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RETRO TOY FLASHBACK # 72: Choose Your Own Adventure/Find Your Fate/Plot-Your-Own Adventure Books of the 1980s

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2007-12-10 06:51:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
...Adventure. But these clever little books had a twist: they featured multiple endings, and multiple "paths" for the reader, and in essence told a variety of stories. "You're the star of the story!," crowed the book covers. "Choose from 40 possible endings Choose Your Own Adventure books were perhaps as much a game as a legitimate literary...
 
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Pee-wees Big Adventure (1985)

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2008-05-25 07:38:26 by Joe Valdez in This Distracted Globe
...Adventure , but Reubens voiced concerns about the director the studio had approved. Given a week to find a replacement, a friend of Reubens recommended a short film hed seen called Frankenweenie . Shelley Duvall had appeared in the short, and when Reubens called her, she said that the director was named Tim Burton and that Reubens would love...
 
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80s Cult-Classic, Adventure Movies

2008-03-11 17:42:39 by Matthew in Goozlepipe Movie Reviews
 
...adventures that lifted the heart stirred the soul and haunted our dreams. But it was the palpable sense of adventure that really convinced, giving us youngsters an achievable sense of daydream adventure Oliver Pfeiffer For those who were young in the 1980s, the decades movies hold a special place in their hearts. CGI was just coming into its...
 
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This weekends big dilemma: Grand Canyon Adventure or The Incredible Hulk?

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2008-06-13 11:06:00 by Alexandyr Kent in Louisiana Movies: Glamour, Geeks and Gumbo
...Adventure" and if I were a little misguided, which I am I'd pitch Has $4 gas curbed your summer vacation plans? Sci-Port Discovery Center has a solution to your travel woes On Saturday, the downtown science center will open 'Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk' in its IMAX Theater. Tickets are just $8.50 for adults and $7.50 for kids ...
 
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CULT TV FLASHBACK # 53: Sapphire & Steel: Adventure 4 (1980)

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2008-08-02 07:53:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
...adventures of two distinctly non-human protagonists. Sapphire (a beautiful and charismatic woman, played by Joanna Lumley) and un-emotional, arrogant Steel (David McCallum) are our enigmatic leads. They're "Operatives" working at the behest of another Unseen Force to repair breaches and incursions into Time Itself (which in one episode is...
 
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Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection (Steven Spielberg, 1981, 1984, 1989)

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2008-05-05 20:58:00 by Yunda Eddie Feng in HD DVD Reviews
...Adventure on Location With Indy; Hold Onto Your Hat! The Mine Cart Chase Storyboards; Indys Women Reminisce; Indys Friends and Enemies; The Birth of an Action Hero! The Last Crusade Opening Scene Storyboards; photo galleries; preview of a LEGO Indiana Jones videogame Released: 13 May 2008 thin keepcases in cardboard box Its been nineteen...
 
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RETRO TOY FLASHBACK #69: Pulsar: The Ultimate Man of Adventure (1976; Mattel)

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2007-11-07 19:10:00 by John Kenneth Muir in John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Film/TV
...Adventure As advertised on his box, Pulsar stands an impressive "13 1/2 inches tall with space boots and costume. Jacket has emblem on his right breast. Transparent chest exposes "workable" vital organs. Two computer "brain" mission disks & complete instructions included Thus, this white-haired hero (with a very serious face...) wears a...
 
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Review: 'Indiana Jones: Adventure Collection'

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2008-05-14 00:01:00 by Glenn Abel in DVD blog reviews home video news -- DVD Spin Doctor
...Adventure Collection" won't be much of a thrill ride for owners of Paramount's previous "Raiders" DVD box set Audio and video appear identical to the presentations on the highly regarded "The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection." Even the menus are the same The attractions here are the new extras, which are decent...
 
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The Road Trip Adventure

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2008-06-25 16:00:00 by Adam in Strange Culture
...adventure with someone. The best shared trip I ever did was down in Houston. Brad and I had to inspect some slum houses in Houston's 9th Ward. As we roll into the place a big black man comes running up to the car screaming "HEY, What are you guys doing here?" Brad calmly explains we are with the insurance company and just have to check out a...
 
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