Comments on: My name is Tom, and I’m a Train Geek https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/ My little corner of the web Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 By: altivo https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4208 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:53:30 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4208 Hmph. He missed Stony Island (1978) which has lots of scenes on the el or in el stations. Gritty, very Chicago movie, action in Uptown (when it was down and out and ungentrified) and down on Stony Island of course. Lots of jazz and blues, which is the real point of the somewhat weak plot I think.

]]> By: animist https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4207 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:01:38 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4207 The Lake House is not bad… it made my girlfriend cry, which appearantly is a good thing by her lights. (I have not figured women out, rumors ot the countrary are untrue!) It features not only the lake, but a walking tour of Chicago architecture. The architectural geekery was a big help in sitting through this particular date flick!
The Break-up was the last chick flick we saw… I guess this makes up for Over The Hedge and Hoodwinked!

]]> By: luckytheevildog https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4206 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:49:32 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4206 I totally wanna go see The Lake House. if you go, let me know. Ill join ya.

]]> By: perro https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4205 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:48:35 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4205 In reply to moryssa.

Reading is hard 😛

]]> By: moryssa https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4204 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:25:13 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4204 In reply to perro.

Actually, they do mention it.
And, finally, a two-for-one, CTA-but-not-exactly mention: Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Batman Begins (2005). Neither comic book adaptation is set in Chicago (New York is Spidey’s home turf, and The Bat broods in Gotham), but both of them were filmed here, and each has a climactic scene featuring elevated trains. In fact, if you look closely, you can even see a Clark/Lake sign in the background during the Spider-Man/Dr. Octopus battle.
🙂

]]> By: cyohtee https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4203 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:20:22 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4203 They left off one of my favorites (and a bit of a guilty pleasure I guess, it being what some people call a “chick flick”), About Last Night, which featured my favorite line delivered by Jim Belushi in any movie, after being told something untrue by Rob Lowe, “Yeah? Pull this leg and it plays Jingle Bells.” 🙂

]]> By: perro https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4202 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:20:02 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4202 Umm…Batman Begins?
Sure their trains were a bit more futuristic and less bumb infested…but they were still Elevated 😉

]]> By: woofwoofarf https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4201 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:19:35 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4201 In reply to sumatrae.

Ah yes, the scene that introduced the world to The Hobo Corner 🙂

]]> By: fuzzytoedcollie https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4200 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:16:33 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4200 Yay for the Fugitive!!! Not only do you get the Chicago EL scenes, but the bus-train wreck and other earlier scenes were filmed in the mountains of NC not far from where I grew up 🙂

]]> By: sumatrae https://wolfhusky.net/duncan/wp/2006/06/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4199 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 14:06:07 +0000 http://woofwoofarf.wordpress.com/2006/06/30/my-name-is-tom-and-im-a-train-geek/#comment-4199 Bonus Points:
The music from the love scene in Risky Business is Tangerine Dream Love on a Real Train showcased on my ‘Paws’ 2003 Mix CD.

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