Blast from the past - remind us of a thing

[hidetheelephants]

Nethybridge said:

Movies having an overture and maybe an intermission.

[motco]

Nethybridge said:

Movies having an overture and maybe an intermission.

When cinema presentations were called 'films'. Or the flicks...

[Doofus]

When a film was an hour and a half long.

[brownspeed]

decent magazines; Custom car, hot car, cars & car conversions, motoring news

[Soloman Dodd]

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Blimey, where?
I've been looking for some for a while. I thought it had gone forever.

Yes but only the small size, the very worst sort of "shrinkflation".

[dickymint]

Soloman Dodd said:

Error_404_Username_not_found said:

Blimey, where?
I've been looking for some for a while. I thought it had gone forever.

Yes but only the small size, the very worst sort of "shrinkflation".

2 Kg enough for you.............


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colmans-English-Mustard-P...

[generationx]

Nethybridge said:

Movies having an overture and maybe an intermission.

The one I remember is Star Trek - The Motion Picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Star_Trek:_...

[motco]

generationx said:

Nethybridge said:

Movies having an overture and maybe an intermission.

The one I remember is Star Trek - The Motion Picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Star_Trek:_...

From memory only so may be inaccurate: West Side Story and Grand Prix both had long overture parts

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

dickymint said:

2 Kg enough for you.............


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colmans-English-Mustard-P...

Absolute bargain!

[EvoDelta]

entropy said:

I remember that advert so well. I suspect it was on a VHS recording from the TV, of Star Wars or Indiana Jones or something similar that I watched hundreds of times.

[Nethybridge]

motco said:

generationx said:

Nethybridge said:

Movies having an overture and maybe an intermission.

The one I remember is Star Trek - The Motion Picture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Star_Trek:_...

From memory only so may be inaccurate: West Side Story and Grand Prix both had long overture parts

I had the thought in my head that Ryan's Daughter was last hurrah of the Overture, I think intermissions continued in 3 hour bum achers like The Deer Hunter.

[ambuletz]

entropy said:

it still exists. I saw this a couple of years back in a supermarket in seychelles, so its being sold somewhere.

[witteringon]

Nicotine-stained fingers

[psi310398]

Doofus said:

When a film was an hour and a half long.

And you got two of them for the price of a ticket. One admittedly seldom that good.

[Doofus]

psi310398 said:

Doofus said:

When a film was an hour and a half long.

And you got two of them for the price of a ticket. One admittedly seldom that good.

I went to see The Aristocats, and the support (?) film was The London Connection with Roy Kinnear.

That's the one I remember

....

Faaaaaack!

I've just Googled this and it looks like this was a Disney dual feature. :mindblown:

These two films were supposed to be shown together.

[Error_404_Username_not_found]

We went to see Chariots of Fire. It was the Big Picture of the day.
The B picture (support film) was "Gregory's Girl". Nobody had heard of it then.
Loved it.
Maybe because I'm a Glasgow kid?

[dandarez]

Super Sonic said:

dickymint said:

And painting with water was magic.............





And painting by numbers with those tiny tubs of oil paint.

Led Zeppelin had an inner sleeve like that, In Through the Out Door iirc.
Friend of mine 'painted' it.

Remember that well, late 70s. Flogged mine on the 'bay just before covid.
Another creative album artwork designed by Hipgnosis' very clever Storm Thorgerson.
Hipgnosis was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Album Package in 1980.

The outer sleeve looked just like a brown paper bag, while the inner sleeve had b/w line drawings which when gone over with a wet paintbrush, or a small damp sponge, activated invisible ink and become permanently colored.
There were 6 different cover sleeve variants (A to F) each featuring a different couple of photos for the front and rear - the brown paper bag meant buyers were unable to know what sleeve they were buying. I recall trying to find the difference before buying, but it was not possible. I ended up with 'C'.

If you're thinking of buying this album, say on ebay, amazon, etc, be wary: many I've seen say mint unused but you find the drawing is 'coloured' ie: been wetted! So not 'mint' at all.

[zb]

Oddly triggered by a post on the council thread, I was always gutted when the squares won. Was there not also a "live action" version of this with real puppets playing it out? Or have I Mandelad myself?

[dudleybloke]

zb said:

Oddly triggered by a post on the council thread, I was always gutted when the squares won. Was there not also a "live action" version of this with real puppets playing it out? Or have I Mandelad myself?

I think if was all thatv version above but will check when i get home.

[FMOB]

The Crossfire game from the 80's

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZpCHsiC238

Would nver happen today, giving kids the chance to fire ball bearings towards each other as quickly as you can, reload and fire more..