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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:32:18 PM EST
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Going to need a bigger page 2
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:32:55 PM EST
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Lifeless eyes, like dolls eye's, my favorite quote of the movie
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:34:15 PM EST
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We were one of the last to ride the Jaws ride at Universal. We did not even know it was the last day when we got on it. Later that day, they gave out gifts to those last few. damn... I rode that as a kid... prolly 35 years ago. saddens me that a great movie like that is no longer relevant enough to inspire a ride. I old 
do they still have the parting of the Red Sea? |
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:35:06 PM EST
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Saw it as a kid in the theaters, 3rd grade I think. That Christmas, at the school class Christmas gift exchange, the hot toy was the 10" or so rubber shark. (yes, a public school)
I didn't get one. 
I did get that Jaws game where you had to pick out as much stuff you could out of the sharks mouth before it snapped shut. That was pretty cool back then. ETA: got the 25th anniversary edition DVD now. Watch it at least once a year. |
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:35:16 PM EST
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:36:37 PM EST
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I watched it at a friends house yesterday and we had the exact same conversation. We had fun pointing out things in the movie from when we grew up.
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:37:35 PM EST
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Shark horror movies today with all the fake, crappy CGI are almost unwatchable compared to a 70's live action, mechanic shark. We've gained technology and make worse movies.
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:43:05 PM EST
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I've heard a story about SS stumbling on a photo in National Geographic which partly inspired the film I think it was this photo. http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/cms/binary/5590089.jpg?size=620x400 SS stumbled on a novel by Peter Benchley that inspired the film. Then he stumbled on Rolly Harper's Motion Picture & Equipment Rental which built the mechanical sharks that mostly didn't work and forced the crew to rework the story away from the shark attack blood fest and turn it into a story with memorable characters. |
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Posted: 1/9/2016 10:43:30 PM EST
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That's the beauty of the slow incremental loss of freedom-ya just don't notice it. 
Each generation loses some,and the next generation doesn't even realize it's gone,since they grew up without it. Smoking everywhere,no seatbelt laws,no helmet laws,etc........... I'm sure after the 2016 election we'll start trending back to smaller government and more individual freedom....  Quote HistoryQuoted:
That's the beauty of the slow incremental loss of freedom-ya just don't notice it.
Each generation loses some,and the next generation doesn't even realize it's gone,since they grew up without it. Smoking everywhere,no seatbelt laws,no helmet laws,etc........... I'm sure after the 2016 election we'll start trending back to smaller government and more individual freedom.... Those things all changed for good reason Societies views changed on those issues, just as socities views evolve on just about any issue you can think of. Quoted:
Shark horror movies today with all the fake, crappy CGI are almost unwatchable compared to a 70's live action, mechanic shark. We've gained technology and make worse movies. You had to have the funds to build and operate the shark back then, which means you had the budget based on having a decent script Now its to the point where a nerd in his basement could probably whip up a shark in CGI and throw it into the middle of just about any film. |
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:00:07 PM EST
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Hooper drives the boat Chief.
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:03:05 PM EST
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Here's to swimming with bow-legged women. Might be considered hate speech today.
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:04:14 PM EST
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The movie was already 16 years old by the time I was born, but it's probably my favorite. I too have wondered about the fate of the M1 Quint and Brody used. As a gun enthusiast and a huge Jaws fan, that would be a sweet piece to have.
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:07:13 PM EST
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Lifeless eyes, like dolls eye's, my favorite quote of the movie It's a reference to the Maxa xack...the evil ones in the waters. The greatest fears, are those of the dangers of that which we do not, and cannot control. Even back then, the local lore, had influence over the new people. The truth of it, riveted everyone, and still does. Those were simpler times, with fewer distractions from the truth. Everybody is still fish food, and the Maxa Xack is still there. That is why the movie is still riveting, and timeless. 
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:07:51 PM EST
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damn... I rode that as a kid... prolly 35 years ago. saddens me that a great movie like that is no longer relevant enough to inspire a ride. I old
do they still have the parting of the Red Sea? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We were one of the last to ride the Jaws ride at Universal. We did not even know it was the last day when we got on it. Later that day, they gave out gifts to those last few. damn... I rode that as a kid... prolly 35 years ago. saddens me that a great movie like that is no longer relevant enough to inspire a ride. I old
do they still have the parting of the Red Sea? And keep 'em up!
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:10:05 PM EST
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Shark horror movies today with all the fake, crappy CGI are almost unwatchable compared to a 70's live action, mechanic shark. We've gained technology and make worse movies. Yep!!! 
