tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245010537599371152.post515428595289443515..comments2022-11-16T06:00:11.175-08:00Comments on This Alien Earth: Super 8 and Alien Anger Management IssuesC. R. Rookwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167804392560473423noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245010537599371152.post-71948586925937715212011-08-03T11:44:01.796-07:002011-08-03T11:44:01.796-07:00Lance, what an awesome comment!
I am in the proc...Lance, what an awesome comment! <br /><br />I am in the process of recreating my blogs so "Paranormal Popcorn" will get absorbed into a new blog about imagination and imaginary creatures, and this blog will get moved to my own website which is under construction.<br /><br />It's weird to admit this, but I rarely stop to think that people might actually be reading my blogs and thinking about them. I always feel like I'm kind of talking to myself and about three other people (Ann is one of them), but that's not necessarily true. I really appreciate your corrections, your thoughts, and your interest. <br /><br />I am a rabid Lovecraft fan as well.<br /><br />I promise to post the new URLS here when I get the new sites up and running. <br /><br />It won't be long. :)C. R. Rookwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167804392560473423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245010537599371152.post-53981303153687939012011-08-03T11:40:28.624-07:002011-08-03T11:40:28.624-07:00Hi Ann, Thanks!Hi Ann, Thanks!C. R. Rookwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167804392560473423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245010537599371152.post-65091829257217481402011-07-01T11:03:20.121-07:002011-07-01T11:03:20.121-07:00Cool article. I like how you made the connection b...Cool article. I like how you made the connection between Kali and those strange creatures. :)Ann Rodelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04668680729316268078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245010537599371152.post-40433482781572295962011-07-01T10:04:25.135-07:002011-07-01T10:04:25.135-07:00I came here by way of "Paranormal Popcorn&quo...I came here by way of "Paranormal Popcorn" (is that blog kaput now?) I love the works of Harpur, Keel, Vallee, Coleman (I was the one who told him about the Shunka Warak'in), and others. Hansen's work on the Trickster and the Paranormal is fantastic!<br /><br />I love your writing, but here I distinctly remembered seeing the mysterious "Close Encounters" as a teen long BEFORE friendly E.T. came out. So I checked. And yep, "Close Encounters" came out in 1977 when I was still a teen (17), and E.T. came out when I was 22 (1982). So you might want to rethink the sequence thesis of cute -> mysterious -> threatening. Here's the sequence of the films/series you mention.<br /><br />Close Encounters (1977)<br />Alien (1979)<br />E.T. (1982)<br />Aliens (1986)<br />Predator (1987)<br />Predator 2 (1990)<br />Alien 3 (1992)<br />Independence Day (1996)<br />Alien Resurrection (1997)<br />Alien vs. Predator (2004)<br />Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)<br />Cloverfield (2008)<br />Predators (2010)<br />Super 8 (2011)<br /><br />PS. The Cloverfield monster reminds me in scale of the huge last monsters seen shambling across the landscape in the movie The Mist (2007). As described in Wikipedia, "A very large creature with six legs. Other than the legs, with hundreds of the aforementioned small flying creatures attached to them, this creature is unseen. Although the creature's exact size is never specified, David gets the impression that its size would make a blue whale resemble a trout if both were posed together, and its weight is sufficient to leave six-foot-deep footprints the size of a large SUV in solid concrete."<br />Now these "Mist" monsters in turn remind me of the monsters in H. P. Lovecraft, etc..Lance M. Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17404310713482611952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245010537599371152.post-80521790112445909732011-06-22T17:30:35.074-07:002011-06-22T17:30:35.074-07:00Thanks! The movie isn't a 'must see'. ...Thanks! The movie isn't a 'must see'. Might as well wait for it to come out on DVD or cable. Thanks for stopping by!C. R. Rookwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167804392560473423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3245010537599371152.post-45914567693879806052011-06-21T06:15:35.375-07:002011-06-21T06:15:35.375-07:00I just thought that I would stop by and read some ...I just thought that I would stop by and read some of your articles. I don't intend to watch the movie, but I like this article. Keep going!Debra Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16093828397013403535noreply@blogger.com