tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post322396724014195970..comments2024-03-28T18:32:38.243-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Back at the "Camp"ground...Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-15522802863595990382022-05-10T15:55:25.516-04:002022-05-10T15:55:25.516-04:00Ptolemy1, every time Heston gets in the shower whi...Ptolemy1, every time Heston gets in the shower while arguing with Ava I expect we're going to see more... but we never do. It's been a while (this is a movie I HAVE to see every so often and it's been about 3 years now), but I feel like I've seen a waistband of some sort on him when he takes off his sweats (or maybe I'm just recalling seeing some unfortunate undie lines under his sweats in the scene, so I knew he wasn't really naked.) Marjoe was so cretinously creepy in this I've still not fully recovered from it. LOL Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-31822029313453287162022-05-09T15:16:36.495-04:002022-05-09T15:16:36.495-04:00Wow, I LOVE this post. "Earthquake" and...Wow, I LOVE this post. "Earthquake" and "Lost Horizon" remain among my guilty pleasures. Such a fan of Kennedy, like Borgnine he seemed to be in everything. And that shot of Ava (Don't get me started on HER, lol) and company posing smiling with the corpse!! Talk about grindhouse, once I saw the fake blood spatters hit the camera "ceiling" of the elevator as it crashed into the ground I was in love. I saw that glorious campy thing in the theater as a kid, with SENSSUROUND! See Lorne Greene play Ava Gardner's FATHER. See Marjo Gortner and Victoria Principal look the weirdest they've ever looked in their LIVES! The only thing lacking is a butt shot from Heston (You know he would have been all for it). Thank you!Ptolemy1https://www.blogger.com/profile/04334386659240438250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-34772569531934402142016-10-06T07:32:19.316-04:002016-10-06T07:32:19.316-04:00Ha ha!! Now that you mention it, I can TOTALLY se...Ha ha!! Now that you mention it, I can TOTALLY see it!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-14053600577595727762016-10-05T21:38:26.978-04:002016-10-05T21:38:26.978-04:00Is it just me or does Joey Heatherton look like sh...Is it just me or does Joey Heatherton look like she's being attacked by a gorilla?torresongshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529243889306597248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-34274839648959944362014-06-11T17:03:40.393-04:002014-06-11T17:03:40.393-04:00I tried to find pictures of the 2 puzzles in quest...I tried to find pictures of the 2 puzzles in question, but couldn't.<br /><br />However, here is one of the movie "Midway", which was part of the same series.<br /><br />http://www.toystable.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=10378Knuckles Girlyskirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113945990776276595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-12590919941730892492014-06-11T15:38:20.112-04:002014-06-11T15:38:20.112-04:00Wow, Knuckles, I would LOVE to have those puzzles ...Wow, Knuckles, I would LOVE to have those puzzles you mention! I recall going to see John T. in "Staying Alive" with my sister, who loved him. At the time I liked him okay. Now, not so much. What a crazy ass costume scheme that show-within-a-show had, though!<br /><br />NotFelix, we agree on so much it's always a little startling when something comes along on which we don't! I used to think Ava's character was just terrible in "Earthquake" and I guess she still is, but somewhere along the line I turned a corner and began to love, love, LOVE her! Opposite of your own reaction, I always appreciated that Chuck would risk his life to save his wife, even if she was a shrew, and was always mortified that Genevieve seemed to turn away from the manhole opening and give up before it was really certain that he and Ava were truly gone!!! LOL Probably just an editing issue. I'm sure you're aware that your preferred ending is the one that was scripted. It was Heston himself who came up with the idea of nobly drowning rather than surviving with his mistress. ;-)Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-2117521519765473302014-06-10T13:12:17.093-04:002014-06-10T13:12:17.093-04:00To echo Knuckles, I LOVE Sybil Danning! I swear t...To echo Knuckles, I LOVE Sybil Danning! I swear those are the breasts that keep on giving. (Even after all these years!) There's just something genuine about her. I honestly believe she really is that tough in real life. Secret confession time: I LOVE that outfit she is wearing too. I mean "I l-o-v-e it." <br /><br />Of the others, my favorite is Christopher Atkins from "One night in heaven." He has grown into quite the hunk I might add. He was always to cutie pie for me but I find he has turned into a very ruggedly handsome and sexy man.<br /><br />Finally, "Earthquake" is probably my favorite disaster film of all time. I still remember seeing it in theaters at the time. Charlton Heston and Richard Roundtree just created all these urgings in me. The fact my seat was vibrating might have added to the overall sensation, too.<br /><br />I still hate Ava Gardner in that movie to this day. She had to go and drown and kill Mr. Heston along with her. Had he lived he would have been much happier with Genevieve Bujold. To this day I still skip the last 5 minutes to avoid her dragging him through the sewer system as she floats away. <br /><br />NotFelixUngerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812102754911699275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-66794022823893281152014-06-09T13:28:57.348-04:002014-06-09T13:28:57.348-04:00Let's see, where do I begin:
