Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) in '50s Horror and Sci-Fi Forum

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

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WadeVC	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)	Lead	[-]
May 3 06 5:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am almost shocked that this classic hasn't been mentioned, or thereagain I just couldn't find it. This is one of the few movies that actually gave me the creeps when I was a child. The scene where one of the pods "gives birth" (?) to what appears to be a replica of the main character Dr. Miles Bennell, and when Dr. Bennell takes a pitch-fork to the pods growing in the greenhouse... This to me is what classic horror is all about!
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oldmanster	Re: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)	#1	[-]
May 3 06 5:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There's a 32-message thread on page 5 of this folder. One of the messages from Bill Warren also cites two other discussion sites on this board. ... Reed
WadeVC	Re: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)	#2	[-]
May 3 06 6:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks. Why does it not come up when I search for it? I tried: "Body Snatchers", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" and "Invasion" and it comes up with 0 results? Anyway, thanks for the direction.
Bill Warren	Re: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)	#3	[-]
May 3 06 6:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What you do is click on "Show All Topics" and look for the folder you want. Here are links to the other topics/files: p075.ezboard.com/fmonster...=290.topic p075.ezboard.com/fmonster...=160.topic p075.ezboard.com/fmonster...D=25.topic
WadeVC	Re: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)	#4	[-]
May 4 06 3:07 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I do have "All Topics" showing. I'm refering to the actual "Search" menu. I go to Search Words, and make sure "case sensitive" is unchecked (not sure how others will post it). It always comes back as "0" results found. But only for this topic/post/title.....odd. Anyway, thanks for the links.
taraco	Re: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)	#5	[-]
May 4 06 3:56 AM Burgomaster Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	'Search' is one of EZBoards' weakest features, to be sure.
porta	check	#6	[-]
May 4 06 6:57 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Let's have a folder where we can ask if a subject's been mentioned or not....
Bill Warren	Re: check	#7	[-]
May 4 06 10:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Let's have a folder where we can ask if a subject's been mentioned or not.... and then when no one's posted in THAT one for a while, it won't be visible if "show new only" is selected. I don't understand what's so hard about using "show all" and simply LOOKING for other topics. I've never used "search."
blackbiped	Re: check	#8	[-]
May 4 06 10:43 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've never had much luck with the "search" function either. And sometimes if you're looking for a thread with a particular subject, the topic title doesn't always make it obvious. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.
WadeVC	Re: check	#9	[-]
May 4 06 5:17 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I don't understand what's so hard about using "show all" and simply LOOKING for other topics. Who said it is hard...and what makes you think many don't have "Show All" selected? The fact that simply looking may be fine if one has hours to devote to each and every forum. Take this forum for example. There are 13 pages of posts. Each page has 25 different topics, for a total of 325 topics for just this forum. The entire Classic Horror Film Board has 40 catagories (not counting the top 4 and last 3) that are mostly Admin. announcements or for exclusive use by the Admin. Let's say, just for simplicity sake, that each of the 40 catagories has an average of 10 pages, at 25 different topics per page, for a total of 9,600 different topics to "simply" look through. ....how silly of any of us to want to use the search function.
Bill Warren	Re: check	#10	[-]
May 4 06 6:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Who said it is hard...and what makes you think many don't have "Show All" selected? You're sure taking all this personally. I assume people don't have "show all" marked because topics that already exist keep turning up again. *Quote:* Let's say, just for simplicity sake, that each of the 40 catagories has an average of 10 pages, at 25 different topics per page, for a total of 9,600 different topics to "simply" look through. Nobody's suggesting that anyone ever do anything remotely like that. Why are you suggesting the worst-case scenario? But when someone checks a folder--let's say this one--and thinks about starting a topic on a movie as famous (and famous for being from the 1950s) as INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, it seems to me that the two or so minutes required to glance over the list of existing topics would be time well spent. The main reason to post in an existing topic, especially on a film that there's likely to have been a lot of discussion about, is to revive the topic for those who have "show new only" checked. There's good stuff to be found in those older topics. That's why I sometimes post links to the earlier topics. I said I never used the "search" function. That's not a recommendation that NOBODY use it. I also don't watch sports on TV.
