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LAND OF THE LOST - Alamo Screening with Director, Composer & MARTY KROFFT
Hey folks, with another fabulous screening opportunity! This coming Tuesday, June 2nd at the Alamo Drafthouse South here in the awesome city that is Austin - we're doing a screening of LAND OF THE LOST with Director Brad Silberling, Composer Michael Giacchino and Legendary TV Producer MARTY KROFFT!!! The Event Begins at 5:30 pm - where the lucky winners can line up for their very own photo in the LAND OF THE LOST Kodak photo booth, where you'll be handed your very own personal momento of this grand adventure! Then inside the theater - we'll be looking at a pair of the original TV episodes, whilst enjoying quite intoxicating libations and munchies and gearing up for the fun... that'll follow with a chat with our three dignitaries and of course, LAND OF THE LOST. And that doesn't even count possible other things that I'm not allowed to spread.
Now the only person I know that knows anything extensive about LAND OF THE LOST was Moriarty, but he died with Holmes in some sort of gagging incident at 8763 Wonderland Ave. But that's another story altogether. But Mori got me excited for the film - and well, I get to see what he was yabbering about this Tuesday with all of you. The movie will start at approximately 7:30pm. But I'm telling you, you'll want to get there at 5:30pm for the beginning of all the fun.
Yes, I'm aware this is a Tuesday, work day, but our guests' schedule requires an early start to festivities. But I just wanted to make sure you understood the time commitment before attempting to get in.
How do you get in?
Fairly standard process. Send me an email at HK at AintItCool.Com with the following exact subject line:
Lead Me To The Land Of The Lost!
That exactly - otherwise your email will get filtered to TRASH and not the mailbox that I'll be pulling names from.
Also - in the body of your email - tell me why you wish to venture to the Land of the Lost. What your favorite Sid & Marty Krofft TV show was?
You'll also need to include your full name - and the full names of the up to 2 guests you can get in.
But Hurry up with those emails - I'll be printing the winners no later than Sunday!
See you this Tuesday!
Harry
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But sadly I am in New Jersey. Sad for a number of reasons LOL
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I totally want a picture in the photo booth
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Everybody shows up. Watches the tv episodes and enjoys them. They they get rightfully enthusiastic and excited over the appearance of Marty Kroft. And then everybody walks out when that grinning capering butt money otherwise known as Will Ferrell appears on screen.
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Plants have confirmed this movie to be awesome!
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what....................omg where am I?? Im lost!?!?!
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Just sayin'...email away - hope I can get on the list!
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Email away.
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May 29, 2009 11:01:55 AM CDT
AAAgggghhh!!! Sid and Marty Krofft are my heroes!!!
by the reluctant austinite
Harry! Jumpin' Jesus, you have no idea how much I love Sid & Marty Krofft. I watched almost the entire Sci-Fi Channel marathon of "Land of the Lost" on Memorial Day. My childhood was formed by Ray Harryhausen and Sid & Marty Krofft. My VERY FIRST Halloween costume was a store bought H.R. Pufnstuf Collegeville costume. That baked dragon was a GOD to me! I just bought the BEAUTIFUL widescreen dvd of the theatrical "Pufnstuf" film released in conjunction with the "Land of the Lost" movie. You must watch it. My favorite Krofft program was "The Krofft Supershow" which brought weekly episodes of "Dr. Shrinker," "Electro Woman and Dyna-Girl,""Bigfoot and Wildboy" (loved that one!), "Wonderbug" and "Lidsville" (oh, how thee changed my life "Lidsville"!) amoung others. I'm an official "Land of the Lost" expert, and can tell you that there were some great writers on that show including some "Star Trek" veterans and super-fan Donald Glut. The third season, when "Planet of the Apes TV Series" veteran Ron Harper joined the kids, it took a downturn but still managed fair entertainment. Did you know that stop-motion dinosaur creator, Wah Chang ("The Time Machine," "The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao," "Jack the Giant Killer"), did most of the dinosaur effects for "Land of the Lost"? Now you do! As an adult I have fantasized about what it would have been like to visit the short-lived "World of Sid & Marty Krofft" Theme Park in Atlanta where the CNN building now stands. I dream of riding the Pinball Machine ride and taking a trip into the Living Island darkride! If I knew this event was coming, I would have planned for it, but as of now I'm still paying off the debut of my last Austin trip. Stop the presses, fly my ass down there, and I'll interview the guests and write it up for you!
