Bottoms up! Oh, I mean…
Roy and I toss back a few in our discussion of “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) here:
Worst New Year’s Eve ever? I’ve had a few that have run it pretty close.
Be that as it may, if “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) teaches us anything, it’s that there’s got to be a morning after.
To anyone obsessed with the movies and especially to any sci-fi fan who lived through it, the date 5-25-77 takes on an almost totemic significance. That’s the day “Star Wars” was unleashed on an unsuspecting world and, for better or worse, changed everything. Next week, we’ll be talking about a new film, “5-25-77” (2022) – actually two decades in the making – that reflects that first wave of “Star Wars” mania, with its story about a young midwestern filmmaker caught up in the excitement. One of the producers for the project was none other than Gary Kurtz, who produced the original “Star Wars!”
To sweeten the pot, we’ll be joined by my cousin and Roy’s lifelong friend, Joe Metz, as we use this discussion about the film as a springboard for our own personal reminiscences as nascent young filmmakers back in the 1970s and ‘80s, punctuating the conversation with stills and paraphernalia from those early, ambitious projects. Of course, none of us wound up devoting ourselves to making movies, which was probably a good thing, but we had a heck of a lot of fun while it lasted.
Yeah, it was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. I hope you’ll join us in the comments section for what’s bound to be the biggest digression in the show’s history, on the next Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. It will be all about us, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., next Friday evening at 7:30 EST.
