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Reply #120 - Feb 24^th, 2013 at 12:29pm

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Thanks again for these, Bunnyman!

Couldn't disagree more about GATTACA. It's one of my fave SF films of the past 20 years or so and has a terrific Top 10 level Film Score by Michael Nyman. SOYLENT GREEN made a welcome return after two decades to the 'thon. The inclusion of a straight out horror film like ZOMBIES OF MORA TAU was curious - it isn't a terrible grade B flick, though. Never heard we were selling out ANY year at the Coolidge. Seemed like there were always plenty of empty seats.

THEM! Time for a return visit to the Marathon? I hasn't shown since this one, 15 years ago! It's PHASE V perhaps? Cheesy

Cheesy

Historical note: We booked Rene Laloux' classic FANTASTIC PLANET to show that year, but the distributor sent us FANTASTIC VOYAGE instead.

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Bugs, Brains and other beasties, that's a pretty wide ranging theme. Contact was interesting, it does have some plot holes and a disappointing alien. Them is always welcome at the 'thon. Gattaca may be well done but is still about a guy with a heart condition tricking his way into space. Soylent Green is people. Man With Two Brains was very funny. Space Truckers a fun little film from Stuart Gordon.
We were selling out the Coolidge every year btw.

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Reply #121 - Feb 24^th, 2013 at 1:05pm

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I don't recall the Coolidge selling out every year. I am not saying that it never happened but there were plenty of seats available on the day of the marathon. GATTACA is one of my all time faves. Them! is long overdue, the first and best of the big bug movies. WB's highest grossing film of 1954. I suggested it to Garen for next year.

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Reply #122 - Feb 24^th, 2013 at 9:27pm

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Frank wrote on Feb 24^th, 2013 at 1:05pm:

I don't recall the Coolidge selling out every year. I am not saying that it never happened but there were plenty of seats available on the day of the marathon.

I always remember the place being pretty packed each year.
But then sometimes my memories do get a bit blurred.

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Reply #123 - Feb 25^th, 2013 at 2:20am

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Of course, the Red Sox officially call this a "sellout", too.......

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Reply #124 - Feb 26^th, 2013 at 4:07pm

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The Marathon must have sold out at least once while at the Coolidge, because I remember coming up early one morning from UMass Amherst and having to play the "need one, got one?" game down Damnation Alley. One of the Ark crew had a spare and sold it at face value. Honor among Marathoners. I wasn't the only one that year needing a miracle, either.

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Reply #125 - Feb 26^th, 2013 at 10:05pm

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SF24, while it's not named it's pretty obvious we had a mad scientist theme happening. If not, it should've been since almost all the films feature one.
Dreamscape seems to be forgotten by fans for some reason. A rare showing of a the first Hammer Frankenstein film. Young Frankenstein's print was missing a classic gag. City of Lost Children was truly a trip and a half. 27th Day was a no show, although we supposedly got the negative. Dark City another overlooked film that the marathoids loved.

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Reply #126 - Feb 26^th, 2013 at 10:08pm

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The official SF24 trivia quiz.
Go ahead, take a shot at it, if you get stuck well the internet IS available.

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Reply #127 - Mar 1^st, 2013 at 6:06pm

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And we're off again. SF25. Good Lord we're reaching the quarter century mark

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Reply #128 - Mar 1^st, 2013 at 6:11pm

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A nice little article on the upcoming event including some quotes by long time attendees (not me though)

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Reply #129 - Mar 3^rd, 2013 at 8:01pm

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25 years of sleep deprivation. Yow! Fun films this year too. Infra Man is just insane. Iron Giant is a classic, his last line had the crowd absolutely silent except for a lot of sniffles holding back tears. (This was really before the film was discovered on video.) Lots of applause at the very end. 27th Day is better than I'd heard, low key but good. Death Race 2000 was a good choice since we had to have at least one film with 2000 in the title. eXistenz I am still trying to figure out. Spaced Invader was the MIA movie this year. George Lucas In Love, this was before Phantom Menace so we still liked George, fun short anyway. Brazil, always welcome, and we end with another visit from Klaatu. Lost Planet may be the worst serial ever.

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Reply #130 - Mar 3^rd, 2013 at 9:22pm

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TRON was cool to see again on the big screen, even if it's not that great a movie.
TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN (later re-titled INVASION - original, eh?) is the best "Premiere" the Marathon has ever had.

