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Post by brobear on Dec 30, 2019 8:28:49 GMT -5
We are bound to enjoy some disagreements on this topic. 
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Post by brobear on Dec 31, 2019 2:49:59 GMT -5
The Wolf Man 1941 vs The Wolf Man 2010.   |
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Post by OldGreenGrolar on Dec 31, 2019 6:44:55 GMT -5
Dr Dolittle film 1998 vs Dr Dolittle 2020 (upcoming) with a polar bear.
I might like the newer one better but the final decision comes after the 16 th of Jan 2020.
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Post by brobear on Dec 31, 2019 7:26:21 GMT -5
IMHO - The 1941 Wolf-Man was by far a better movie. Sure, the special effects are better 69 years later, but the 2010 movie missed the whole point. 1941; Larry Talbot returns home to the Talbot estate in England; his older brother has passed away. Larry is a well adjusted and happy person. To rush the tale, he is bitten by a werewolf and thus becomes the Wolf-Man. His father is a very sensible man who refuses to believe in any form of superstition. After becoming a werewolf, Larry becomes a sad, bitter, and even suicidal man. Skip to 2010... Larry arrives in England already a sad and bitter person ( why? ). His brother was a werewolf. His father was a werewolf. His whole damn family are werewolves. Finally. after nearly 70 years a Wolf-Man remake - and it sucked.  |
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Post by tom on Dec 31, 2019 11:04:05 GMT -5
Loved Lon Chaney Jr. playing the wolfman. His father Lon Chaney Sr. was also famous before him with is defining characterizations of the Hunchback from Notre Dame and the Phantom of the Opera. senior was nicknamed "the man with a 1000 faces".
I used to watch all the old Horror films from the 30's and 40's when I was a kid on a weekly television show called "Horror Incorporated" which aired from 1969 into the 70's. Not sure if this was a national show or just in the Twin Cities, but it aired originally on Saturdays and then Fridays at midnight. I remember watching on Horror Incorporated for the first time "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" awesome. All the old actors like Chaney, Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster were all part of classic movies that played on this show. Great stuff......
You remember anything like this brobear?
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Post by brobear on Dec 31, 2019 13:00:15 GMT -5
Shock Theater from 1963-1966.... was the first time any of the old classic horror movies made it to TV. The top horror stars of the 30's and 40's ( we all know who they were ) became more popular during this time period even than when their movies were brand new. We saw pictures of Dracula, Frankenstein, the Wolf-Man and others everywhere from Archie comics to TV sitcoms. I stayed up late ( 11 PM - 12:30 AM ) every Friday night. A cult classic, "The Monster Squad" - 1987 - was great. It did poorly at the theaters because noone knew how to advertise it. If they advertised it for kids, only kids would want to see it. If it were advertised for adults, most kids would be left at home. The producer said that as a kid he loved the 1948 movie, "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein". He was expecting to see, after that, "The Little Rascals Meet the Monsters" but it never happened. I love this movie.  |
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Post by brobear on Feb 13, 2020 11:48:25 GMT -5
Superman. George Reeves still the best television Superman ( IMO ) and Christopher Reeves the best movie Superman ( IMO ).   |
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Post by brobear on Feb 14, 2020 10:28:50 GMT -5
I grew-up as a huge Tarzan fan. There has never been an American-made Tarzan movie that I haven't watched. I read all 24 Tarzan novels by his creator Edgar Rice Burroughs. Those who were not around during the 1960's or earlier cannot realize just how popular Tarzan was world-wide. During his writing career, E.R.B. was the only author in the world out-selling the Bible. Born on September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950, he began his writing career in 1911 and his first Tarzan story in 1912. The only fictional character that has been portrayed more often and by even more actors on the movies is Dracula. Not actor ( IMHO ) has yet to portray Tarzan correctly. The most popular of all was Johnny Weissmuller who made 12 Tarzan movies from 1932 to 1948. I loved his old movies ( still do ) but he was vastly different from the E,R.B. character.  |
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Post by tom on Feb 14, 2020 16:41:10 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Feb 15, 2020 4:49:40 GMT -5
Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe ( both Olympic gold medal swimmers ) portrayed the ape man with a ( I'm at a loss for words here )... They appeared to be truly wild; both actors found a way to exhibit this wildness. Most movie Tarzan's come off as an athletic man wearing a loincloth and a $40. haircut acting as if they had been among people all their lives.
