I agree with you about seeing those movies on the big screen. Stargate when it first came out made a HUGE splash with the “vertical water” effect of the wormhole. Jurassic Park was phenomenal on the big screen. I don’t remember Superman being all that impressive, though, FX-wise. And the FX for Star Wars weren’t as groundbreaking per se as FX as the action and music and characters and the fact that it was the first scifi film in a VERY long time that broke through to the mainstream.

I still remember the first time I saw morphing — a BIG “how did they do that” moment. Hilariously enough, I *think* it was for a Michael Jackson video …

I loved the first and second Terminator and thought the third was ok. Part of the reason why I loved the second was that it was ground breaking fx at the time. I still remember seeing it in the theater the first time, with all the ooohs and awww, cheers etc. It was like seeing the first Star Wars, Superman, Jurassic Park in the theater when they first came out. I feel sorry for all the kids who weren’t there to experience those original chills and thrills of ‘wow’ how did they do that? I’m sure the same will happen to Avatar. In 10 years, kids will be saying what was the fuss about. That’s a shame.

Yeah, movie audiences can sometimes suck. Even when they don’t talk, now they text during the movie and the light from their phones is amazingly bright in the dark theatre. Just so thoughtful.

I still think it’s worth seeing movies on the big screen. I’m usually pretty lucky with the audiences. In fact oddly enough it’s classical music / opera / theatre audiences that are the worst. Especially if you get a mom home-schooling her kid loudly during the concert, or a pompous middle-aged guy trying to impress his date with how much he knows about music or how well he pronounces French.

Michelle — it’s really cruel of you to remind people of Xanadu. That score is going to be stuck in my head now.

I really loved the first and second Terminator movies. I found the third one unfulfilling. I thought we would finally get to see the cool robot dominated future world in that movie, but we didn’t. I suppose T4 was the movie I had been looking forward to (with all the cool robots). However, I never actually watched it. I probably should see it sometime.

I don’t like seeing movies in the theater because I find many movie theater goers annoying, and I prefer to avoid annoying people. Too many families bring really little kids (even to late showings of R-rated movies!). Packs of teenagers also tend to be obnoxious.

I kept telling myself that I would get back into watching movies once I got a big HD TV. But I keep pushing that acquisition back. Just got a new roof, next I want central air. Also now I want to wait for a really nice big 3D HD TV. Maybe I can make that happen in December, and get back into movies.

I had never heard of the movie NIMH, but it made me think of NiMH (Nickel-metal hydride) batteries. I guess I’m a tech nerd.

Anytime Xanadu is on I have to watch it.

HUGS…