tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post5696477069599734039..comments2024-03-24T18:43:18.706-04:00Comments on Darwinfish 2: Jaws - A Classic Revisitedbluzdudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-90206890223227078042012-08-28T18:41:42.161-04:002012-08-28T18:41:42.161-04:00Trust me, even if you do see the whole thing, it w...Trust me, even if you do see the whole thing, it won't be ruined. You can't help but jump. But if this post has helped you keep from ruining a good pair of undies, I'll consider it a win.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-91049143312657143362012-08-28T17:04:45.542-04:002012-08-28T17:04:45.542-04:00You know, I'm not sure I've actually seen ...You know, I'm not sure I've actually seen "Jaws". Or at least more than the last five or ten minutes of it. Thanks for ruining that head for me in case I ever do see the whole thing, because OMG, pants-peeing would have ensued.Unapologetically Mundanehttp://www.unapologeticallymundane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-8088286125224481032012-08-27T22:17:06.692-04:002012-08-27T22:17:06.692-04:00I'm glad I was older when I saw it... So all I...I'm glad I was older when I saw it... So all I had to be afraid was the ocean, and not the closet. I might have never gotten properly dressed again. Although with my lack of fashion sense, I doubt anyone would have known the difference.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-49512285432651957632012-08-27T21:36:18.358-04:002012-08-27T21:36:18.358-04:00I was born in '73 so I didn't get the thea...I was born in '73 so I didn't get the theater experience, but I saw it when I was pretty young. Young enough to think there was a shark at the top of my closet that night. I barely moved because I thought if I pretended not to see it then it wouldn't get me. I remember being pretty freaked out that night.Jeff Lawshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325109853869480569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-49604987379900326012012-08-22T17:56:42.675-04:002012-08-22T17:56:42.675-04:00I’m betting as Harper grows up, you’ll begin to se...I’m betting as Harper grows up, you’ll begin to see the wisdom of such parenting techniques.<br /><br />But going in the water “unsupervised?” Did you ever ask how Daddy’s supervision was going to repel Jaws and Shamu? Both seem pretty impervious to firm directives, if you ask me…<br />bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-21651808664510420852012-08-22T00:13:34.200-04:002012-08-22T00:13:34.200-04:00My open-water phobia, while highly inconvenient fo...My open-water phobia, while highly inconvenient for The Guy, is actually very, very easily explainable:<br /><br />In an effort to keep me from going in the water unsupervised, when I was four, my dad told me that both Shamu and Jaws lived in Lake Bistineau. <br /><br />Good job, Dad. Indeed, I have not drowned, and it's very unlikely that I ever will.<br /><br />P.S. He also told me that if I was naughty in the country club pool, the bartender would see me and press the button that released the sharks. <br /><br />It's a miracle that I'll even take a bubble bath. Mrs. Bachelor Girlhttp://www.mrsbachelorgirl.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-39760889340240596372012-08-21T18:31:49.783-04:002012-08-21T18:31:49.783-04:00You’re right… no sharks in the Allegheny… giant mu...You’re right… no sharks in the Allegheny… giant mutant carp, maybe, but no sharks.<br /><br />The movie you’re referring to is Jaws 3, which was a horrible movie, wherein a third giant shark stalks the Brody son to where he’s working at a Sea World-type park. It was atrocious, although not quite as bad as Jaws 4, where a <i>4th</i> giant shark somehow knows that Mrs. Brody is in the Bahamas, cavorting with a slumming Michael Caine, and after eating the remaining Brody son up in NJ, shows up to eat any remaining Brodys in the islands, until it impales itself on the protruding bow of their boat.<br /><br />They never do explain where all these massive, vindictive, 25-foot sharks are coming from all of a sudden.<br /><br />While Jaws was far-fetched but still within the realm of possibility, and Jaws 2 stretched it a bit (giant shark stalks a bunch of teenaged boaters), movies 3 and 4 were preposterous and horribly done. Same clunky shark, zero acting chops, character depth or charisma.<br /><br />It was like the Universal Studios suits were going, <i>“Shit, we spent millions on this shark, lets use it again. Who cares about the story; we got a giant mechanical shark! It’ll be just like 1975 again. Now tell that hooker to pass me the blow…”</i><br />bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-41981358745535016332012-08-21T18:31:24.268-04:002012-08-21T18:31:24.268-04:00My brother used to re-enact the girl’s killing at ...My brother used to re-enact the girl’s killing at the opening, in our neighbor’s pond. He got pretty good at yanking himself down under the water.