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[BrandonDaCollector]

I never seen Disney's Snow White but that trailer was cool. There many of them I haven't seen and some I don't care to see again because how sad they are Yes, that is a huge cast, still one of the biggest of any film of any genre. It's a decent film and very exciting, it really doesn't seem like 3 hours because of all what is happening in the film.

Now, I don't know what you were expecting next but it's 1972's The Poseidon Adventure



Now, here's a very important part before you start seeing My spotlight. It's musical score by a young John Williams Now, this was during a time when he wasn't a house hold name yet as this was THREE YEAR BEFORE HE DID JAWS He had been composing music since the late 50s and it was still like who is this Can you believe that However, with this score to The Poseidon Adventure, he got the attention of many. Here's this wonderful suite of his score. Look at be picture in the beginning as you see Irwin Allen and a very young John Williams. I know what you said about the 70s but there was some terrific stuff back then including this



The movie is rated PG but IMO I think it's still questionable.



Like some other Hackman films, this a holiday movie as it takes place around Christmas & New Years





Like A Bridge Too Far, it too has a big cast.



Here's a good look at the statue in the movie of the God of Atlantis & Greece.. POSEIDON



So, here's many of the passengers of the Poseidon. Gene Hackman plays Reverend Scott which makes this movie also s religious one.



Just a year after playing Popeye Doyle, he's truly a man's man, a leader and a precursor to so many heroes in movies in the future.




The late great Ernest Borgnine is a cop.



His wife is played by Stella Stevens.



She was originally a hoe. He arrested her several times, took her off of the streets and fell in love with her. I mean she has a great body and obvious big assets so i don't blame him. Women in the 70s looked good too






They were a happy couple



A young Roddy McDowell is in the movie.



Red Buttons, Shelley Winters & Jack Albertson are in the movie as well.



Pamela Sue Martin is in the film...



and so is Carol Lynley in the movie.



A younger Leslie Neilsen is The Captain...



and he's as serous as a vessel capsizing, no room for comedy here




One thing I liked is how much the wives were loved by their husbands.




This is undoubtedly one of the most shocking movie scenes in a movie in the 70s...



still to this day IMO, this sacrifice is a fantastic scene of Gene Hackman but it's such a horrible one at the same time



Here's the iconic Trailer



Now, I don't know if you know this but they made a sequel to this several years later and I'm going to spotlight that one next

[packerbacker180]

I never saw the remake if that's what you meant by sequel. The original is terrific. I agree, not sure it
s PG since there's a lot of death, but I saw it many times as a kid on HBO.

[BrandonDaCollector]

Ah Stargate. i meant to do a big spotlight on it last year but didn't. I'm not going to say much about it right now except some a few very important things. 1. I saw it at the $1 Werhenberg in South City with My Mom where K-Mart was original before taking Venture's place across the street. 2. It stars Kurt Russell. 3. After I saw it, it open My eyes at looking at history & aliens in a new way and that direction still is with Me. 4. The music is so phenomenal. David Arnold sure changed the game with his first big score I'll do a proper spotlight in time

That's great you seen it on HBO. No, I meant sequel. I will get to the remake soon. This came out in 1979, it's called Beyond The Poseidon Adventure



This is one heck of a sequel



It continues right after the first one left off and it was cleverly done. It stars Michael Caine, a very young Sally Field & Karl Malden as a small salvage crew. Keep in mind that Caine was with Gene Hackman in Bridge Too Far.




Telly Savalas is a terrorist and he's shaven this time.



Keep in mind that Telly was with Gene Hackman as they both debuted in Mad Dog Coll over a decade prior



There's a number of survivors, one is a very young Mark Marmon & Shirley Knight




The late great Slim Pickens is one'em as well.



Now, a surprise here is that Peter Doyle is in this and he still has hair There's a lot to say there.



A lot of stuff happens here, this is one great 70s movie.





Here's the Trailer



The music was by the late great Jerry Fielding. He died shortly after he wrote this in 1980


Next will be the Poseidon remake

[packerbacker180]

Huh, no I had no idea there was a direct sequel. Kind of looks like the same idea with mercenaries added. Pretty good cast, too. Might have to seek that out someday.