And, of course, there was ASTROSLUT!

Hey, better than all those Burlesque shows that have invaded the Marathon.

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25 years of sleep deprivation. Yow! Fun films this year too. Infra Man is just insane. Iron Giant is a classic, his last line had the crowd absolutely silent except for a lot of sniffles holding back tears. (This was really before the film was discovered on video.) Lots of applause at the very end. 27th Day is better than I'd heard, low key but good. Death Race 2000 was a good choice since we had to have at least one film with 2000 in the title. eXistenz I am still trying to figure out. Spaced Invader was the MIA movie this year. George Lucas In Love, this was before Phantom Menace so we still liked George, fun short anyway. Brazil, always welcome, and we end with another visit from Klaatu. Lost Planet may be the worst serial ever.

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Reply #131 - Mar 3^rd, 2013 at 10:05pm

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I was gonna get around to remembering them.

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Reply #132 - Mar 6^th, 2013 at 7:49am

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If nothing else, SF26 will be remembered for one of the coolest marathon t-shirts ever. Bride of Frankenstein on the big screen, fantastic and fun. Mad Max in the original Australian accents. Titan A.E. was saved by it's final joke.Barbarella and Galaxina, 2 gorgeous girls of the galaxy, neither film is that great though. Battlefield Earth went over well as the 'thon crowd really could not believe how bad it was. Travolta's laugh was heard for years after. Trekkies and Galaxy Quest ended this years event with 2 looks at sci-fi fans. Both are sympathetic in their ways, but in Galaxy Quest we get to rescue the heroes.
Oh yeah, Captain Video was even worse than Lost Planet.

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Reply #133 - Mar 6^th, 2013 at 2:31pm

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Battlefield Earth went over well as the 'thon crowd really could not believe how bad it was. Travolta's laugh was heard for years after.

I won't go as far as to accuse the Bunnyman of revisionist history because, quite frankly, it ain't his style. However, my recollection of the reception given to Battlefield Earth is significantly different than his remembrance of the event. Battlefield Earth was not considered one of those so bad it's fun movies, rather it was considered just awful and draggy. There were no howls of laughter rather there were a few painful groans amid a sea of silence. A lot of booing at the end. I don't even recall Travolta's laugh and it was certainly never brought up in subsequent years. Just a terrible experience to be avoided.

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Reply #134 - Mar 6^th, 2013 at 2:38pm

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da_Bunnyman wrote on Mar 6^th, 2013 at 7:49am:

If nothing else, SF26 will be remembered for one of the coolest marathon t-shirts ever. Bride of Frankenstein on the big screen, fantastic and fun. Mad Max in the original Australian accents. Titan A.E. was saved by it's final joke.Barbarella and Galaxina, 2 gorgeous girls of the galaxy, neither film is that great though. Battlefield Earth went over well as the 'thon crowd really could not believe how bad it was. Travolta's laugh was heard for years after. Trekkies and Galaxy Quest ended this years event with 2 looks at sci-fi fans. Both are sympathetic in their ways, but in Galaxy Quest we get to rescue the heroes.
Oh yeah, Captain Video was even worse than Lost Planet.

The T-Shirt design was simple, but cool. An Art Director I was working with at the time was quite impressed.
The TREKKIES & GALAXY QUEST double bill at the end was great fun.
GALAXINA was a reminder of the last gasp of Crown International pictures and Drive-In pics in general. It would be a better Marathon memory, if it hadn't been shown twice in an 8 year period!
TANK GIRL - Who was that hot sidekick? Naomi Watts - before anyone knew who she was. I got to work with Lori Petty and Director Rachel Talalay (several times). Both were cool talking about it. The Director of Photography, Gale Tattersall shot HOUSE for 6 of its 8 years.
BARBARELLA. Don't know how, but, I really had forgotten how much nudity was in it (and rated PG to boot!). It's fun euro schlock.
BATTLEFIELD EARTH - Gotta disagree strongly here. I know that certain folks have tried to spin this over the years as a Marathon success (or made excuses for why it wasn't), but it fell pretty flat once the shock & awe of how bad it was wore off. Like the later SOUND OF THUNDER, it was a failed attempt at "creating" a cult so-bad-its-good hit out of a then recent blockbuster failure (Jay Seaver's fave sub-genre: Wink

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).
Sure, there was a modicum of fun with Travolta's laugh, but, it was more derisive than anything else.

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