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Author Topic: Monster House (Discovery Channel) - Golden Age of Hollywood House Joe Beres Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 606 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-14-2003 09:46 AM                     I must admit that the Monday night programming on the Discovery Channel is a guilty pleasure of mine. One of the shows, Monster House, in which a homeonwner chooses a theme and gives a crew a week to transform their house, is doing a movie themed remodel this week. Here's the description from the Discovery Channel website: quote: Golden Age of Hollywood House Jenni, an action-film director, and Jeff, a film producer, are clearly part of the silver-screen set. Unfortunately, you'd never have known from their house. And so, alas, the couple dreamed that one day their home décor might reflect their love for that classic Hollywood style. Enter the stars of the show: the Monster crew. What will they have in store? Don't miss Golden Age of Hollywood House tonight at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Then be sure to come back at midnight ET for full details on and pictures of the rooms, a video of what they look like now, and an interview with the homeowners about how they really feel about their Monster house. From the brief commercial I saw, it looked like they were putting a projector into the house. Might be of interest to some of you. The show airs at 7pm Central Time and then reruns at 10pm.  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 07-14-2003 03:00 PM                        Joe, I caught one episode, where the home owners wanted a western theme in the house. I thought the theme was dumb but what was interesting they had an electrician who wasn't an electrician. It took him a few days to install a simple light switch. I turned out the lied on his application and left the show. I've seen a several reality shows but never where a contestant lied on his application. If I get home tonight I'll try and watch the projection room episode.  |  IP: Logged Adam Fraser Master Film Handler Posts: 499 From: Houghton Lake, MI, USA Registered: Dec 2001 posted 07-15-2003 01:16 AM                        They just set up Video Projection with a pull down screen, although they put what looked to be an old ampro or some other small silent projector in another room as a prop. They did build a neat concession stand and ticket booth in the house but.... A full size projector would have been cool even as a prop, even if non-functional. Given that most people arent film collectors though, the theatre projector wouldn't have been very useful. Thats for ya.  |  IP: Logged Joe Beres Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 606 From: Minneapolis, MN, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 07-15-2003 10:07 AM                     I saw a brief glimpse of some split reels on the commercial and I had high hopes. That old projector looked pretty odd with those nice new split reels on it. Oh well.I must say it was one of the most attractive and liveable remodels I have seen on that show.  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 07-15-2003 06:24 PM                        Does anybody know when this will be repeated? I saw the Monster House with the Tikki Fireplace... it was pretty cool. Also the master carpenter shot a nail through his finger with a nail gun and they showed him removing it (with the screen blurred) but still... you could see the blood dripping through the nice blurred portion.  |  IP: Logged Phil Hill I love my cootie bug Posts: 7595 From: Hollywood, CA USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 07-15-2003 06:51 PM                  It looked more like an early Moviola 35mm viewer than a projector to me. >>> Phil  |  IP: Logged Jon Miller Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 973 From: San Diego, CA, USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 07-15-2003 07:34 PM                     Looked like an eatly Moviola to me, too, Phil. The amazing thing about that show is how the construction crews almost always manage to get hopelessly behind in the project, then sprint like heck on Friday and complete the job just under the wire (the "Wild West House" gimme excepted). The crew for this episode seemed to be the most dysfunctional crew ever (save for the electrician, the polar opposite of the lying goof originally hired for the "Wild West House" episode) and I thought they would not make the deadline amidst the arthritis, over-sweatted details and emotional breakdowns. Maybe the crew for the forthcoming "Zen House" episode will find inner peace and work like a well-oiled machine.  |  IP: Logged

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