Did anyone see the mini monster movie marathon on TCM, Thursday June 6th?
The Bride of Frankenstein
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
Creature From the Black Lagoon
King Kong (1933)
Why don't they do this more often?
BTW, Universal has greenlit a remake of Creature From the Black Lagoon. It will be titled simply, The Black Lagoon.
Any thoughts?
There have been rumblings about a remake of Black Lagoon since the late 80's when John Carpenter was going to do it. I like to think he would have done a good job, but I don't think it needs to be done. The original creature design was and still is frigging amazing and I'm pretty sure any attempts at 'modernizing' it will be asinine at best.
Quote from: D.D. Wookie on June 10, 2013, 07:52:05 PM
There have been rumblings about a remake of Black Lagoon since the late 80's when John Carpenter was going to do it. I like to think he would have done a good job, but I don't think it needs to be done. The original creature design was and still is frigging amazing and I'm pretty sure any attempts at 'modernizing' it will be asinine at best.
Nothing beats those underwater scenes where he's swimming upside-down, mirroring Adam's swim strokes. Don't know how you can get a visual better than that. And in-color may make it look fake rather than better. Although they did a nice job in Hellboy with that fish-man character. :)
Tonight (July 11th) Turner Classic Movies will be paying tribute to the late , (and truly) great Ray Harryhausen with a five movie marathon starting at 5:00pm.
A great feature of TCM that makes even skeleton warriors dance -- no commercials!
(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/40/83095840_3f57cfe57b_z.jpg)
5pm pst, 7pm cst...you can fill in the rest!
7:00 PM Jason And The Argonauts (1963)
9:00 PM Golden Voyage Of Sinbad, The (1973)
11:00 PM Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger (1977)
1:00 AM Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
2:30 AM Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The (1953)
Awesome line up. Jason and the Argonauts was my fave film for years when I was a kid. I used to get good grades in world history because of my reports on Greek Mythology and Jason & the Argos in particular. :D
No Creature remake for me. They got it right the first time.
Thank you for the updated post. ;D
Quote from: Mord on July 12, 2013, 11:00:53 AM
No Creature remake for me. They got it right the first time.
Amen brother.
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on July 11, 2013, 04:19:50 PM
A great feature of TCM that makes even skeleton warriors dance -- no commercials!
Hey McDougal,
Where is that photo from? I have to visit :)
On any posted photo you can right click on it and get the URL address in "Properties". I don't know about the website, I just grabbed the cool photo in a Google search.
Quote from: Phantom Stranger on July 11, 2013, 01:22:00 PM
Tonight (July 11th) Turner Classic Movies will be paying tribute to the late , (and truly) great Ray Harryhausen with a five movie marathon starting at 5:00pm.
caught Eye if the Tiger and Earth vs.. but fell asleep before 20,000 Fathoms started. Luckily I have them all on DVD and all of them have great special features, making of, interviews with Harryhausen & Ray Bradbury, trailers, the dynamation reel, etc. :)
Quote from: Cerebus on July 12, 2013, 08:16:48 PM
caught Eye if the Tiger and Earth vs.. but fell asleep before 20,000 Fathoms started. Luckily I have them all on DVD and all of them have great special features, making of, interviews with Harryhausen & Ray Bradbury, trailers, the dynamation reel, etc. :)
"Eye of the Tiger" is my least favorite of all of Ray's films -- the creatures just aren't very interesting (except, of course, Jane Seymour)...(http://seanchase.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/sinbad-and-the-eye-of-the-tiger-jane-seymour.jpg?w=627&h=335)
Good enough for me!
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on July 12, 2013, 08:34:59 PM
"Eye of the Tiger" is my least favorite of all of Ray's films -- the creatures just aren't very interesting (except, of course, Jane Seymour)...
She is certainly the most interesting creature in the film :D which is unusual for a Harryhausen movie. I'm just glad he was able to make Clash of the Titans after this so his legacy ended on a high note!
Clash of the Titans was on TCM last Saturday. I had totally forgotten Perseus' mother had a topless scene. My son saw his first movie boob!
Chris
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on July 12, 2013, 08:34:59 PM
"Eye of the Tiger" is my least favorite of all of Ray's films -- the creatures just aren't very interesting (except, of course, Jane Seymour)...
(http://seanchase.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/sinbad-and-the-eye-of-the-tiger-jane-seymour.jpg?w=627&h=335)
This is true....and Taryn Power was interesting as well (but Jane Seymour was the Babe Supreme in that flick ;)). Interesting name, too.....Seymour....See More. :)
Quote from: Earth 2 Chris on July 14, 2013, 09:18:34 AM
Clash of the Titans was on TCM last Saturday. I had totally forgotten Perseus' mother had a topless scene. My son saw his first movie boob!
Chris
Lol, congrats to your son. My first movie boobs was in a kung fu movie with Bruce Lee, Fists of Fury, I think. My dad took me and my brother to see it. He must have seen it was coming and sent us to buy popcorn, but we stood at the back of the theater and watched the whole scene :)
I think the Creature from the Black Lagoon should be left alone.
Quote from: McDougals House of Horror on July 12, 2013, 08:34:59 PM"Eye of the Tiger" is my least favorite of all of Ray's films -- the creatures just aren't very interesting (except, of course, Jane Seymour)...
(http://seanchase.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/sinbad-and-the-eye-of-the-tiger-jane-seymour.jpg?w=627&h=335)
Seymour used to go on talk shows and joke about this being the only G-rated nude scene in film history. Then she'd tell a story about filming "The Thorn Birds" with Richard Chamberlain that was quite graphic, but very funny.
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Quote from: MONSTERMOSH on September 19, 2013, 12:43:15 AM
I think the Creature from the Black Lagoon should be left alone.
I concur,the Creature is too iconic to tamper with his appearance :'(.Besides didn't they do a pseudo remake with Anaconda? ;D