tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post7721702523031077636..comments2024-02-16T14:01:23.523-05:00Comments on THE B-MOVIE CATECHISM: BRAIN WRAP!EegahInchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-36711382742813670202021-05-24T21:34:13.114-04:002021-05-24T21:34:13.114-04:00I can see where that would work. We would occasion...I can see where that would work. We would occasionally get second run prints with lots of splices already in them and worn sprocket holes. Nothing quite as bad as what you're describing though :) Ah, the horrors today's projectionists will never know. All they have to worry about is a glitching hard drive.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-34507541499130546762021-05-24T18:39:44.337-04:002021-05-24T18:39:44.337-04:00A fellow projectionist called me on the phone and ...A fellow projectionist called me on the phone and told me she was going to be fired for damaging a film. I told her it was going to be okay, went in to work, looked at the film...<br /><br />And in my head, I'm thinking, "oh yeah, you're fired for sure."<br /><br />We spent three hours cutting apart that film and taping strands of film three to ten feet in length with each end labeled like "97 b" on the head and "98 a" on the tail. If I remember correctly, we had 108 pieces, excluding unsalvageable frames, that we had to place back on the film.<br /><br />She was not fired. The film had a long notated history before us of other projectionists tracking dozens of film splices in it. It was in terrible condition when it reached us, and after us people just assumed all of it had happened over time instead of half of the damage happening at one theater.<br /><br />She's a successful novelist now.<br />Writes fiction about being a projectionist.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03799222378295402442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-87608020585774283112007-12-31T11:27:00.000-05:002007-12-31T11:27:00.000-05:00wait....weird projectionist guy?!I'm slightly offe...wait....weird projectionist guy?!<BR/><BR/>I'm slightly offended.<BR/><BR/>But, I'm sure I'll recover.Mr. Doobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243753981681832348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-24969346629838214002007-12-26T09:42:00.000-05:002007-12-26T09:42:00.000-05:00scott,That sounds great, but I still have faith in...scott,<BR/><BR/>That sounds great, but I still have faith in my fellow man to find a way to fowl up the works. I find a way to make digital stuff skip and stall at my house, I'll lay odds that minimum wage high school kids can do it at the theaters.<BR/><BR/>allen,<BR/><BR/>Ain't it hilarious how something that makes everyone's worst ever list is so rich in material for discussion? Not that I'm complaining, it keeps me in the blogging business after all.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-132723130473321472007-12-24T11:08:00.000-05:002007-12-24T11:08:00.000-05:00Btw, Eegah, Have you explored the conversion/trans...Btw, Eegah, Have you explored the conversion/transformation imagery with the character of Torg the robot? I didn't mine that gem a bit. Nor did I compare Voldar to King Herod. Additionally, there's the idea of fighting with unusual/nontraditional weapons, since the weapons of our warfare are not those of this world.<BR/><BR/>I'll shut up now.Allen's Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017088126061040113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-35668369774311984442007-12-22T08:45:00.000-05:002007-12-22T08:45:00.000-05:00When I went to I am Legend they showed a trailer e...When I went to <I>I am Legend</I> they showed a trailer explaining the theater's new digital projector system and it's virtues (no scratches and fading, etc), but it made me kinda sad as I had fond memories of those giant platters and the weird projectionist guy in charge of splicing it together. However, no more brain wraps I guess.Scott W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16864993877758217399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-51455923080475670092007-12-21T10:30:00.000-05:002007-12-21T10:30:00.000-05:00Thanks for the linkage!Who knows? It might inspire...Thanks for the linkage!<BR/>Who knows? It might inspire a third reader to my blog!<BR/><BR/>"Brain Wrap": I'll have to remember that. There's bound to be a b-movie plot in there somewhere... atomically-accelerated evolution creating some avant-garde film out of the brain wrap as frames melt into one another, and everyone who watches it has their mind stolen and replaced by a brain from planet Zolnar. The end result are hordes of people who want to watch neverending reruns of Gigli.Allen's Brainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017088126061040113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-48044883496523457342007-12-21T01:28:00.000-05:002007-12-21T01:28:00.000-05:00I intentionally tried to brain wrap Goin Bananas.N...I intentionally tried to brain wrap Goin Bananas.<BR/><BR/>No luck.<BR/><BR/>The three people that paid to see it had no idea.Mr. Doobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243753981681832348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-23496234410477470782007-12-20T22:45:00.000-05:002007-12-20T22:45:00.000-05:00Did you notice we never brain wrapped or destroyed...Did you notice we never brain wrapped or destroyed anything like Jaws: The Revenge or Three For The Road? (Forgot about Three For The Road didn't you?) No, it had to be whatever was the top draw for the week. Had to be!<BR/><BR/>I still have dreams of forgetting to start movies on time.EegahInchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055947542189758831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34344059.post-15389132474003592312007-12-20T22:09:00.000-05:002007-12-20T22:09:00.000-05:00I just had a flashback to Three Men & a Baby. My v...I just had a flashback to Three Men & a Baby. My very first night as a projectionist. Then, there's the time I tried to carry Born on the Fourth of July ( a three hour plus film) from one projector to another...alone. And...promptly dropped it....unspooling it from the center. Good times.<BR/><BR/>The Horror! THE HORROR!!<BR/><BR/>Little known fact...I still have semi-nightmares about brain wraps as a projectionist & dead air as a disc jockey.<BR/><BR/>Ah...the human psyche.Mr. Doobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243753981681832348noreply@blogger.com