Comments on: When are you done watching? http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/ MovieMorlocks.com is the official blog for Turner Classic Movies (TCM). No topic is too obscure or niche to be excluded from our film discussions. And we welcome your comments on our blogs and bloggers. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4789 David Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:57:36 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4789 This is still a milestone of a movie. I'm just glad there are better copies of it that are available after years of 3rd and 4th generation dupes. This is still a milestone of a movie. I’m just glad there are better copies of it that are available after years of 3rd and 4th generation dupes.

]]> By: Medusa http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4776 Medusa Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:08:12 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4776 Hey, I resemble that remark, Jonathan! Nuts? Me? Thanks! :-) In terms of that still, RHS, the poor guy looks so desperate and you know he didn't ask to be zombified...he's trying so hard to be a good monster. Pretty tragic and of course terrifying and sad, so sad. Hey, I resemble that remark, Jonathan! Nuts? Me? Thanks! :-)

In terms of that still, RHS, the poor guy looks so desperate and you know he didn’t ask to be zombified…he’s trying so hard to be a good monster. Pretty tragic and of course terrifying and sad, so sad.

]]> By: Pierre Fournier http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4753 Pierre Fournier Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:13:38 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4753 Agreed, that one shot evokes the whole film: Strange, kinetic, black and white. I saw this when it came out (40 years ago? Ouch!). Loved horror films, I had grown up on Shock Theater and Hammer Films. This one changed everything. The rules and rituals of monster movies were out the window. Seeing this was like getting hit by a truck. Agreed, that one shot evokes the whole film: Strange, kinetic, black and white.

I saw this when it came out (40 years ago? Ouch!). Loved horror films, I had grown up on Shock Theater and Hammer Films. This one changed everything. The rules and rituals of monster movies were out the window. Seeing this was like getting hit by a truck.

]]> By: RHS http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4745 RHS Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:23:04 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4745 That was no father, that was Roger Ebert! Ebert's piece had first been published in the Chicago Sun Times and reprinted in Reader's Digest. And Ebert has been bashed in some fan circles for coming off like he didn't appreciate the movie - he did (and he was one of the biggest boosters of its belated sequel, <b>Dawn of the Dead</b> a decade later) - but he was on the money about it being shown to the wrong audience. Mind you, this was back in the days when stuff like <b>True Grit</b> could get a G (General Audience) rating even though people get shot, stabbed, bashed over the head with rocks, bitten by rattlesnakes and have their fingers chopped off. That was no father, that was Roger Ebert! Ebert’s piece had first been published in the Chicago Sun Times and reprinted in Reader’s Digest. And Ebert has been bashed in some fan circles for coming off like he didn’t appreciate the movie – he did (and he was one of the biggest boosters of its belated sequel, Dawn of the Dead a decade later) – but he was on the money about it being shown to the wrong audience. Mind you, this was back in the days when stuff like True Grit could get a G (General Audience) rating even though people get shot, stabbed, bashed over the head with rocks, bitten by rattlesnakes and have their fingers chopped off.

]]> By: Suzi Doll http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4742 Suzi Doll Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:30:50 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4742 There is a famous review of NOTLD written by a father who took his young son to the film, thinking it was going to be a familiar horror film that followed all of the conventions. But, the starkness of the imagery in NOTLD, plus it's genre-busting characteristics, frightened the little tyke to hysteria. The writer was outraged that such a film was shown in theaters with no warning as to its content, and he was upset that his little father-son experience was ruined! I remember reading the article reprinted in the READERS' DIGEST and getting scared just from that experience. But, it made me want to see the movie, and years later I did. This screen grab does bring back all of the reasons why the film scared me -- and still does. And I enjoyed your well-written reflection on the nature of imagery. There is a famous review of NOTLD written by a father who took his young son to the film, thinking it was going to be a familiar horror film that followed all of the conventions. But, the starkness of the imagery in NOTLD, plus it’s genre-busting characteristics, frightened the little tyke to hysteria. The writer was outraged that such a film was shown in theaters with no warning as to its content, and he was upset that his little father-son experience was ruined! I remember reading the article reprinted in the READERS’ DIGEST and getting scared just from that experience. But, it made me want to see the movie, and years later I did. This screen grab does bring back all of the reasons why the film scared me — and still does. And I enjoyed your well-written reflection on the nature of imagery.

]]> By: RHS http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4737 RHS Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:39:59 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4737 I love a good McSwine story! I love a good McSwine story!

]]> By: 42nd Street Memories http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4732 42nd Street Memories Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:32:54 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4732 What added to my enjoyment of seeing NOTLD for the first time, was seeing it on 42nd Street with some patrons who were more frightening than the zombies. Me and McSwine and Charlie were accustomed to getting ripped off with a double feature on The Deuce that promised far more than it delivered (think, Frankenstein vs. The Space Monster/Curse of the Voodoo). After sitting through a rather tame Dr. Who and the Daleks, we experienced NOTLD. No hoopla, no idea of what was to come. And you are dead on (fittingly), the opening nailed it. The Anco Theater was alive like we had never seen it, hollering at the screen. Giving instructions to the brother and sister on screen, to get their arses and other body parts the heck out of there. And of course, it only got better. Both the film and the audience. Take that, sports fans. What added to my enjoyment of seeing NOTLD for the first time, was seeing it on 42nd Street with some patrons who were more frightening than the zombies. Me and McSwine and Charlie were accustomed to getting ripped off with a double feature on The Deuce that promised far more than it delivered (think, Frankenstein vs. The Space Monster/Curse of the Voodoo). After sitting through a rather tame Dr. Who and the Daleks, we experienced NOTLD. No hoopla, no idea of what was to come. And you are dead on (fittingly), the opening nailed it. The Anco Theater was alive like we had never seen it, hollering at the screen. Giving instructions to the brother and sister on screen, to get their arses and other body parts the heck out of there. And of course, it only got better. Both the film and the audience. Take that, sports fans.

]]> By: Jonathan Lapper http://moviemorlocks.com/2008/08/19/when-are-you-done-watching/#comment-4723 Jonathan Lapper Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:26:09 +0000 http://tcmmoviemorlocks.wordpress.com/?p=2859#comment-4723 I've listened to the same piece of music for over a week now. I have countless new movies I've gotten on DVD from Netflix that have gone back unseen, because I had a personal favorite on hand I preferred to watch instead. And pictures - as my banners might betray, I'm obsessed with screengrabs, stills and posters. I have prized internet possessions (whoever thought there would be such a thing?), posters only found on the internet in small sizes because the larger sizes are for sale and watermarked. Mwhaahhahaahaha!!! I eat watermarks for breakfast (with toast of course). Anyway, I love sharing them too. Sometimes I think I could do my whole blog with just scans and internet grabs. So you're not mad. MedusaMorlock? Sure, she's nuts. But you're okay. I’ve listened to the same piece of music for over a week now. I have countless new movies I’ve gotten on DVD from Netflix that have gone back unseen, because I had a personal favorite on hand I preferred to watch instead. And pictures – as my banners might betray, I’m obsessed with screengrabs, stills and posters. I have prized internet possessions (whoever thought there would be such a thing?), posters only found on the internet in small sizes because the larger sizes are for sale and watermarked. Mwhaahhahaahaha!!! I eat watermarks for breakfast (with toast of course). Anyway, I love sharing them too. Sometimes I think I could do my whole blog with just scans and internet grabs. So you’re not mad. MedusaMorlock? Sure, she’s nuts. But you’re okay.

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