I have heard Joe Dante mention more than once that their shoot location on the Universal back lot was within ear's distance of the Jaws ride and "If you listen really hard you can hear help help its the shark"
Well? Anyone hear this at any time?
Something new to listen for during the next...
I've started a project I have no time for nor the skill. But it has started none the less.
Goal: Recreate the Pizza Dude Logo seen on the side of the delivery van so I can print stickers or t-shirts.
At first I thought I could copy a shot of it out of the movie file and have someone...
Ok, So I finally broke down and re-upped my old facebook account and joined the 'Burbs group.
This video was posted recently there and I don't remember ever seeing it before.
It looks like a camera recording of their screen. Enjoy.
Haven't been as active as I would like here lately. You all are a great group of neighbors - the best ever, so I will share my end of year with you.
I had my life unexpectedly disrupted on the America holiday of Thanksgiving. We celebrate at the end of November by gathering around with...
I have been having fun with this new AI Chat bot. It is amazing! https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/ Check out some of the answers to my questions and some things I asked it to do:
Where does the Klopek Family live?
Answer: In the movie "The 'Burbs," the Klopek family is depicted as living...
Someone wrote up a thing on the 'Burbs to announce it now streaming on the peacock service. Nothing new per se just someone sharing their love of the film.
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/joe-dante-the-burbs-movie-streaming-review
2nd to the 'Burbs, 'Tremors' is high up there on my favorites and I just learned of the passing of the great Fred Ward.
Gonna go watch Remo Williams this weekend I think.
In case you were wondering, below are the Bacon numbers for the 'Burbs cast, captured here for posterity, ordered by lowest first. The first two ensure the rest of the cast have a number 2 at worst.
<u>Tom Hanks</u>: 1
Tom hanks was in Apollo 13 with Kevin Bacon.
<u>Rance Howard</u>: 1
Rance...
I have a good friend I have known for years ( since 1st grade in school 1981) and we play this game over text message on the phone. I call it DOA.
You have to play with a friend you trust because the idea is, no googling the answer.
It is simple, I will send the message: "DOA: <insert famous...
who all here is updating the burbs fandom wiki page?
https://theburbs.fandom.com/wiki/The_burbs_Wiki
Some decent info there which makes me think some of you neighbors are contributing. Anyone? Anyone Butler?
Just curious because I think if we go "all in" we could fill that site with a...
Anyone here got the VR goggles?
I have an Oculus Quest.
I use an app on it (bigscreen) that has extremely great potential to allow a group like us to all hang out in a movie theater and watch our favorite movie.
Tonight, I hung out in a theater and watched Star Trek The Next Generation TV...
Any one else use this site? https://letterboxd.com/film/the-burbs/
I just found it recently and it has guided me to some good films. I'm also starting to peruse their 'Burbs reviews page.
What is it? From their site:
Letterboxd is a global social network for grass-roots film discussion...
Joe Dante has the podcast he does with screenwriter Josh Olson called 'The Movies that Made Me'. Joe posted today the following:
<span class="postlistquotedtext"><blockquote>quote:<center><hr width="100%"/></center>It's time to ASK US ANYTHING on our podcast
@TheMoviesMadeMe
! Write your...
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