srstone71

srstone71 t1_jdz3oy0 wrote

Reply to The Wizard (1989) - anyone have any fond memories of this film? by OneOk2189

This was, for a long time, far and away my favorite movie. And despite only seeing it once in the past 25-30 years, it still may be the movie I’ve seen the most in my life.

There was a stretch in the early 90s - I would have been around 8 or 9 - when I would go to the video store every Friday with my mom. She’d rent a movie for her and my dad, a movie for my sister, and a movie for me. While my parents and sister would get something different every week, I got the Wizard. EVERY SINGLE TIME.

My mom would constantly try to get me to pick a new movie, but I wasn’t having it. Every weekend was the same. I’d get the Wizard and then I’d try to watch it as many times as I could before we had to return it. Sometimes I’d get maybe 5 viewings in on a single weekend.

This continued for a couple of years so I’d say that between 1991 and 1993 I may have watched this movie close to 300 times. There was a time when my barely developed 9 year old brain could recite almost the entire movie’s script.

Like I said, I’ve only seen it once in the past 30ish years. That was a couple of years ago when I saw it was streaming and I made my wife watch it with me. Boy was it not as good as I remembered lol. That said, the Tobey Maguire cameo was a pleasant surprise!

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srstone71 t1_j5poa1p wrote

Reply to comment by Carti-Rae-Jepsen in Superman & Lois casts Michael Cudlitz as Lex Luthor by klutzysunshine

Wait, yeah… isn’t Jon Cryer the Lex in this universe?

I admittedly haven’t seen a ton of DC television and I didn’t watch any of the big Crises crossover a few years ago that may or may not have explained it, but I know that Jon Cryer was the Lex in Supergirl and that Tyler Hoechlin was Superman on the show.

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srstone71 t1_iy86g3c wrote

Reply to comment by Sojourner_Truth in Is the show severance worth watching? by lilmajornelson

What you’re saying is mainly correct, but I do think the show gets more compelling in later episodes. So much of the first few episodes were focused on Petey, which wasn’t all that compelling to me (even tho it was necessary to start outtie Mark on his journey.)

The core of the show IMO is the relationships built between the innies and their increasing curiosity about what’s out there. That really takes a couple of episodes to pick up. I think once Innie Mark starts to get on board with Helly the show’s plot really takes off.

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