tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post5264607400638719649..comments2023-10-09T04:23:42.233-05:00Comments on The Shelf: preview: spielberg on spielbergJ.C. Loopholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-39765441401827551132007-07-10T08:13:00.000-05:002007-07-10T08:13:00.000-05:00Laura-What a great story- thanks for sharing that!...Laura-<BR/>What a great story- thanks for sharing that! That's also funny about crossing movie paths with your future hubby. <BR/>The funny thing is that some people would argue that camping out for advance tickets is a shared experience, and perhaps it is in a way. But it does not compare to the shared experience of the golden age of the blockbuster. Summertime was a time to stand in line with your buddies, grab as much calorie laden goodness as you could carry (or carry in), play some pac man or spyhunter or whatever arcade cabinet they had, and then watch a GREAT movie on a HUGE screen. Those days are definitely gone....<BR/>Thanks to filmfanman and anon for your comments as well. Hope everyone enjoyed the documentary as I did, whether you were an ET kid or an Indy kid :)J.C. Loopholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-49160759113666799792007-07-10T02:02:00.000-05:002007-07-10T02:02:00.000-05:00I went with a friend to a "sneak preview" of RAIDE...I went with a friend to a "sneak preview" of RAIDERS the week before it formally opened. (I'll date myself and say I was about 18.) The preview was advertised in the L.A. Times -- we saw it in Long Beach -- and was apparently used as a way to build word of mouth for a film they knew would be a hit. We had thus not read any reviews and had NO IDEA what the movie would be like, other than it starred my favorite STAR WARS actor. WOW! Was that ever a roller-coaster ride. We laughed, we screamed, and we left that movie absolutely exhausted. And I don't think I've looked at the screen in the opening of the Ark sequence to this day. :) That first time seeing RAIDERS has to be up there with my top movie-going experiences of all time.<BR/><BR/>Not long after that I was visiting a friend in Phoenix. She had read an article about Spielberg's childhood which included the address of his former home, so we drove by and photographed it just for the fun of it.<BR/><BR/>You're so right about the shared experience. My husband and I went and saw RETURN OF THE JEDI every Friday for the first three weeks it was open, just to be able to take it all in. I can't even remember how many friends we had lined up with us to see the first showing of JEDI at the Big Newport in Newport Beach, CA. The line waiting to get in was part of the fun. (My husband and I later figured out that before we had met each other, we must have passed each other on the opening day of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK at the same theater.) My friends and I saw E.T., POLTERGEIST, SUPERMAN, all the great movies of that era. It was a real "golden age" for that particular kind of film.<BR/><BR/>Fun memories!<BR/>Best wishes, LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626109831176745957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-79044567760707201012007-07-09T22:29:00.000-05:002007-07-09T22:29:00.000-05:00The ET kids were the Emo kids of the 80s minus the...The ET kids were the Emo kids of the 80s minus the poetry.<BR/>Indy rules!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16517589.post-75427008557750211362007-07-09T17:37:00.000-05:002007-07-09T17:37:00.000-05:00Loved your memories about Indiana Jones. Brought m...Loved your memories about Indiana Jones. Brought me back to my own memories of Star Wars. I'll be watching this tonight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com