We saw Super 8 last night and it was delightfully scary to watch. NPY now knows how scared I get and how I cover my eyes during a good chunk of the movie and almost entirely during evening scenes because I was hiding behind his hands and peeking out between the spaces between his fingers.
The movie was fun and reasonable good but I had fun checking out IMDB after following the six degrees of separations of Hollywood folks, as IMDB is so equipped to let you.
I wasn’t even looking as far as six degrees from J.J. Abrams, the director. I was just looking one degree as I recalled that Greg Grunberg and Amanda Foreman, presumed great friends of it, often appear in his work. I did not see them as GG only had the smallest part, listed as “Sitcom Actor” while AF was the reporter who I think was reporting about the train crash.
I think the friendship started back when Abrams produced and directed Felicity in which GG and AF had major roles, starring in nearly 60 episodes each.
Since then, GG had a big role in Alias, a role in MI:3 although I don’t remember that movie, a recurring character in Lost, and cameos in short lived What About Brian and the 2009 Star Trek movie.
Since then, AF had a large role in What About Brian, a role in Star Trek, and a recurring part in Alias!
It’s fun GG/AF spotting just like it’s fun to see Shyamalan’s cameos in each of his movies!
