If I might provide a scintillating look behind the scenes here at Nathan Rabin’s Bad Ideas, my laptop broke recently. The camera and the microphone stopped working and I need those for the Travolta/Cage podcast so I had to take it into the shop. That’s why I have been off-line for the last two days. I’m writing this on my wife’s computer and it fucking sucks.
I remember when I had to depend on my parents dropping me off for movies (ah the 80s, when parents would just leave their kids alone in a public place), they would often drop me off too late for the beginning. This is probably because I found out the showtimes a little late in the game and begged them to take me (and see if I could get a few bucks for treats). Specifically, the first time I saw Back to the Future, I missed the entire prologue where you meet the McFlys in 1985. I walked in the auditorium just as the DeLorean was backing out of Doc Brown's truck in the mall parking lot. Naturally, I waited around for the next show to catch the beginning. This was one case where I absolutely loved and understood the movie without ever having seen the "before" 1985.
That said, I am much better now about getting into the theaters before the movie starts. We were a little late arriving to Spider-Man Across the Universe, but that was largely due to crowds and a janky new automated ticketing/concession system that seemed to be giving EVERYONE trouble, myself included. We luckily only missed a couple of previews.
My wife has heen wanting to go to the theatre and I guess it's this or Madame Web? And it's not gonna be Madame Web
I remember when I had to depend on my parents dropping me off for movies (ah the 80s, when parents would just leave their kids alone in a public place), they would often drop me off too late for the beginning. This is probably because I found out the showtimes a little late in the game and begged them to take me (and see if I could get a few bucks for treats). Specifically, the first time I saw Back to the Future, I missed the entire prologue where you meet the McFlys in 1985. I walked in the auditorium just as the DeLorean was backing out of Doc Brown's truck in the mall parking lot. Naturally, I waited around for the next show to catch the beginning. This was one case where I absolutely loved and understood the movie without ever having seen the "before" 1985.
That said, I am much better now about getting into the theaters before the movie starts. We were a little late arriving to Spider-Man Across the Universe, but that was largely due to crowds and a janky new automated ticketing/concession system that seemed to be giving EVERYONE trouble, myself included. We luckily only missed a couple of previews.
I grew up loving Heathers and the golden age of Tim Burton so it felt like this was made just for me.