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  1. Colin Jacobson

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Back to the Beach -- in Blu-ray

    (Clearly you meant "PWBA" in the first sentence.) Look, I get why the filmmakers thought PWH's inclusion would help the movie. Even more than "PWBA", "Playhouse" made him popular and was a big hit when they shot the movie. I just think it's a weird curveball, even for a movie without much...
  2. Colin Jacobson

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Back to the Beach -- in Blu-ray

    I loved "Big Adventure" - still do. "Big Top" crushed whatever goodwill PWH earned from that movie, though. Given the movie's lack of actual plot and structure, the PWH cameo isn't an actual problem. Still feels totally random, though! :)
  3. Colin Jacobson

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Back to the Beach -- in Blu-ray

    Perhaps, but great googly moogly, it's hard to think of another movie with a more pointless, gratuitous cameo. PWH pops up out of nowhere, does his shtick and leaves. Perhaps they intended it as an homage to similarly left-field cameos in those 60s beach movies, but it still feels bizarre. At...
  4. Colin Jacobson

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Back to the Beach -- in Blu-ray

    I was 20 when "BttB" came out and the movies to which it paid homage felt like ancient history. There was a bit of a 60s revival at the time, and 1987 or so is when Classic Rock really started to become a "thing" - for better or for worse. It's the era where artists like the Stones and...
  5. Colin Jacobson

    Blu-ray Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - Back to the Beach -- in Blu-ray

    Damn. Kinda hoped for your thoughts, as the image looks awfully smoothed out to me a lot of the time. Not quite "clay complexions" but awfully shiny.
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