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The 'Herbie' or 'Love Bug' films

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hermanthegerm	The 'Herbie' or 'Love Bug' films	Lead	[-]
Nov 6 11 8:00 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I put the second film, Herbie Rides Again (1974), for the kids last night and they enjoyed it immensely. We had already seen the first film and the 'remake.' - I liked the nighmare scene. - I find it interesting that the derby is set like renaissance faire of sorts. Is this the film that inspired George Romero's Knightriders? Or where fairs/derbys such as this really done in real life? Other than that we get recycled footage from the first and a cool King Kong recreation plus lots of visual gags of the live-action Disney type. Hardly a 'great' film, but nevertheless an OK Disney shopping cart movie. "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 Nov 6 11 8:28 PM. Edited 1 time.
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Grant		#1	[-]
Nov 9 11 9:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Even thogh I'm sentimental about the first time I saw it, I'm less so about it than some Disney movies, but for an awfully literal-minded reason, and that's not being a "car person." You almost have to be SOMETHING of one to stay attached to a car-oriented story. Even though Volkswagen Beetles are famous as a kind of exception to that. (And even though I just watched "Tucker" with Jeff Bridges and really enjoyed it.) The part I still mainly enjoy is Buddy Hackett's pseudo-hippie character. And Gary Owens as the car race's announcer (you can't be a Laugh-In fan and not welcome that).
Rakshasa		#2	[-]
Nov 13 11 8:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My god, I saw both Herbie movies in the theater when I was little (along with stuff like THE APPLE DUMPLING GANG) but I haven't ever seen them since. I would love to revisit these Disney films. Links To All The Classic Monster Stills I've Posted: http://monsterkidclassichorrorforum.yuku.com/topic/30758
hermanthegerm	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)	#3	[-]
Nov 30 11 11:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I saw Herbie Goes To Monte Carlo a week ago... Hey, that is Dr. Forbin/Hasslein under that mustache right there! Otherwise, OK, if instantly forgettable. "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 Jan 9 12 12:25 AM. Edited 2 times.
hermanthegerm	Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)	#4	[-]
Jan 8 12 4:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm pretty sure I never saw this before, and I am retroactively glad I never did. A bunch of different gags, skits, concepts and ideas that never jell. Whatever germ of a wortwhile concept ever was part of this series be it of the awakening of AI, or even just the animistic idea that things or machine could feel is gone by this point. These ideas actually addressed briefly in the first film, even if pretty much ignored in the others. Herbie has no personality whatsoever if he could have been said to have any, and is constantly being abandoned or suffering mistreatment thruout the course of the film, something which incidentally also seems to happen between movies, but here is actually a part of the story. It was kinda embarrasing seeing an aged, made-up, rutting Cloris Leachman, but interesting seeing Chartles Martin Smith after the American Graffiti films but already working for Disney before Never Cry Wolf. A miss. "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 Jan 9 12 12:24 AM. Edited 2 times.
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rvoyttbots		#5	[-]
Jan 8 12 10:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Only thing I remember about HERBIE RIDES AGAIN was how far Raymond Bailey had fallen. He was a co-star of a popular comedy TV show for nine years and here he is almost a bit player.
hermanthegerm		#6	[-]
Jan 9 12 12:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I am thinking he is in all of them, including Bananas. He musta had a Disney contract, even if he never got any worthwhile parts from them. "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
rvoyttbots		#7	[-]
Jan 11 12 1:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Checking IMDb, he was only in RIDES AGAIN. In fact, his last two roles after HILLBILLIES were in Disney films. He was living in Irvine, California, when he died in 1980. That is where I now work and deliver mail. Last Edited By: rvoyttbots Jan 11 12 1:34 PM. Edited 2 times.
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