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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Coneheads (1993)

The Coneheads came from the planet of Remulak to conquer and dominate the Bluntskulls: also known as Earthlings.
But an encounter with defensive fighter pilots forces the Conehead ship down. The Coneheads must now make a new plan: contact their home plant and “blend in” with Earthlings while waiting for rescue.
Dan Aykroyd plays Beldar Conehead with the purchased identity of Donald R. DeCicco
Jane Curtin plays Prymatt Conehead , Mary Margaret DeCicco
Michelle Burke plays their daughter: Connie Conehead

While waiting on Earth, life unfolds for the Coneheads. Beldar advances and holds several jobs always a step ahead of the INS. ( Immigration and Naturalization Service)

Prymatt gives birth on Earth to their only child: Connie. Beldar and Prymatt find a nice home where they raise Connie.
Connie even meets her first boyfriend here on Earth: Ronnie played by Chris Farley.

Any Bluntskulls met by the Coneheads never question their unusual teeth or anatomy. To the contrary, the Bluntskulls accept them enthusiastically.

The only person who questions their identity is INS Deputy Comissioner Gorman Seedling played by Michael McKean.. This happens because the Coneheads purchased an identity that had been sold to at least two previous customers. It is red tape rather than the obvious that exposes the Coneheads as “aliens”.

The songs are great fun. Tainted Love will never sound the same after Beldar... Uh Uh.
If you want to laugh Coneheads is a good pick.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

1986 movie: Peggy Sue Got Married

In this fantasy Peggy Sue, played by Kathleen Turner, gets a second chance; a chance to change her life and that of her husband Charlie Bodell played by Nicolas Cage.
Peggy Sue and Charlie married right out of high school. Peggy Sue blames that for Charlie missing his chance to go to college and/or becoming a musician. She believes that is the reason for the breakdown of their marriage.

At a class reunion Peggy Sue faints and regains consciousness as her teenage self, back in 1960. But she remains aware of her adult self and future. Peggy Sue experiences the people and events around her in a way no one else can.
Will Peggy Sue change her past, her future or both? Or is destiny a real thing?

I love the idea of getting a second chance.
Or if I had done things differently would I just end up with a different list or regrets?

Friday, August 1, 2008

Starman, 1984

This was, if not Mike’s favorite movie, at least in the top five.
NASA’s Voyager missions sent golden records into space with “greetings” in many languages, images, music and information about Earth and humans. It was an ambitious invitation to extraterrestrials.
The movie "Starman" ponders the question of what might happen when extraterrestrial, Jeff Bridges as Starman, pays Earth a call.
Will Earthlings set an extra plate or sharpen the dissection knives? Not a tough call if you have watched many movies about E.T.
Most of the action concerns Starman’s journey to rendezvous with his ship and rejoin those of his own kind. He has abducted a traveling companion: Karen Allen as Jenny Hayden. At first she resists helping Starman so far as she is able. For besides kidnapping her, he has cloned her dead husband’s body to use while on Earth! But Starman gains her trust and she introduces him to Earthly things that matter, like apple pie.