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Carl Eyesnheart		#21	[-]
Dec 30 11 10:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I find POWDER to being more of a "finger towards the system" as it is about a person who is "different" from the rest of society and just can't be accepted by society. It almost seems to be a plea from him to be accepted for how he is. As for Salva and his reform, he served his time and if he is reformed, than good for him, I hope he continues his paths of reform. But if we as a people have learned anything so far, it is that sexual offenders are rarely ever reformed, especially it seems in the case of pedophiles. I have my own solution for how to handle pedophiles, but I will refrain from speaking of my solution on this site. It has been a well behaved conversation so far. My fanzine all about Rock N Roll: www.sonicruin.com
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ScareBear		#22	[-]
Dec 30 11 10:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yikes. All I know is this movie seriously creeped me out for some reason. I mean gives me nightmares and freaks me out. I'm a seasoned horror fan and that's a challenge. Whatever nefarious reason, Salva knows how to make a disturbing film. I'm woman enough to admit I kept the light on all night after watching this. I can't say anything about the controversy. Check out my avatar; I'm a big Polanski fan. Not much of a different scenario there, huh? Maybe it's a double standard of mine or some hypocrisy, but the Polanski case troubles me less. It probably shouldn't, but it does. Polanski doesn't set off my creepy radar. I do feel better having never spent any money seeing this film.
Zombie Dad		#23	[-]
Dec 31 11 12:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I rented JEEPERS CREEPERS one night after it hit the rental stores and watched it alone downstairs after my wife had gone to bed upstairs. It really scared me! And at my age!!! I have to respect a film which can do that. I like the sequel too. ZD Zombie Dad's Online Art Store www.zazzle.com/zombiedad
Great Ape		#24	[-]
Dec 31 11 9:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I really like this film. One of the creepiest, scariest films to come along in a while. The monster is quite terrifying!
Koukol 5		#25	[-]
Dec 31 11 1:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw both films in the theater when they came out. Both have great moments in them (and some not so great imo) I didn't know anything about Salva then but I'm not sure if it would stop me from going. I think the second film was more homo-erotic with the film centering around a High School Football Team.
G Vallejo		#26	[-]
Jan 1 12 8:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Koukol 5 wrote: I think the second film was more homo-erotic with the film centering around a High School Football Team. Heck, yeah. I might not have thought twice about it normally, except I'd read about the controversy in a Fangoria article, and after that it was weird watching scenes with these shirtless young guys. Was the camera leering at them or was I just reading too much into it? A perfect Monster has no end...
Spoiler II		#27	[-]
Jan 2 12 12:29 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Despicable director aside,i had this film talked up through the stratosphere before i saw it and after watching it,i was fairly perplexed as to what movie everybody else saw. Just couldn't get into any of it at all,it was one of those films that i just kept questioning things that seemed overly goofy..and damn goofy enough to take me out of the film entirely. The main thing i always hated was how the monster killed to replace it's parts yet there was no real logical explanation for what hes killing off to replace those bigassed wings hes sporting. Maybe Harryhausens harpies have a colony off the main road down there.
Python		#28	[-]
Jan 5 12 11:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I loved the first one and was ho-hum about the second. I've seen the first one a number of times and I don't see any sexual undertones, homo-erotic or not, in it at all. I think if you're looking for things like that, you'll find them. I saw it before I knew about Salva's transgressions. Would it have made a difference in my enjoyment of the film? Probably not. I don't have to approve of him, his lifestyle, or his actions, but I can enjoy a film he directed without connecting the two.
EDITOR MFTV		#29	[-]
Jan 5 12 1:06 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love them both, but like the second one more. He has a script for a third one and hopes to make it soon. Jim Clatterbaugh Editor/Publisher MFTV www.monstersfromthevault.com
Andy Sheets		#30	[-]
Jan 5 12 1:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	G Vallejo wrote: Heck, yeah. I might not have thought twice about it normally, except I'd read about the controversy in a Fangoria article, and after that it was weird watching scenes with these shirtless young guys. Was the camera leering at them or was I just reading too much into it? My wife loves these movies (I think the first one is pretty cool) and last time we watched the second one even she was wondering what the big deal was with the guys going shirtless. It gets weirder on the dvd special features because there's an effect involving one of the kids being decapitated and Salva seemed unusually preoccupied with making sure the character is beheaded while his shirt is off.
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Koukol 5		#31	[-]
Jan 5 12 2:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Andy Sheets wrote: G Vallejo wrote: Heck, yeah. I might not have thought twice about it normally, except I'd read about the controversy in a Fangoria article, and after that it was weird watching scenes with these shirtless young guys. Was the camera leering at them or was I just reading too much into it? My wife loves these movies (I think the first one is pretty cool) and last time we watched the second one even she was wondering what the big deal was with the guys going shirtless. It gets weirder on the dvd special features because there's an effect involving one of the kids being decapitated and Salva seemed unusually preoccupied with making sure the character is beheaded while his shirt is off. There's also a scene where the monster looks into the bus and singles out one boy and licks his lips. Oh and when the monster French kisses the severed head...wasn't it a boy's head? btw- If I liked these movies enough I'd buy the DVD without any hesitation.
