Posted by Jaszmin on 11/29/05 13:33

WOW was OK but the color of the '53 version was
extraordinary. I made a DVD from the vhs of it.
Spielberg used stuff from the 53 version in the old
house sequence in Close Encounters, then did it
again in WOW. Even Gene Barry's clothes and
glasses were fascinating in 1953. He is one of my
favorites C movie actors of all time. He could have
been in A productions if hadn't been such a sucker
for kitsch. How about that cornball squaredance in
the '53, immaculate?

Mike Rice


On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:12:40 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <1133196406.429222.45730@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> jallen99@cox.net wrote:
>
>> Is anyone else having this problem?
>>
>> I subscribe to Netflix primarily for the new releases. I can get the
>> new releases in the first week without having to drive over to BB or
>> Hollywood, risk missing to get them, and then have to worry about
>> returning the disks. It's not a money issue, but naturally I do get a
>> better deal with them than I do with those other corporations.
>
>Why? The fodder coming out of Hollywood these days isn't even worth a
>nickle and a stick of gum. Stick with the classics man; back when
>Hollywood still knew how to make GOOD movies instead of CGI light shows
>with scripts written by 10 year olds. *cough* Stealth *cough*
>
>> This happened for all the new releases of 15 Nov 2005, and
>> for "War of the Worlds" for 22 Nov.
>
>Bah. They made a War of the Worlds movie 52 years ago. Just rent that
>one from Netflix if you want to see aliens trying to destroy the earth.
>And best of all, you won't even have to deal with that looney Tom Cruise.

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