It's not a major anniversary, but, it is the 45th Annual Marathon.

Any suggestions? Particuarly of Films that are 'due' for return the 'thon? This year, we saw a long overdue repeat of ANDROMEDA STRAIN (42 years!)

Two I’ld like to see as repeats that haven’t played in a loooong time: Day of the Triffids and Journey to the Center of the Earth. There are are more, but this will do for starters.

Well, there are a couple of films released in 76 that have never been shown. A*P*E, the infamous "remake" of Things To Come and the interesting God Told Me To.
Also from the same period, Ralph Bakshi's,Wizards, Damnation Alley and of course The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Wonder if it'd be possible to produce a replica T-shirt from the Welles marathons or even some using the ads & such from them.

Was also thinking Plan 9 and Robot Monster would make great repeats, they’re so bad they’re fun.

Lile wrote on Mar 13^th, 2019 at 12:14am:

Was also thinking Plan 9 and Robot Monster would make great repeats, they’re so bad they’re fun.

As much as  I like this year's 'thon, there may have been a little lack of pure 'fun' in the lineup. Outside of INNERSPACE, maybe.

BUT, seeing how quiet the 'thon audience is for the most part, I'm not sure if you could re-create the great audience response to a ROBOT MONSTER from back in the day. REPTILICUS may have been the last one in the so bad that's it's good vein that actually worked with the crowd. And, that was about 7 years ago.

L.A. Connection wrote on Mar 13^th, 2019 at 5:52pm:

Lile wrote on Mar 13th, 2019 at 12:14am: Was also thinking Plan 9 and Robot Monster would make great repeats, they’re so bad they’re fun. As much as  I like this year's 'thon, there may have been a little lack of pure 'fun' in the lineup. Outside of INNERSPACE, maybe. BUT, seeing how quiet the 'thon audience is for the most part, I'm not sure if you could re-create the great audience response to a ROBOT MONSTER from back in the day. REPTILICUS may have been the last one in the so bad that's it's good vein that actually worked with the crowd. And, that was about 7 years ago.

Was noticing that myself. I only recall 1 "door" and no "MARK" comments.
Heck even the credit clap seemed very subdued.
The movies were mostly good this year so yeah maybe add a really schlocky film or two.

I noticed how quiet the audience has become in the last few years. We don’t really have an alien mating call contest and there were only a couple of people in the tin foil hat contest. I don’t know if this is just a phase or a permanent change in the audience.

Or....maybe the crowd was shocked that we actually held a SCIENCE FICTION FILM Marathon for the first time in eons!

:D

No argument from me, I was one of the ones that was shocked. A detail question, is it okay to post about my occasional mini marathons on this board?

Lile wrote on Mar 13^th, 2019 at 10:09pm:

No argument from me, I was one of the ones that was shocked. A detail question, is it okay to post about my occasional mini marathons on this board?

Of course! Just create your own new post!

L.A. Connection wrote on Mar 13^th, 2019 at 10:00pm:

Or....maybe the crowd was shocked that we actually held a SCIENCE FICTION FILM Marathon for the first time in eons! :D

Yeah, maybe the contests have outlived their purpose.
Perhaps just do some giveaways during the 'thon with some really random prize packs of merchandise.

Also I really do miss the goodie bags.

Some folks have suggested THE 4D MAN. Yeah or nay?

L.A. Connection wrote on Apr 1^st, 2019 at 7:45pm:

Some folks have suggested THE 4D MAN. Yeah or nay?

Certainly schlocky enough and some nice over the top acting too as I recall.

With two Captain Marvels on the big screen, maybe next year's Science Fiction Movie Marathon can feature a couple chapters of  the 1941 movie serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel.

Rich Bartlett wrote on Apr 5^th, 2019 at 9:44am:

With two Captain Marvels on the big screen, maybe next year's Science Fiction Movie Marathon can feature a couple chapters of  the 1941 movie serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel.

I wouldn't mind seeing some serial chapters again. Not sure about Captain Marvel though. It's really too well made.

da_Bunnyman wrote on Apr 6^th, 2019 at 12:01am:

[quote author=546F656E677462594359446774726A637272060 link=1551584715/13#13 date=1554475443]With two Captain Marvels on the big screen, maybe next year's Science Fiction Movie Marathon can feature a couple chapters of  the 1941 movie serial The Adventures of Captain Marvel. [/quote I wouldn't mind seeing some serial chapters again. Not sure about Captain Marvel though. It's really too well made.

I like the idea of a few serial chapters of Captain Marvel,

The next marathon should probably screen The Black Hole (1979) now that have a picture of an actual black hole.

Oooh, ooooh!


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7015415/New-cinema-DOUBLE-BEDS-instead-seats.html?utm_source=FCFacebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=SocialFlow

New cinema has DOUBLE BEDS instead of seats...

4D Man would be great as would Damnation Alley. It's been a while since we've seen the Incredible Melting Man!

I remember those in theater 2 at the Orion Wells applauding the janitor at the end of The Incredible Melting Man.

Lile wrote on Dec 11^th, 2019 at 2:27am:

I remember those in theater 2 at the Orion Wells applauding the janitor at the end of The Incredible Melting Man.

There were some fine chuckles in Cinema One as well!

this years picks only feature one movie with rocket ships: spaceballs