There's little that giant snake movies can't improve

[annathepiper]

It was very good to be at home for the sleeping overnight, that's for sure. Today though has mostly involved more sleeping, and feeling oogy. Let's just say that 1) my system documentedly has a hard time coming out of lengthy, heavy anesthesia and this procedure has not been an exception to that, and 2) there's some extremely annoying monthly timing going on too. Do the math, and I'm sure you can get an idea of the physical discomfort I'm in at the moment.

But I don't really want to talk about that. What I do want to talk about is that spazzkat caught the old Disney movie make of Escape to Witch Mountain, which is charming, and which I watched all the way through. I still vividly remember the book. Now I want another copy of it. I remember quite wishing I had a star case like Tia's.

Also, looking up Escape to Witch Mountain on Wikipedia, I see that there's apparently a sequel called Race to Witch Mountain in progress for release next year. I'm not sure what I think about that!

Oh god. Especially given that The Rock is in it. Oh well, maybe it won't suck too hard?

Meanwhile, speaking of things that documentedly suck, there will be another Great Movie Suckoff Marathon commencing during my recovery time--in fact, as soon as the Seahawks game solarbird's watching is over. This one will feature giant snakes. LOTS of giant snakes. Especially Anaconda 3, which has the extra bonus feature of DAVID HASSELHOFF, baby.

This is going to be fun.

Comments

[king-chiron.livejournal.com]

I *love* Escape to Witch Mountain, you might even say I was a bit obsessed with it as a child. I had a big crush on Tia too!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

*nods* Tia was much with teh cy00t...

[annathepiper]

The kid that played her was cute in the movies as well. Turns out both that actress and the boy who played her brother will be showing up in bit parts in the new movie, which is a nice touch.

[annathepiper]

Oh, it was a classic skiffy story for appealing to kids like us. :) I think I may buy a new copy if it's still to be found in modern bookstores.

[flashfire.livejournal.com]

Yay, big snakes!

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Yaknow, I was just thinking, we needed some M-----f---ing Snakes... I mean, SLJ doesn't suck, but hey, snakes! :)

[annathepiper]

That's another snake movie I do need to see at some point! We missed it when it came out in the theaters. :)

[annathepiper]

There's been some prime big snake goodness in this lineup so far. And by goodness I mean 'OW THE CG IT BURNS'. ;)

awful movie contribution

[kitchengrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear your surgery went well even though recovering is the suck. Greg found a movie on cable when you were down with your last surgery and movie marathon that made me think of you. Hilariously awful is "Flesh for Frankenstein". There's lots of nudity, fake blood and even more hilariously fake sex going on. The sucking noises are particularly awesome. There was some other movie on a week or so later with the same lead actor, but I can't remember now. It was definitely in the same vein.

Much luck to you in recovery. Viva la Anna!

Re: awful movie contribution

[annathepiper]

I'm not sure whether to be deeply flattered or deeply disturbed that you thought of me in association with this movie. ;) I'll have to keep this one in mind for the next suckoff, though! (Which will hopefully not be in association with a major medical procedure.)

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Ummm, there already is a sequel to Escape to Witch Mountain. It's called Return from Witch Mountain (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078158/) and it is GOD awful. I still have a soft spot in my heart for Escape though. One of my childhood favorites along with The MoonSpinners (yes, based on the Mary Stewart novel of the same title - I think this is where my fascination with wounded heroes came from >;-) )

I think it is very very weird that they are coming out with a new Witch Mountain movie now. Hummina-wha??

I will check in with you tomorrow to see how you are feeling and if you are up for company. No worries if you're not, we still have Tuesday and Wednesday! :-)

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Oh! Race is a remake, not a sequel. That makes more sense. ;-)

[annathepiper]

I'm actually not sure if they're aiming for remake or sequel with Race... Wikipedia claims the events in this movie are thirty years after Escape, which would seem to indicate sequel, but other descriptions suggest a remake!

Also, I noted that they're having the guy who played the boy Tony in Escape showing up for a bit part in this.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, I'm aware of Return from Witch Mountain--this is a newer sequel than that. ;) Apparently at least Return was in theory connected with a book; I looked up the author that did the original book of Escape and he has that title on his bibliography list. Also, there was at least one remake of Escape, according to Wikipedia.

You mentioned The Moonspinners, yeah! I'm half-curious about watching that at some point. And yes please do check in with me tomorrow!

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Moonspinners has a pretty good cast, actually. Hayley Mills (the original Parent Trap girl), Eli Wallach (Good, the Bad, and the Ugly), Irene Papas. I can bring out with me if you like. :-)

If you already know you want to punt to Tuesday or Wednesday, that's totally cool. Just let me know what works best for you. :-)

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I wanted a star box, too. :)

[annathepiper]

I have this memory of being vaguely disappointed that the one Tia had in the movie didn't actually look like the one described in the book. Now I am clearly going to have to go find another copy of the book, so I can check!