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Author Topic: Best Film-Tech film/presentation reviewer? Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 03-29-2006 10:12 PM                        Oh crap. People actually READ this site?!?  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 03-29-2006 10:28 PM                        I think Sam types his stuff in a separate word processor. Check it out: quote: Sam's 40 Year Old Virgin review: Notice the question marks instead of apostrophes. What the hell?  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-30-2006 01:23 AM                     There is an issue with a recent Apache upgrade. Daryl will be fixing them when he gets to an internet connection.  |  IP: Logged Jim Bedford Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 597 From: Telluride, CO, USA (733 mi. WNW of Rockwall, TX but it seems much, much longer) Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-30-2006 07:27 AM                        quote: quote: Sam's 40 Year Old Virgin review: Gee, Sam doesn't look old enough to have been reviewing virgins for 40 years. When did he start? And did you say you're reposting your The Day After Tommorrow review the day after yesterday or the day before today? Hey, we got more than a foot of snow overnight and I'm going skiing......  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-30-2006 12:21 PM                     Christian Volpi's reviews are pretty good. Short and to the point mostly. Most often the show is summed up: "it's crap."  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 03-30-2006 02:01 PM                    quote: Bobby Henderson tough toogies What's a toogie?  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-30-2006 03:22 PM                     Toogie? I don't know; probably not the same thing as a "noogie." I've heard people say it though. I guess it sounds more nice than "tough shit."  |  IP: Logged Sam Graham AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues. Posts: 1431 From: Waukee, IA Registered: Dec 2004 posted 03-30-2006 06:51 PM                        quote: Joe "MORE EVIL" Redifer I think Sam types his stuff in a separate word processor. That particular review was indeed typed in Word and posted later, as I was traveling and didn't have web access at the time. I should have thought to clean that up. But normally, I bang out the review directly on the board.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 03-30-2006 10:06 PM                        Lesson learned: MicroSoft Word is the world?s worst word processor.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 03-31-2006 02:05 AM                  I gotta agree with those that like it short and sweet/sour and to the point. While it is sorta interesting to some people (?) to hear all about how shitty the johns/crappers are or how the staff fucked-up the curtains...etc, the thread is about the ***MOVIE***! While I recognize the value of the film review with superfluous theatre information to the theatre owners of FT members, most of us do NOT own a theatre and could care less unless we go to that specific theatre. If ya wanna post about showmanship, or about your experience at a specific theatre, start a "Showmanship" thread! That reminds me, unless you get to travel the country, most people don't give a sh!t about a particular theatre since it's a rare thing that they would EVER be able to visit it unless your biz takes your all around the US like some people...(ADAM!). IF we must deviate from theme of the "Movie Reviews" thread, then I vote for a separate "Showmanship" thread and just post MOVIE REVIEWS in the "REVIEW" thread or change that thread's title to "Movie Reviews and Showmanship"! OBTW: I vote for Brad. Sometimes out-to-lunch, but usually right on target! Yours in Christ... [ 03-31-2006, 03:11 AM: Message edited by: Phil Hill ]  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-31-2006 12:17 PM                        quote: the thread is about the ***MOVIE***! Yeah but if they only write about the MOVIE it's no different from any other millions of movie reviewers out there. Theatre-oriented people have a different perspective so I think it's cool that the experience might be written about, along with the movie. It can affect your view of the film. When we first installed our DTS at the Roxy, I watched "True Lies" with a friend of mine to test the system. He remarked: "This could even make a shitty movie fun to watch!"  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 03-31-2006 01:11 PM                        While it is true ... one's opinion about a particular film, and one's opinion about the experience seeing that particular film on a particular date/time/auditorium should probably be separate opinions ... I also think that the two are linked so closely, that most people don't separate them. I don't read the movie review threads until after I've seen the movie ... I do that for newspaper or magazine critics too. I just want to have my own opinion about the movie without wondering why s/he thought this or that... So when I'm reading a review of a film, I guess I'm more interested in the overall experience the viewer had, not just their thoughts on a film. so... Reading that The Evil Sam used self serve butter machine X over self serve butter machine Y may be integral to my understanding why he liked/disliked a particular film. On the other hand, if somebody just says, "awesome " ... well, that's fine too. so ... uh ... I guess this whole post was just to say ... keep on reviewing however you want ... as Mike said, there are a bunch of opinions about movies available. Whether what is written about in Film-Tech's "review" threads should be called "experiences" or "showmanship thoughts" or "movie reviews" ... well, that's an interesting topic, but ... it's a topic that I don't have any particular opinion on, yet.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-01-2006 07:23 PM                       quote: Joe Redifer Also on holidays when I see people starting to feed money into a parking meter that's free, I just giggle to myself and keep on walking instead of telling them that they don't have to pay. I am truly evil. Oh, I am ROTFL!!! Guffawing!  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-08-2006 11:11 PM                     I love Evil Sam's reviews but Evil Sam has ALOT to learn about movie theatres. OK Sam say to yourself ten times... over and over..... "There are no good theatres in Salt Lake City or nearby..... The nearest "best theatre is Casper, Wyoming's... America Theatre..... The next nearest "best theatre" is in Hollywood.... 9 more times now....... See You'll learn.....  |  IP: Logged

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