Comments on HAMMER TIMETypePad2005-07-20T23:50:00ZTony Teahttps://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/2005/07/hammer_time/comments/atom.xml/Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d834650d3a53ef2005-12-07T02:55:30Z2007-08-19T12:20:28ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/Those were the days, Rob. Now all you get on daytime TV are telly movies about American moms struggling with...<p>Those were the days, Rob. Now all you get on daytime TV are telly movies about American moms struggling with booze, marriage, kids, drugs, gambling, menopause, etc.</p>Rob commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8349d383869e22005-12-06T21:16:02Z2007-08-19T12:16:57ZRobI remember seeing kiss me deadly on daytime tv as a kid cos I was off sick from school.vMade me...<p>I remember seeing kiss me deadly on daytime tv as a kid cos I was off sick from school.vMade me go and steal all my dad's Chandler Spillane & Hammet books & never give em back. Man, I'd love to see it again.</p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8345b506f53ef2005-08-11T04:44:22Z2007-08-18T07:16:03ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/Nabakov took the words right out of my mouth (and no, it's not while I was kissing me). The idea...<p>Nabakov took the words right out of my mouth (and no, it's not while I was kissing me).</p>
<p>The idea that someone read the post, went out and watched at the fillum, and subsequently enjoyed it, makes the whole exercise worthwhile.</p>Nabakov commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8345b3fb853ef2005-08-10T09:59:56Z2007-08-18T07:03:52ZNabakovWell carneagles, if you saw it because of this Grogflog then my work here on this planet is done. Seriously...<p>Well carneagles, if you saw it because of this Grogflog then my work here on this planet is done.</p>
<p>Seriously though, the aim of this exercise is basically to turn people onto overlooked films. And, as Tony said when I pitched the idea to him, even if we get just one person to check out something we both think should deserve a bigger audience, then that makes it all worthwhile.</p>
<p>Your comment just made it all worthwhile.</p>
<p>Stayed tuned. Especially if yer into retro Californian filmscapes.</p>carneagles commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348a0e3b69e22005-08-10T01:41:41Z2007-08-18T07:00:32Zcarneagleshttp://corkintheocean.blogspot.comWow, great film. Loved the mid-50's Los Angeles setting.<p>Wow, great film. Loved the mid-50's Los Angeles setting.</p>Russell Allen commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348f77b069e22005-07-27T01:02:52Z2007-08-18T00:05:46ZRussell Allenhttp://www.brisbanewindow.comFor you film buffs out there... http://pages.liveauctions.ebay.com/catalogs/catalog17682.html It's an auction of hollywood props - the jewels of the crown being...<p>For you film buffs out there...</p>
<p><a href="http://pages.liveauctions.ebay.com/catalogs/catalog17682.html" rel="nofollow">http://pages.liveauctions.ebay.com/catalogs/catalog17682.html</a></p>
<p>It's an auction of hollywood props - the jewels of the crown being a couple of lightsabres. There's load of crap in there, but some cool stuff too from movies like The Ten Commandments and some Ray Harryhausen casts.</p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348f28d569e22005-07-25T00:22:15Z2007-08-17T22:26:21ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/There was actually a lame Pommy remake, too, Brownie with soccer thug Vinnie Jones in the main role and a...<p>There was actually a lame Pommy remake, too, Brownie with soccer thug Vinnie Jones in the main role and a very sick looking David Hemmings as the warden. Bordering on crap, it was. The new Hollywood remake just looks like unwatchable rubbish.</p>Brownie commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83452947053ef2005-07-24T23:59:36Z2007-08-17T22:26:20ZBrowniehttp://exonome.blogspot.com/I like my ouevres 'over easy' except film noir which cannot be noir enough. Unfortunately I rushed off to The...<p>I like my ouevres 'over easy' except film noir which cannot be noir enough. Unfortunately I rushed off to The Grifters (Virginia Madsen, Anjelica Huston playing John Cusack's mother) with a person who loathed it and their unhappiness ruined it for me. won't make that mistake again.<br />
Glad Tony finally mentioned Aldrich's Longest Yard which had the most excellent cast and one of my favourite film lines from Burt 'under-rated' Reynolds character when he leans over the jail receptionists (bernadette peters) beehive hair and says "did you ever find a spider in there?" I would not bother with the remake.</p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348f1cba69e22005-07-24T10:24:20Z2007-08-17T23:27:48ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/Nabs, I just had a look at Robert Aldrich on the IMDB and by crikey he's made a lot of...<p>Nabs, I just had a look at Robert Aldrich on the IMDB and by crikey he's made a lot of good films.</p>
<p>Kiss Me Deadly<br />
