tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post4181947900523747073..comments2024-03-28T11:30:13.457-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: Now Hold On for a "Moment!"Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-8806800296628328492013-05-08T08:17:55.679-04:002013-05-08T08:17:55.679-04:00Narciso, thank you for clearing up your memories a...Narciso, thank you for clearing up your memories about it (and the historical record!) :-) I have enjoyed reading everyone's memories about this movie. It seems like people know where they were when it opened, like the Kennedy assassination or the Challenger explosion! I positively LOVE your notion that Natalie Wood should have been the star of Moment by Moment! That is genius. I don't know that I like Travolta with her, though. I would have used either Mark Hamill (in a bid to avoid SW typecasting) or Dennis Quaid, both of who could have pulled off a tow-headed, beach bum, runaway look at the time...<br /><br />Ken, I would LOVE to know what your current reaction to this film is. If you ever see it again, you must report back.<br /><br />Thanks!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-46027061402962524972013-05-08T02:52:42.331-04:002013-05-08T02:52:42.331-04:00I deeply love certain kinds of bad films, but it r...I deeply love certain kinds of bad films, but it really says something when a film with so much camp potential is so boring that it bypasses cult and lands somewhere near unwatchable. Like some others, I too saw this when it first came out. Being a Tomlin fan I was sooo disappointed. I haven't seen the film since then, but your terrific write up really makes me want to revisit it and see if it really is as bad as I recall. Very happy that you covered this...curiosity!Ken Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-10619789016433638442013-05-07T15:10:07.164-04:002013-05-07T15:10:07.164-04:00I know this is all so very silly, but please indul...I know this is all so very silly, but please indulge me as I correct my personal record... For some dumb reason, I have now become obsessed with this film as the full horror of my younger years flooded back to me...<br /><br />The more I thought about it, I realize I was in high school when this came out, and that it was I, and not the dyke I later worked with (as I described above) who called the film "Bowel Movement by Bowel Movement."<br /><br />As the details came back into focus, I realize I must have been impressed by my teenage wit, for I later repeated myself and drove my dyke co-worker into full protective mode of Lily Tomlin as I slammed the earlier film from memory.<br /><br />In retrospect, I was only vaguely aware she was a dyke and I guess I had touched a nerve and she took it personally. This must have been around the time when "Urban Cowboy" came out and I called it "Urban Cocksucker" or something or other. What can I say... <br /><br />Again, if I didn't correct the record, I would feel dishonest. Granted, who would know. Like David O. Selznick explaining to his GWTW when asked why they were wearing unseen bloomers underneath hoop skirts in a medium shot, "It matters." <br /><br />Also, considering Poseidon's thoughts about Lana Turner or Susan Hayward in the Tomlin role, I have the perfect re-casting for this film had they thought harder about it: Natalie Wood and John Travolta.<br /><br />Narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145756558278365203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-71876760252868890262013-05-07T12:09:56.832-04:002013-05-07T12:09:56.832-04:00Hi, friends! So glad you liked my post about &quo...Hi, friends! So glad you liked my post about "Moment by Moment" even if the movie itself dredges up such horrible memories! LOL I can't believe at least two of you saw this upon release in the theaters. I was 11 and, thus, allegedly and thankfully, too young. Rated R and the language is so tame and there is practically no nudity nor violence. Odd. I guess Lily's two trips down Travolta's trousers counted enough to earn that rating.<br /><br />For reasons unknown, all through writing this post, working on the pictures and each time I've revisited it, I keep getting the aural earwig of The Doobie Brothers' "Minute By Minute" in my head even though there is NO correlation between the two to speak of. Odd, and annoying!<br /><br />FelixInHollywood, I'm happy to see that you still wade through The Underworld. Take care!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-4868697282933002632013-05-06T18:48:36.532-04:002013-05-06T18:48:36.532-04:00NotFelix, Joel, and FelixinH'wood are all corr...NotFelix, Joel, and FelixinH'wood are all correct: this post is much, much more fun than the movie itself. I was 19 when it was released, and I can still recall what my lesbian co-worker (a rabid Tomlin fan) called it: Bowel Movement by Bowel Movement...leave it to a dyke to cut to the chase...<br /><br />And Joel, what a superb summing up of contemporary John Travolta: "... now that he looks like Count Dracula and is surrounded by so much strangeness he just seems sad."<br /><br /><br />Narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05145756558278365203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-55008360899420534362013-05-06T17:37:57.610-04:002013-05-06T17:37:57.610-04:00I remember being dragged by my mother and her then...I remember being dragged by my mother and her then best friend to see this movie in the theater. Nothing made sense to my naïve brain but the sight of a shirtless John Travolta did create stirrings and urges. Of course I remember my mother and her friend trashing the movie. JT would "never" be interested in LT in real life.<br /><br />Over the years I've tried talking to people about this movie and most people did not even know it existed. Sometimes ignorance is bliss! The guys are right, it's more fun and entertaining to read your thoughts on the disaster than to have to live through it again.<br /><br />One last note regarding Tomlin, though I've always been a fan, her turn opposite Meryl Streep in "A Prairie Home Companion" is one of my favorite, quirky, modern movies. <br /><br />NotFelixUngerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04812102754911699275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-12483613004728025332013-05-05T15:33:06.586-04:002013-05-05T15:33:06.586-04:00I have to admit I willing saw this cinematic car c...I have to admit I willing saw this cinematic car crash in the theatre opening weekend when it first came out because of my adoration of Lily Tomlin. Having not read the reviews I was unprepared for hellacious pile of slop that was projected and forced on an unsuspecting audience. It was not a large group to start but by the time the credits rolled only a few souls had soldiered through the whole horrendous mess! I am glad to say I have only the vaguest memories of it but those are not tinged with the distance of nostalgia, what I remember is a numbing train wreck with Lily repeating Strip! Strip! endlessly.<br /><br />I've never been a huge fan of Travolta, when he was young he seemed too aware of his looks and now that he looks like Count Dracula and is surrounded by so much strangeness he just seems sad, but there were times, the first Look Who's Talking comes to mind, where he could be charming. However in this he went right down with the ship.<br /><br />As for Lily I try and forget she was ever involved in this. I have seen her live and she is magical and so much of her other work is divine that this excursion into disaster should be ignored. <br /><br />I agree with FelixinHollywood your write up was far more enjoyable than this waste of celluloid will ever be.joel65913https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526657073681774683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-88695111517488109162013-05-05T13:22:17.998-04:002013-05-05T13:22:17.998-04:00As agonizing and soul shredding a picture as was e...As agonizing and soul shredding a picture as was ever made. Your coverage was so much more entertaining than the movie could ever be!Philip Mershonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05641146738422887485noreply@blogger.com