<br /><br />Wait a minute… that doesn’t sound how I mean it…<br />bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-23880476249022238222012-08-21T18:30:45.279-04:002012-08-21T18:30:45.279-04:00Right… the music was perfect, in its utter simplic...Right… the music was perfect, in its utter simplicity.<br /><br />Oh geez, Heston would have overacted that roll to pieces. Scheider was a perfect, low-key “everyman,” as we saw all the terrifying events through his eyes.<br />bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-8861869761197027122012-08-21T13:06:42.377-04:002012-08-21T13:06:42.377-04:00I agree with Jess and Tom. The opening scene was a...I agree with Jess and Tom. The opening scene was awesome. And the music still spooks the shit out of me.<br /><br />I saw it when I was probably around 13 or so. I don't remember where or anything, but I remember it freaked the shit out of me and I haven't seen it since. Just bits and pieces here and there when it's on TV. <br /><br />Was it Jaws 2 where the people are attacked in that underwater canal thing? Because every time I go underwater now in the Chesapeake or even just the T to the North Shore, I have to remind myself that Jaws doesn't live in the Allegheny (or the Chesapeake.) Le sigh.<br /><br />Primal fear is right.Cassiehttp://www.whosmydaddy.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-45992234404384903982012-08-21T00:23:43.340-04:002012-08-21T00:23:43.340-04:00And that music. There is no other music (well, may...And that music. There is no other music (well, maybe on <i>Psycho</i>) that is elicits such emotion and is recognizable in just two notes.<br /><br />I've heard that their problems with getting the shark to work ended up working in their favor. It made them save the effect until almost halfway thru the movie. That made is so much scarier since your imagination does most of the work by then. Dreyfus, Scheider, and Shaw. What a cast. Jon Voigt, Jeff Bridges, Lee Marvin, and Dustin Hoffman all turned down roles in the film. They also considered Charlton Heston, Paul Newman, and Steve McQueen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-81401253864170005932012-08-20T23:43:32.236-04:002012-08-20T23:43:32.236-04:00GREAT. MOVIE. I will never get sick of it. I sti...GREAT. MOVIE. I will never get sick of it. I still get a little scared when swimming in the ocean. Also, we reenact that movie in my pool almost every time we go in. :o)<br /><br />Hugs!<br /><br />ValerieValeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15463173488099670688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-52679811004942250992012-08-19T15:12:38.758-04:002012-08-19T15:12:38.758-04:00That opening scene lets you know they mean busines...That opening scene lets you know they mean business right from the get-go. And the fact that the shark is unseen just adds to the horror. You can only imagine what it is that's tossing the girl around so violently.<br /><br />Poor girl... it was too bad... a complete waste of a nice butt, which I so fondly enjoyed seeing walking into the surf early on.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-56056219949088634702012-08-19T15:10:16.656-04:002012-08-19T15:10:16.656-04:00That's too bad, it was quite an experience to ...That's too bad, it was quite an experience to see on a huge screen, along with a crowd of people screaming and yelling. But it worked on the small screen too.<br /><br />I remember when it first came on TV, my dad, who never watches scary movies, was lying on the floor watching it with me. At the part where the shark pops out of the water, he recoiled so hard he almost rolled under our piano.bluzdudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991272670722362652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-10206971888824432922012-08-19T14:54:58.144-04:002012-08-19T14:54:58.144-04:00I watched a documentary on Jaws once and remember ...I watched a documentary on Jaws once and remember them talking about the opening scene with the girl swimming. I love that they didn't have to show the shark to create terror. I also remember them saying that the girl didn't know when they were going to yank her under the water, which added to her surprise and fear. I love that movie.Jessica R.http://www.leelafish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-329507352453931374.post-84698270148153264982012-08-19T14:28:33.846-04:002012-08-19T14:28:33.846-04:00I loved this movie so much as a kid. Unfortunately...I loved this movie so much as a kid. Unfortunately, I was too young to have seen it in theaters, but I saw it on VHS as a kid and was always terrified by it. It's funny to watch it some 20-something years later, now that the effects look pretty hokey and aren't really that scary, but at the time... man, that was cool stuff.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.com