so Roland Emmerich is famous for making 2012, independence day, godzilla, stargate, the day after tomorrow....BIG HUGE MOVIES!!!! now they all pretty much suck story wise, but they all look great. WELL, did you knwo he made a movie in germany where he's from in the mid 80's called "JOEY" about... Well, i'm not quite to sure what it's about. but i CAN tell you from the trailer that it looks AWSOME!!!!! we're talkin' full blown Speilberg rip off-a-go-go!!!! little boy talking to his dead dad on a toy phone? poltergeist 2. Sceintists from the local college investigating the paranormal activity? poltergeist one. a bunch of kids complete with the smart-ass and the fat one going on crazy subterranian adventures? the goonies. The government covering the house in plastic and guys walking around in hazmat suits? E.T. evil doll attacking kids?...erm, well, i guess that parts origional. point is, it looks SICK!!!!!
interesting of note is it WAS released limited here in the states, although dubbed and cut down by 20 minutes. what did they change? well, for one at the end of the origional the kid DIES!!!!!!!!!!! also, at one point the vision of darth vader shows up and attacks the children. i guess the doll knows what scares them (so is that a stephen kings IT refrence?). I guess someone was afraid of a lawsuit. I mean, at one pont the millenium falcon and death star toys go soaring through the house of their own accord blowing shit up. talk about BLATANT RIPOFF!!!! ANYWAY, here's the american trailer.....
So now i'm seriously exited abuot seeing it. only one hitch. it's not available. well, it IS, but at a price. it was released on dvd a while back with BOTH versions on a mega two disc special edition, which quickly got discontinued and now goes for hundreds of dollars on ebay (DAMN YOU EBAY!!!!!!!! but i promise you this, someway, somehow, i WILL see this magical 80's kids movie on acid!!!! (the movie's on acid, not me...)
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