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packmule	Apr 26 2006, 08:40 PM
Site founder - Searching for Cropsy Posts: 32,810 Group: Administrator(staff) Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2006 Favorite giant monster film: Gojira(1954) Favorite horror film: House Of Wax(1953) Favorite sci-fi film: 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)	KaijuFanatic Apr 26 2006, 02:28 PM Planet of the Apes ('68)-Still one of my all-time favorite films. I can remember the first time I saw this film and the ending....I couldn't have been more than 8 or 9 and I watched it on TV with my Dad and I knew this film was something special. I believe CBS used to show the POTA series of films on a somewhat regular basis. The Poseidon Adventure-I saw this as a 7 year old at the Drive-In and loved it. Shelley Winters played my favorite character, Mrs Rosen and I hid in the back seat and sobbed my eyes out following a couple of scenes. It remains a favorite of mine that I watch several times a year. While I'm usually rather sour on remakes, I must admit to being slightly curious about this remake that's coming out on 12 May....Poseidon. I purchased, Hostel as a blind buy, just because I've heard so much about it and it does sound rather interesting....guess I'll watch that, this afternoon and see how I feel about it. Planet Of The Apes is a marvelous film. I have the entire Planet Of The Apes Box Set(includes the five films and a sixth DVD with the late Roddy McDowall hosting a documentary about the entire series). It is my favorite DVD Box Set. The Poseidon Adventure is also great. My father took me to see it in the theater(1972, I was 10 years old). It remains a classic disaster film. I have seen the Preview video clips of it's remake, called Poseidon. It looks good. I notice that in this updated version the tsunami(tidal wave) actually strikes the ship itself. Recall that in the 1972 film the wave crested and crashed down in front of the ship, the wave's tremendous rolling "splash" swamping the top-heavy sea-going liner. While in the U.S. Navy I once did an extended written report and brief on tsunamis, often referred to as tidal waves, even though these underwater earthquake/landslide-generated waves have nothing to do with the tides. I watched the 1972 film and noticed that the "splash" towered over the liner-the wave was advertised as 90 feet tall in the movie trailers but, factoring in the maximum height of the ship's superstructure(and primary radar mast) I believe the wave in The Poseidon Adventure was probably more in the vicinity of 140-150 feet in height. The wave in the remake is advertised as "over 100 feet" in height-a satisfactory description to be sure. It appears to be around 125-130 feet high, definitely not something to be surfed . About Hostel(2006), I would be interested in your comments about this film. eyebrow
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