Been thinking about movies I wish I had seen when they were released..like the Thing, or Gremlins, or Terminator 1.
Then thought about movies I wish i hadnt bothered to see-top of my list is Explorers. I can remember little about it-hardly -no-never hear it talked about.
Creepshow 2 dont recall it well. Something with George Kennedy and a wooden indian.

Big Trouble in Little China though I watched it a few times on video afterwards so maybe its not worthy of inclusion.

if you see every movie that comes out it isnt such a big deal but I was a very fussy theater goer especially as video came along.

I saw ET I should have seen the Thing as I was reading about it in Famous Monsters at the time.

Top of my list is The Road Warrior. I'm not sure now why I didn't see it theatrically, though the reason may have been that it was rated Restricted and I was 16 at the time. In 1982 I went to see Blade Runner though, and that was Restricted, in fact it was the first Restricted movie I got into underage. Too bad I couldn't have made Road Warrior my first underage sneak-in.

RW is still on my top ten favourite films list. However, I can't help regretting that I didn't see it in 70MM Six-Track Dolby Stereo. Mind-blowing it would have been.

I have the original souvenir magazine for Bladerunner which i bought at the time. Kind of strange i would buy a magazine about a movie(and a comic) and not see the movie??

I saw Star Wars in a drive in and fell asleep near the end--so I wonder if my perception of it would have been different had I seen it theatrically.
Superman was the first I saw theatrically I think and left a big impact. Before that I saw most movies in drive ins. Good for scary movies not so good for all kinds.

Speaking of the Road Warrior check out this music video I don't know for sure but it's pretty obvious it's inspired by Mad Max. One of the best music videos i've seen for years, the song is also pretty amazing as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABzh6hTYpb8&ob=av2e

I did see Road Warrior in the theater back in the day, but I don't know where you get this "70mm six-track Dolby stereo" stuff. This was a low-budget Australian action movie, and I　don't think it was getting the red carpet treatment in too many places. I believe I saw it in a theater where the seats weren't even staggered or sloped. I remember the volume was turned up pretty high and it was loud, but probably monophonic. The best thing about it was seeing it in the theater was that I was age 15 and it was a new movie, and a sleeper really, and no one had any preconceived notions.

When it came out I lived in Edmonton, Alberta, and the ads for the film said it was in "70MM, six-track Dolby Stereo." I distinctly remember the ads. Perhaps there were 70MM prints created later? Here's an ad for a 70MM showing: http://madmax.tribe.net/thread/40da5a84 ... 7dc992302b

Here's another ad: http://www.americancinematheque.com/arc ... ET2009.htm

So obviously there are 70MM prints of Road Warrior, and I'm not just dreaming it.

Also, check this link: http://technicolordreams70.wordpress.co ... val-fever/

It includes a scan of an original Road Warrior newspaper ad. The ad, as you'll notice, includes the line: "70MM - 6 Track Dolby Stereo."

*I remember the ads too!
I know Empire Strikes Back got that treatment.