Topic: THE SUNDAY REPORT ON MONDAY OR THE MONDAY REPORT ON SUNDAY (Read 5362 times)

John G. · « **Reply #30 on:** May 11, 2015, 08:01:06 AM »

Good morning, all.

Many vibes, Mike.

ArnoldMBrockman · « **Reply #31 on:** May 11, 2015, 08:05:19 AM »

Quote from: Michael on May 11, 2015, 07:35:09 AM

I have just been informed what time I need to be at the hospital.

I will have to leave my home at 4:45am to arrive at the hospital for 5:30am. I am scheduled to be the first operation.

I will not be taking my laptop with me. I will just have my phone with me.

I signed up for twitter and will be posting updates that way.

@MichaelDShayne

Good Luck And Speedy Recovery Michael

Ginny · « **Reply #32 on:** May 11, 2015, 08:29:25 AM »

DR Michael, I am now following you on Twitter!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 11, 2015, 08:44:41 AM »

Surgery vibes for DR MIKE.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #34 on:** May 11, 2015, 08:46:47 AM »

I also liked the Twilight Zone twist endings.....

O. Henry stories are wonderful, too. The twist in "The Cisco Kid" is the most amazing one....and the one about the girl telling the story to the visitor about her seeing her dead father return from a hunting trip.....LOL.

BUT my favorite TWIST of all was in an episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour called "An Unlocked Window."

ChasSmith · « **Reply #35 on:** May 11, 2015, 09:03:29 AM »

Damn it. Looks like that was one of the hour-long Hitchcocks, none of which have been released to DVD yet. And it doesn't sound familiar to me. I suppose I might find it online, but I'd really like to see it "right".

Druxy · « **Reply #36 on:** May 11, 2015, 09:12:46 AM »

Quote from: ArnoldMBrockman on May 11, 2015, 08:05:19 AM

Quote from: Michael on May 11, 2015, 07:35:09 AM
I have just been informed what time I need to be at the hospital.

I will have to leave my home at 4:45am to arrive at the hospital for 5:30am. I am scheduled to be the first operation.

I will not be taking my laptop with me. I will just have my phone with me.

I signed up for twitter and will be posting updates that way.

@MichaelDShayne

Good Luck And Speedy Recovery Michael

Ditto!

Jrand74 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 11, 2015, 09:29:16 AM »

DR CHAS SMITH the original is on YOU TUBE.....there is also the 30 minute remake from the color Hitchcock reboot show that was in syndication.

You can always download the YouTube version, burn it to DVD and watch it on TV.

John G. · « **Reply #38 on:** May 11, 2015, 09:29:25 AM »

TOD:

The Letter
Planet of the Apes
The Green Mile
Adaptation

I preferred Unbroken to The Sixth Sense even though I got the surprise early on. It was largely because of the performers, though I loved Toni Colette in "Sixth Sense."

Jane · « **Reply #39 on:** May 11, 2015, 10:38:14 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on May 11, 2015, 06:06:46 AM

I also need time to put away all these books I dragged home yesterday.

Thank you again, DR ChasSmith! Thanks to our wonderful host BK, I have formed some wonderful friendships on this here site.

Thank you DR Chas, and Bruce for the connections.

Jane · « **Reply #40 on:** May 11, 2015, 10:41:24 AM »

Quote from: Michael on May 11, 2015, 07:35:09 AM

I have just been informed what time I need to be at the hospital.

I will have to leave my home at 4:45am to arrive at the hospital for 5:30am. I am scheduled to be the first operation.

I will not be taking my laptop with me. I will just have my phone with me.

I signed up for twitter and will be posting updates that way.

@MichaelDShayne

While it is very early to be getting up they will be putting back down for a nice nap. You should go right out. Just make sure you see your doctor before they begin the IV. I worry about that since it happened to me once.

EXCELLENT SURGERY VIBES AND RESULTS!!!

I am glad you will be able to check in that all is well. I hope I will be able to connect to check in on you.

Dan M · « **Reply #41 on:** May 11, 2015, 10:43:33 AM »

DR Michael, may you have successful surgery and rapid recovery to full health! That you won't miss a step upon return to regular duties.

Dan M · « **Reply #42 on:** May 11, 2015, 10:46:08 AM »

I believe that Shad Chan was never in line to be #1 son since he turned out to be the surfer dude of the family. Charlie had such high hopes for his unnumbered son, but he was never the son that Jimmy was.

Dan M · « **Reply #43 on:** May 11, 2015, 10:51:48 AM »

I am not amongst the fans of Mr. M. Night Shyamalan. I could see all of the twists and turns from miles away. I did not enjoy any of his movies since I knew that he would be twisting and turning and basically lying to the audience so I could never "buy into" any of his movies. To me, it was like Mr. M. Night found a schematic of Rod Serling's and figured hey, it worked for old Rod, so why not me? But, Serling was in another league. So, no thumbs up on any of the M. Night oeuvre.

Dan M · « **Reply #44 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:00:02 AM »

The Wizard of Oz had the great plot twist that it was all a dream, which has been ripped off innumerable times.
Psycho was shocking the first time, not knowing what to expect. Two major shocks/twists in one movie.
Elevator to the Gallows has some nice French twists to it.
Vertigo has a very powerful twist that you don't realize the first time you see the picture.
Marnie has a contrived twist that is interesting in understanding Hitchcock and not so much Marnie.
The War of the Worlds has a great plot device that is such a surprise when one first reads it, hears it or sees it.
Seconds is still very eerie and has twists that are not expected, but if you've gotten that far in the movie, you go with 'em.
The Manchurian Candidate is very shocking at first viewing.

