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Post by pepoluan on Jul 30, 2009 15:19:22 GMT
pepoluan: How very subtle of you... Alas, I also completely support that theory. I saw the Tingler once, a few years ago, although since it wasn't in the theater with the buzzers, it's magic was lost. I wish they made those chairs with every movie, it'd make things a lot more interesting. Maybe if Randy manages to hook one of those crazy seats up, Jones' first emotion in the past little while will be surprise. What's this about crazy seats? I am intrigued... Read what refugee posted. It seemed that: - The film is about a 'discovery' that not screaming when being scared caused your spine to mutate into a centipede-ish critter
- Cinemas playing the movie will install buzzers on the seats, to be buzzed when the events called for it
- People will think that "gosh! my spine's turning into a centipede!" and thus scream their life out
Never saw the movie, so I just gather/summarized what others have posted here. Nice gimmick, though
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Post by Robo Alchemist on Jul 30, 2009 16:23:20 GMT
wouldn't that be sort of illegal, though? it seems even worse than subliminals to make someone scream like that.
....unless you count children crying and they don't even know why they are....
plus, that seems sort of a waste to install buzzers for a premier of 1 movie. a not very good movie, at that.
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Post by Casey on Jul 30, 2009 16:46:51 GMT
It was a different age, back then, RA. Different indeed.
Just wiki "Smell-O-Vision", you'll see what I mean.
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Post by rylfrazier on Jul 30, 2009 17:36:51 GMT
I think Jones is extremely reserved personally, but that doesn't mean that she isn't an extremely keen observer of human emotion.
She might not return the professor's feelings, but she certainly understands them.
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Post by the bandit on Jul 30, 2009 17:58:26 GMT
I think Jones is extremely reserved personally, but that doesn't mean that she isn't an extremely keen observer of human emotion. I and my fellow stoics thank you for the defense.
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Post by wanderer on Jul 30, 2009 20:56:44 GMT
To see Mr. Price in a more lighthearted capacity, there's the Muppet Show's first Halloween episode, with him as the guest star. A future one had Alice Cooper, and they were both hilarious. ...Wait... I know that voice. I didn't get it in Thriller, but... He was the host for the PBS series Mystery wasn't he?
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Post by todd on Jul 30, 2009 22:13:35 GMT
Yes, when it began. Later on, the host was Diana Rigg; now it's Alan Cumming.
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Post by fuzzyone on Jul 30, 2009 22:22:51 GMT
I believe he was. Also, One of his final roles was in Edward Scissorhands. It's not hard to see how many considered him one of the early masters of Suspense and horror. The man could be VERY creepy with just a little effort. He knew the value of a LOOK and a VOICE over cheap shock tactics.
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Post by Mylian on Aug 6, 2009 22:02:32 GMT
pepoluan: How very subtle of you... Alas, I also completely support that theory. I saw the Tingler once, a few years ago, although since it wasn't in the theater with the buzzers, it's magic was lost. I wish they made those chairs with every movie, it'd make things a lot more interesting. Maybe if Randy manages to hook one of those crazy seats up, Jones' first emotion in the past little while will be surprise. It should be made into an adventure-style game that uses clever controller-vibration tricks, MGS-style, to help set the mood. Unfortunately, nobody but the die-hard classic film fans would buy it. It would have to be in color to have even a chance at hitting the market, but I would hope that it would have a b/w option. And as a bonus it could have the entire old movie watchable, with controller vibration to mimic the Tingler gimmick. There's precedent for that, they included Plan 9 in some video game that I can't recall offhand.
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