Saturday, July 2, 2022

On This Day in 1997: Remembering MEN IN BLACK...

MEN IN BLACK.

It was 25 years ago today that Barry Sonnenfeld's sci-fi comedy Men in Black—an adaptation of a 1990-'91 Marvel comic book series—was released in theaters nationwide.

Men in Black was one of my favorite films from the summer of 1997 (I was going to be a senior in high school that fall)...even though I realized that it wasn't as funny to watch on the small screen when I bought the movie on VHS from a local Blockbuster Video store later that year. Kinda like how I didn't realize how awesome Independence Day (which I only saw at the multiplex once during its initial release in 1996) truly was until I viewed it on the big screen again in 2016, for its 20-year anniversary.

On an odder, more personal note, it was Men in Black that inspired me to shave my head! I shaved it during the summer of 1997, then started shaving it on a permanent basis in 2000. Why? As I said in the previous paragraph, Men in Black was one of my favorite movies 25 years ago...to the point where I hilariously envisioned myself in a slick black business suit mingling with extraterrestrials-in-disguise in my hometown, and erasing people's memories with a Neuralyzer.

It occurred to me that I would look good with a shaved head and a black business suit in real life (which was my appearance at an entertainment marketing job I worked from 2004 to 2015)! And the rest is history.

EDIT (July 3): I attended a Fathom Events screening for Men in Black at AMC theaters today.



If you read my blog entry above you'll know why I posted this!
Posted by Richard Par at 5:27 PM
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