The NeverEnding Story

I loved The Neverending Story. Still do.

I've never seen the movie but give it points for having a Giorgio Moroder written theme song sung by gay chanteuse Limahl.

This was when I fell in love with Limahl. I went out immediately and bought the cassette tape.

Years later I worked for him briefly.

Neverending story was good but I'll always love Labyrinth for David Bowie. My favorite from that era though is Batteries Not Included.

Labyrinth was just annoying. Goonies was where its at. Never Ending Story was a close second.

Only Labryrinth featured Bowie's pendulous sizemeat.

I grew up LOVING TNES. The sequel paled in comparison, but benefited from having hottie John Wesley Shipp as the new dad.

Was that bearded bald hippy photo posted awhile back really Barrett Oliver?

I did love NES, but The Goonies is number one for me.

They killed the horse in NES.

Most traumatic scene in film history, R10.

I couldn't watch it as a kid. Falcor scared the shit out of me.

I would be interested in seeing a remake, though. Not sure if they could get the whole book into one movie though, or do three movies again.

They would ruin it with CGI.

Love it.

However, if you didn't see it as a kid, NES is apparently pretty difficult to appreciate. I've shown it to adults who missed out on seeing it while growing up, and across the board they find it bizarre or don't understand the appeal.

That's probably the case with most children's media, though...

Seeing these comments makes me want to watch the movie again. Wasn't there a princess or empress who was locked up in a tower or something?

The Childlike Empress.

R14, had the same experience with my dad.

I had to explain to him that the movie was about imagination and getting kids to read, and how books are the "never ending story"...

Seriously, a lightbulb went on and he sorta 'got it' and said "oh, in that case I guess it was a pretty good movie."

Seriously? My dad is intelligent and never misses subtext in movies, but how the hell did he miss something so obvious?

Okay, what is the mother's name? I've listened many times but can never make it out, and I haven't read the books.

Thank you, R16. It has been a while since I've seen the movie and I've forgotten some of the details. The Childlike Empress fascinated me when I first saw this.

The name he calls out is Narafbcdya.

Whilst good, Goonies was the film for me.

[quote]Was that bearded bald hippy photo posted awhile back really Barrett Oliver?

Why yes, it is.

Well, he's fared better than the first Bastian, anyway.

[quote]Well, he's fared better than the first Bastian, anyway.

He is the first Bastian. Johnathan Brandis was Bastian in the first sequel. He committed suicide some years ago.

What was the name of the giant flying dragon/dog thing?

Falcor

Ah, thank you, R26. That was the thing that someone earlier in the thread mentioned being freaked out by. It was kind of freakish, even compared to some of the other creatures in the movie.

Gmork, the black wolf beast with the glowing green eyes, always scared me shitless.

Has anyone ever seen Noah Hathaway in a movie called to " To Die, To Sleep"? He plays a rich who hooks up with a drifter - very homoerotic. Larry Gatlin - the country singer - is in it.

Noah Hathaway (Atreyu) played Harry Potter in Troll.

He's kind of hot in a trashy way now.

The Goonies was better than NES.

No, they really killed the horse

R30, I can't believe there is another living soul out there who has seen Troll, let alone remembers that Atreyu was in it! So were Sonny Bono and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. My sibs and I were absolutely fascinated by that movie when we were kids.

R32, no they didn't.

But Noah Hathaway almost died filming that scene.

This film was redubbed into English, right?

Such a weird movie. It was definitely not an American production. Very depressing.

[quote]Whilst good, Goonies was the film for me.

Gross. 80s were horrible.

He looks like a rabbi.

R36, no. Its not dubbed.

It was a German production. The special effects were amazing for the time. Every time there's a really bad storm or something, I think it's The Nothing coming to sweep us all away.

Noah Hathaway in NES was my first crush as a kid.

Some of the film was dubbed from German to English.

[quote]This was when I fell in love with Limahl.

Me too, R3. Still watch the music video on occasion and swoon.

The mother's/empress' name was 'Moonchild', btw.

The worst case of false advertising.