# The Poseidon Adventure (1972) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451 "2018-09-16T18:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451/61 "2018-09-21T21:13:17Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Thanks for finding that; it’s a scream! Haven’t seen it since I lost my copy 40 years ago! :eek: FYI, here is every (I think) issue of _ **MAD** _ ever published: > **[MAD Issue #161 - Read MAD Issue #161 comic online in high...](https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/MAD/Issue-161?id=72909)** > > Read MAD Issue #161 comic online free and high quality. Unique reading type: All pages - just need to scroll to read next page. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451/62 "2018-09-22T01:39:43Z")
My favorite bit of ‘modern arrogance’ was when the remake came out and the reviewer said “They get right to the disaster! Modern viewing audiences would never wait 45 minutes for the wave to hit! This version is much better!”…this was right around the time Pearl Harbor had been released. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451/63 "2018-09-22T05:55:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I didn’t see \*TPA \*in the theater, but in TV re-runs. Pretty hokey. The 2006 Wolfgang Petersen remake was better, but still, nobody’s gonna confuse it with _Casablanca_. I think it loses something on the small screen. You really need a big movie screen. The part where the ship overturns was one of the special-effects marvels up to that time and looked impessive in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451/64 "2018-09-22T07:29:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I think it loses something on the small screen. You really need a big movie screen. The part where the ship overturns was one of the special-effects marvels up to that time and looked impessive in the theater. There was another one around the same time called “Krakatoa East of Java” and it had lava. I remember being pretty impressed with that one, too. Ah, those were the days. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451/65 "2018-09-22T14:27:54Z")
I remember that movie on TV when I was a kid, however Krakatoa is in reality West of Java. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451/66 "2018-09-22T18:49:01Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > And they were excellently parodied in _The Big Bus_, from 1976. You eat one lousy foot, and they call you a cannibal. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451/67 "2018-09-22T19:02:48Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Says you! No time to argue. I’m off to play the kazoo! “They could be miles off course!”. “That’s impossible! They’re on instruments!” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEywGpIt0vw&t=21) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-poseidon-adventure-1972/821451.md?page=3)