jimmyatesu wrote:
first and foremost , i am inconsequential. ive attended maybe 6 sci fi marathons and maybe 8 or 10 horror marathons (and one trailer thon). i missed the sci fi one this spring.
ive been to a few other marathons , at the phoneixville theater in pa , and one near chicago.
ive been slowly escapeing ohio. at this point , im in milwaukee ( waiting for cinematic titanic and gwar ) and i will be in colorado in november.
ive had a really good time at all those events, and between joe and bruce , ive been severely disappointed at any other marathon ive been to. the columbus ones are the most fun , have the best variety , and the greatest attendees.
im not sure if i can make it to the horror marathon this october or not. it will depend on the film line up. but - it kind of comes to that, the "only" reason , im even thinking of visiting a place i grew up in, is because of the horror marathon. because they have always been such a good experience. some people take it for granted, and may act like they are "deserved" something better. but getting your mind wrecked for a day with a bunch of twisted cine geeks and going through that process is awesome. and every time ive been to one, i feel like ive walked out a better person for it.
kudos to joe and bruce for bringing such joy to so many passionate people for so long.
I have to agree that my favorites are the Columbus marathons, despite Chicago doing them for 7 or 8 years now and this being the second year with 2 marathons in town. But the thing I keep begging the Chicago organizers for is more trailers between the movies. Chicago is great at making the marathons run like a machine. They've never had to drop a movie due to time constraints but sometimes it's just too efficient. We need more than 2 minutes between movies and if that's all you're going to give us, run some trailers so people can at least go to the bathroom without missing the beginning of a movie-but nope sometimes it's literally just 2 minutes. Bruce and Joe are the best hosts and the atmosphere is more communal in Columbus-maybe because they've been going on for so long now. I love the running gags at the marathons. I've seen Duck Dodgers, Spaceboy, and Gravity dozens of times now and it's always a blast with the crowds. I doubt I can make it this year, but wish I could.