To be quite honest here.. I actually thougt of that BLACK HOLE named Gargantua.. but it was nothing like that out of space mumbo jumbo.... it's about a lizard monster.. (rings any bell??)
A rip-off Godzilla.. I couldn't watch it because the story sucked and the CGI was abominabel! This movie is from 1998 and in the trivia section of IMDB it states that it came out in the same time of that other MONSTER MOVIE.. by the name of Godzilla..
Gargantua was a typical B-CLASS movie.. but nonetheless it actually produced a young 'Emile Hirsh'.. the guy who went to play 'Chris McCandles' in 'INTO THE WILD!'.. (so thats quite cool)
=O and I did not whatsoever taped this movie on this cassette! I think it was my mom :p.. cos she liked this kind of movies.. (I think)
BUT THEN...
NEXT ON was this gem.. actually a typically BCLASS teen - coming of age - movie that shook my whole existence and made me a huge fan of the werewolf franchise..
YES.. this kind of movie shaped my teenage years.. and to this day I still love the idea of 'werewolfs'.. but in that day and age i was quite influenced by other 'magical' (in my eyes) beings.. such as witches, mermaids, fairies and also vampires and stuff like that!!!
In AWIP.. we actually see really bad CGI effects of the werewolfs, really really bad.. keep in mind this movie is from 1997.. in forthcoming movies, the werewolfs keep on getting better and better!!
Tom Everett scott plays a cool tween, and is on tour with 2 of his best (sidekicks for humor) in Europe, next stop 'Paris'.. Where they meet the adorable 'Julie Delpy'.. Who just tried to kill herself by jumping off the Eiffel tower, .. but our lead saves her by bungee jump! Yes.. it's that style of movie! ALthough its a complete mess, I just loved everything 'wolfie' about it.. It's about the sudden loss of innocence and having to find some responsability! =)
And what-do-ya-know.. after looking thinsg up (yes - I watched the movie yesterday back after a good 22 years..) cos I believe I taped this was somewhere in 2000-2001 when it came out on tv.. (on VT4! at that time) It sparked my love for dark humour too =)
and was propelled back to that day and age, with even advertisement of that age! I was soaking wet in 2000!! And it felt GOOOOOOOOOODDDDD.. i' didnt' care for any sleep that night..
Well.. about the actors..
TOM EVERETT SCOTT aged like a fine wine... (and he resemblance Mic a little bit :D)
He was one of my crushes.. back in the day.. from this. in 1997
And I must say.. this was actually my type of man.. Brownhaired, blue or browneyed men with lots of humor and a great smile :)
to this anno 2024 :D
And yes.. I found you JULIE BOWEN!
Well this girl.. who was certainly lost in this genre/movie .. Went on to play...
Someone on 'MODERN FAMILY!'. (yes.. Claire!!) Well WHatdayaknow!
DROP MIC!!!!
(no not Mic :) the microphone)
other actors are quite famous too :) more in the tv-shows genre :)
What concerns my fascination of werewolfs.. i always look for the more real wolf type - resemblance and transformation..
Not the wolf from the harry potter movies, that werewolf is BALD and a bit sad, but more or less like the cute wolf from the twilight series, but that's just a cute big wolf.. or even better from 'van helsing'.. thats the best in my humble opinion.. but hey, that's for another blogpost no?
AND then..
the most embarasing moment of my life..
I must have been about 15 to 16 years old... but I phoned in on a tv station (JIM TV) and I had a little (embarrasing chat with that host.. THOMAS VANDERVEKEN) about eldery people and I was a little bit akward.. and I taped myself.. CRINGE MOMENT!!!!! =)
But here it is... you can hear my sweet little voice of a 15 year old sara.. there is proof!
And I NEVER EVER Want to hear of it again!! =P
ON that tape, was another episode of BUFFY that I didn't remember.. although.. A little coincidende, but recently I read that the epi where Buffy finds her deceased mother was one of her best (shouldhavewonanoscar!) performances, so I checked it out on YT (just a month or 2 ago) and the epi I watched was just the one BEFORE this ep! What a coincidence! (season 5, episode 15).. (aired on the 20th of february in 2001 in US)... but see below when it aired in BELGIUM!!
Afterwards I just saw numerous advertisements of that other channel from way back...
KANAAL 2.. and I recognised so many things! I was literally back in the year 2000!!!
It eventually ended with an episode of big brother (season 2) and I could figure out from which year this must have aired.
Big brother 2 aired from 2th of september 2001 til the 16th of december 2001.. I taped accidently episode 'day 100'.. so it must have been:....... 11th of December 2001! give or take, it could also be the 12th :))
I really really disliked Big brother and did not watch it, cos I wasn't into reallife tv at that time.. I had Angel, Buffy, Charmed, Winx and other better stuff to watch :)
And as a little extra...
I have found these 2 makings offs of An American Werewolf in PARIS!
Oh God..
If I see these making offs.. I always wonder what would have become of me if i did went to Filmschool in Brussels when I was younger..
I was deeply interested by movies and tv and when I brought home the pamflet for new students of het RITS (Brussels) I already knew I would never dare to go there, nor would I get permition to go there whatsoever. What a pity I couldn't even get it over my heart to ask it to my mother..
Although I went to school to become just a childcarer (or elderly carer) it was just presumable I went into that direction of 'caring'.. so it automatically went into going for teacher, although i had more then one interest..
oh well.. sometimes it stings a little that my other siblings did get the chance to do what they love... and I went with 'the rest' and the safe option.
Always the safe option,.. that not really wrong, is it?
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