Stark Trek and Conan! Last Chance To See

posted January 25, 2012 11:35 PM | |

Wed February 8 at 7:00 PM, Academy Theater

I would drive down to Portland to see Wrath of Khan on film.
posted by Errant at 3:09 AM on January 26

2001 for sure. Chinatown is playing next week, too!
posted by tmt at 4:16 AM on January 26

I'd be up for at least a couple of those.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:27 AM on January 26

Oh man. I'm such a snob that my first thought was "2001...on only 35mm?" But it'd be great to see it on the big screen again in any case. Raiders and Kahn too.
posted by cortex at 8:36 AM on January 26

RAIDERS!
posted by Specklet at 9:04 AM on January 26

awesomesauce
posted by Prince_of_Cups at 9:22 AM on January 26

Do we know which day/time each movie will be playing?
posted by nickthetourist at 10:07 AM on January 26

I believe the last time they did a BAM fest, the entire theatre was booked for all the movies, so each movie was shown every night. They should be updating their schedule tomorrow it looks like.
posted by mrzarquon at 12:47 PM on January 26

Into it. Interesting selection of movies, that.
posted by churl at 6:17 PM on January 26

Oh myyyy.

/takei
posted by maqsarian at 8:04 PM on January 26

It looks like they haven't updated the time listings yet, I just emailed the address I have for them to see if they are going to be showing the movies every night during the fest, or if its going to be a one classic a night thing.
posted by mrzarquon at 4:37 PM on January 27

Keep us posted.
posted by churl at 10:30 PM on January 27

Seen 2001 too many times. Would love to see 2010 in a theater.
posted by aleph at 2:04 PM on January 28

Ok, from their Facebook page, it looks like they will be filling the entire marquee the 3rd to the 9th, as in all of those movies will be playing nightly throughout the week.

BAM Fest 2012 starts Friday featuring 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KAHN, THE UNTOUCHABLES, CONAN THE BARBARIAN and BOOGIE NIGHTS daily Feb 3-9

Do we want to pick a night, and then plan on getting there around 7, with time to get food and drinks in the neighborhood before going to the movie of our choice?
posted by mrzarquon at 8:21 AM on January 31

Well, not the 5th, since some of us will already be ignoring the Superbowl that evening. But otherwise that sounds like a plan.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:00 AM on January 31

Okay! I got the Full List, that includes Start and Exit times, so we can really min/max the hell out of this.

Here is the short form:

2/3 - 2/5
Raiders			1:30p 4:00p
2001			6:30p
Boogie			9:25p
Untouchables		4:45p
Star Trek		7:15p (1220p on sat/sun)
Conan			9:40p		
2/6-2/9
Raiders			4:00p
2001			6:30p
Boogie			9:25p
Untouchables		4:45p
Star Trek		7:15p
Conan			9:40p

posted by mrzarquon at 1:24 PM on January 31

Let's do this thing. I'd be available any aft/eve next week.
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:43 PM on February 1

Because I have nothing to do tomorrow, I'm thinking I'll be ambitious and do the 1:30 Raiders, the 4:45 Untouchables, the 7:15 Khan, and the 9:40 Conan. I figure by Conan, I'll have enough beers in me to sack a village or two.

So if anyone wants to go to any of those shows, I'll see you there!
posted by maqsarian at 1:47 PM on February 2

Oh man I am so excited about this shit
posted by maqsarian at 1:34 PM on February 3

Ha, do they put 2001 so early so that you don't fall asleep during it? Good idea!
posted by Secretariat at 2:32 PM on February 3

I only wish they were starting in the morning, I'd spend a workday Moddin' From The Movies.
posted by cortex at 2:48 PM on February 3

Ha, sucks to be you, Big Shirtless Nazi
posted by maqsarian at 2:56 PM on February 3

May I suggest a double feature of Star Trek 2 and Conan next Weds? It gives us a 30 minute break between the two movies, enough to grab a quick non pizza bite in the hood if folks are interested.
posted by mrzarquon at 2:57 PM on February 3

Boy, they sure did raid that lost ark! Now, a sandwich, and then I will find out why no one may touch those young fellows.
posted by maqsarian at 3:41 PM on February 3

Perhaps they are MC Hammer afficionados
posted by maqsarian at 3:43 PM on February 3

mrzarquon, I second that suggestion.
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:36 PM on February 3

KHAAAAAAAAAN
posted by maqsarian at 7:14 PM on February 3

Does everyone know you by now
posted by mrzarquon at 7:57 PM on February 3

Not really, the shifts seem to change pretty frequently. But the ticket guy was all like, "I knew SOMEONE would come and hang out all day!"

