Comments on: Smashed

By: claire

claire — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 19:33:05 +0000

“…in her satin tights, fighting for her rights…”
asia: you’re kidding me, right? Superman was clearly looking at me when I was five and we fell in love, not you. Also, I’m a proud owner of the Christopher Reeve Superman collection on dvd. Even if you now scoff at the movies (I still am very fond of 1&2, even 3), it’s totally worth it to see the screen tests for Lois Lane. Stockard Channing, Lesley Ann Warren, and others. Margot Kidder nailed it, of course, but it’s a kick to see the other interpretations.

By: shari

shari — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:43:54 +0000

I'm afraid to rent Old Yeller and Where the Red Fern Grows for my kids, because in my memory, they are the saddest, most beautiful, most tragic stories ever told. And I'm afraid that they will be hackneyed and cheesy. Afraid, I say. So scared in fact, that I am depriving my children of their experiences with these stories in order to preserve the sanctity of my own. Now look what you've made me do: admit to negligent parenting right here in the middle of the internet.

By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:57:59 +0000

karen: see… that’s the risk you take reading blogs while on conference calls. but really, what else is there to do?
delmer: oh, courtship of eddie’s father. i loved bill bixby back then, too!
peefer: the hulk scares you, but NC-17 stories about your wife’s vestigial tail don’t faze you?
churlita: i haven’t seen it yet – do i need to add it to netflix? going to do that right now!
asia: i, too, was in love with christopher reeve, and i refuse to believe that superman is anything but a phenomenal movie! lalalalalalalala not listening lalalalalalalal

By: asia

asia — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:05:31 +0000

I went to see Superman at the matinee like, 352 times. It was summer, I was very young and we were very much in love. We ran into each other on a cable channel one afternoon, years later, when I was a teenager. Boy, that was awkward! What had I ever seen in him? The hair? The uni-tard? That sanctimonious goody-two-shoes dimple-chin broad-chested lout! I guess it is true, you can never go home.

By: churlita

churlita — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:15:43 +0000

Weird. I just watched the new Hulk movie last weekend and it reminded me a lot of what the series was to me. I haven’t seen the series since I was younger too. After reading your post, I think maybe the movie was more what the series aspired to be and never quite was.

By: peefer

peefer — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:06:02 +0000

I couldn’t watch The Hulk as a kid. He really freaked me out. I probably won’t sleep well tonight. Thanks.

By: delmer

delmer — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:00:59 +0000

One of the things I like about the recent Hulk movie was a scene in which someone was watching TV (it may have been Lou F) and The Courtship of Eddie’s Father was on.
I only remember one scene from the series. Some guys had used a blow torch to cut a whole in. They put the torch down and used the edge of the hole they’d cut for balance — it should have been warm (hot as hell) to the touch.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:18:25 +0000

“I may not speak Spanish, but yo hablo Bill Bixby.”
I’m dying over here, and completely unable to convince the other people on this conference call that 1) I am sort of paying attention to the call and 2) really, it’s funny. Really really funny.

By: jenny

jenny — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:48:30 +0000

derfina: see! that's exactly what i'm afraid of!
claire: oh, wonder woman. that's another classic! "duh duh duh duh duh duh duh.... WONDER WOMAN!"
robin: i never watched emergency, but i remember loving six million dollar man and bionic woman. best. sound effects. ever.
kapgar: well, the mariette hartley episode (assuming it actually exists) was definitely geared toward the ladies. all smooshy romantical and such. but i'll definitely let you know if i rent it!

By: kapgar

kapgar — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:23:18 +0000

I have added and removed The Incredible Hulk, season 1 so many times from Netflix that I’ve lost count. And for likely the same reasons, minus Mariette Hartley. I don’t have quite the recall for episodes that you seem to, but I do know I loved the show and am afraid that, like so many movies I loved as a child, that it really sucks and watching it will reveal this frailty. The Hulk remains one of my favorite superheroes because of this mental image I have of the show.
If you do rent and watch, please be sure to let me know what you think of it and how it compares. I’m really interested.