Movie Night

I've got this crazy idea. What if we had occasional gatherings in which one Milwookiee (or more, depending on how much time we have) brings in one non-Star Wars movie that he or she considers related to Star Wars in any way, large or small, obscure or obvious. We watch it, and then (get this) we discuss it. Cool, eh?

Whaddya think?

 

Excellent idea!

I would have a request along those lines - I have yet to see Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. I will hold off renting it if I can see it with the group...

 

Oh yeah - I'm *SO* for this.

J & SB Strike Back, though... maybe I'll skip the first session

Jeff

 

sounds like a great idea to me.

also on a related note. there had been some rumblings about having a marathon viewing of all 4 (five if we d/l AOTC online) starwars films. if enough people are interested then we'll start thinking about a date and a place and start a sign up.

-Mike

Oh how about watching "space balls"


Joke?

It was a joke!

Oh forget it.

 

I'd like to bring in Brazil. There are some scenes and designs in it that are very similar to some in Star Wars. I also have a copy of The Hidden Fortress that I could bring in. The Seven Samurai would be a good choice too, but I don't have it. Even The Magnificent Seven would fit in. Battle Beyond the Stars, Battlestar Galactica, the list goes on and on...

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back would be great!

Spaceballs is game. Star Balls, on the other hand...

 

I would love to participate in this! I'll have to peruse my collection though, and think a bit.

But one film that definitely feels like Star Wars is the Disney version of "The Three Musketeers". It is so chock full o' steals and similarities, it hurts! Chris O'Donnell's D'Artagnan is very Luke-like, and Tim Curry stalks about the screen in a Vader-like attitude (as does the actor playing Rochefort, all in black--I can't remember his name...).

Anyway, it's an awful film but will generate lots of laughs!

But I'll have to rack my brain on others--aside from the obvious ones, there are others out there... Hmmm... ?

And, I'm definitely up for an all-4 marathon, as long as I can embroider while we watch (at this stage, I use every bit of free time I've got!).

So, when should we do it, and where..? Should we rotate houses or something like that? Thoughts? Comments?

 

Clerks! Oooooooohhhhhh Chewbacca! What a Wookiee!

(oh wait..this is Marcy someone told me I should put my name up)

 

Sounds good to me. Just make sure this doesn't turn into some sort of "Seven Degrees of Kevin Bacon" offshoot.

 

Maybe we could count all the F-bombs in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

 

J & SB Strike Back was classic. I won't say anything to spoil the movie, but I was surprised by a few things...and in a GOOD way!

I really like this idea. I can bring my copy of "George Lucas in Love". If you haven't seen this, it's about 15 mintues long and a great fan film. Think "Shakespeare in Love" meets "Star Wars". Great stuff.

 

I just remembered, I could bring in my DVD of "Thumb Wars." Hilarious!

Also, I have the PBS(?) interview with Bill Moyers and George Lucas if anyone would be willing to sit through something with more of a documentary flavor.

 

Dare I mention Hardware Wars?

 

Star Wars Related Film Ideas:

STAR WARS RELATED FILMS/TV:
-1978 Star Wars Holiday Special (TV Special)
-The Ewok Adventure (TV Special,VHS)
-Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (TV Special,VHS)
-The Great Heap (Animated TV Special)
-Droids (Animated TV Series,VHS)
-Ewoks (Animated TV Series,VHS)

PARODIES:
-Hardware Wars (released to DVD as a Special Edition)
-Thumb Wars (TV,DVD)
-George Lucas in Love (DVD)
-Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars (VHS)
-Star Wars City (TV)

DOCUMENTARIES:
-The Making of Star Wars (TV,VHS)
-From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga (VHS)
-Starwoids (DVD)
-The Stars of Star Wars (DVD)
-From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light and magic (TV)
-The Unauthorized Star Wars Story (VHS)

 

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Excellent!

 

Mall Rats?

 

Mall rats!?!?!? [face_shocked] Where!?

 

OTHER FILMS THAT PORODY OR MENTION STAR WARS:

-Spaceballs (parody)
-Skin Deep ("lightsaber"-ish battle)
-Clerks (dialog)
-Mallrats (dialog)
-Chasing Amy (dialog)
-Dogma (dialog)
-Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (dialog, actors)
-Dünyayi kurtaran adam (1982-The "Turkish" Star Wars -- US Bootleg title)
-Sorority Boys (dialog)

...gotta go... more soon...

 

TV SHOWS WITH STAR WARS MENTIONS/PARODIES:

-Friends TV show (w/ Mark Hamill)
-Friends TV show (Rachael as Leia episode)
-Muppet TV show (Hamill, R2D2, C3PO)
-Freaks and Geeks (TV episode)
-Simpsons (Various TV Episodes-- See Star Wars Insider mag w/ Bart/Homer on Cover)


TV/FILMS WITH SUBTLE STAR WARS IN-JOKES:

-The Fifth Element (security officer's hair)
-Doctor Who (TV episode "Survival") (Dialog)

 

Oh....

and "ET: The Extra Terrestial" (toys and yoda)

 

Toy Story 2 has a Star Wars bit in it as well. Zorg is very Vaderish and Star Wars parody ensues. It's only a small bit of the movie though, so I'd suggest it only if we run out of other stuff to watch.

 

Hmmm. Doesn't LOOK like we're gonna run out of things to watch. The Kevin Smith movies alone could tie up a weekend or two. Oh well. If that's the price we have to pay for being fans, then so be it, jedi.

 

I think one movie (two at the absolute most) per movie night will be more than sufficient.

 

I agree. And since your login name is in blue, that makes it official.

 

Indeedly doodly, neighbor.

 

A few more titles to consider:

Corvette Summer
Slipstream
The Guyver
Village of the Damned
Flash II: The Revenge of the Trickster

The Blues Brothers
The Man With One Red Shoe
Amazon Women On the Moon
Postcards From the Edge
When Harry Met Sally
Drop Dead Fred
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

American Graffiti
Force Ten From Navarone
More American Graffiti
Apocalypse Now
Indiana Jones Trilogy
Bladerunner
Witness
Mosquito Coast
Presumed Innocent
Regarding Henry
Patriot Games
The Fugitive

Rollerball
Superman 1 & 2
Conan the Barbarian
Field of Dreams
A Clockwork Orange
The Sandlot
The Great White Hope
Dr. Strangelove
Time Bandits
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Brazil
Willow
The Dark Crystal
Labyrinth
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Murder By Death
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Scrooge

(this would make a great Christmastime pick)
Cromwell
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Batman
Dr. Who and the Daleks
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Lord of the Rings (1978)
Excalibur
Michael Collins
Schindler's List
Darkman
The Bounty
Krull
Trainspotting
Moulin Rouge
A Life Less Ordinary
Shallow Grave
Heat
Beautiful Girls
Mars Attacks!
Sleepy Hollow
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dragonslayer
MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis (some MacGyver freak in the group would have to supply this on videotape, but there are no less than three Episode 1 connections)
Highlander
Monsters, Inc.
The Score
Bowfinger
Flash Gordon
Blackadder
Hamlet (1996)
Henry V (1989)
The Caveman's Valentine
Unbreakable
Shaft
Sphere
Jackie Brown
Amos & Andrew
Johnny Suede

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