tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post1214706615006737919..comments2024-03-26T22:31:31.132+00:00Comments on Strange Tales: Of Videodromes and Sure ThingsMark Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12103997496549941279noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-69515582643592775362010-08-06T22:31:36.385+01:002010-08-06T22:31:36.385+01:00Ah, teenaged embarrassment! Hopefully you've ...Ah, teenaged embarrassment! Hopefully you've still got it, perhaps it'd be interesting to re-read.Mark Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103997496549941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-46105861940054299082010-08-06T17:45:45.218+01:002010-08-06T17:45:45.218+01:00A quick scout of the library hasn't revealed i...A quick scout of the library hasn't revealed it,(though there are several thousand books in there, in not much order). I may have got shot in a fit of teenage embarrassment, along with my Sweet Heart and Sweet Valley High books!<br /><br />Thought I'd kept it though. Shouldn't have been embarrassed by my 11yr old reading habits, as without those books I wouldn't have gone on to read wider and wider.Selinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435139717543390497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-40021088439191000372010-08-06T16:19:24.243+01:002010-08-06T16:19:24.243+01:00Do you still have yours? I haven't read it in...Do you still have yours? I haven't read it in years (decades, perhaps), but it's managed to survive every cull I've ever had on my book shelves.Mark Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103997496549941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-14998997839254899772010-08-06T15:11:39.050+01:002010-08-06T15:11:39.050+01:00Yeah, I'm pretty amazed to find someone else w...Yeah, I'm pretty amazed to find someone else who owned the novelisation!Selinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435139717543390497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-3458957234605024062010-08-06T15:08:30.455+01:002010-08-06T15:08:30.455+01:00You had the novelisation too - you and me are the ...You had the novelisation too - you and me are the only people I'm aware of that have that book! How cool is that?<br /><br />Looking forward to BS3!Mark Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103997496549941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-4056353917150422752010-08-06T14:54:20.661+01:002010-08-06T14:54:20.661+01:00Think I'm so fond of Some Kind of Wonderful be...Think I'm so fond of Some Kind of Wonderful because I had the novelisation too.<br /><br />Made notes on stuff to do for Brain scrapings 3, now just have to write 'em!Selinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435139717543390497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-27232352626618862612010-08-05T22:57:31.580+01:002010-08-05T22:57:31.580+01:00Hi
I've never seen "Some Kind Of Wonderf...Hi<br /><br />I've never seen "Some Kind Of Wonderful", but I got the book/novelisation and loved it. Really enjoyed "The Breakfast Club" too.<br /><br />I saw your link to brain scrapings 2 and read it earlier today. I liked it a lot, the Hughes tribute and the blog about the tablets. Good stuff, I like the idea of personal zines. Are you on target for number 3?<br /><br />MarkMark Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103997496549941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-77744931227975853772010-08-05T22:10:50.537+01:002010-08-05T22:10:50.537+01:00Mark,
Oooh, favourite Hughes film is slightly lat...Mark,<br /><br />Oooh, favourite Hughes film is slightly later than Brat Pack as it's Some Kind of Wonderful, otherwise it's The Breakfast Club.<br /><br />Actually you reminded me, asking about personal zines, to put my second issue up and that has a Hughes tribute in it: http://factorfictionpress.co.uk/webcomic/2010/08/04/brain-scrapings-2/Selinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00435139717543390497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-8778321522244356712010-08-05T09:48:19.659+01:002010-08-05T09:48:19.659+01:00Cheers, Andrew, you're absolutely right on bot...Cheers, Andrew, you're absolutely right on both films - the only problem I had with "Angel Heart" is that the transfer on my DVD is terrible. But it's a gorgeous film.<br /><br />As for the "Videodrome" remake, I read Universal's plans for it and it sounds dreadful (even worse than I originally thought).Mark Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103997496549941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-70473673926377228082010-08-05T08:43:19.528+01:002010-08-05T08:43:19.528+01:00Videodrome was years ahead of its time. utterly un...Videodrome was years ahead of its time. utterly unique like Croenbergs earlier films leading up to it. I'll be avioding the remake too! Angel Heart is another fav. love the stunning noirish photography of the film.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242776528550901991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-73723472406885766642010-08-04T15:47:22.016+01:002010-08-04T15:47:22.016+01:00Hi Selena
I like the Hughes/Brat Pack stuff too -...Hi Selena<br /><br />I like the Hughes/Brat Pack stuff too - our last 80s fest took in most of his, plus a tangent for Michael J Fox's films. This time I wanted us to go a little bit darker though.<br /><br />So what's your favourite Brat Pack film?Mark Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103997496549941279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5787687837760913347.post-28035087772357278342010-08-04T15:21:39.587+01:002010-08-04T15:21:39.587+01:00I always think of myself as an 80s film fan but do...I always think of myself as an 80s film fan but don't think I've ever seen any of those... perhaps I was just a John Hughes/Brat Pack fan...Selinahttp://www.factorfictionpress.co.uk/webcomicnoreply@blogger.com