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May 29, 2009 11:59:23 AM CDT
I'll even stay for the "Night of the Creeps" screening!
by the reluctant austinite
I worked the Fright Night Film Festival in Louisville last Summer and Jason Lively was one of the guests I was taking care of. He's a really nice, down to earth guy, who seemed to be getting asked about a possible "Night of the Creeps" dvd all weekend. If you remember my "My Bloody Vantentine 3-D" review, you'll also remember my near embarrasing man-love for Tom Atkins. I can write this event up for you as well. If that weren't enough, I'll sleep on Flesh Gordon and Captain Blood's couches for two weeks and slowly unravel their santiy for your twisted pleasure.
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MUST SEE SLEESTACKS!
I LOVE AUSTIN TX
yeah I'm 80's uncool
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favorite sid and kroft had to be the Luv bug!
and the people that were shrunk, can't recall what they were called now, time sucks away memory -
That's "Wonderbug" and "Dr. Shrinker" from the "Krofft Super Show." You're welcome.
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As usual, Mori is an idiot and likes something that is truly embarrassing and atrocious for all involved. This film is so bad it hurts. It's not funny, it's not adventurous, it's not interesting, it's not well written, it's not well acted, it's not well directed, it is the equivalent of a cinematic abortion. The only funny shit is the Matt Lauer stuff, and even that barely got a chuckle. The movie os poorly paced, bores the living shit out of you and then dares you to keep watching, just to see how bad it will truly get. The Krofts were at the screening I attended many months ago on the Fox lot, and they looked shell shocked after the movie, it is THAT bad! Stay away from this turd.
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really burnt out by the Will Ferrell same character different occupation movie grind.
But still kinda hoping this one is good. The commercials look promising.
Just wish they had used a different title -
When your shows came out in the 70's a was but a child. Yet even then I could see the HR. PUFFNSTUFF, LIDSVILLE, SEYMOUND THE SEAMONSTER and LAND OF THE PAST were just. plain. awful. No offense, but kids today have no idea how god-awful those shows were, yet we only had 3 channels to choose from. Sure, kids in the 80's had to endure some pretty bad dreck (HE-MAN, TRANSFORMERS, THUNDER CATS, et), your shows made those look like Shakespeare. Cue laugh track....
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Very little in this world is unique. Very little original. Very little imagnitive. I don't care what you think about the Sid & Marty Krofft shows (I hear this idiocy about Rankin/Bass all the time too), but you can't deny their singularity. Thanks for chiming in with a personal note to Mr. Krofft just to be an asshole, you worthless douchebag. I apologize for this idiot, Mr. Krofft.
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As well as the fact that- A. Sieberling wants to do another Lemony Snicket, and he should definitely get Jim Broadbent as Vice Principal Nero, B. Dana Gould of "Working" and "The Simpsons" fame is writing the script for "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters" and C. "H.R. Pufnstuf" and "The Bugaloos" are also due for revivals. Huzzah!
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Judge for yourself if Transformers is better than any film this summer: Jetfire WAS a Decepticon that shifted allegiance to the Autobots. Before dying, he gives Optimus Prime his wings to get to the Giza Pyramid, so that the latter could defeat The Fallen. The blonde that Sam meets in college is a Decepticon disguised as a girl. "Alice" is her name, since it was a copy of a human-like Honda robot (This blonde seduces Sam and when a probe was being inserted into his mouth--a.k.a. the tongue of the Decepticon, much to Sam's shock-- Mikaela enters his room...) Optimus Prime goes into stasis (he's not really dead, but it would take like a thousand years for his body to repair itself) after being stabbed by Megatron (Optimus goes mano-o-mano with both Starscream and Megatron in that forest in the trailer). Sam actually dies, and while he was being revived, he sees a vision of the original 13 Primes,killed by the Fallen, telling him that they choose him to be the keeper of the Matrix of Leadership (the dagger-like thingy that Sam picks from the ground in the trailer, produced by the AllSpark thousands of years ago as a key to a machine atop the Pyramid of Giza that produces Energon, a secondary energy source taken from any star, in this case, our sun). Sam uses the Matrix of Leadership crystal to revive Optimus' Spark. Simmons has a major role in the film and becomes a hero of sorts. After being fired from Sector 7, he spent his time in his mother's deli, and he keeps a secret attic above his mom's restaurant, blogging with the name "Robo Warrior" who happens to be discovered by Sam's geek dorm mate.Simmons is responsible for helping out a carrier with coordinates to destroy Devastator by sneaking under the biggest Decepticon ever. And Mikaela gives Simmons a kiss (well, a flying kiss that is, for helping her and Sam). Yes, it has a happy ending.
