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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Right? There were definitely some cannibalism undertones in that song. I wondered if they overworked these poor orphans to death and how best to get rid of the body? They ate them. Interesting. I thought they were Appalachian hillbillies, but not necessarily Southern. Maybe because The Gogans were just one generation away from becoming the family from The X-Files Home episode - and that took place somewhere North-ish. Before I read the rest of the post, I was thinking Pete is Bucky, Gogans are Hydra, Nora is Capt America, Lampy is Stark...
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    ^ That's creepier than the original.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Wait. A. Minute. I've still got stuff* to say. Did you notice the band on Shelley Winters' hat? Is that supposed to be a piece of rope or a braid from a previous orphan that she cut off? I had fun pretending it was the latter. * I didn't say it was important stuff.
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    Nine Lives (2016)

    tomspanks replied to RyanSz's topic in Bad Movie Recommendations

    The former. I think the cat's soul goes into the comatose Kevin Spacey? That part was a bit unclear. Otherwise, the movie makes total sense.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I'm thinking Nora encounters townsfolk who tell her all sorts of things. I think you get used to it when you live in a town rampant with alcoholism.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Yes! I loved that growing up. To this day, I like artificial grape flavor. Lol @ "it tastes awful" is a selling point.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Lol, no that's purple "stuff." Purple drank is prescription purple colored cough syrup abused for recreational drug use. In this instance I was referring to the purple children's cold syrup. It's the most delicious artificial grape flavor.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    You've never had purple drank?
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Seriously. Their "oriental oil" was from Paris.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    At first I read this too quickly and thought it WAS Kiel. Then I read it more carefully and was disappointed. I spy a bobo Frank Stallone over bobo Jaws' shoulder.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I also couldn't pin down the time period. I wasn't sure if the clothes were from a certain time period or maybe it was modern-yet-quaint fishing village chic? Also adding to my time confusion was Lampy's modern bicycle.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    In addition to Elliot's dental issues, I was concerned with Lampy's long-term chronic alcohol abuse and how nobody else was concerned about it! More specifically, I was concerned about Lampy developing/having Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS). It's caused by a deficiency in thiamine (vitamin B1), which is an essential nutrient, especially for the brain. Most long-term alcoholics are thiamine deficient. This can lead to WKS, which is characterized by confusion, poor muscle coordination, and memory problems. Sound like someone we know? Anyway, this has been a PSA.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Some of my favorite 5-star reviews on Amazon:
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    This was a pleasant-enough movie and the HD version looked great. Weird thing is, I watched this only 4 days ago, but I don't recall any of the songs.
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    Musical Mondays Week 9 Pete's Dragon (1977)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    That dragon has, at best, 2 working teeth. He would not be able to chew these apples. Poor Elliott is pretending to gum those apples for Pete's sake. Also, I didn't understand how Pete went to sleep in a fallen log in a muddy forrest and woke up in an apple orchard? No. Not whole like that with the peel and seeds. Slice them up and bake them in a pretty mosaic tart with salted caramel? Yes. I realize Elliott might not be up to date on baking blogs, however. The dragon tuba-speak gibberish got old real fast for me.
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Wait, you think people are bummed out by Enchanted and This is Spinal Tap? Yeah, I can think of 2 nerds.
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    Musical Mondays-Week 4-Beauty and the Beast

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    I saw B&B the Thursday night of opening weekend and had a really fun time. I also liked Luke Evans as Gaston - so much that at times I found myself wanting him to win and get that Beast. I wouldn't be mad if someone made a Gaston/LeFou spinoff/prequel.
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    Episode 159.5 - Minisode 159.5

    tomspanks replied to JulyDiaz's topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Confirmed: Enya, not a Sleepwalker.
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Ugh, that guy again?
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Again, I agree with you, kateacola. He was a total qt in Grease. Are you trying to trick me into talking about the movie prematurely? If so, you succeeded.
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    He looked awful! Barf.
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Same, kateacola. I saw Jeff Conway was in this, but I didn't know who he was. Kept waiting for him to appear and only after the movie ended I found out who he was.
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    Cam Bert's mom is going to have a difficult week with Pete's Dragon.
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

    You didn't rate it on letterboxd either!
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    Musical Mondays Off-Week 8 (Kateacola's Pick)

    tomspanks replied to Cameron H.'s topic in How Did This Get Made?

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