Hunting down 'Jaws'

Li'l Jay · 28 May 2006

Barrage and Brass are awesome.

I'm not a big fan, but Ark Nova has become the Terraforming Mars killer in our group.

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

Takes too long, imo. I feel that way about TM too though - I play Ares Expedition, and now Earth which also has the same feel but half the time.

Nagoo · 12 Oct 2006

I've enjoyed Stone Age, Terraforming Mars, Ticket to Ride, Alhambra, Crew, Hive, Fury of Dracula, Hanabi, and a whole bunch others. I haven't played Brass or Barrage.

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

Stone Age is great. My wife is a big fan of Ticket to Ride. Of those you mention, I haven't played the Dracula one, but like all the others, although haven't played Hanabi, for example, in a long time.

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

I would like a board game thread where Nagoo, Evans, and Jay provide me with lists and reviews of all their favorite games, so I can look at them and maybe even purchayse some of them.

Right now my wife and I play the hell out of Carcassone, having the base anniversary edition and several expansion packs. With all that it takes up most of a large table in the basement to play, with all the tiles. We have but never could get into Ticket to Ride and a few other games, mostly card based (we do have Hive but haven't played it yet despite owning it for over a year lol). We need games for two or three at most because we have no board gaming friends apart from one.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jun 27, 2024 11:16 am

Jeff wrote:

I would like a board game thread where Nagoo, Evans, and Jay provide me with lists and reviews of all their favorite games

Try this thread, where Nagoo, Evans and Jay provide lists and reviews of all their favourite games:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=79658

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

Worst. Mod. Ever.

I remember the thread well, although can't remember what I said in it or how up to date it is.

To save you the pain of looking through it all, Jeff, fir two people I recommend:
7 Wonders Duel - a fabulous card drafting game with the ways to win and tension right from the beginning.

Targi - the best 2 player worker placement game hat I know if, where you take resources and build a tableau to get points, but the "don't take my spot!" feeling is high.

Patchwork - a deceptively relaxing polyomino game with a clever catch up mechanic.

Paris:La Cite de la Lumiere (the best looking game on the list) with a similar feel to Carcassonne but with a greater depth of complexity

Lost Cities - a wonderful card game with delicious decision making built in

I sound like an advertiser presenting all these games I know, but these are genuinely all really great.

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

There is also this thread where we did even more talking about them

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=100499

Jeff · 05 Oct 2006

Linda wrote:

Jeff wrote:

I would like a board game thread where Nagoo, Evans, and Jay provide me with lists and reviews of all their favorite games

Try this thread, where Nagoo, Evans and Jay provide lists and reviews of all their favourite games:

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=79658

Thanks Linda!

Li'l Jay · 28 May 2006

Evans wrote:

There is also this thread where we did even more talking about them

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=100499

This one seems like the more recent, more extensive thread.

Bishop Hammer · 03 Sep 2007

GoogaMooga wrote:

I saw Jaws 3-D on the big screen - "D" for Disaster! "Jaws 4" is on Showtime here, must record it.

No cap Jaws 3D was the very first Jaws I remember ever seeing, so to this day its my second favorite one and I think it's a good movie.

Plus is had the most gruesome death when the shark ate the guy in the red wetsuit whole.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jul 04, 2024 1:39 pm

Lego Unveils ‘Jaws’ Set Timed for Summer Season

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 1235935392

Linda · **Posted:** Sat Jul 20, 2024 7:30 pm

Jaws 3 is being released on Tuesday as a limited edition 4K/Blu-ray combo in steelbook packaging:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5FCN5PZ/?tag=imwan-20

The two-disc set will also be available in a less extravagant standard edition:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5F3VH1Y/?tag=imwan-20

Nagoo · 12 Oct 2006

Linda wrote:

Jaws 3 is being released on Tuesday as a limited edition 4K/Blu-ray combo in steelbook packaging:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5FCN5PZ/?tag=imwan-20

The two-disc set will also be available in a less extravagant standard edition:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5F3VH1Y/?tag=imwan-20

I liked Jaws 3 even though the production value was pretty mediocre. The story, I thought, was good. I mean, Jaws 3, Jurassic Park, and Westworld all have that "what if an amusement park became deadly" conceit, which I enjoy.

Professor Plum · 10 Oct 2006

It is still insane to me that the real SeaWorld agreed to have a movie showing a great white shark attacking and killing people in their park.

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Sep 12, 2024 11:38 pm

From THR:

Quote:

Steven Soderbergh has opened up about a giant book on Jaws, the classic Steven Spielberg thriller he first saw in 1975, that he has been working on for nearly 15 years.

“I’ve been working on this thing [the book] that is ostensibly about directing and uses as its spine an analysis of the making of Jaws day-to-day,” Soderbergh revealed during an informal conversation at the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday.

Don’t expect his how-to Jaws tome to be sold at airports, however.

“This book is not for general consumption. This is for people who are interested in films, either as moviegoers or [who] want to do this job. Because if you’re going to do this job, you need to understand the job. This is the job,” Soderbergh said of his long-gestating passion project.

Do expect more than a scene-by-scene analysis of Jaws: “I’m going to walk you through the experience of making it as a jumping off point to talk about problem solving and process.”

The snag is that the book isn’t done and may never be completed, the Oscar-winning director warned. Writing about Jaws will get Soderbergh back to the first movie that had him thinking he could become a Hollywood director.

He recalled seeing Jaws at a cinema in St. Petersburg, Florida, at 12 years of age and emerging back into the real world with two questions: “What does directed by mean? And who is Steven Spielberg?”

Luckily, Soderbergh picked up The Jaws Log, a book by Carl Gottlieb about the action thriller that he pored over for lessons on how to problem-solve on a film set. “I carried this book around with me, it was like the Bible. I wore out many copies,” he recounted.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2025 9:58 pm

‘Jaws’ Exhibit to Take a Bite Out of Academy Museum

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movie ... 1236155867

TS Garp · **Joined:** 29 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 32245 **Location:** MN

Friday June 20th is the 50th anniversary.

Jason Gore · 22 Aug 2004

TS Garp wrote:

Friday June 20th is the 50th anniversary.

yeah, I had a random thought about this movie, along with the Godfather and Star Wars - that film club sure did have a massive impact on the movie industry, and while Spielberg almost has to be the leader in the clubhouse in terms of volumes, I can't think of 5 people after 1980 who could touch the careers of these directors. I'm not a movie guy, but I'm not sure I could name 3.

I'm sure there will be lots of lists / talk over the next 3 weeks, but they changed the rules of the game.

https://thescriptlab.com/blogs/35939-mo ... hollywood/

TS Garp · **Joined:** 29 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 32245 **Location:** MN

I can only think of 2 right now.
Nolan and Tarentino.

Evans · 02 Mar 2005

Scorsese. Although he was pretty contemporaneous with the three mentioned, I'd argue he was just as influential.

TS Garp · **Joined:** 29 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 32245 **Location:** MN

James Cameron comes to mind.

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