  

Below are some photos we snapped of this neat weekend.  

Spoiler Alert: The Black Hole - The Ending

The final nightmarish scenes from The Black Hole are below.  Imagine seeing this as a young child at a friend's house, on a VCR.  His family is sitting in the living room, excited that a Disney film has just been brought home from Four Star Video at the local strip mall.  Surely, it'll be just like Star Wars.  

Surely.

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Unofficial Official Trailer: The Black Hole

I will never grow tired seeing scenes from this wonderful (and incredibly dark) film.

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Promo: TCM October 2022

Boy, is this rad.

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Teaser: Something In The Dirt

New Cosmic Horror from Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.

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Trailer: Vesper

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Chronicles

I love this movie.  

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Buckaroo Banzai: The Hoax

Neat scene from a cool movie...

Now Shopping: ALIEN Xenomorph Hip Bag

"Hip Bag" sounds pretty much just as bad as "Fanny Pack."  Though given the choice between the two, I'd go with, and I'll use it in a sentence:  "This isn't a fanny pack!  It's my new Xenomorph hip bag!"  Though I realize I just used both.  

Click below to see the new ALIEN line at La Femme En Noir:

Thanks, Wren!  I wish I had this back in 1993 when I stood in the Vietnam humidity of Disney World.  I could have fit my wallet, keys, my [huge] 90's cell phone, and my lip balms and sunscreen in there all at once.  

LV-426 And Some Rum

I'd imagine there'd be rum somewhere on the Nostromo.

Now Watching: DUNE

Really loving this film.  I resisted for so long.  Fourteen minutes left and I have no complaints.

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Fan Trailer: The Black Hole

Still going on about The Black Hole...

The Black Hole: Disney's Horror Film

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