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Skriven 2006-12-31 22:28:21 av Mac Breck (13114.babylon5)
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Ärende: Re: jms viewing list
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<jmsatb5@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Periodically, at conventions, people ask me, "What movies do you watch
> or grow up watching?  What's in your collection?"  Having just gone
> through and for the first time itemized my DVD collection, I figured
> I'd upload it for those with a morbid curiousity about such things.
> It's mainly movies and television, some documentaries (admittedly
> left-leaning), some funny things and just weirdnesses...so if you want
> to know what a TV writer has in his collection (and yes, I know it's a
> long list, I like to own my DVDs rather than rent them, and I have
lots
> of room on shelves for them), and what informs his (my) brain when
> working on stories...here's the list.
>
> It's a weird compendiium of shlock 50s movies, classics,
> highbrow-stuff, and the sort of movies you'd expect a 13 year old to
> buy...but it's what my tastes call home.
>
> God help anyone who actually goes through and reads this whole
list....
>
> jms
>
>
> -----------------------------------------
Just a few comments.  Our lists have a lot in common.

....
> "The Blob"
Which one, McQueen's?


> "The Bourne Supremacy"
No, Identity?


> "Carol Burnett Show: Show Stoppers"
Wish they'd put together a collection of the Tim Conway skits (the old
man, Mr. Tudbom/Mrs. Wiggins, etc.), and maybe the ones where Carol is
the housewife in the kitchen using various products (unsuccessfully),
and IIRC Lyle Waggoner comes over like the voice of God and makes her a
screaming, nervous wreck. LOL.


> "Ghosts Of Mars"
I was very disappointed in that one.  Got rid of mine.


> "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"
Which one, 1956 or 1978?


> "Night Of The Living Dead"
1968 and 1990?


> "Pale Rider"
:-)  May I suggest Silverado?


> "Pitch Black"
The Chronicles of Riddick, Unrated Director's Cut (UPC 2519263242) is
another good one.


> "Police Squad!"
:-)  Surprised you don't have the Naked Gun movies, or Dracula - Dead
and Loving It.  Spy Hard isn't bad, either.


> "Salem's Lot"
Which one, 1979 or 2004?  I saw Tobe Hooper's version first, and always
liked it.  Then, while reading the book, I watched the 2004 version, and
like the later version as well.  I like parts of each better than the
other.  It'd be nice is somebody would make a miniseries that doesn't
contradict the book anywhere.  I still prefer the 1979 version, mainly
because of the actors that were in it (e.g. James Mason).



> "Something Wicked This Way Comes"
:-)  Taped that off HBO way back in my Betamax days.  Gotta pick up that
DVD.


> "United 93"
I just bought this one.


> "World Trade Center"
How is it? Any good?


> "Young Frankenstein"
IMHO, the funniest movie ever made.


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Eddie: I can't get out of the world. I didn't pull the kind of math
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