so Ghost Story was ...weird. I'm assuming it was very scary for 1981. Now it's just confusing.
I said I'm sorry. I've made mistakes, but fear was never one of them.
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Laga - Feb 17, 2010 6:15:50 pm PST #6865 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 17, 2010 6:21:22 pm PST #6866 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
so Ghost Story was ...weird. I'm assuming it was very scary for 1981. Now it's just confusing.
It was weak tea compared to the book, which is brilliant. They basically took an epic story and boiled it down to men being stupid.
Laga - Feb 17, 2010 6:29:54 pm PST #6867 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
And yet it appears on many "scariest movies" lists. Ah well, scary != good.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 17, 2010 6:33:09 pm PST #6868 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And yet it appears on many "scariest movies" lists
Really? I thought it was long forgotten relic of the early 80s. Huh.
Amy - Feb 17, 2010 6:46:12 pm PST #6869 of 30000
Because books.
The novel is fantastic. So much of his earlier stuff was just epic. The movie is pretty silly, watching it now. But Alice Krige is always pretty.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 17, 2010 6:46:31 pm PST #6870 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
It least it had a few good elderly actors being featured in major roles. But yeah, Fenny and Gregory Bates were terrifying in the book, and just kinda pathetic in the movie.
javachik - Feb 17, 2010 8:29:53 pm PST #6871 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Ghost Story terrified me as a kid (the book). I never saw the movie. I heart Peter Straub.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 18, 2010 3:25:50 am PST #6872 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
But yeah, Fenny and Gregory Bates were terrifying in the book, and just kinda pathetic in the movie.
Not to mention non-sensical without Sears James' story.
So much of his earlier stuff was just epic.
I think Shadowland is my favorite, but Ghost Story was close.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2010 6:23:05 am PST #6873 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Whedon And Super-Size Me Director Are Casting Their Comic Con Documentary
Rumor has it Morgan Spurlock and geek overlord Joss Whedon may teaming up for a project documenting fan culture at San Diego Comic Con. And they're looking for three subjects to follow around. Any takers?
After making a bunch of fanboy jokes, E! is reporting that Whedon and Spurlock are currently looking for the ultimate geeks to profile in a possible Comic Con documentary.
"They want to follow people for about three months leading up to this year's Comic-Con," the source said. "And then they want to film them there. They're looking at all types of people."
erikaj - Feb 18, 2010 7:22:13 am PST #6874 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
VICTORY! Sorry, comic-con shoutout.