CGI is bullshit. |
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:15:45 PM EST
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I watched that movie at the base theater in Terrijon AB Spain when I was just a kid...scared the piss outta me.
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:15:51 PM EST
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What was his name? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I lost my virginity while watching Jaws What was his name? Bruce?
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:16:21 PM EST
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My kid went to school as Cheif Brody this year during Halloween week.
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:44:09 PM EST
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I don't care what kind of tv you have or what sound system to go with it , a movie like this needs to be seen for the first time in a regular movie house.
The emotion and reaction of the crowd adds to the whole thing in a big way. Yeah , I get a kick out of watching it every now and then but the first showing I saw when it was a new hot movie that packed the house with folks who were watching it for the first time was really something . By today's standards the special effects were a bit lame but at the time it was scary as hell I have on purpose never watched any of the sequels as I thought they would only mess with my feelings for the original . The summer after it came out I spent a week with some friends at a state park/beach campground out nearly to the end of long island . I had been to this beach every summer for 4 or 5 years and there was hardly anyone in the water . Shark fear was a real thing . Great movie! |
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Posted: 1/9/2016 11:49:51 PM EST
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It's just a movie. They made up the story the night before while drinking heavily. At least they got the year right.
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"Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte... just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. Eleven hundred men went into the water. Vessel went down in 12 minutes. Didn't see the first shark for about a half an hour. Tiger. Thirteen footer. You know... you know that when you're in the water, chief? You tell by lookin' from the dorsal to the tail. Well, we didn't know... 'cause our bomb mission had been so secret, no distress signal had been sent, huh. They didn't even list us overdue for a week. Very first light, chief. The sharks come cruisin'. So we formed ourselves into tight groups. You know it's... kinda like 'ol squares in battle like uh, you see on a calendar, like the Battle of Waterloo. And the idea was, the shark goes to the nearest man and then he'd start poundin' and hollerin' and screamin' and sometimes the shark would go away. Sometimes he wouldn't go away. Sometimes that shark, he looks right into you. Right into your eyes. You know the thing about a shark, he's got... lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll's eye. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be livin'. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. And then, ah... then you hear that terrible high pitch screamin' and the ocean turns red and spite of all the poundin' and the hollerin' they all come in and rip you to pieces. Y'know by the end of that first dawn, lost a hundred men! I don't know how many sharks there were... maybe a thousand! I don't know how many men, they averaged six an hour. On Thursday mornin' chief, I bumped into a friend of mine, Herbie Robinson from Cleveland. Baseball player, Bosun's Mate. I thought he was asleep, reached over to wake him up. He bobbed up and down in the water, just like a kinda top. Up ended him into a raft. Well... he'd been bitten in half below the waist. At noon on the fifth day, Mr. Hooper, a Lockheed Ventura saw us, he swung in low and he saw us. He was a young pilot, a lot younger than Mr. Hooper... anyway he saw us and come in low. And three hours later a big fat PBY comes down and start to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went in the water, three hundred and sixteen men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th 1945. Anyway, we delivered the bomb." The USS Indianapolis went down on July 30. Quint was a fucking poser, stolen valor POS.
Howard Sackler put that bit in the script. The Indianapolis story was recently declassified in 1974. John Milius expanded Sacklers idea to 9 pages of script. That's 9 minutes of screen time. Robert Shaw himself, who was an accomplished writer, pared it down to what you saw in the film. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 9:48:52 AM EST
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Those things all changed for good reason Societies views changed on those issues, just as socities views evolve on just about any issue you can think of. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's the beauty of the slow incremental loss of freedom-ya just don't notice it.
Each generation loses some,and the next generation doesn't even realize it's gone,since they grew up without it. Smoking everywhere,no seatbelt laws,no helmet laws,etc........... I'm sure after the 2016 election we'll start trending back to smaller government and more individual freedom.... Those things all changed for good reason Societies views changed on those issues, just as socities views evolve on just about any issue you can think of. Well, I.m shocked,shocked that you would be the one to come out in favor of more rules/laws/regulations/etc............ |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 9:49:22 AM EST
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Well, I.m shocked,shocked that you would be the one to come out in favor of more rules/laws/regulations/etc............ Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That's the beauty of the slow incremental loss of freedom-ya just don't notice it.
Each generation loses some,and the next generation doesn't even realize it's gone,since they grew up without it. Smoking everywhere,no seatbelt laws,no helmet laws,etc........... I'm sure after the 2016 election we'll start trending back to smaller government and more individual freedom.... Those things all changed for good reason Societies views changed on those issues, just as socities views evolve on just about any issue you can think of. Well, I.m shocked,shocked that you would be the one to come out in favor of more rules/laws/regulations/etc............ lol |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 1:49:33 PM EST
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One of the movies I can watch over and over(wife hates it??) it just never gets old, even though film making has come a long way since then it still just never gets old.
