Happy birthday, Greg Jein!
(Pictured here, as Ron put it, the way Greg felt at the end of every shoot) (photo from THE HALLOWEEN SOCIETY: Vol. 2: UNMASKED, p. 183)
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(Pictured here, as Ron put it, the way Greg felt at the end of every shoot) (photo from THE HALLOWEEN SOCIETY: Vol. 2: UNMASKED, p. 183)
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October 31, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Happy birthday, Greg Jein!
(Pictured here, as Ron put it, the way Greg felt at the end of every shoot) (photo from THE HALLOWEEN SOCIETY: Vol. 2: UNMASKED, p. 183)
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(Pictured here, as Ron put it, the way Greg felt at the end of every shoot) (photo from THE HALLOWEEN SOCIETY: Vol. 2: UNMASKED, p. 183)
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I love that Williams did his own disco CE3K, presumably to get ahead of Meco and make a mint. It didn’t catch on. Meco did an album of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole. I think the end of the trend is the disco cover of “theme from Star Trek 3,” which was on the main album.
November 3, 2026 at 3:12 AM
I love that Williams did his own disco CE3K, presumably to get ahead of Meco and make a mint. It didn’t catch on. Meco did an album of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and The Black Hole. I think the end of the trend is the disco cover of “theme from Star Trek 3,” which was on the main album.
Oh go on
DO IT AGAIN!
😂
e-scooter riders don't even care
One shot through a red light in Trongate one night, undertook a police van stopped at the lights, on an e-scooter lit up and flashing like CE3K UFO
Next seen surrounded by five cops in Albion St
🤣
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...
DO IT AGAIN!
😂
e-scooter riders don't even care
One shot through a red light in Trongate one night, undertook a police van stopped at the lights, on an e-scooter lit up and flashing like CE3K UFO
Next seen surrounded by five cops in Albion St
🤣
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...
Police seize 54 e-bikes and e-scooters in Glasgow amid nationwide crackdown
Across the country, 142 e-bikes and e-scooters were seized and destroyed during a week of action.
www.glasgowlive.co.uk
October 30, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Oh go on
DO IT AGAIN!
😂
e-scooter riders don't even care
One shot through a red light in Trongate one night, undertook a police van stopped at the lights, on an e-scooter lit up and flashing like CE3K UFO
Next seen surrounded by five cops in Albion St
🤣
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...
DO IT AGAIN!
😂
e-scooter riders don't even care
One shot through a red light in Trongate one night, undertook a police van stopped at the lights, on an e-scooter lit up and flashing like CE3K UFO
Next seen surrounded by five cops in Albion St
🤣
www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...
Happy birthday, Dennis Muren! From STAR WARS to TERMINATOR 2 to JURASSIC PARK to STAR WARS again, and so many films before and after, your work evolving VFX and Industrial Light & Magic has filled cinemas for decades
#dennsimuren #ilm #starwars #jurassic park #abyss #ce3k #t2 #terminator2
#dennsimuren #ilm #starwars #jurassic park #abyss #ce3k #t2 #terminator2
November 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Happy birthday, Dennis Muren! From STAR WARS to TERMINATOR 2 to JURASSIC PARK to STAR WARS again, and so many films before and after, your work evolving VFX and Industrial Light & Magic has filled cinemas for decades
#dennsimuren #ilm #starwars #jurassic park #abyss #ce3k #t2 #terminator2
#dennsimuren #ilm #starwars #jurassic park #abyss #ce3k #t2 #terminator2
This is a funny one as I think it was Disney Robin Hood when I was 3 and I had to be removed by my Mum as I was in floods of tears. I have no idea why. I think the next was the Jungle Book, probably when I was 6, which I loved. But it’s Star Wars and CE3K in 1978 that had the biggest impact
First film you saw at the cinema. The real first one, not the pretend one you tell people!
Mine: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, Wigan. We were near the front and I can still remember how massive the AT-ATs looked, looming over us out of the snow :)
Film, year, where, and whatever stuck with you.
Mine: The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, Wigan. We were near the front and I can still remember how massive the AT-ATs looked, looming over us out of the snow :)
Film, year, where, and whatever stuck with you.
October 23, 2026 at 11:31 AM
This is a funny one as I think it was Disney Robin Hood when I was 3 and I had to be removed by my Mum as I was in floods of tears. I have no idea why. I think the next was the Jungle Book, probably when I was 6, which I loved. But it’s Star Wars and CE3K in 1978 that had the biggest impact
I tagged out at the excruciatingly forced debate with the ex-nun(!).
The awful thing is that for all Spielberg's UFO obasession, his model of them is stuck in the 50s. No John A. Keel or Jacques Valleè High Strangeness... just nuts and bolts ships with aliens in. Old hat even in CE3K.
The awful thing is that for all Spielberg's UFO obasession, his model of them is stuck in the 50s. No John A. Keel or Jacques Valleè High Strangeness... just nuts and bolts ships with aliens in. Old hat even in CE3K.
October 20, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I tagged out at the excruciatingly forced debate with the ex-nun(!).
The awful thing is that for all Spielberg's UFO obasession, his model of them is stuck in the 50s. No John A. Keel or Jacques Valleè High Strangeness... just nuts and bolts ships with aliens in. Old hat even in CE3K.
The awful thing is that for all Spielberg's UFO obasession, his model of them is stuck in the 50s. No John A. Keel or Jacques Valleè High Strangeness... just nuts and bolts ships with aliens in. Old hat even in CE3K.
