tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post3733152925480742415..comments2024-01-22T09:43:09.570-05:00Comments on Me and You and a Blog Named Boo: Before They Were LOSTPhillyradiogeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-17594538679419356952010-03-14T20:36:53.500-04:002010-03-14T20:36:53.500-04:00Westlake as writer splits the difference between B...Westlake as writer splits the difference between Bloch and Elmore Leonard, and it's not glossy like Hitchcock...except when Hitchcock was doing Bloch (hello, Norman Bates). And he is the equal of either, if not quite the game-changer that Bloch was (but, then, neither has Leoard been, nor too many others). Westlake also did the script for THE GRIFTERS not long after, from Jim Thompson's novel, and a few more throughout his career, but was primarily a prose writer, and a number of his books and stories have been filmed.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-82649312883727947012010-03-13T20:47:08.897-05:002010-03-13T20:47:08.897-05:00THE STEPFATHER is one of my parents' favorite ...THE STEPFATHER is one of my parents' favorite movies, and they had it on VHS for many years--still might, in fact. I may have to borrow it next time I visit them.<br /><br />I always assumed it was a schlocky snuff film; I'm happy to hear that's not the case. Is it Hitchcockian (or perhaps Robert Blochian)?Phillyradiogeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-5974982580757723072010-03-12T19:31:44.302-05:002010-03-12T19:31:44.302-05:00And you need to see THE STEPFATHER, which put O...And you need to see THE STEPFATHER, which put O'Quinn on the map, and Jill Schoelen, too (brilliant Donald Westlake script). Happily, the remake finally nudged a dvd release for the original (apparently the only good thing it did other than provide a paycheck for Sela Ward and a few other good folks). MILLENNIUM was a rather inconsistent series, but had some fine episodes and did some interesting things...one episode had one of the Patti Smith Group's songs as its only soundtrack throughout the fifteen-minute, roughly, segment between commercial breaks. O'Quinn had been in the first X-FILES movie before that...as a rough draft of his LOST character, in some ways.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-39675839059913665792010-03-12T12:49:37.015-05:002010-03-12T12:49:37.015-05:00I'm sure there's plenty more clips out the...I'm sure there's plenty more clips out there of Lost stars. Maybe I'll do a sequel in the future.Phillyradiogeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-41535867162888240472010-03-12T11:53:10.312-05:002010-03-12T11:53:10.312-05:00Cool stuff! Never knew Josh was in that Aerosmith ...Cool stuff! Never knew Josh was in that Aerosmith video!Wings1295https://www.blogger.com/profile/08045644215235749353noreply@blogger.com