Comments on: I think I rented the wrong DVD https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:18:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: khan https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533967 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:18:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533967 See if you can find: “Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind”

]]> By: paragwinn https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533966 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:55:32 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533966 I did laugh, I did cry, and I did kiss 3 bucks goodbye. Then 30 bucks for the VHS version, 8 bucks for the theatrical re-release, 15 bucks for the DVD, and soon(?) the 3-D version…

]]> By: HP https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533965 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:01:01 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533965 Holy Crap! I saw this on a cheesy 16 mm projector when it was new. I was an ignorant kid at the time, but watching now, I realize that that was the legendary Paul Frees narrating! (A quick trip to IMDB confirms my ear for voice actors.) How did such a low-budget bit of fun manage to snag Paul Frees? Holy Crap!

]]> By: Rick MacPherson https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533964 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:38:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533964 hardware wars! thanks greg!

takes me back a ways…
“no just a little headache” became a high school in-joke

]]> By: TonyC https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533963 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:47:12 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533963 I loved Dark Star! I remember seeing it (for the first time) on BBC2 late one night during an SF season. One of the coolest movies (along with Silent Running). I loved the blobby alien, and the attitudinal bombs.

best. movie. evah!

]]> By: John https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533962 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:32:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/04/09/i-think-i-rented-the-wrong-dvd/#comment-533962 It’s been at least 20 years. Back there with Dark Star. Wow.

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