The Big Knife<br />
Attack<br />
Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?<br />
Flight of the Phoenix was OK<br />
The Dirty Dozen is OK, too<br />
Ulzana's Raid is one of my favourite westerns<br />
Emperor of the North Pole<br />
The Longest Yard the best version by a mile<br />
Hustle was OK<br />
The Frisco Kid I enjoyed as a youngster, not sure how it stands up<br />
Pity The Choir Boys was a stuff up, I loved the book.</p>
<p>A top body of work.</p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d834596c0553ef2005-07-22T05:02:16Z2007-08-17T22:47:57ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/FX: What's Opera, Doc? Ho Ho. Ha Ha. It is to laugh. On a seriously note, folks, I made some...<p>FX: What's Opera, Doc?</p>
<p>Ho Ho. Ha Ha. It is to laugh.</p>
<p>On a seriously note, folks, I made some changes yesterday. I took the sidebars out of the Date Archives, The Individual Archives and thus indirectly, out of the comments section. It hasn't made any difference in IE or FF and as I really like the look, I'll keep it that way.</p>
<p>Has your Opera system always worked here, FX? I don't know how taking the sidebars out should affect the comments section.</p>Nabakov commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83459468653ef2005-07-21T11:27:33Z2007-08-17T22:18:16ZNabakovYer right there Jimmy F about the ending, and perhaps I should have framed my original reference to this issue...<p>Yer right there Jimmy F about the ending, and perhaps I should have framed my original reference to this issue better. But the fact we're actually having this interchange just underlines what a classic cult flick Deadly is.</p>
<p>There's even whole bloody websites that take it apart frame by frame. <br />
<a href="http://members.aol.com/alainsil/noirkmd/noirkmd1.htm" rel="nofollow">http://members.aol.com/alainsil/noirkmd/noirkmd1.htm</a></p>
<p>In the case above, I'm with Mike Hammer. Slap 'em around until they make sense.</p>James Russell commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d834594cdb53ef2005-07-21T09:30:17Z2007-08-17T22:11:55ZJames Russellhttp://16point7.blogspot.com/some confusion over the director's intended ending But was there? Aldrich's own print of the film contained the lost ending,...<p><i>some confusion over the director's intended ending</i></p>
<p>But was there? Aldrich's own print of the film contained the lost ending, which is how it finally got back into circulation, and the screenplay for the film specified the longer ending. The only confusion, as far as I can see, is over why the ending was chopped up in the first place...</p>Nabakov commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348785cc69e22005-07-21T07:16:14Z2007-08-17T21:05:31ZNabakov"Tarantino lifted the idea for the off-screen torture in Reservoir Dogs from this particular film?" And more, including a key...<p>"Tarantino lifted the idea for the off-screen torture in Reservoir Dogs from this particular film?" </p>
<p>And more, including a key gimmick for Pulp Fiction. </p>
<p>And Meeker's Hammer would have just flattened Keach's. He's one tough bastard who gets driven off a cliff in a car, coshed, drugged and shot and still keeps coming back. </p>
<p>My local video store has it on DVD now(the DVD version is a nice clear print struck from the negative, complete with the missing ending) so you should be able to get it around the traps here. If not, it's easily ordered online.</p>flute commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348789fc69e22005-07-21T06:36:29Z2007-08-17T22:10:03Zflutehttp://dailyflute.comYoung Oliver Reed? You should check out The League of Gentlemen, where he makes a five second appearance in an...<p>Young Oliver Reed? You should check out The League of Gentlemen, where he makes a five second appearance in an otherwise surprisingly dark at times film. Jack Hawkins, Dickie Attenborough etc. Bloody good flick.</p>Russell Allen commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348eaf0569e22005-07-21T06:35:58Z2007-08-17T21:06:00ZRussell Allenhttp://www.brisbanewindow.comReview almost makes me think that Stacy Keach is not the best Mike Hammer. That can't be right.<p>Review almost makes me think that Stacy Keach is not the best Mike Hammer. That can't be right.</p>carneagles commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83459477653ef2005-07-21T06:11:28Z2007-08-17T22:10:09Zcarneagleshttp://corkintheocean.blogspot.comGreat review. I'll have to hunt this movie down and see it. I take it, then, that Tarantino lifted the...<p>Great review. I'll have to hunt this movie down and see it.</p>
<p>I take it, then, that Tarantino lifted the idea for the off-screen torture in Reservoir Dogs from this particular film?</p>fxh commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83459472f53ef2005-07-21T04:39:02Z2007-08-17T21:04:08ZfxhThese comments on this piece do not appear in my OPERA. Works ok in FF and IE. dunno what is...<p>These comments on this piece do not appear in my OPERA. Works ok in FF and IE. dunno what is problem.</p>