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Posted: 1/12/2016 1:58:41 PM EST
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I bought it a few years ago in the Walmart $5 bin. It was the first time I'd seen it in years. I noticed the same things but was amazed how well the story, special effects and film stood up. A true American Classic.  yeah its amazing when you go back and look at the makings of the films and find out that the directors are hacks who just got damn lucky. Jaws would have been terrible had the prop shark not looked retarded so it was largely unseen and way more menacing i wish more filmmakers would realize the monster you just barely catch glimpses of is way more terrifying than any prop. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:00:33 PM EST
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I watched it at a drive in theater.
It kept me out of the water for over 3 years.
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:03:46 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I wonder where that rifle is now? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Roy Schieder used his own Garand for the climactic scene. Speilberg told him go go home and get his gun. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:05:37 PM EST
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I saw in an interview, Robert Shaw would bring a bottle of whiskey out on the Orca for the night scenes offshore. One night he looked over at Roy Scheider and Richard Dreyfus and grumbled "I wish I could stop drinking."
Dreyfus replied "No problem," and chucked the bottle overboard. Shaw flipped out and had to be kept out of arms reach of Dreyfus for the rest of the night shoot, which Shaw had to perform dry. Apparently Shaw HATED Dreyfus. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:10:16 PM EST
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Saw it in the theaters as well. Scared the crap out of me.
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:10:21 PM EST
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Apparently Shaw HATED Dreyfus. I could see that. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:17:01 PM EST
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Hooper drives the boat Chief. Slow ahead... I can go slow ahead. Come on down here and chum some of this shit! 
ETA: relevant quote. 
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:20:59 PM EST
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yeah its amazing when you go back and look at the makings of the films and find out that the directors are hacks who just got damn lucky. Jaws would have been terrible had the prop shark not looked retarded so it was largely unseen and way more menacing i wish more filmmakers would realize the monster you just barely catch glimpses of is way more terrifying than any prop. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I bought it a few years ago in the Walmart $5 bin. It was the first time I'd seen it in years. I noticed the same things but was amazed how well the story, special effects and film stood up. A true American Classic. yeah its amazing when you go back and look at the makings of the films and find out that the directors are hacks who just got damn lucky. Jaws would have been terrible had the prop shark not looked retarded so it was largely unseen and way more menacing i wish more filmmakers would realize the monster you just barely catch glimpses of is way more terrifying than any prop. Yep,nothing beats the human brain as far as imagination goes. That's why I have always liked books-I can imagine way worse crap than Hollywood can show.
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:28:23 PM EST
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Roy Schieder used his own Garand for the climactic scene. Speilberg told him go go home and get his gun. Fast forward to 2016: "Roy, go home and get your radio." |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:28:41 PM EST
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It's one of the best movies of all time.
Robert Shaw, all around but his telling of his experiences after the USS Indianapolis was sunk was nothing short of powerful. Richard Dreyfus, probably his best performance ever and about the only one I liked. He was perfectly irritating for the role. Roy Scheider just all around great performance. "Smile, you son of a bitch!" |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 2:30:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryId never noticed the meteor in the background until just now. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 9:40:48 PM EST
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I lost my virginity while watching Jaws How long did it take before you could sit on your bicycle again? |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:01:12 PM EST
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I have a sign that was on Quint's shack,maybe I should put it up in the EE for the cost of a box of .22?
Grossman Zendar Shark Seekers is a tip of the hat to the stunt coordinator and underwater stunt man.
My summer house is in "Amity",Brody's Blazer still lives there,halfassed phone pic of it driving by 
We go kayaking on the SHARK IN THE POND!!! pond 
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:18:14 PM EST
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Watched in on the big screen this past summer in Tallahassee for the 40th anniversary. There were people in the audience who were genuinely scared during the movie. I felt it really did stand the test of time.
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:23:50 PM EST
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Hooper drives the boat Chief. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:37:11 PM EST
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You owe yourself these 3 minutes
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:48:16 PM EST
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With Hollywood ruining classic franchises with reboots, surprised they haven't tried to reboot this one.
