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Thanks for all the nice comments re: my film CHOPPING MALL. I'm glad most there seemed to enjoy it. I just wish I had the time to make it out there and enjoy the marathon with you. Good luck until next year. May I suggest you possibly check out THE LOST EMPIRE, DEATHSTALKER 2, RETURN OF SWAMP THING or NOT OF THIS EARTH.


It was definitely lots of fun. I'm a big horror junkie, so I was happy to see something that blended the two genres. I was definitely worried about staying awake for all those late night screenings, but I had no trouble with Chopping Mall. It was definitely a great time. Thanks for making it.

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Keeping the 80's theme alive Robocop should show along with Night of the creeps and if Slither shows it's a great tie in with Night of the creeps as well. Rollerball is always a crowd favorite, Soylent Green and Logans Run would also be great. I think a good (or atleast fun) 3-D movie would play well especially if The Gateway could get a sterovision 3-D movie to work so we didn't have to use the old red/blue glasses.


I agree with you, anything in 3D would be awesome, but the red and blue thing just gets tiresome. Unfortunately, I don't think there is any way for any theaters nowadays to show the old '80s 3D movies, I think you need an obsolete projector for that, or am I wrong?

Also, it is not necessary to request LOGAN'S RUN any more. It is well documented that Bruce would snatch up any print of that film he could get his hands on, they are just not out there. :(

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OHH YEAHH 3D! I would love any 3-D that we could get for the marathon.

I was in heaven when we got to see "Creature from the Black Lagoon" in 3-D a few years ago...even with the red-blue lenses it was a great effect, and seeing it on the BIG screen like that was unbelievable.

I wonder why our print of "Robot Monster" was not in 3-D at the marathon a few years ago.... I believe it was originally filmed that way.... does the 3-D print not exist or is it hard to get?

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OHH YEAHH 3D! I would love any 3-D that we could get for the marathon.


Never say any ... lest we wind-up with some magic 3-D print of Automatons... ;)

3-D can be fun, but I'd imagine finding quality 3-D prints of the older flicks is pretty tough, regardless of whether or not you need a special projector (which I honestly have no clue about).


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First and foremost, thank you Bruce and staff for 24 years of the marathon. No matter how old I get (I'm 33 now), I'll always feel like a kid, coming to the Drexel to watch sci-fi. I hope you feel as appreciated as you are.

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It may not have been you, it may have been a guy in the third row from the back of the middle section of the theater. About 8 seats in. Big guy, 6 feet plus and probably 350 lbs or more, Dark hair, wears glasses. He snored loudly, the guy a couple seats over from him tried to wake him a few times when he got really loud.


I was the sucker that got stuck sitting next to this guy. My tooth fillings were rattling, his snores were so loud (not to mention the body odor). If you're reading this, dude, go sleep somewhere else next year. Please. I'm begging.

Still, I enjoyed this marathon more than the last several, and the first-timer I brought with me enjoyed as well. It's good to see a younger crowd mixing in with the old-timers, but it always worries me when we don't sell out. All you people keeping your marathon addictions to yourselves-- for shame! We should all be bringing friends with us-- after all, it's one of Bruce's commandments! ;)

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I was the sucker that got stuck sitting next to this guy. My tooth fillings were rattling, his snores were so loud (not to mention the body odor). If you're reading this, dude, go sleep somewhere else next year. Please. I'm begging.


There is NOTHING worse than getting stuck next to somebody who stinks. They really need to do a smell test before they let people into the marathon.


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Hmmm.... too bad "Fight Club" isn't really sci-fi - the soap-related giveaways for it could maybe help things out ;)


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I agree with you, anything in 3D would be awesome, but the red and blue thing just gets tiresome. Unfortunately, I don't think there is any way for any theaters nowadays to show the old '80s 3D movies, I think you need an obsolete projector for that, or am I wrong?


The red and green 3d is doable, but I agree it would be tiresome after one film. In order to do the polarized 3d like they did in the 80's, they would have to rent a special silver screen and I think a special projector. They did a 3d festival a few years back here in LA at the American Cinemateque. I saw Flesh For Frankenstein, Jaws3, and a couple of others whos titles I forget.

If they did decide to show 3d, it would be a HUGE undertaking. They would probably have to hire specialist to come in and set the theater up. It would be AWESOME if they could pull it off.