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WadeVC	Re: check	#11	[-]
May 4 06 8:48 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* I assume people don't have "show all" marked because topics that already exist keep turning up again. I used to belong to and Moderate a forum many years back that had a sort of built-in search query that worked something like this: Let's take this thread "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". If someone posts a thread with this topic, a message appeared stating: "Threads containing this topic can be found here (giving links to the threads). Please check these threads before posting new topic" Is there any way the Admin can do so here? Also, at that time, the Moderators (myself included) would simply redirect the "repeat" or multiple post(s) to the correct thread, which in turn "flagged" the originator (via their inbox) to where they could find their post, in the event multiples did occur. At that time, there were 5 Admins who took care of the maintinenance and daily operations of the boards, and a dozen "elected" Moderators who took care of things like redirecting posts and assisting members with thier questions/concerns. Any discussions among the Admin to do the same here? Especially with a site such as this that does have literally thousands of posts/topics that members may overlook or just can't find.
oldmanster	Re: check	#12	[-]
May 4 06 8:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I've pretty much given up on the EZBoard search engine. Just the other day I tried to search for White Gorilla, White Pongo, then just gorilla and Pongo. Nothing came up, so I posted my comments in the Thrills and Chills folder. Laughing Gravy replied by pointing me to a completely different thread in the Classic Horror on DVD folder, a place I never woulda thunk of to look. Wade, when I replied to your first message in this thread, it was after I went backward from the earliest page (13) and finally hit the earlier thread on page 5. Yeah, it takes a bit of time, and of course, I only searched this folder. Who knows how many comments have been made on IotBS in other folders? ... Reed
porta	suggestion	#13	[-]
May 5 06 8:50 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Why not simply ban new threads?
Bill Warren	Re: suggestion	#14	[-]
May 5 06 12:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Like I say, regarding this particular film, you'd really only have to search THIS folder for other INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS files, and it takes two minutes or less. Nearly instant gratification isn't fast enough?
porta	gratification	#15	[-]
May 5 06 5:43 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Personally, I insist on my gratification being instant. Anything less just won't do.
Rakshasa		#16	[-]
May 6 11 9:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Sad news ~ Dana Winters has passed away. More info in the Final Farewells forum here: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/37658/Dana-Wynter-passes-Invasion-Of-The-Body-Snatchers-co-star Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
Bud Brewster	Just a thought about board features	#17	[-]
May 22 11 11:00 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I originally put this comment in the wrong Invasion of the Body Snatchers thread! Kinda illustrates my point (unintentionally . . ) _________________________________________________________________________ I know of a message board which is organized more or less like the CHFB, but it has alphabetical lists at the top of the movie and TV series forums which show all the titles that already have threads. And the titles are actually links to the threads, so it's really easy to find them. For example, if I wanted to find the thread for The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I'd go to the forum called Sci-Fi Movies from 1950 to 1969, then scroll down the alphabetical list at the top until I found the title of the movie. And when I clicked on the title, it would take me right to the thread for that movie! Easy as pie. Cool, huh? Here's the link to that message board, if anybody is interested. http://www.allsci-fi.us/ Bud PS: I'm partial to that method of organization because . . . well hell, it's my message board. (Aw, shucks.)
skelton knaggs		#18	[-]
May 16 12 12:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Don Siegel directing ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Monsterpal		#19	[-]
May 16 12 7:58 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It would have been fun to be down there with Dana.
hermanthegerm	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)	#20	[-]
Mar 18 13 5:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's amazing how well the relationships between adults and couples are presented in this movie. I would not mind having any of these characters as friends. All the more tragic that the destruction of these people also destroys these relationships. Compare with the wooden acting (or not so great dialogue) of other 50s genre films. It would have been fun to be down there with Dana. Look carefully. It looks to me like a threesome. "There is a lot of money tied up in this film and people expect to hear a boom when something blows up, so I'll give them a boom." George Lucas as quoted by Harlan Ellison's WATCHING Last Edited By: hermanthegerm Mar 18 13 5:37 PM. Edited 1 times.
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