How Edgar Rice Burroughs described Tarzan. Built more like Apollo than Hercules. He was a perfect mimic and learned to mimic and in some cases communicate with the beasts. Tarzan was a grown man before he ever saw a human. To cut a long story short, he could speak dozens of native languages as well as French, English, German, and a few other languages. Each language he spoke was done so without a hint of any accent. *He spoke like a well civilized man; never "me Tarzan, you Jane."
E,R.B. also stated several times, when a man stands near Tarzan, he has that same feeling as when standing close to a lion.
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Post by brobear on Feb 19, 2020 21:20:38 GMT -5
Dracula - www.imdb.com/list/ls027269524/ 60 Dracula Movies Ranked from Best to Worst: After reading Bram Stoker's novel "Dracula," I viewed a bunch of Dracula movies. This is a ranking of all of them that I've reviewed. This list ranges from fairly faithful adaptations, to loose reworkings and movies that hardly have anything to do with Dracula besides character names. This isn't an exhaustive list, although I believe I've seen most of the Dracula movies I care to see for now, and I'll add to the list if I view any more. For my full reviews at IMDb for these movies, a link is posted at the bottom of each movie's brief summary in this list, or you may click on my user name to link to my IMDb page to look through all of my reviews. *Well, you can read this person's list of 60. I also read the novel ( of course ). Here is my top 5 favorite Dracula depictions ( no particular order ). 1- Nosferatu (1922) 2- Shadow of the Vampire (2000) 3- Dracula (1931) 4- Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) 5- The Monster Squad (1987) |
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Post by brobear on Feb 22, 2020 11:03:15 GMT -5
HERCULES. Steve Reeves, Kevin Sorbo, or Dwayne Johnson?    |
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Post by tom on Feb 22, 2020 12:56:05 GMT -5
Steve Reeves
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Post by brobear on Feb 22, 2020 14:25:27 GMT -5
My choice as well. Back in the '50's and early to mid-'60's he was really popular. He had the look and acted as I would expect Hercules to act.  |
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Post by brobear on Feb 28, 2020 5:56:09 GMT -5
22 actors have played Dracula. Do you have a favorite? Here is Max Schreck:  |
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Post by brobear on Feb 28, 2020 6:00:39 GMT -5
Bela Lugosi and Gary Oldman.   |
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Post by tom on Feb 29, 2020 16:29:31 GMT -5
Bela Lugosi and Gary Oldman. I'm old school I say Bela Lugosi. Something about those eyes. |
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Post by tom on Feb 29, 2020 16:36:43 GMT -5
Who's your favorite actor to play Frankensteins monster. You younger guys likely never heard of these. Here's a complete list. m.ranker.com/list/actors-who-played-frankenstein/celebrity-listsIMO there really is only one right answer here but I'll let you pick who you like. Here is a short list. Boris Karloff Lon Channey jr. Bela Lugosi - yes Bela played Frankenstein in Frankenstein meets the wolfman. Fred Gwynne - the Munsters Glenn Strange |
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Post by brobear on Mar 1, 2020 7:04:35 GMT -5
First Boris; then Glenn. Monster Squad - 1987 - Tom Noonan was OK as the Frankenstein's Monster.
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Post by tom on Mar 1, 2020 10:26:53 GMT -5
The newer renditions of Frankenstein's monster are much different than the early versions. While Hollywood special effects and makeup can make characters seem very realistic, I still like the old school Frankenstein movies as well as wolfman if for no other reason than nostalgia. Therefore Boris gets the nod from me to.
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