Dan M · « **Reply #45 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:01:27 AM »

Rod Serling really perfected the O. Henry style ending. Irony was their best friend.

Dan M · « **Reply #46 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:04:10 AM »

I enjoyed the twist ending to Fellini's And The Ship Sails On which is a somewhat similar idea to the ending to Bava's Black Sabbath.

Dan M · « **Reply #47 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:10:21 AM »

And Soon The Darkness is effectively twisty. The director, Robert Fuest, made some quirky films after leaving The Avengers with Patrick Macnee and Mrs. Peel and her substitutes. The Last Days of Man on Earth is very strange and there are some twists. Fuest's weirdest, despite having made the two Dr. Phibes movies and The Devil's Rain in which you get to see Ida Lupino melt and Shatner is not the hero you expect him to be.

Dan M · « **Reply #48 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:12:58 AM »

Sometimes The Outer Limits had some fun plot twists and turns as did Next Step Beyond. Hitchcock's TV shows were usually well made complete with twists. The ones that immediately come to mind are the shows with Joseph Cotten on the car trip, Vera Miles and the roasted lamb, and Claude Rains and the dummy.

Dan M · « **Reply #49 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:20:29 AM »

Twilight Zone had some great writers. In addition to Rod Serling, I always enjoyed Richard Matheson's work, as well as that of Charles Beaumont. There are so many memorable twists. Some are still eerie and stay with you even after seeing the episodes many, many times. This work holds up well, unlike much of what passes for twists in today's filmic product.

Dan M · « **Reply #50 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:22:51 AM »

I think also when one sees the original Star Wars trilogy and learns of the true relationships of the main characters, these plot/story twists are both surprising and unsettling.

Dan M · « **Reply #51 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:25:22 AM »

I agree with some of the above posts in that Deathtrap in the original play form was great. The remake for the movie version was awful. I know that this is sacrilege because of what happened to Christopher Reeve, but he was not the right person for that part. Just as he was not the right person for the remake of Rear Window.

Dan M · « **Reply #52 on:** May 11, 2015, 11:26:44 AM »

I enjoyed Sleuth, which is a lot of fun.

Charade has a great plot twist that is a lot of fun too.

Dan M · « **Reply #53 on:** May 11, 2015, 12:01:35 PM »

Rosemary's Baby had lots of twists and turns.

Reminds me that even though they're not "high art", many of William Castle's movies were fun rides with twists, unlike the fifth generation carbon copies that are horror movies nowadays.

Druxy · « **Reply #54 on:** May 11, 2015, 12:16:51 PM »

Quote from: John G. on May 11, 2015, 09:29:25 AM

TOD:

The Letter
Planet of the Apes
The Green Mile
Adaptation

I preferred Unbroken to The Sixth Sense even though I got the surprise early on. It was largely because of the performers, though I loved Toni Colette in "Sixth Sense."

Yes, the original PLANET OF THE APES ending did surprise me.

Also PSYCHO.

Dan M · « **Reply #55 on:** May 11, 2015, 12:31:36 PM »

I was away getting my Safeway delivery order rectified. The driver was very nice, but he only delivered the refrigerated/frozen items. Thus, half of my grocery order never got here. The agent at the 877 number was very helpful and they will deliver the missing items tomorrow morning. Thank goodness I have nothing scheduled.

bk · « **Reply #56 on:** May 11, 2015, 12:34:11 PM »

I'm up, I'm up - I got eight hours of sleep, stayed in bed for a while and finally got up. Helper picked up the books to bring to Mystery and Imagination. I'm now making some pasta with butter and cheese - I'm bored of sitting in restaurants.

George · « **Reply #57 on:** May 11, 2015, 12:38:16 PM »

Topic of the Day (in random order):

The Sixth Sense (a lot of people saw this coming, but I never did)
Unbreakable (I knew that there was a twist, but I didn't find out what it was before seeing it)
The Manchurian Candidate
Planet of the Apes (a DVD release about 10 years ago or so gave away the ending on the cover...that was just stupid)
The Empire Strikes Back (D.V.'s revelation)
The Crying Game

Several Twilight Zone episodes

Dan M · « **Reply #58 on:** May 11, 2015, 12:46:08 PM »

Rod Serling really changed Pierre Boulle's PLANET OF THE APES. I remember sometime later reading Boulle's novel and thinking to myself what was used were just the title and the nouns "planet" with "apes". Everything else was Serling's creation in the movie.

With everything I've read, my contention is that Serling took ideas from his Twilight Zone series and his Twilight Zone-ish 1964 "A Carol for Another Christmas" with its nuclear annihilation theme and applied that to the premise of a planet with apes. I would even go so far to say that the casting of both Peter Sellers and Sterling Hayden reinforces the meme of their Dr. Strangelove characters; hip and subliminal.

For those not familiar with the Boulle novel, his apes had nothing to do with the movie apes as Boulle's were highly technological, space-age even. Budget constrictures, and I'm sure Heston's hefty salary, forced the movie apes to be demoted from a scientifically advanced culture to an agrarian one. PLANET OF THE APES essentially revisits Serling's favorite end-of-the-world-by-nuclear-destruction theme, which was used many times in The Twilight Zone. One can read the movie as a polemic.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #59 on:** May 11, 2015, 12:46:16 PM »

Ah yes, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE....original......

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