Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr.

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is an American film director, producer and actor

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Joe_Dante1244 karma

Mark, get out of this forum!

Joe_Dante647 karma

Thanx--always nice to know someone's out there watching this stuff.

Joe_Dante525 karma

There's a scene in Gremlins 2 where the characters grapple with this conundrum. "It's always midnight somewhere!"

Joe_Dante426 karma

You are obviously a person with good taste.

Joe_Dante421 karma

We call them LGBT Gremlins today. Actually, that one was simply referred to as Girl Gremlin on the set.

Joe_Dante368 karma

Hitchcock told the story about the mom who complained her daughter wouldn't take a shower after seeing PSYCHO. "Send her to the dry cleaners," he said.

Joe_Dante329 karma

It's too bad really--there are very few mid-level movies now. They're either all super-expensive blockbusters or really cheap Paranormal types. And as for originality--Robocop? Spider Man? Do we really need new versions of these??

Joe_Dante309 karma

Believe it or not, I alerted Warners to the similarities between Gizmo and the Furby--and lo and behold, soon there was an actual Gizmo Furby!

Joe_Dante300 karma

I'd certainly lean toward puppets because there's nothing like having the monsters on the set with the actors, but I'd be foolish to say I'd reject all CGI, because there's a place for it. I'm sure there have been major advances in puppeteering since 1990!

Joe_Dante287 karma

Dunno, nobody seems to be knocking down doors at WB to make another one.