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Go for It (1976)
My introduction to... surfing
I saw this movie when I was nine, in a double feature with the original "Gone in Sixty Seconds." It was a sort of montage documentary about skateboarding, car racing, skiing, etc., things considered extreme individual sports at the time. I remember two scenes very vividly - one was a skateboarder going down a steep hill and doing a fake body slam into a car (there was a goofy sound effect, then you saw him embedded in a person-shaped dent in a VW), and then there was a sequence with young women surfing topless. I just don't have enough good things to say about that particular scene. I'd like to thank the makers of this movie for inspiring a nine-year old boy and instilling in me a love of fine cinema and photography.
One Step Beyond (1959)
No need for a zone war! Great Show!
I see no need for such ire in comparing this show to Twilight Zone. They're both fantastic! And other than being black and white anthology shows, each with a recognizable host, I don't see why they should be compared, they were both coming from very different angles. One Step Beyond always had this moody overtone of suspense that made it unique, and wasn't really duplicated until Night Gallery (a more accurate comparison), but even Gallery, due to Serling's influence, had a much different edge. One Step Beyond elicited the same hushed spookiness of the old horror comics and I'd love to see it come back to TV!