Carl Eyesnheart		#32	[-]
Feb 3 12 10:12 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Python wrote: I loved the first one and was ho-hum about the second. I've seen the first one a number of times and I don't see any sexual undertones, homo-erotic or not, in it at all. I think if you're looking for things like that, you'll find them. I saw it before I knew about Salva's transgressions. Would it have made a difference in my enjoyment of the film? Probably not. I don't have to approve of him, his lifestyle, or his actions, but I can enjoy a film he directed without connecting the two. I never made the same sexual overtone connections others made, as I agree with you that they can be found anywhere one looks, if they choose to find them. For me, and this is my own choice and do NOT begrudge anybody for their spending choices, I would just rather not support somebody who was convicted of such crimes. By my contributing to his film's sales, then I am supporting him. By not doing so, then I do not support him. This is also why I will not see a Polanski film. All that being said, I do think Salva is a very solid director. I enjoyed POWDER a whole lot when I saw it. My fanzine all about Rock N Roll: www.sonicruin.com
strangenstein		#33	[-]
Feb 3 12 11:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It was several years back when I rented JEEPERS CREEPERS, mainly because the synopsis on the box said something about it having "the scariest opening 20 minutes of any movie" (or something to that effect). They were right, the opening was plenty spooky, as was the rest of the film. I haven't seen the sequel. Coming to this thread today was the first time I've heard about the director's perv lifestyle, and it makes me more than a little queasy. Strangenstein
todmichel		#34	[-]
Feb 4 12 3:02 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Quote: "Still, my religion teaches that no one is beyond redemption." This is rather ironic, when you know that sexual "majority" is at 12 - yes, twelve - for... the Vatican.
Koukol 5		#35	[-]
Feb 4 12 3:27 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	todmichel wrote: Quote: "Still, my religion teaches that no one is beyond redemption." This is rather ironic, when you know that sexual "majority" is at 12 - yes, twelve - for... the Vatican. See...it works out perfectly!
ScareBear		#36	[-]
Feb 4 12 11:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=397549 This should clear up the Vatican's age of consent issue. Thanks.
Monster Jungle Xray		#37	[-]
Feb 5 12 2:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Of Salva's films I saw CLOWNHOUSE around 1990 on VHS and remember it was disturbing even without the implications of what went on off screen. Given what we know now, it is not a film I think I will ever go back and revisit. JEEPERS CREEPERS was fine although a bit on the goofy side. I wonder just how the monster got that vanity license plate? JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 I did not finish watching as I lost interest in it. I think POWDER is by far his strongest work, but one that is hard for me to separate the past actions of the director to even enjoy now.
todmichel		#38	[-]
Feb 5 12 7:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Quote: "Of Salva's films I saw CLOWNHOUSE around 1990 on VHS and remember it was disturbing even without the implications of what went on off screen." CLOWNHOUSE was shown on French TV at prime time hours and nobody, to my knowledge, was "disturbed" by anything - apart, of course, by the fact that it was a horror movie, and quite excellent and suspenseful, so perhaps it's not for the squeamish - but how can you be "disturbed" by anything in this movie without the implications of what went on off screen? Salva filmed the boys exactly as most of them are in real life, not in the sanitized Hollywoodian style. I can't see anything "disturbing" in this movie.
Godziwolf		#39	[-]
Feb 8 12 3:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	todmichel wrote: Quote: "Still, my religion teaches that no one is beyond redemption." This is rather ironic, when you know that sexual "majority" is at 12 - yes, twelve - for... the Vatican. Vatican City has 557 citizens. Of which, 514 are both adult and celibate as a matter of law. There are 43 lay citizens who are non-clergy. According to 2004 estimates, less than 1% of the population is between the ages of 0-14. At best, the age of majority laws apply to 4 people in the Vatican, and at most 43 citizens of the Vatican are even allowed to have sex, regardless of age. The age of majority of 12 is taken from Italian criminal law, from the Lateran treaties.
todmichel		#40	[-]
Feb 8 12 6:01 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Godziwolf wrote: todmichel wrote: Quote: "Still, my religion teaches that no one is beyond redemption." This is rather ironic, when you know that sexual "majority" is at 12 - yes, twelve - for... the Vatican. Vatican City has 557 citizens. Of which, 514 are both adult and celibate as a matter of law. There are 43 lay citizens who are non-clergy. According to 2004 estimates, less than 1% of the population is between the ages of 0-14. At best, the age of majority laws apply to 4 people in the Vatican, and at most 43 citizens of the Vatican are even allowed to have sex, regardless of age. The age of majority of 12 is taken from Italian criminal law, from the Lateran treaties. Well, 43 citizens for 4 young people makes almost 11 adults for each one, and it's too much! Seriously, the Vatican City is nothing, but the "age of majority" mentioned by the Vatican (even if taken from Italian criminal law) could serve as a "justification" for some perverts - in or out of the clergy. It was the sense of my post, of course.
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