Outdoor movie night redux!

We had so much fun this last weekend watching the outdoor movies, that we're going to strike while the weather is hot and have another Summer Outdoor Spectration in LFP this Saturday, July 1.

The basic plan will be the same: come around 6:30 - 7:00 pm, we'll have the grill fired up, bring comestibles to share, and we'll start the movie when it gets dark, after some selected shorts. (Don't forget to bring warm stuff!)

We will have a new and improved screen, too - even bigger and better than before.

All we need to do is pick the flick. We're going to break from tradition here, and instead of so-bad-it's-good, we're going try for so-good-it's-good, with maybe a positive spin.

So here are the candidates - vote in the poll box to the right. And RSVP, please!

The Wedding Banquet

Forgotten Silver

Dear Frankie

Elling

The General

Enlightenment Guaranteed

Wilde

Abigail's Party

Mirrormask

Outdoor movies - sooner AND later!

With the weather getting somewhat summery, it's time to start planning some outdoor movies!

First of all, you're invited to a Potluck and Outdoor Sceening at the Putnam Compound in LFP this Saturday, June 24.

Come around 7:00 pm or so; we'll have the grills fired up and veggie-dogs for everyone! Bring a salad or chips or drinks or something else to share, and we'll do the barbecue-picnic thing.

Then, when it gets dark enough, we'll set up the screen in the backyard and make like a drive-in (except we'll all be in comfy lounge chairs). We'll be showing a double-feature from 1988:

First, They Live,
John Carpenter's classic anti-Bush (I) sci-fi/horror flick,
with Rowdy Roddy Piper in the lead role, and then...

... in honor of the backyard setting, Slugs, a weird quickie horror flick.

So, drop me an email if you wanna come and enjoy a movie under the stars. I'll send directions if you need them.

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Secondly, our good frined Invisible Adam has made the following suggestion:

Would you guys care to join us at this on August 5 to see The Manster [at the Fremont Outdoor Cinema]? American journalist goes to Japan and is injected with serum that turns him into a two-headed monster! We should invite as many people as possible to up the fun factor.

So, pencil Saturday, August 5 in your datebooks now.

Okay, so here's the plans(s)

The Solstice Parade is this Saturday, June 17; this page has a map of the route. The local streets are closed at 11:00 and the parade starts at noon. Since we are not focusing on the Fremont Fair, but just on the parade, it seems we would get a better viewing area in the less-congested east end of the route, so here's the deal: Otis and I are going to go out to breakfast and then scooter down with the intent of being in place by 10:00 am. Plan A will be to take over one of the pedestals for the supports under the Aurora Bridge. We scoped them out last night; they are about four feet higher than the sidewalk and have plenty of room. If we can't get one of those, Plan B will be to stake out a space along the route to the east, somewhere near Stone Way. We'll bring a blanket and a couple of small chairs. Anyone else can either join us early-ish and play games while we wait, or late-ish and just show up for the parade.

Superman Returns officially opens on Wednesday, June 28. Otis and I will be going to the 7:15 pm show at the IMAX theatre in the Pacific Science Center. (The IMAX version of the movie includes twenty minutes that are in 3-D; early reports are that it's great.) I am going to buy tickets early in a week or so. Let me know if you are coming and I'll pick your up as well.

Time to make plans

The Solstice Parade is in 12 days. Are we going en masse? Do we want to have brekkies and mimosa beforehand? Our place is available, but we're not walking distance from Fremont anymore, so maybe an alternate plan would be wiser. Any ideas?

The opening day for Superman Returns has been moved up to Wednesday, June 28 (?!). (According to Mr, MovieTime, it looks like there are even sneak preview openings in the exurbs on that Tuesday, but I don't think we want to schlep out to the sticks.) Do we want to see it on opening night? Or do we want to see it at a drive-in? I have a nostalgic preference for the latter, since that is where I saw the first Christopher Reeve Superman movie, but I can go either way.