<p>FXH</p>Nabakov commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83459413953ef2005-07-21T04:33:43Z2007-08-17T22:08:12ZNabakov"Flesh Gordon"? Whaddya think this is? Cineste International? Film Studies Journal? You want classy flicks, go somewhere else. I'll be...<p>"Flesh Gordon"? Whaddya think this is? Cineste International? Film Studies Journal?</p>
<p>You want classy flicks, go somewhere else. I'll be flogging stuff that would scare the pants off Flesh Gordon. Oh, too late I see. </p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83487822b69e22005-07-21T03:22:39Z2007-08-17T21:02:19ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/Can you believe that Cloris is nearly 80. She was born the same year as the Queen, for Christsakes! "Frau...<p>Can you believe that Cloris is nearly 80. She was born the same year as the Queen, for Christsakes!</p>
<p><i>"Frau Blücher?</p>
<p>Neigh.</i></p>
<p>Great in The Last Picture Show, too.</p>
<p>A young Strother Martin was in it too. Well, youngish. He's one of those dudes who even as a teenager would have looked about 40.</p>RT commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83452177053ef2005-07-21T03:15:14Z2007-08-17T21:01:47ZRTGreat seeing Cloris Leachman, a Mel Brooks regular, in a small but pivotal role. Mike Hammer is one great hard-boiled...<p>Great seeing Cloris Leachman, a Mel Brooks regular, in a small but pivotal role. </p>
<p>Mike Hammer is one great hard-boiled dick. </p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d8348eb05069e22005-07-21T02:49:52Z2007-08-17T21:01:12ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/1951 - YOGA AND THE AVERAGE MAN Documentary on yoga 1950 - YOGA AND YOU Documentary on yoga The Horrrrrorrr....<p><i><b>1951 - YOGA AND THE AVERAGE MAN</b><br />
Documentary on yoga</p>
<p><b>1950 - YOGA AND YOU</b><br />
Documentary on yoga</i></p>
<p>The Horrrrrorrr. The Horrrrrorrr.</p>boynton commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d834593ffc53ef2005-07-21T02:43:13Z2007-08-17T22:05:48Zboyntonhttp://boynton.ubersportingpundit.comCould say b for the B movies but KMD sounds rather A. btw - Australian Hammer Posters<p>Could say b for the B movies but KMD sounds rather A.</p>
<p>btw - <a href="http://exclamationmark.typepad.com/blog/2005/06/australian_hamm.html" rel="nofollow">Australian Hammer Posters</a></p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83487820269e22005-07-21T02:26:00Z2007-08-17T21:00:48ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/Hello there, boyntonb. It's always nice to receive new commenters. PS: the fillum is very much in the oeuvre (oooooooo,...<p>Hello there, boyntonb. It's always nice to receive new commenters.</p>
<p>PS: the fillum is very much in the <i>oeuvre</i> (oooooooo, you sexy word, you) of a certain touchy evilly fillum.</p>boyntonb commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83452183d53ef2005-07-21T02:23:30Z2007-08-17T22:05:26Zboyntonbhttp://boynton.blogspot.com/Yes I must try to catch KMD now too - not only for the post-modern storyline and the sonnet-puzzling, but...<p>Yes I must try to catch KMD now too - not only for the post-modern storyline and the sonnet-puzzling, but a glimpse of the vintage answering machine. A bit like the Coffee Plunger in Ipcress? </p>Tony.T commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83459409053ef2005-07-21T02:22:17Z2007-08-17T22:10:21ZTony.Thttp://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/Oh, you two! Since when has this blog ever been a forum for rank Doooooble On-ton-draaaa. Since ever, that's when!...<p>Oh, you two! Since when has this blog ever been a forum for rank Doooooble On-ton-draaaa.</p>
<p>Since ever, that's when! Good work.</p>
<p>Perhaps Nabs meant <i>Coming Home: 70s viet-fi porn.</i></p>
<p>Apropos nudiness, when I saw Coming Home in 1979, it contained a rather graphic sex scene with Jon Voight and Hanoi Jane which I have never seen since. Was it cut? Or maybe I was just mistaken first time round. Very puzzling, either way</p>
<p>And for my tummy, the words "Flesh Gordon" and "oeuvre" sit somewhat oddly. How come oeuvre is not classified as a rude word?</p>Francis Xavier Holden commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d83452158553ef2005-07-21T01:47:51Z2007-08-17T20:59:48ZFrancis Xavier Holdenhttp://landownunder.blogspot.com/Coming soon: 70s sci-fi porn.. Oh good - does that mean you are deconstructing Flesh Gordon one of my faves...<p><i> Coming soon: 70s sci-fi porn..</i></p>
<p>Oh good - does that mean you are deconstructing Flesh Gordon one of my faves of that genre. Or does Flesh Gordon comprise the entire oeuvre?</p>SB commented on 'HAMMER TIME'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341cb34453ef00d834593d4653ef2005-07-21T01:47:01Z2007-08-17T22:09:49ZSBThanks for the review, I'll make sure I catch KMD. Also, is "Coming soon" what you hope for when you...<p>Thanks for the review, I'll make sure I catch KMD.</p>
<p>Also, is "Coming soon" what you hope for when you watch those other movies?</p>