I rewatched Stargate yesterday. I had DVR'd it a few months ago but never got to it but the news about the pyramids piqued my interest. I was only 16 when it came out and didn't know as much about Ancient Aliens and stuff. I'd just read Chariots of the Gods that year in an English class where we were allowed to pick our own books to read from a large bookcase in the classroom and that was one I came across. It's still a decent sci-fi/action movie. I really wanted more in-depth explanations of things but being a Roland Emmerich film, I realized there would be some interesting ideas but with little real actual exploration of the ideas presented in lieu of explosions and SFX. It's a popcorn movie that doesn't really reach to be anything more. I'm sure somewhere there's a Director's Cut or unused film that would've helped satisfy that.

[BrandonDaCollector]

First, I never seen nor knew about the Fall, I gotta check that out later. That's some good trivia there PB. That's what I'm talking that I think more people should express themselves about the past & good times here and elsewhere instead of being distant creating dearth. I know Chariots of the Gods but I never read it however I've seen the vintage documentary and a ton of Erich von Däniken. In fact there is a big special event about him last year that I watched. One day I may post about that.

Oh, I've had a wondrous mind since I was youngster. I've expressed before with Close Encounters, E.T. Star Wars, Star Trek, Alien & Predator. I really didn't know about alien abductions till I saw Communion and then with Fire in the Sky was a shocking continuation of that but when I saw Stargate, I was 13, I knew a ton of the stuff I just said but like I said before, it opened My mind on a lot and it's still as valid now as it was then. I knew very little of Roland Emmerich back then except he's the guy that directed Making Contact aka Joey back in 1985 (40 years ago this year) and Universal Soldier two short years prior in 92 which I loved. Actually, Me & Mom watched it and the 2018 prequel a few weeks ago or so. Funny you mentioned about a Director's Cut. There is and that was the version we watched and it's arguably better than the original. It has some material that was cut out from the film. So many movies would be so much better if they don't delete the scenes as it would feel more compete. It has a big beginning where Ra abducts the boy and in the excavation site there's a fossilized Anubis warrior One day I'll elaborate on this further.

Yes, it's a great sequel that seems to be overlooked a lot. It does have the same type of concept with the bad guys added but it feels like a big ride. I would but once you do, see them both back to back, it's really exciting that way. OK, now yesterday I said that I was going to spotlight The Poseidon Adventure remake but I didn't say which one



There was a remake of the 1972 classic but your probably thinking of the 2006 remake with Kurt Russell, am I correct



Well, the previous year in 2005, 20 years ago this year (it was such a memorable movie year) there was a huge, 3 hour TV movie by Hallmark that was on NBC



It has a big all-star cast and is made pretty darn good.



It is really a mixture of both movies that has the terrorist plot plus elements from the books that wasn't seen in the previous two movies. Also, some characters are two in one from the stories as well. It stars Adam Baldwin (Predator 2 & Gargantua - He isn't related to the Baldwin clan). His character is the one played by Ernest Borgnine but he has been altered and he doesn't have a hot wife.




As you saw, Baldwin is an agent of Homeland Security so this is a big terrorist movie



The late great Rutger Hauer is the Priest/Bishop. The movie takes place around Christmas & New Years once again and is a religious film like it's predecessors. Hauer is really good but he just doesn't have the impact that Gene Hackman (very few could fill his shoes) had in the first movie. However, it's great he was a part of this





Steve Guttenberg is here and he is cheating husband.




Bryan Brown, Tinarie van Wyk Loots, C. Thomas Howell & Amber Sainsbury are aboard the Poseidon.




Rory Copus plays a good kid.



He's good friends with one of crew members that is his guardian. He agrees to be part of his little documentary and becomes a little spooky




Who's the Captain here with all of this going on It's Peter Weller aka RoboCop



Now this movie has a different reason why The Poseidon capsizes.





This time, Weather isn't a factor here...



it happens because of bloody terrorists





They caused THIS



Here's two versions of the Trailer, the second one has a small addition at the climax.




So, there's the 2005 remake that was a TV movie. Next, I will spotlight the 2006 remake with Kurt Russell & Josh Lucas.

[packerbacker180]

Nope, had no idea that existed. That's a nice cast.

[BrandonDaCollector]

I've seen Planet of Blood which was a really cool movie starring John Saxon. In fact, I spotlighted it a while in My Horror Topic.

Yes, it sure does. I didn't think you knew about it at all. They remade the story for 2005 so why in the world would they do another remake come the very next year in 2006 and shorten the title Remakes & reboots



It too has a good cast. The man in the middle in the director, Wolfgang Peterson.



