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Whoever designed Forever Young's 1939 cryogenic chamber, with its brass valves and pipes, totally deserves an award. One of J.J. Abrams' first scripts, Young is about a test pilot (Mel Gibson) whose girlfriend goes into a coma. Gibson can't stand to watch his fiancee deteriorate with only Glenn Miller for musical accompaniment, so he asks to be frozen until such time as the Smiths can write the song "Girlfriend In A Coma." He's found 50 years later by Elijah Wood and his mom, Jamie Lee Curtis, who randomly take care of him. And then, after his cryo-youth "wears off" (huh?), he's finally reunited with coma-girl. But really, this clip is the only cool moment in the film. The weird montage over the faceless scientists' voices almost seems like a moment from Lost.
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Whoever designed Forever Young's 1939 cryogenic chamber, with its brass valves and pipes, totally deserves an award. One of J.J. Abrams' first scripts, Young is about a test pilot (Mel Gibson) whose girlfriend goes into a coma. Gibson can't stand to watch his fiancee deteriorate with only Glenn Miller for musical accompaniment, so he asks to be frozen until such time as the Smiths can write the song "Girlfriend In A Coma." He's found 50 years later by Elijah Wood and his mom, Jamie Lee Curtis, who randomly take care of him. And then, after his cryo-youth "wears off" (huh?), he's finally reunited with coma-girl. But really, this clip is the only cool moment in the film. The weird montage over the faceless scientists' voices almost seems like a moment from Lost.
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Mel was hoping that when he woke up, Nazis would have taken care of all the Jews.
Apparently my mind went forward in time so I would know to drop a Smiths reference in the Horrorhead article.
This makes me ashamed to be a semi-Abrams fanboy.
But then again, I thought Alias was crap too.
I remember copious amounts of creepy from Mel Gibson in this movie when I watched it as a kid. Thanks for reminding me.
@se7a7n7: Ha! That was wrong. But I enjoyed it.
I like how the tech handles the LOX piping barehanded. lol
@se7a7n7: Oh dude, so wrong but so right!
NORM!
I think I remember watching this in theatre with my older sister. "Oh!" we thought. "Mel Gibson was cool in Lethal Weapon!" And then the creepiness began. *shudders*
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