Comments on: Chicago invaded by big bugs!! http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/06/chicago-invaded-by-big-bugs/ Meh. I've seen worse. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:58:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Rev. D.D. http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/06/chicago-invaded-by-big-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-3273 The Rev. D.D. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:29:20 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=381#comment-3273 MAN, I would love to met Ricou. That is one of my all-time favorite monster movies, hands down. I wish I could be there for it. The giant bug festival would be awesome too. MAN, I would love to met Ricou. That is one of my all-time favorite monster movies, hands down. I wish I could be there for it.
The giant bug festival would be awesome too.

]]> By: kbegg http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/06/chicago-invaded-by-big-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-3260 kbegg Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:43:28 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=381#comment-3260 That was probably it. The Portage basically is a rental theater, and there are currently two groups who nearly every month put on some genre double bill--sadly, they seem to view the other as competition more than colleagues. One of them is doing this week's Creature of the Black Lagoon showing, the other the big bug show. You can't argue with the result. This was (weirdly) a dead town for revival stuff for decades, but lately the genre revival scene has been getting a *lot* stronger, especially at the Portage and the Music Box, which does a 12 hour sci-fi marathon in the spring and a 24 hour horror one around Halloween. Of course, my hovel is always open to you if you do visit the Chicagoland area at any point. That was probably it. The Portage basically is a rental theater, and there are currently two groups who nearly every month put on some genre double bill–sadly, they seem to view the other as competition more than colleagues. One of them is doing this week’s Creature of the Black Lagoon showing, the other the big bug show. You can’t argue with the result.

This was (weirdly) a dead town for revival stuff for decades, but lately the genre revival scene has been getting a *lot* stronger, especially at the Portage and the Music Box, which does a 12 hour sci-fi marathon in the spring and a 24 hour horror one around Halloween.

Of course, my hovel is always open to you if you do visit the Chicagoland area at any point.

]]> By: El Santo http://www.b-masters.com/2008/08/06/chicago-invaded-by-big-bugs/comment-page-1/#comment-3259 El Santo Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:17:44 +0000 http://www.b-masters.com/?p=381#comment-3259 Hey, did the Portage show <I>Bride of the Monster</I> and <I>Earth vs. the Flying Saucers</I> back in January or February? I was driving one of the B-Movie Message Board guys around Chicago on the afternoon before B-Fest, and we passed by this neat old theater in the western part of the city that seemed to make an avowed policy of fairly regular 50's monster flick revivals. I immediately told myself that I'd need to make a note of that for future Chicago excursions, and then naturally fogot all of the pertinent information. Hey, did the Portage show Bride of the Monster and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers back in January or February? I was driving one of the B-Movie Message Board guys around Chicago on the afternoon before B-Fest, and we passed by this neat old theater in the western part of the city that seemed to make an avowed policy of fairly regular 50′s monster flick revivals. I immediately told myself that I’d need to make a note of that for future Chicago excursions, and then naturally fogot all of the pertinent information.

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