Also, drunk Wrath of Khan is the fucking best.
posted by maqsarian at 9:11 PM on February 3

They shouldn't have put a bar right next to this place you guys
posted by maqsarian at 9:13 PM on February 3 [1 favorite]

Say what, now? I-I'm not following your reasoning here!
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:15 PM on February 3

For a second I thought this bar was playing a Wilco song but it was actually Janis Joplin. Whch, you know, okay, but still a bit disappointed
posted by maqsarian at 9:27 PM on February 3

All right, here comes Conan! I haven't seen this since I was twelve. I had forgotten abou the nietszche quote.
posted by maqsarian at 9:42 PM on February 3

OMFG THIS IS AWESOME
posted by maqsarian at 9:43 PM on February 3

Never mind, drunk conan is the best by far
posted by maqsarian at 10:22 PM on February 3 [1 favorite]

CROOOOOOOM
posted by maqsarian at 11:47 PM on February 3

this thread is the best by far
posted by churl at 3:08 PM on February 4

I love that this meetup has been titled Stark Trek.
posted by Secretariat at 9:00 PM on February 5

I wish all my typos where that awesome.
posted by mrzarquon at 9:44 PM on February 5

I saw 2001 last night, which was great. The copy of the film they had was kind of beat up, but that didn't really bother me. I saw lots of neat details I never noticed on a smaller screen. They cut short the intermission, which meant that everyone assumed it actually would be an intermission and ran out to buy more beer and use the bathroom, and then we come back and oh crap, there's an astronaut flying off into space!

There was also this lady next to me who made seemingly involuntary "hmm!" sounds every time something interesting, weird, or cute (?) happened. She also said aloud "funny!" and "cute." once. Which... I like 2001, and there's some funny odd, or funny quirky moments, but never really funny ha-ha, at least if you take it in context of the film.

What the movie does have is a lot of thought provoking moments, which can lead to a stream of: "hmm. Hmm! hmmm.... hm. Hmm. hm." for minutes at a time.
posted by Secretariat at 9:09 AM on February 8

Hmm.
posted by cortex at 9:19 AM on February 8

Hmmm!
posted by cortex at 9:19 AM on February 8

Hmm?
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:09 AM on February 8

I'm planning to get there around 6:45 and grab a bite before the 7:15 movie, if anyone cares to join me.
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:08 PM on February 8

Hm. Oh, cute!

(It wasn't even the baby monkey towards the start! Maybe it was... the little girl? But she wasn't that cute.)
posted by Secretariat at 3:08 PM on February 8

What kind of bite are you thinking of grabbing?
posted by cortex at 3:10 PM on February 8

The GF and I were thinking about going to Over&Out for dinner around 6:15 or so. They have Elk Burgers.
posted by mrzarquon at 3:16 PM on February 8

The tasty-food-in-my-mouth kind.... I was just going to get there and have a look around, see what struck my fancy; mrzarquon's suggestion looks as good as any.
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:59 PM on February 8

I'd be up for that, I might have trouble making it there by 6:15 though.
posted by cortex at 4:16 PM on February 8

At the over and out.

All the food is good in the hood Greg. But I avoid roscoes out of the fact the owners are assholes.
posted by mrzarquon at 6:21 PM on February 8

At the theater!
posted by cortex at 6:56 PM on February 8

Movie starting! In the front most short row!
posted by cortex at 7:15 PM on February 8

Despite maqsarian's example, I wasn't drunk enough to get into Ah-nuld's "acting". But otherwise a fun night!
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:59 AM on February 9

Fun indeed! And boy that Khan print was terrible. I think Conan must have soaked it in the blood of his enemies after having them driven before him.
posted by cortex at 6:27 AM on February 9

Yeah, the concession guy warned me about the Khan print before I went in. I found that if you squint really hard, space looks almost black, and not bright pink.
posted by maqsarian at 1:42 PM on February 11

I've realized my brain had merged the two Conan movies, and it was "The Destroyer" that was apparently less sucky one. Or atleast, didn't comprise of 80% of them running everywhere and creating backstory.
posted by mrzarquon at 5:35 PM on February 11