That shot of Liz...Let's see, where do I begin:<br /><br />That shot of Liza might just be the most un-Liza-ish photo of her ever.<br /><br />I actually own an 8 x 10 of that Jayne Mansfield shot. I had picked it up in NYC years ago at a store called Jerry Ohlinger's. Apparently, it's still around.<br /><br />I LOVE Sybil Danning...particularly in "Chained Heat" (w/ Linda Blair, Tamara Dobson, and Stella Stevens)...and "The Howling 2" The shot here doesn't do her justice. But the get-up she's wearing does!!!<br /><br />John Travolta's nausea-inducing ensemble may just be the WORST costume design of all time!!! Of course, the hair and sweatband don't help!!!<br /><br />As for "Earthquake", I think I'm due to watch it again, with the sound turned up really loud, for that true Sensurround experience. I should add, as a child, I had a jigsaw puzzle of the movie poster, along with one of "Airport 1975" Wish I still had them.<br /><br />In any case, thanks for the GREAT post. Lots o' fun!!!Knuckles Girlyskirthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18113945990776276595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-30075371985058858432014-06-09T13:19:33.388-04:002014-06-09T13:19:33.388-04:00Oh my gosh, Eric! I imagine VOD was all wrapped u...Oh my gosh, Eric! I imagine VOD was all wrapped up by the time Apes began filming, but had a photographer snapped Patty Duke in her Act Two costume ("Then we'll jush do the seccon' act firsh!") alongside these simians, I would have rolled over dead on the spot! LOLPoseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-55795170183341037212014-06-09T12:57:21.829-04:002014-06-09T12:57:21.829-04:00Another great post. BTW the apes behind the barric...Another great post. BTW the apes behind the barricade are standing on the San Francisco street set dressed for Neely to stagger down in Valley of the Dolls, shortly after she utters my all time favorite line from the movie: "Who's stoned? I am merely traveling incognito.".EricSwedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18193841212565163376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-77258566525209625202014-06-09T09:19:06.003-04:002014-06-09T09:19:06.003-04:00Joel, it wasn't too long after this that Victo...Joel, it wasn't too long after this that Victoria Principal decided she should ditch her acting career and become an agent! Circumstances led to her sticking it out (and landing "Dallas"), but for a time, anyway, she shared your despair about the way things were going. ha!<br /><br />Narciso, great to see you again. It's been too long. It always fascinates me the way Liza Minnelli transformed herself, pretty much permanently, from a girl with long hair and a variety of clothes to a woman with a perennial pixie 'do and sparkly red or black pantsuits for decades on end! The two seem very disconnected to me. I was just re-examining the Tom Netherton book and had to chuckle that the title of the book is printed partly BEHIND his hair, rather than over it, lest something mess up that perfect tress!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-78629237786206983982014-06-07T16:53:31.373-04:002014-06-07T16:53:31.373-04:00Lots of truly awful things here, Poseidon. I think...Lots of truly awful things here, Poseidon. I think I liked the shot of Joey Heatherton the best. She has that aggressive "poke-me-in-the-chute" look on her face that makes the pose so stanky-dirty. Valerie Perrine smirks like a sneaky feline, as if she left a puddle or a pile on the floor after striking that pose; she even seems proud of it. And poor Liza -- what the heck was that all about? Was she even a "name" at that point that people would want to look at a seasonal publicity shot, especially one in which she is dressed as drably as a chestnut husk? And Carole Lynley, OMG all that macrame; she looks as if she is swathed in a 1970s potted plant hanger. And I can relate to your Tom Netherton story all too well.Narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145756558278365203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-58292940370496042252014-06-06T15:06:41.300-04:002014-06-06T15:06:41.300-04:00Love the reaction shots though I think Victoria Pr...Love the reaction shots though I think Victoria Principal's look of outright horror is from a mirror out of camera range where she can see how horrendous she looks in that wig!<br /><br />Speaking of wigs that one on poor Valerie Perrine may not be as hideous as Victoria's but it's terrible just the same.<br /><br />That would have been some pool party with Cary, Rock, George, Tony and Hugh!! I don't know that women would have been welcomed necessarily, at least by some of the guests.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.com