tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post2281237223907437991..comments2023-10-23T00:04:35.356-04:00Comments on The Vault of Buncheness: ELEGY FOR THE 4:30 MOVIEBunche (pop culture ronin)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11831085937894725459noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-37233290491638188312011-05-24T08:37:47.304-04:002011-05-24T08:37:47.304-04:00Oh yes, the 4:30 movie ruled without question but ...Oh yes, the 4:30 movie ruled without question but like you denote had it's "issues" as well when it would fill the week with movies like "Cleopatra" or other ill choices. Despite those occasional flubs, it was "Monster Week" that was not only the best of them all but the one that the kids often looked forward to. It gave us schoolyard banter for the following days and was just cool as hell. <br /><br />This was a great piece and you have more people reading and nodding their heads saying "yep, yep" for most of it.PiercingMetal Kennyhttp://piercingmetal.com/wordpressnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-45372226702109374052010-07-17T08:23:13.498-04:002010-07-17T08:23:13.498-04:00Wow, Giant Robot . . . I'd forgotten about tha...Wow, Giant Robot . . . I'd forgotten about that dude! He couldn't have done it if the bad guy didn't get all arrogant and fling his fingernail!TPWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264842579175313715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-24592831493869346132010-07-17T05:53:53.049-04:002010-07-17T05:53:53.049-04:00Anonymous said...
Re theme of little Japanese...<i>Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Re theme of little Japanese boys controlling giant destructive robots (Gigantor,Johnny Sokko, et al): I believe this is rooted back to the early 20th century when tiny Japan was trying to assert itself amongst major powers on the Pacific rim...</i><br /><br />Ha! Nice spoutation Anonymous! I was always quite the sure that the theme of little Japanese boys controlling giant robots was to promote the Japanese toy industry! How else would Little Stevie in the USA know just how to play with his battery-operated Japanese robot toys? <br /><br />Then again, sometimes a banana is just a banana.Debranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-10914498548628547152008-01-19T16:23:00.000-05:002008-01-19T16:23:00.000-05:00Other people have said it, but thanks for making m...Other people have said it, but thanks for making me remember happy memories from my childhood in NYC. It's 20+ years later and 2000 miles away and I had forgotten. Godzilla week was it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-34648642911256884222007-08-08T09:02:00.000-04:002007-08-08T09:02:00.000-04:00Smashing the fly-sized man with a rock was the onl...Smashing the fly-sized man with a rock was the only part of that movie I'd ever catch. I'd turn a tv on, or wander into a tv room, that would happen and I'd run out again. It'll probably happen again. <BR/><BR/>Interesting thing is: just on that scene, I think I pretty much got the whole story of the movie--right?<BR/><BR/>JesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-50589519210733399392007-08-03T16:46:00.000-04:002007-08-03T16:46:00.000-04:00Jim Browski says:Melanie, I think I do remember Th...Jim Browski says:<BR/><BR/>Melanie, I think I do remember The Late Late Show that you describe. Weren't they sort of like pixilated images? It may have been on Channel 2, but I'm not sure. It definately rings a bell though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-66817369746990559932007-08-03T15:12:00.000-04:002007-08-03T15:12:00.000-04:00Re theme of little Japanese boys controlling giant...Re theme of little Japanese boys controlling giant destructive robots (Gigantor,Johnny Sokko, et al): I believe this is rooted back to the early 20th century when tiny Japan was trying to assert itself amongst major powers on the Pacific rim -with temporary success against big lugs Russia & China, and ultimately futile effort against big boy Uncle Sam -frustration at our embargo, the calculated but really tantrumic Pearl Harbor attack and the defeat by attrition. It's all coded/supressed short guy inferiority complex! <BR/>Heavy for kidz! Do my bidding USA!<BR/>ps luved the 430 movie and yer bbq was good too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-77404677105015096332007-08-02T18:08:00.000-04:002007-08-02T18:08:00.000-04:00During Science Fiction Week in September 1973, I w...During Science Fiction Week in September 1973, I watched a 1950's version of "1984" starring Edmund O'Brien. Can't find that flick anywhere today. The parade of Eurasian prisoners in cages was like real gone, dad.<BR/>DrongoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-75990495610793630092007-08-01T13:17:00.000-04:002007-08-01T13:17:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting this! It brings back great memo...Thanks for posting this! It brings back great memories. Does anyone remember something called The Late Late Show. I'm not sure if that was it, but the intro was made up of different images that looked like a changing movie marquee. It had a cowboy and two people kissing. I've searched for it, but haven't been able to find any reference to it anywhere.<BR/><BR/>MelanieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-38803788024332534792007-08-01T04:28:00.000-04:002007-08-01T04:28:00.000-04:00I have to agree. The 4:30 movie Planet of the Apes...I have to agree. The 4:30 movie Planet of the Apes week was the pinnacle of afterschool must watch telly. Vincent Price week always held a special place in my heart. The only issue I ever had was the editing. Upon receiving the box set of the complete Planet of the Apes from my dearest friend in the world I discovered all the scenes that never made it to the small screen. I had NO IDEA that Charleston Heston went skinny dipping in the first Planet of the apes...but that aside. The 4:30 movie was the best thing to effect my then still mallable mind with strange and interesting thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-28790209724995613192007-07-31T23:28:00.000-04:002007-07-31T23:28:00.000-04:00Jim Browski says: Oh man! Thats why I love Youtub...Jim Browski says:<BR/><BR/> Oh man! Thats why I love Youtube! The 4:30 Movie theme and the Chiller theme. I hear them and I'm a kid again! Planet of the Apes Week ruled!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-36841457098019394212007-07-31T21:49:00.000-04:002007-07-31T21:49:00.000-04:00Great article! Today's kids are really deprived o...Great article! Today's kids are really deprived of all that is cool.<BR/><BR/>I give you extra points for knowing Buckethead, but I have to deduct a point because that isn't Buckethead in the video. <BR/><BR/>Here's a clip of Buckethead playing the Giant Robot theme live with one hand while making his Giant Robot toy fly with the other:<BR/><BR/>http://youtube.com/watch?v=6pb9J_D7yLE<BR/><BR/>If you like that you should check out Buckethead's versions of Pirate's Life for Me and his Star Wars medley.<BR/><BR/>Always Hot and Fresh!<BR/> --=MR.JOE=----=MR.JOE=--https://www.blogger.com/profile/16151404355403666521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7415178.post-87172842050064968332007-07-31T19:42:00.000-04:002007-07-31T19:42:00.000-04:00Get out of my head, man. Wow, haven't thought of t...Get out of my head, man. <BR/><BR/>Wow, haven't thought of the 4:30 movie in DECADES.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09330513100679600962noreply@blogger.com