Would have too much CGI, a minority female PETA character telling Quint the shark is just misunderstood and replace the Garand with a flare gun. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:56:00 PM EST
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I have a sign that was on Quint's shack,maybe I should put it up in the EE for the cost of a box of .22? Grossman Zendar Shark Seekers is a tip of the hat to the stunt coordinator and underwater stunt man.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/mossie500/A454C935-6388-444B-AB52-EAD5DC950C57.jpg My summer house is in "Amity",Brody's Blazer still lives there,halfassed phone pic of it driving by http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/mossie500/blurgh/F7B6B67D-6DA4-43BF-AE8C-C1B822E539B1.jpg We go kayaking on the SHARK IN THE POND!!! pond http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/mossie500/BF3F5266-29DF-4317-BE43-9282F251828D-5152-0000042ADD7F1837_zps0d746961.jpg Awesome, I have a few pieces of the ORCA... The one that was beached in Menemsha. I have been swimming in shark in the pond, pond and had to jump off of the bridge when I was a kid. We have timeshare there now but I miss our summer house up-island. If you are there in the summer, or October, PM me. Maybe we can meet up for a beer or go fishing. Our boat is stored there year round. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 10:56:51 PM EST
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With Hollywood ruining classic franchises with reboots, surprised they haven't tried to reboot this one. Would have too much CGI, a minority female PETA character telling Quint the shark is just misunderstood and replace the Garand with a flare gun. LMAO, all of that is so spot on. |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 11:02:57 PM EST
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I have a sign that was on Quint's shack,maybe I should put it up in the EE for the cost of a box of .22? Grossman Zendar Shark Seekers is a tip of the hat to the stunt coordinator and underwater stunt man.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/mossie500/A454C935-6388-444B-AB52-EAD5DC950C57.jpg My summer house is in "Amity",Brody's Blazer still lives there,halfassed phone pic of it driving by http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/mossie500/blurgh/F7B6B67D-6DA4-43BF-AE8C-C1B822E539B1.jpg We go kayaking on the SHARK IN THE POND!!! pond http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/mossie500/BF3F5266-29DF-4317-BE43-9282F251828D-5152-0000042ADD7F1837_zps0d746961.jpg Neat! |
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Posted: 1/12/2016 11:28:21 PM EST
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damn... I rode that as a kid... prolly 35 years ago. saddens me that a great movie like that is no longer relevant enough to inspire a ride. I old
do they still have the parting of the Red Sea? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We were one of the last to ride the Jaws ride at Universal. We did not even know it was the last day when we got on it. Later that day, they gave out gifts to those last few. damn... I rode that as a kid... prolly 35 years ago. saddens me that a great movie like that is no longer relevant enough to inspire a ride. I old
do they still have the parting of the Red Sea? DUDE... Me and my new wife were one of the first. It wasn't even open. The park staff needed to test it. THEY ASKED US !! When the gas pump got knocked off the dock, and squirted gas into the water... IT EXPLODED ! And all the hair got burnt off my arm. They asked us what we thought ? I told them, Tone down the fire !
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Posted: 1/12/2016 11:44:06 PM EST
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LMAO, all of that is so spot on. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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With Hollywood ruining classic franchises with reboots, surprised they haven't tried to reboot this one. Would have too much CGI, a minority female PETA character telling Quint the shark is just misunderstood and replace the Garand with a flare gun. LMAO, all of that is so spot on. Here's your flare gun. From Jaws 2.
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Posted: 1/12/2016 11:53:54 PM EST
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Posted: 1/12/2016 11:58:38 PM EST
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I watched the making of it a while back. In one of the scenes with the shark cage they used a midget in a scaled down cage with a real shark swimming around it in order to make the shark look bigger. I thought that was pretty funny. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I bought it a few years ago in the Walmart $5 bin. It was the first time I'd seen it in years. I noticed the same things but was amazed how well the story, special effects and film stood up. A true American Classic. I watched the making of it a while back. In one of the scenes with the shark cage they used a midget in a scaled down cage with a real shark swimming around it in order to make the shark look bigger. I thought that was pretty funny. That's the scene where the shark gets tangled in the rigging on top of the miniature cage, they almost lost their midget |
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Posted: 1/13/2016 12:20:53 AM EST
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Posted: 1/13/2016 12:47:55 AM EST
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I've heard a story about SS stumbling on a photo in National Geographic which partly inspired the film I think it was this photo. http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/cms/binary/5590089.jpg?size=620x400 I ain't got no spit. |
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Posted: 1/13/2016 12:56:31 AM EST
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Good deals on guns?!?!?!????? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Gunshows in Ft Worth in the early 90s you could smoke and buy beer and get good deals on guns Good deals on guns?!?!?!????? Not really. It was pre-Internet, so you just didn't realize how bad you were getting screwed. |
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