The Ohio Sci-Fi and Horror Marathons

...because it's never too early.

We have finally passed the 6 month mark after all.

Anyway, to start with I hear that a pristine print of Carpenter's The THING played at Chicago's horror marathon and was a big hit. This film is long overdue for a marathon repeat.

Oh, and Carpenter's last good movie THEY LIVE has also played a couple festivals this year, so there's a print of that somewhere, too.
Surely we can squeeze in at least one good Carpenter film, eh?

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I'd love to see both version of The Thing. Those have been some of my favorite marathons, when they's done the then and now type of thing. Though in the case of the Thing, it would be the then and not as then.

I'd like to put a vote in for Donnie Darko. Also Logan's Run.

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Well although I disagree THEY LIVE was Carpenter's last good film I would still love to see THE THING and THEY LIVE at this years 'thon

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I hope that Bruce can snag that THING print before they screw up the remake that's in pre-production.

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This is the compiled list of requests from last year, if it was requested more than once I placed the number of requests after the title (#).....


7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD
12:01
13th FLOOR
ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON, BOY GENIUS, THE
AKIRA (2)
ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE (2)
BACK TO THE FUTURE (2)
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III
BACK TO THE FUTURE, THE RIDE
BARBARELLA
BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (2)
BLACK HOLE, THE (3)
CALTIKI: THE IMMORTAL MONSTERCASSHERN
COLOSSUS: THE FORBIN PROJECT (2)
DELICATESSEN
DEMON SEED
DIE MONSTER DIE
DOCTOR WHO AND THE DALEKS (2)
DONNIE DARKO (2)
ENEMY MINE
FANTASTIC PLANET (2)
FLASH GORDON
FLASH GORDON: ROCKETSHIP (1936)
FLESH GORDON
GALAXY EXPRESS 999 (2)
GALAXY OF TERROR
GALAXY QUEST
GODZILLA VS THE COSMIC MONSTER (MECHAGODZILLA 1974)
GOJIRA (the original uncut Japanese version)
HEARTBEEPS
HOWARD THE DUCK (2)
ICE PIRATES
INCREDIBLES, THE
INDEPENDENCE DAY
JASON X
KING KONG (1976)
LOGANS RUN (5)
MEATBALLS PART 2
METALSTORM: The Destruction of Jared Syn in 3-D
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (1949)
MST3K: The Movie
NIGHT OF THE COMET (2)
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS
NIGHT OF THE LEPUS
NOT OF THIS EARTH (2)
PHASE IV
PITCH BLACK
QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, THE
ROCK AND RULE (2)
ROLLERBALL (the original) (3)
SATURN 3
SILENT RUNNING
SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE
SOYLENT GREEN (2)
SPACEHUNTER: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone in 3-D
SPRIGGAN
STAR TREK II
STAR TREK IV
STAR TREK VI
STAR WARS IV: A New Hope (original theatrical print only!!!)
STARMAN (2)
STEPFORD WIVES, THE (1975)
THE THING, John Carpenters (3)
THEY LIVE
THINGS TO COME
THIS ISLAND EARTH
TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE
UNBREAKABLE
UNDEAD
V FOR VENDETTA
VALLEY OF GWANGI, THE
YOR, THE HUNTER FROM THE FUTURE
ZAPPED! (2)

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Still looks like a good list, there are a few there I would love to see, the rest I wouldn't mind and none I would really hate, though V for Vendetta is pretty recent. Though, as I get older I'm starting to soften on that position.

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This is only tangentially SciFi, but Mike Judge's IDIOCRACY is a hoot and was seen by a total of like three people in the cinemas.

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN is also the bomb.

It got limited release, I wouldn't mind seeing Idiocracy. Early guest request for Fritz the Nite Owl.

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A spendid idea IMHO.

Granted only Columbus locals and certain other Ohio attendees may know who he is or care for that matter, but I most certainly take pride in being one of them.

For those who are unfamilar, Fritz the nite Owl was a late night movie host who has had a series of hosting jobs dating all the way back to the 70s. He doesn't do it anymore but those of us who grew up watching him will never forget him. As you can see I have an old school mug shot of him as my avatar.

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I would love to see Idiocracy as well. Everything I have heard says it is worth a look, and yet it showed very few places. Especially if Columbus was not one of those places, I hope they try and track down a print for the marathon.

I agree - Idiocracy would be a great marathon film, if they could possibly get a print. Since it only played like three cities, who knows how many prints were even made. The movie is out on DVD this week, but I'd love to see it on the big screen at the marathon.

Don't get me wrong, the film is a mess. It was essentially taken away from Mike Judge, chopped up and retrofitted with unnecessary narration to fill in the gaps. Still, what is there is really funny. It's just a shame that Fox didn't trust Judge (or the American people, for that matter) enough to release his version of it. Still, I think it would play very well with the Marathoid audience. It's not the kind of film that will appeal to an everyday audience, especially the group of people that the film satirizes. However, I tend to think that those people are also not generally the ones who come to the Marathon; and if they are, frak 'em if they can't take a joke.

I am sure we will see at least one film released in 2006 at the marathon this year. There is usually one obvious choice of an overlooked or underapreciated film from the past year in the lineup. Recent examples that come to mind are Equilibrium, 28 Days Later, Sky Captain, and Serenity. Well, the interesting thing this year is that there are at least 4 candidates for this inevitable marathon slot this year:
A SCANNER DARKLY
IDIOCRACY
THE FOUNTAIN
SLITHER

Those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head, any others?
I'm sure at least one will be on the schedule.

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I would like to see Idiocracy. My guess is A Scanner Darkly, or perhaps Fountain, though I think it is a long shot. I would be suprised to see Slither. Of course it all comes down to print availability which means Idiocracy is probably the longest shot.

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Wow, it's almost marathon season!

A couple thoughts while I'm thinking of them.
How about PITCH BLACK? Not a classic by any stretch, but a decent enough little film and enough time has passed for it not to seem too "recent" I think.

Also, in honor of the highly lauded masterpiece finally making it to wide release this week, PAN'S LABYRINTH, how about Del Toro's first film, CRONOS?

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