tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361690843089891169.post4613796605804155117..comments2024-02-12T20:59:15.860-05:00Comments on Main Street Gazette: A magical journey into the movies - Part IIRyan P. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350754822474406675noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361690843089891169.post-86338083683909014602008-05-21T08:06:00.000-04:002008-05-21T08:06:00.000-04:00What a fun project. I love to put together film fe...What a fun project. I love to put together film festivals. <BR/><BR/>Do you have Netflix? I can't help you with identifying the horror film, but these three are all available on that site. <BR/>Footlight Parade<BR/>The Searchers<BR/>Tarzan the Ape ManAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333292101653300601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361690843089891169.post-81085096580650117932008-05-19T11:17:00.000-04:002008-05-19T11:17:00.000-04:00What a fantastic goal - you'll have to let us know...What a fantastic goal - you'll have to let us know how you get on with that. It sounds like something that my mum, dad and I would enjoy to do as a family - although I don't think they could sit through them all in one weekend!<BR/>Good luck!Princess Feehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16485862437205428525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361690843089891169.post-29569394819520278652008-05-19T09:54:00.000-04:002008-05-19T09:54:00.000-04:00When it first opened, that scene was touted as bei...When it first opened, that scene was touted as being "The Well of Souls" from Raiders. It wasn't changed over to represent "horror" until a few (or maybe many) years later.<BR/><BR/>"The Searchers" is part of the trailers in the queue, but the scene in the ride isn't a direct pull from it. It is more of a inspirational representation of John Wayne's films.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361690843089891169.post-83497772488807268832008-05-19T07:26:00.000-04:002008-05-19T07:26:00.000-04:00Great quest... What a journey. Regarding the "Ho...Great quest... What a journey. Regarding the "Horror Films" section, I always felt it began its life as even more RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. That film does of course feature scenes with plenty of skeletons. Then, to avoid over-exposure on any one film they threw in the "horror films of the..." narration. Of course, it ain't learned and I never looked to confirm it, and its probably total bunk, but its my own personal total bunk...<BR/><BR/>Good luckDoc Terminushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00940374943832177967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361690843089891169.post-2551815416261651412008-05-19T01:50:00.000-04:002008-05-19T01:50:00.000-04:00A bit of help: you may be best seeking out VHS cop...A bit of help: you may be best seeking out VHS copies of Footlight Parade and Tarzan on eBay since the DVDs are quite nice but only available in pricey box sets. The Searchers is, of course, available on DVD for fairly reasonable prices these days. I hope you have a good experience with it; I don't like the film at all even though I love John Ford.<BR/><BR/>You're really just gonna have to give up on this horror movie situation and either choose a random movie or just omit that section entirely. I'm personally of the mind that they probably shouldn't have tried to wedge another scene into the ride if it didn't fit: following up a bunch of specific moments in specific movies with "hey, remember that skeletons... are like skeletons... in horror movies... of the 30's and 40's??" is really lame. They should've just said "OK, Alien can stand for both horror and science fiction." and went home that day.<BR/><BR/>What they probably really wanted was an indisputable icon of horror like Lugosi lurking around a castle or Karloff menacing you or whatever, and I'm sure nobody thought of MGM's very silly Mark of the Vampire, which is in segments a near shot for shot remake of Dracula except with big over the top optical effects. That was well within their legal right, and it would've been an effective Dracula scene without actually being Dracula.<BR/><BR/>Better yet: why not go to the public domain and use the 1925 Phantom of the Opera? True, that's a Universal picture, but Universal gave up their copyright on the film decades ago in favor of the lame Claude Rains version. Even better, why not forgo Alien and do something really cool for Sci-Fi, like Metropolis?<BR/><BR/>I'm sure all these kinds of things came up in meetings back in the 80's, but I've always thought Disney's list of "great movies" was less of a horse and more of a camel. I mean, honestly, no effort to include Citizen Kane? Really?FoxxFurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00443092111956989561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8361690843089891169.post-38063878853871410612008-05-18T23:01:00.000-04:002008-05-18T23:01:00.000-04:00This is an interesting project and what will, I am...This is an interesting project and what will, I am sure, amount to a long weekend. Mrs. Doc and I have been going through every Academy Award winner for Best Motion Picture. It is an undertaking. Best of luck and thanks for the information.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451951530394384699noreply@blogger.com