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jimbow8   04-01-2005, 08:35 PM
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Maggers Wrote:Jim, are you besmerching the entire decade's worth of films! Why, I lived through the 70's and loved them and the movies of the 70's, though I can't remember much of either (the decade or the movies) but that's what the 70's were....a blur. Big Grin
No, not at all. But 70's films have a very distinct look and feel which is not always good. I loved many things from the 70's (that I can remember), but movies from the 70's do not top my list, in general.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Scott Miller   04-02-2005, 02:55 AM
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jimbow8 Wrote:No, not at all. But 70's films have a very distinct look and feel which is not always good. I loved many things from the 70's (that I can remember), but movies from the 70's do not top my list, in general.

Jaws. The scariest damn movie ever, 70's, but I know what you mean, I tend to watch contemporary films almost exclusively these days. Although sometimes slave to the technical improvements, the advances in filmmaking have been mind-blowing. Modern movies like the LOTR Trilogy are able to create a Middle-Earth in brilliant detail and clarity that movies from the 70's just can't compare with/to?.

Scott

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Mick C.   04-02-2005, 02:24 PM
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THE OMEGA MAN is one of my all time favorite guilty pleasures. I've probably seen it a hundred times. It departs seriously from the theme and plot of Matheson's excellent novel, but they can both be enjoyed in their own right.

Probably the best adaptation of Matheson's book is an unauthorized one - THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. George Romero has said he "borrowed" the theme of the rise of a new society (as well as some obvious plot elements) from Matheson.

WONDERFUL score for THE OMEGA MAN (I have it on CD, in a limited release) - Ron Grainer also did the score to THE PRISONER series and the theme to DR. WHO. Anthony Zerbe also gave a great over-the-top performance as Mathias.

Weird piece of trivia - Atlas Comics, a short-lived comics company from the 1970s formed by Stan Lee's brother, had plans to adapt a couple of 1970s properties to comics form, including THE OMEGA MAN. Charlton Heston actually did a written analysis of the film (which was reprinted in the Comics Journal), but the heads of the company decided that there was no need to purchase the rights to film and TV properties when they could just rip them off - thus, OMEGA MAN became PLANET OF VAMPIRES (no relation to the Mario Bava flick), and also contained some plot devices from another Heston film, PLANET OF THE APES:

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...but which did have some cool Neil Adams cover art. It lasted 3 issues and was one of the few worthwhile Atlas titles.

They also changed their planned KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER adaptation into THE COUGAR.
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Maggers   04-02-2005, 03:00 PM
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Mick C. Wrote:... Anthony Zerbe also gave a great over-the-top performance as Mathias.


Off topic question here.

When I first saw Kathryn Erbe on HBO's "Oz" and now on NBC, "Law & Order Criminal Intent," I thought immediately of Anthony Zerbe,without knowing her name and unable to remember his. I responded to what I saw as a physical resemblance, perhaps father and daughter with a name change on her part. Am I crazy or what?

Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005


Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.

Elwood P. Dowd

Mick C.   04-02-2005, 05:06 PM
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Maggers, Now that you mention it..yeah

http://www.imdb.com doesn't list a family link between them, though.

"Flow with the Go."

- Rickson Gracie
Maggers   04-02-2005, 06:15 PM
#16
Mick C. Wrote:Maggers, Now that you mention it..yeah

http://www.imdb.com doesn't list a family link between them, though.

I suspect it's just one of those quirky things. I can't find any mention of Anthony Zerbe as her father in any of her bios, either.

Reading is freedom.
The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005


Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.

Elwood P. Dowd

maxplay   04-02-2005, 07:43 PM
#17
I enjoyed Omega Man many years ago, but they still haven't made a good film adaption of I Am Legend. My favorite movie based on Matheson's work is The Legend of Hell House (he adapted the screenplay from his own novel).

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Richard Kendrick   04-04-2005, 01:14 PM
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Gerald Rice Wrote:I heard that same rumor. The screenplay was written by the guy who wrote The Cell. Apparently, he had it ready to go, but for some reason it was scrapped.

I had read that Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to do this movie and then diceded to only produce it -- but the Governor thing put that on hold. I did hear that Will Smith might be taking over the part though.

Here is a little info: http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/pstory/0%2C3382%2C11432%2C00.html

RIK
jimbow8   04-04-2005, 03:31 PM
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Richard Kendrick Wrote:I had read that Arnold Schwarzenegger was supposed to do this movie and then diceded to only produce it -- but the Governor thing put that on hold. I did hear that Will Smith might be taking over the part though.

Here is a little info: http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/pstory/0%2C3382%2C11432%2C00.html

RIK
That rumor has been circulating for quite a while (check out the date of the article you linked to). It'll probably come out around the same time as the Repairman Jack movie.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
jimbow8   04-04-2005, 06:39 PM
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Coincidentally, this came up on AICN today:

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=19795

Between "the director of Constantine" and action-star Will Smith, it doesn't sound all that promising to me.

The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
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