tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post4345405325870259653..comments2024-03-28T18:32:38.243-04:00Comments on Poseidon's Underworld: God, Grant Me the Lee to Survive.Poseidon3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-77769962753682751332013-10-11T12:06:44.551-04:002013-10-11T12:06:44.551-04:00Indeed, if it wasn't for Grant's bitch par...Indeed, if it wasn't for Grant's bitch part, the movie would've been a bit ho hum.<br /><br />I knew her character would not survive the movie, but the film threw a curve ball in killing off her husband...as in most disaster movies, usually one half of the couple survive.<br /><br />And the way they killed her off...talk about mean spirited.<br /><br />Just before the plane broke surface, one of the balloons broke loose. The captain had the air pressure reduced, keeping the plane underwater. The plane then floods, sweeping Grant away.<br /><br />She drowns just as the captain order more air in the balloons.<br /><br />Later, as everyone rejoice, they have to do a close up shot of her facedown in the water, as if to emphasized how close she was to getting rescued.<br /><br />And strangely, there was no follow-up with the Gil Gerard character.<br /><br />KLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236278651519810815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-76976301777997993982011-07-31T16:23:41.971-04:002011-07-31T16:23:41.971-04:00Logan's Run is in the pipeline for a tribute a...Logan's Run is in the pipeline for a tribute at some point. I love that movie, a childhood favorite!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-31937160637420215622011-07-30T11:31:23.168-04:002011-07-30T11:31:23.168-04:00You nailed it right on the head. I'm glad to k...You nailed it right on the head. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who drives around shrieking "More than enough, Mr. Gallagher!! God-damned MESS we're in!" for my own amusement. <br /><br />So what about "Logan's Run"? No love for Farrah Fawcett in silver lame?Flying Spaghetti Monsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09404988493785479942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-40597537375335234942011-02-03T18:42:12.757-05:002011-02-03T18:42:12.757-05:00I've taken your advice and just ordered the Ai...I've taken your advice and just ordered the Airport Terminal DVD set from Amazon. I'm looking forward to it. I see what you mean about Airport 75...the sick kid (Linda Blair, no less!), the acoustic guitar-wielding nun, etc. All of it exactly as in Airplane!<br /><br />And to get free shipping and increase the disaster camp quota, I added the 1978 flop "The Swarm" to my order, which also looks to be a total comedy classic -- Michael Caine vs the killer bees.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-35611650860272658452011-02-02T12:51:36.961-05:002011-02-02T12:51:36.961-05:00Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, JOE! If you have any affinity...Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, JOE! If you have any affinity for Airplane!, then you must at least see Airport 1975. Airplane! was based on an old plane-in-peril flick called Zero Hour, but managed to toss in a lot of references from Airport 1975 as well. You will be amazed when you see it how funny it is by itself and how enhanced your pleasure of Airplane! will be as a result. I have always been obsessed by the Airport movies and love them in spite of their flaws. They are each really different in tone from one another. The first one a very straightforward drama with light comic interludes and only a bit of disaster, the second one a tacky mess, the third one a glizty, overly dramatic piece while the fourth is sheer, goofy garbage. I once wrote a treatment for Airport '90 that involved a crash in the snowcaps of the Rocky Mountains and resultant rescue, but it was just for my eyes and pleasure only. I hope you enjoy these movies when you see them. Report back!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4006108502645191096.post-75307474258846701942011-02-02T12:29:03.412-05:002011-02-02T12:29:03.412-05:00Thanks for another great review. You know, I'...Thanks for another great review. You know, I've never seen a single one of the Airport films. I was born in '74 so I missed the first two, however I remember them later being shown on TV...I just never watched them.<br /><br />However I did watch the "Airplane!" movies and loved them to death, even named my dog "Scrapps" after the dog in (I think) "Airplane II." <br /><br />Now after reading your reviews as well as others online I've realized that the original Airport films were just as campy and goofy as the so-called Airplane! "spoofs." Airport '79 in particular sounds like a total cheesefest.<br /><br />After falling in love with "The Adventurers" (as long-windedly detailed in the comment I left on your review for that film), I've been seeking out similar big-budget camp movies. I thought Susann's "The Love Thing" might do it, but it was a bit too pedestrian at times, sort of like a TV movie with occasional nudity and cursing (still hilarious, though). I think next though I'm gonna have to pick up the Airport DVD set.Joe Kenneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285576322579808153noreply@blogger.com