The movie is very fast paced as so much happens without much story. It feels very rushed. There's no real introductions to most of the characters and it's hard to feel for them compared to the other movies especially the original where there was so many details & aspects that made the film feel complete & realistic. All of the character have been changed as there is no longer a priest or a cop/agent. Kurt Russell is the Hackman/Hauer character. Strangely, he was a firefighter which is like what...that's what he was in 91's Backdraft Also, his character' name is Ramsey, that was Hulk Hogan's character name in 91's Suburban Commando



Emmy Rossum plays his daughter that he's very protective over.



Mike Vogel is her boyfriend.



Josh Lucas is the Borgnine/Baldwin character.



Unlike the previous movies, it felt like a competition of who's the better hero and out with the old & in with the new




Richard Dreyfuss is another part of the old school star power. He plays a gay man. It's really weird that John Williams did the music for the first one, Michael Caine was in the sequel and Dreyfuss is in this one...why They all had something to do with the Jaws franchise



Also appearing is Jacinda Barrett & Mía Maestro.




Kevin Dillon is one of the passengers. His name name is "Lucky" Larry



The singer is Fergie who had a big following like Tay-Tay but now she's off the map.



Who's the Captain in this remake It's the late great Andre Braugher



He had a thing going on with Fergie but like so much in this movie, so many details are left out.



This time the weather & natural disaster is the cause of the capsizing





I absolutely hate Russell's heroic scene, it's arguably worse than Backdraft



It's a good movie but it really has it's faults. Here's the Trailer.



Here's Fergei's song.



The actual movie score was by Klaus Badelt of Hans Zimmer's Media Ventures. It's really good however, if you know their sound, it sounds similar like many movies before & after it.




So, if you ever see this franchise, see them in the order that I've spotlighted so you can see the two originals back to bac and. how the remakes differ as well. that will do it for Poseidon Adventure movies. We'll see what's next

[packerbacker180]

Planet of Blood was on Svengoolie last Saturday, that's what brought it to mind. I knew they made a new Poseidon but had no interest in it. Didn't even know who was in the cast. Somethings don't really need a remake *cough* Snow White *cough*

[BrandonDaCollector]

Well, that will do it about The Poseidon Adventure. I posted a big special bonus in My MonsterVerse+ Topic that you may want to check out whenever you have the time. That will also do it for Gene Hackman for now as well. I'm not done with him however, I want do the Superman movies sometime down the road as well as others. Also, keep in mind all of the strange trivia that I talked about in his movies as well with all of these Poseidon movies.




I never seen the Nerds movies. I've said before, My Grandpa always said, if it ain't broke don't fix it, I've always stood by that. Oh, the live action Snow White. According to what I read, Disney lost at least $115 million on this but it's not the first one, there's others that bombed too which I may get to in time

Spoiler:

From Dinesh D'Souza, if you don't know him, then a lots to research, hes done some really good documentary movies

I just posted the unfortunate news that Val Kilmer died at only 65 I posted a bit of Willow & Batman Forever in your Zen Topic. He was so good in both of'em. I've express how much they mean to Me here and in My Showcases. I saw both of'em with My Grandparents at the Kenrick Wehrenberg Theater in 88 & 95. Both were very memorable nights Here's these two trailers of Willow, the first trailer is 35mm




Batman Forever has it's 30th Anniversary this year




Now, I got more of Kilmer but that's all for today. I'm going to post of his movies but go ahead post yours too. I'm going to post something REALLY special in My Horror Topic about Batman Forever. Nobody here I think has ever seen it before since it was a deleted scene. If you want to see something awesome that should have stayed in the movie, then head on over to My Horror Topic when you have the time

[packerbacker180]

I'm ot going to spend much time on the new Snow White, it bombed, deservedly so. Hopefully people just forget it ever existed. The main actress, too.

Heard Val Kilmer passed away this morning. Seen many of his films over the years.

@JenniferTilly

"A long time ago, I was auditioning for the movie “The Doors” It was kind of a cattle call. They paired together potential Jims with potential Pamela‘s. And they were running behind so we were spilling out of the casting office, sitting on the porch, the lawn, and the driveway.
All of a sudden, a sixties convertible came screeching up, blaring Doors Music at top volume. And a guy jumped out and strode inside: He had wild hair and he was barefoot, shirtless, and wearing nothing but a pair of tight leather pants.
We all looked at each other like… Who is this guy? We were more than a little shook by the sheer audacity of his entrance. Well of course it was Val Kilmer and from that minute on, nobody else stood a chance.
Rip King."