Why is ROLLERCOASTER! such an acclaimed movie?!

And what is the deal with airline food?

Seriously, the movie's cheesy.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Sensurround eh?

I remember that from the L.A. Coaster Con during our special "screening" of the film. ;-)

I may have seen a few movies with Sensurround as a kid.....Jaws maybe?

-Tina

Maybe one of the Jaws sequels (#3 was in 3D), but definitely not the original. That movie didn't need any gimics - an absolute classic movie that has stood the test of time. I can watch that movie every time it is on.

I actually saw Jaws 3D in the theaters something like 4 times because I thought the 3D was so cool.

Wasn't that right around the time of Amityville 3D? Because I saw that one just as many times.

Helen Hunt. Yum.
Kirsten Dunst. Eh.

As far as the Rollercoaster movie, I haven't seen it in years. I'll stop and watch it if it's on TV and I flip by it. I don't think it's any worse than the other disaster movies of the time (as others mentioned).

Eathquake and Midway were both released in Sensurround along with Rollercoaster. I don't remember Jaws or any sequels though.

I don't know what is wrong with people. I think Rollercoaster desereves a Oscar. I love that movie. Ok so it doesn't have the best actors, but the idea for the was good. I wish they would make a new version of the movie.

So if we were going to remake "Rollercoaster" with a contemporary feel, who would we cast in the lead roles and which parks/coasters would we feature? *** Edited 6/29/2004 11:05:21 PM UTC by Martin V***

Lord Gonchar,

I also saw Jaws 3-D many times back in the day, we well as Amityville 3-D and a whole slew of other 3-D movies during the early 80's 3-D craze.

It's weird that 3-D movies are mentioned as I just recently purchased DVDs for Comnin' At Ya', Spacehunter, Metalstorm, Friday The 13th Part 3, House Of Wax, Treasure of the Four Crowns, and Jaws 3, all in field sequential 3-D. I just got Jaws in the mail yesterday and haven't been able to view it. If the quality is anything like the other DVDs, I am going to be happy.

-Sean

Don't forget Freddy Krueger in 3-D. I believe that was Nightmare 6 correct? Very cool.

I still love 3D, I guess that's why I still cherish my old Viewmaster. ;-)

-Tina

Nobody ever said that the movie was acclaimed. I will be the first to admit that the script, direction, and acting are all a little cheesy, especially for actors like Henry Fonda and Richard Widmark. The sensurround and scenery date the movie, and some of those camera shots are downright ridiculous (whats with all the shots of Timothy Bottom's hands??) The music undoubtedly takes you back(anyone remember sparx??) and the music score is straight out of the cheese factory. I still have trouble believing that the little black box could make the Rocket collapse.

What makes me like to watch it?? I simply love the classic shots of the amusement parks. I like to see Kings Dominion back before I was born, and I like to take a ride on Revolution before Six Flags neutered it. We get to see the Rocket and Ocean View Park, things from the past that we won't ever see again. Rollercoaster was responsible for the birth of ACE, and still is a cinema classic, at least in the coaster fan's mind....much like a Star Trek movie is for Trekkies. It's a guilty pleasure, and no matter how bad it is, I still have a copy and am not afraid to admit that I watch it.

What, no love for Parasite, Sean? Do you have something (besides your torso) against Demi Moore? ;)
As for a remake, I say it gets a trendy PC update and go with a female heroine, say like Julianne Moore. And let's have an older bad guy, like, say, Anthony Hopkins. He can even taunt her by reaching out and brushing her hair while he rides the carousel. We could even have Roger Moore in the old Fonda role. Hell, let's throw Mandy Moore in it as well to attract the dirty-old-man contingent. Heck, even Mary Tyler-Moore could cameo as a victim, to fill the "OMG, that person's still alive" factor. And of course, Michael Moore would be on hand to document all the grotesque excesses that the producers allow to occur during the shoot.

Have I mentioned I haven't ridden a single coaster yet this year, and it's almost half over...

Tina,

If I remember correctly, only a small portion of Freddy was in 3-D, and that was using the anaglyph method, which doesn't do 3-D justice in the theaters IMO. However, the new Spy Kids 3-D DVD looks incredible on my TV and it is shown in the anaglyph method. It's the first red/blue 3-D I have seen on TV that actually works well.

Robocoaster,

I haven't seen that one yet but thought about purchasing it. It is out there.

Getting back onto the topic of roller coasters, in 1995, Chris Trotter and I rode a 3-D simulator in Las Vegas that showed full 3-D POV of Steel Phantom and Thunderbolt. If that wasn't enough, Gary freakin' Coleman ended up sitting next to Chris before the show started and even commented to Chris and I that he bet the real rides were much more thrilling than the simulator. Pretty strange huh?

A couple years later, I purchased a 3-D kit for my camcorder that let me record in field sequential 3-D. I took it to SFOT and shot 3-D POV of Texas Giant. It didn't turn out as well as I had hoped but it did work. I need to dig that kit out again and start taping in 3-D again. Then again, showing Buzzers in 3-D might not be a good thing. =:^)

-Sean

Well, if that Buzzer's name is Nasai, it might actually be a good thing!;)

Hey, I resemble that remark! ;)

Gotta jump in on the Sparx thing........

Big Boys........ Big Boys....... *still sticks in my head today*

UGH!

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Sean Flaharty said:

A couple years later, I purchased a 3-D kit for my camcorder that let me record in field sequential 3-D

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Ok, I'm intrigued. Can you still get something like this?

Sounds more than a little gimmicky, but it sounds like a lot of fun too (getting ideas hardly appropriate for CB, but I'm sure you sickos are with me)

I could see it amusing me for quite some time :)