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I was the sucker that got stuck sitting next to this guy. My tooth fillings were rattling, his snores were so loud (not to mention the body odor). If you're reading this, dude, go sleep somewhere else next year. Please. I'm begging.


There is NOTHING worse than getting stuck next to somebody who stinks. They really need to do a smell test before they let people into the marathon.


The person in question may very well have smelled okay when we were let into the theater. No one really smells very good on Sunday mornings at these things. :?

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Jim Wynorski wrote:
Thanks for all the nice comments re: my film CHOPPING MALL. I'm glad most there seemed to enjoy it. I just wish I had the time to make it out there and enjoy the marathon with you. Good luck until next year. May I suggest you possibly check out THE LOST EMPIRE, DEATHSTALKER 2, RETURN OF SWAMP THING or NOT OF THIS EARTH.


Hey, jim, since you are the filmmaker, maybe you can answer the question on everyone's mind since the marathon: How come in CHOPPING MALL there was no chopping?

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OOOOO! Ideas already.
Not of This Earth with Traci Lords as guest!!!!!!!!!!


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"Hey, jim, since you are the filmmaker, maybe you can answer the question on everyone's mind since the marathon: How come in CHOPPING MALL there was no chopping."

Fun question - with a fun answer. The original name of the film was KILLBOTS, even though I advised Roger Corman that low budget titles with the word 'kill' in the title hardly ever did good business. Well, I was correct. The film was test marketed at some drive-ins(remember them) in Arizona, and died a horrible death - nobody showed up.

Even with the lousy business, Roger was pleased with the film. He called everybody in the office into the screening room and ran the last reel - hoping someone would get an idea how to re-market it.

Well the lights came up, and all the regular employees(including myself) were stumped. Well it was just about then that the handyman who changed the dead light bulbs in the theatre spoke up from behind the front curtains. "Why don'tcha call it 'CHOPPING MALL" he uttered with a lanky Southern drawl. Well I looked at Roger, he looked back at me - we both smiled because we instinctively knew it would work -- and, of course, it did. So even though there's no actual CHOPPING, the play on words got them in - and they stayed to enjoy.

True story.

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Cool story! And, I've met Corman, so I KNOW it rings true!

Invite you to stir up things at the Boston Marathon messageboard (www.sf.theboard.net). We've shown both CHOPPING MALL & NOT OF THIS EARTH there! And, here's a direct link to some CHOPPING MALL discussion from it's February showing:

http://sf.theboard.net/cgi-bin/yabb2/Ya ... 71911651/0



Jim Wynorski wrote:
"Hey, jim, since you are the filmmaker, maybe you can answer the question on everyone's mind since the marathon: How come in CHOPPING MALL there was no chopping."

Fun question - with a fun answer. The original name of the film was KILLBOTS, even though I advised Roger Corman that low budget titles with the word 'kill' in the title hardly ever did good business. Well, I was correct. The film was test marketed at some drive-ins(remember them) in Arizona, and died a horrible death - nobody showed up.

Even with the lousy business, Roger was pleased with the film. He called everybody in the office into the screening room and ran the last reel - hoping someone would get an idea how to re-market it.

Well the lights came up, and all the regular employees(including myself) were stumped. Well it was just about then that the handyman who changed the dead light bulbs in the theatre spoke up from behind the front curtains. "Why don'tcha call it 'CHOPPING MALL" he uttered with a lanky Southern drawl. Well I looked at Roger, he looked back at me - we both smiled because we instinctively knew it would work -- and, of course, it did. So even though there's no actual CHOPPING, the play on words got them in - and they stayed to enjoy.

True story.

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Invite you to stir up things at the Boston Marathon messageboard (www.sf.theboard.net).

I tried to get on the board, but they make it too difficult to register - I gave up.

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jbowling wrote:
I was the sucker that got stuck sitting next to this guy. My tooth fillings were rattling, his snores were so loud (not to mention the body odor). If you're reading this, dude, go sleep somewhere else next year. Please. I'm begging.


yeah, and you were a nice barrier in between me and him until you switched your seat to the other side of me J :wink: This was my first Sci-Fi marathon, and I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I didn't know about it until a day or so before and between working for 12 days straight and having other responsibilities of being the sole caregiver of two puppies on the homefront I was only able to stay through Fido (best of the show that I saw and I'm kicking myself for missing Flash). Next year I should have more warning and make sure I don't average 4 hours of sleep per night in the weeks beforehand so I can enhoy the whole marathon.


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