tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post1462372481228999758..comments2024-03-29T18:44:16.507+11:00Comments on Lazy Luddite Log: Living Room Double FeatureDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-33320278160957854452017-05-09T18:00:51.423+10:002017-05-09T18:00:51.423+10:00I'm copying and pasting comments to this same ...I'm copying and pasting comments to this same post from LiveJournal (complete with messy formatting text). See below...<br /> <br />From: nitedula<br />Date: September 3rd, 2009 07:35 pm (local)<br /> Select: Delete Spam Screen Freeze Track This<br /> (Link)<br />I like these - very neatly matched!<br />(Reply) (Thread)<br /> <br />From: originaluddite<br />Date: September 5th, 2009 10:28 am (local)<br /> Select: Edit Delete Screen Freeze Track This<br /> (Link)<br />Some took a bit of thinking to match (and I still wonder if they could be better) while others (like the Henson ones) are obvious (indeed you can get Dark Crystal & Labyrinth as a boxed set).<br />(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)<br /> <br />From: sjl<br />Date: September 3rd, 2009 09:27 pm (local)<br /> Select: Delete Spam Screen Freeze Track This<br /> (Link)<br />Triple header! Constantine with Dogma with Life of Brian!<br /><br />:P<br />(Reply) (Thread)<br /> <br />From: originaluddite<br />Date: September 5th, 2009 10:29 am (local)<br /> Select: Edit Delete Screen Freeze Track This<br /> (Link)<br />Interesting. One fits two and two fits three but (to my mind) one and three are totally different. I suspect I would be asleep by the time Life Of Brian came on...<br />(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)<br /> <br />From: sjl<br />Date: September 5th, 2009 11:07 am (local)<br /> Select: Delete Spam Screen Freeze Track This<br /> (Link)<br />Yes, you're right, Constantine and Life of Brian are very different films. But I have to admit, I like the thematic decay from serious to out and out comedy.<br />(Reply) (Parent) (Thread)<br /> <br />From: aeduna<br />Date: September 3rd, 2009 10:45 pm (local)<br /> Select: Delete Spam Screen Freeze Track This<br /> (Link)<br />* Barbarella (1968) with Flash Gordon (1980)<br />Flesh Gordon, surely :)<br /><br />* Alien (1979) with Predator (1987)<br />I'd go Alien & Aliens...<br /><br />I like some of the other matchups, some of them because they go well together, others because they provide a break from a heavy tone.<br />(Reply) (Thread)<br /> <br />From: originaluddite<br />Date: September 5th, 2009 10:34 am (local)<br /> Select: Edit Delete Screen Freeze Track This<br /> (Link)<br />Flesh Gordon? Personally I find Flash Gordon to be sufficiently tacky and dodgy (also it has Queen music).<br /><br />Alien with Aliens works well - and we can just forget the third and fourth movies.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-83727540669431223142009-09-05T19:05:44.363+10:002009-09-05T19:05:44.363+10:00Excellent post, and great discussion following.
W...Excellent post, and great discussion following.<br /><br />When making a "double feature" (notably, The Astor is one of the few remaining cinemas near me that still does this), it's common to pair-up films by the same director or original-and-sequel...but I really like the thematic pairings you've done.<br /><br />I don't have a lot more to add; you've covered a whole lot of my favourte films and omitted some of the cringeworthy pitfalls.<br /><br />PS: today's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA" rel="nofollow">CAPTCHA</a> non-word for the day is "gootel".Damienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15954742333660211181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-22357717779444581142009-09-05T10:39:43.522+10:002009-09-05T10:39:43.522+10:00Oo you have named some extra movies I considered. ...Oo you have named some extra movies I considered. Like Twelve Monkeys with Deja Vu (clever use to time travel) or The Truman Show with Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless MInd (Jim Carey in serious and trippy mode).<br /><br />Good to see you only list the original Matrix (which can stand-alone nicely). Personally I think Dark City does everything the Matrix trilogy did but with fewer big explosions.<br /><br />I only went to one Valhalla 24-hour movie marathon and think I only lasted (hmmm) maybe 14-16 hours.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12710148812664294219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19268887.post-72670316363375074842009-09-04T11:05:16.444+10:002009-09-04T11:05:16.444+10:00I love making lists like this, although in my fool...I love making lists like this, although in my foolishness, I somehow always wind up with more than two feature-length films in the same bag. A classic example:<br /><br />The "Brad Pit Loses The Plot" Mix:<br />Twelve Monkeys (1995), Fight Club (1999), Snatch (2000)<br /><br />Or there's Descarte's extra-long "Really Real World" Film Festival:<br />Dark City<br />The Matrix<br />The Truman Show<br />The Thirteenth Floor<br />Existenz<br />A Scanner, Darkly<br />with the 6am Sunday special:<br />Total Recall<br /><br />I suspect the similarities I'm looking for are a little different than yours though; too many Valhalla-24-hours Sci-fi experiences have left me numb to the jarring discontinuity of rapid shifts in era, genre and style...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12013933966986062184noreply@blogger.com