http://www.tomfulery.com/blog/2007/04/23/%e2%80%9ctwo-kinds%e2%80%9d-poll-of-the-week-4/ Hijinks, Ballyhoo, Shenanigans and Tom Fulery in Interactive Design Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:55:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.tomfulery.com/blog/2007/04/23/%e2%80%9ctwo-kinds%e2%80%9d-poll-of-the-week-4/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Juan Puto Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:07:37 +0000 http://www.tomfulery.com/blog/2007/04/23/%e2%80%9ctwo-kinds%e2%80%9d-poll-of-the-week-4/#comment-145 Of the two choices given for the labeling of The Exorcist, I chose "lame 70s crap" because the movie, to me, was fairly lame and crappy (though not without its bright spots). I wanted to take issue, though, with the "70s" part: you imply that Lameness and Crap are typical of that decade. With respect to horror movies, nothing could be further from the truth. This was the decade that birthed The Omen, Halloween, Don't Look Now, and Salem's Lot; as well, The Shining and The Changeling both came out in 1980 so were probably largely conceived/filmed in 1979. Of the two choices given for the labeling of The Exorcist, I chose “lame 70s crap” because the movie, to me, was fairly lame and crappy (though not without its bright spots). I wanted to take issue, though, with the “70s” part: you imply that Lameness and Crap are typical of that decade. With respect to horror movies, nothing could be further from the truth. This was the decade that birthed The Omen, Halloween, Don’t Look Now, and Salem’s Lot; as well, The Shining and The Changeling both came out in 1980 so were probably largely conceived/filmed in 1979.

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