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Re: Avatar « Result #9 on Dec 30, 2009, 3:08am »
'Twas indeed something to see. Very pretty film and the animation was something else. Some very cool ideas for the planet and animals and plants around it. However, I did find the script a little lacking and the start of the film did make me lose interest. The last hour of the film did make up for it.
Re: THE BURNING QUESTION: To dream or not to dream « Result #13 on Dec 28, 2009, 8:26pm »
You know what Don should do with Phantasm now that we have Blu-Ray. Utilizing seamless branching make multiple edits of the movie and have it where each time you watch it the movie is 20% different. Complete with alternate endings, different takes, alternate scenes, etc.. It would just totally mess with your mind as you wouldn't know how the next viewing would play out or end. Phantasm would be perfect for this. The massive storage capacity of Blu-Ray could hold this amount of data and would be a first, in my opinion, in movie making.
And before anyone mentions the 80's movie Clue I do remember that. But that was just alternate endings.
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Re: THE BURNING QUESTION: To dream or not to dream « Result #14 on Dec 28, 2009, 8:16pm »
I remember watching the x-tra's on P1 and Don said that there were a few different endings he had in mind. I would love to see some of the alternate endings. I'm not sure if I would of liked P1 ending where "it's only a dream". I never liked any movie that ended that way. On the Fatal Attraction DVD they have an alternate ending in the x-tras. But of course I liked the ending they used in the movie.
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Re: THE BURNING QUESTION: To dream or not to dream « Result #17 on Dec 28, 2009, 5:24pm »
I think it would have been really interesting to see the original ending where it was all a dream. There's not a thing wrong with the ending we have, and I love it as it is, but I think it would have given the film a completely different tone had the ending not been so "horror".
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THE BURNING QUESTION: To dream or not to dream? « Result #18 on Dec 28, 2009, 2:28pm »
In case any of you weren't aware, the original ending to Phantasm didn't have the Tall Man re-appearing in the final moments to say 'Booooooy'. As originally filmed, Mike woke up in his bed, realized it was all a dream, and had to remain in reality to face the hardship of losing his brother and parents. The cemetery shot briefly glimpsed at in P1's ending of Mike standing over Jody's grave was much longer as first filmed. The camera pulls back until it passes a funeral in progress where we see the Tall Man in ordinary attire and of normal stature comforting one of the families.
So the question is this.
Which ending do you think better serves Phantasm?
Should it all have been just the fever-dream of a deeply troubled youth? Or should it have been more than that? Was the Tall Man really out to get poor Mike?
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Re: Dunes Cantina « Result #19 on Dec 27, 2009, 7:00am »
David,
I've heard from P1 crewmembers that the Dunes Cantina was either in Seal Beach or Sunset Beach. Regardless of where the Dunes might have stood, it's widely believed to have been demolished years ago.
Am I to assume you regularly go bar-hopping in Death Valley? Sounds fun!
Dunes Cantina « Result #20 on Dec 27, 2009, 12:58am »
Just wondering if anyone can tell me where the location of the set for the Dunes Cantina was? I swear I saw it when I was in Death Valley years ago. Thanks, David se7endram@yahoo.com