I wonder how well CE3K has aged with a lot of folks. It was huge back when it came out but nowadays the novelty has gone and the slow burn pacing can make it seek longer than it is.
October 19, 2026 at 4:12 AM
I wonder how well CE3K has aged with a lot of folks. It was huge back when it came out but nowadays the novelty has gone and the slow burn pacing can make it seek longer than it is.
Love it
Especially the ending of CE3K
And the refrain of Wishing on a star.
Always chokes me up
Especially the ending of CE3K
And the refrain of Wishing on a star.
Always chokes me up
Taking Off Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
ALT: Taking Off Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
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October 17, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Love it
Especially the ending of CE3K
And the refrain of Wishing on a star.
Always chokes me up
Especially the ending of CE3K
And the refrain of Wishing on a star.
Always chokes me up
DD isn't a sequel; more a revisiting by Spielberg at a very different point in his life and career, in a world that has also changed profoundly in the nearly half-century that has passed. I actually rewatched CE3K to check my memories, and found it even more superior than I expected.
October 11, 2026 at 11:53 PM
DD isn't a sequel; more a revisiting by Spielberg at a very different point in his life and career, in a world that has also changed profoundly in the nearly half-century that has passed. I actually rewatched CE3K to check my memories, and found it even more superior than I expected.
I bailed at the ex-nun argument about first contact. Fuck that shit. Would have been outdated in CE3K.
September 28, 2026 at 10:36 AM
I bailed at the ex-nun argument about first contact. Fuck that shit. Would have been outdated in CE3K.
Grew up in San Carlos when there were 3 theaters in town. Was just talking with friend about riding bikes to Laurel Theater to see King Kong, Star Wars and CE3K.
Now live in Menlo Park and can walk to Guild for shows. Nice small venue
Now live in Menlo Park and can walk to Guild for shows. Nice small venue
September 27, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Grew up in San Carlos when there were 3 theaters in town. Was just talking with friend about riding bikes to Laurel Theater to see King Kong, Star Wars and CE3K.
Now live in Menlo Park and can walk to Guild for shows. Nice small venue
Now live in Menlo Park and can walk to Guild for shows. Nice small venue
After four years, three weeks, and one day since the expiry of my contract with MPC (RIP Technicolor)...
...I can finally, FINALLY say this:
I'M NO LONGER UNEMPLOYED!!!
...I can finally, FINALLY say this:
I'M NO LONGER UNEMPLOYED!!!
September 24, 2026 at 11:53 AM
After four years, three weeks, and one day since the expiry of my contract with MPC (RIP Technicolor)...
...I can finally, FINALLY say this:
I'M NO LONGER UNEMPLOYED!!!
...I can finally, FINALLY say this:
I'M NO LONGER UNEMPLOYED!!!
Steven Spielberg called me this morning. He said he had just finished reading Invisible College, regarded it as the best book on UFOs and wanted to quote it in the promotion for CE3K. (1977)
September 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Steven Spielberg called me this morning. He said he had just finished reading Invisible College, regarded it as the best book on UFOs and wanted to quote it in the promotion for CE3K. (1977)
This means something. This is important. Well, to me it is. Still obsessing over this film…
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Duck Dodgers in CE3K
How Chuck Jones's classic toon fits into "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
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September 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM
This means something. This is important. Well, to me it is. Still obsessing over this film…
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Dull I found. CE3K or ET but without any warmth. Def not one of Mr S's finest.
September 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Dull I found. CE3K or ET but without any warmth. Def not one of Mr S's finest.
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September 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
August 31, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Basically true, except for Spielberg: Spielberg's '70s theatrical releases included Duel (originally filmed for TV), Sugarland Express, and Jaws; his most optimistic '70s movie was CE3K, and even that has dark undercurrents of family abandonment and government paranoia.
'70s film was pretty gnarly.
'70s film was pretty gnarly.
What people don't understand is that with the exception of Star Wars, the Sting, and Spielberg, every movie in the 70s was gritty, dark, and often had a major character die at the end.
August 31, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Basically true, except for Spielberg: Spielberg's '70s theatrical releases included Duel (originally filmed for TV), Sugarland Express, and Jaws; his most optimistic '70s movie was CE3K, and even that has dark undercurrents of family abandonment and government paranoia.
'70s film was pretty gnarly.
'70s film was pretty gnarly.
Also, how is Richard Dreyfus a callow puppy-fat child in this, a sea-buffeted academic in Jaws, and a broken midlife dad in CE3K, all within about 3 years?
August 19, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Also, how is Richard Dreyfus a callow puppy-fat child in this, a sea-buffeted academic in Jaws, and a broken midlife dad in CE3K, all within about 3 years?
wonder how many Amblin productions these people think are actually directed by Spielberg because the only ones he made that are directly comparable are E.T. (fantastical things happen in the suburbs, and by this rubric CE3K and WOTW at a push) and the Jurassic Parks, a 12th of his filmography
looking up Letterboxd reviews of The End of Oak Street and it must have been a rough few decades for guys like this who just always want Spielberg to cook with the same recipes from 1982
August 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
wonder how many Amblin productions these people think are actually directed by Spielberg because the only ones he made that are directly comparable are E.T. (fantastical things happen in the suburbs, and by this rubric CE3K and WOTW at a push) and the Jurassic Parks, a 12th of his filmography