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Judge for yourself if Revenge of the Fallen is one of the best films this summer: Jetfire WAS a Decepticon that shifted allegiance to the Autobots. He was one of the original Seekers of the Allspark that reached earth thousands of years ago, like B.C. times. When his “batteries ran out,” it must be that he is automatically programmed to retain the ability to copy any machine from a cart to whatever technology that existed throughout history while he lay dormant (not sure if this would be explained in the movie, which could be a source of a plot hole). The blonde that Sam meets in college is a Decepticon disguised as a girl. "Alice" is her name, since it was a copy of a human-like Honda robot. This blonde seduces Sam, and as a probe (its “tongue” ) is being inserted into his mouth to "hack" his brain, Mikaela enters his room and sees the girl on top of her boyfriend, and that pisses her off. Optimus Prime goes into stasis after being stabbed by Megatron (Optimus goes mano-o-mano with both Starscream and Megatron in that forest in the trailer. Optimus is not really dead, but it would take like hundreds or thousands of years for his body to repair itself). Sam ACTUALLY DIES, and while he is being revived, he sees a “heaven” vision of the original 13 Primes murdered by the Fallen, and further telling him that they choose him to own the Matrix of Leadership (the dagger-like thingy that Sam picks from the ground in the trailer, produced by the AllSpark thousands of years ago as a key to a machine atop the Pyramid of Giza that destroys a star -our sun in this case- to produce Energon, a secondary energy source just in case the AllSpark gets destroyed). He hears Mikaela tell him “I love you.” And when he finally wakes up, his first words are “I love you.” It sounds cheesy but it isn’t. A minor plot involves the fact that they haven’t said “I love you” to each other and each were challenging the other as to who should say it first, which complicates matters since Mikaela witnessed first-hand Sam’s propensity to be disloyal to him when he is far away from her. Sam uses the Matrix of Leadership crystal to revive Optimus' Spark. Before dying, Jetfire requests that his wings be given to Optimus Prime so that the latter could get to the Giza Pyramid fast, to stop the Fallen from activating the machine that could destroy the sun. Simmons has a major role in the film and becomes a hero of sorts. After being fired from Sector 7, he spends his time in his mother's deli, and he keeps a secret attic above his mom's restaurant, blogging with the name "Robo Warrior" who happens to be discovered by Sam's geek dorm mate. Simmons is responsible for helping out a U.S. Carrier with coordinates to destroy Devastator by sneaking under the biggest Decepticon ever. And Mikaela gives Simmons a kiss a flying kiss that is, for helping her and Sam. I'm not sure how they would explain why Arcee is a girl, or the concept of trans-dimensional travel. The other Decepticon that changes allegiances is Wheels, that small Decepticon who ends up enamored by Mikaela. Like he hugs her and burrows his head into her cleavage, but she doesn't mind since she perceives the robot more like a pet. At the end of the movie, one Optimus defeats the Fallen, Megatron and Starscream escape through a portal, a continuum a.k.a. trans-dimensional travel, and enter another dimension where the ship called the Nemesis is located. Megatron summoned the Fallen from this place. His last words are "Arise!" as he wakes up the other robots in sarcophagi in this ship. Megatron wanted to be a Prime, which is why he promised to work for his Master, the Fallen. Optimus, however, tells Megatron that he was deceived by the Fallen, since Primes are born--not made. The Fallen is a Prime that murdered Optimus’ ancestors, which is why Optimus is an orphan and the last of the Primes.
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If its free.......Can you get your money back?
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instead it's a flaming turd from Hollywood. Could have made a really great dark serious Sci Fi adventure but nope they went with comedy. Fucking shame. So much potential wasted.
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THANK YOU that has been bugging me for years, refused to stoop to using Google, wanted to remember on my own, but this will do
again thanks
were the Bugaloos part of that too?
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Regardless of the quality of this film, it would be great fun to gather with the ACIN'ers to adore / Pan it. Please pick me Harry!
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I so wish I could attend.
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"Bigfoot and Wildboy" came along in the second season of "The Krofft Supershow" (I think). If I'm right then "Bigfoot and Wildboy" expanded to 30 minutes and became its own show in its second season.
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the theme to the show. Turn off the lights and flick on the lighters.
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the list will be out and I am sooooooo hoping to see my name on the list. Fuck all you nay-sayers, this shit is AWESOME
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what's with the TRANSFORMERS post?
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