tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post505916749940143039..comments2024-03-20T01:09:04.787-07:00Comments on Retroality™: Refreshing Reality with a Retro Twist™: Remembering Tulsa's late Admiral Twin Drive-In: The not-always-happy daze and eerily liberating nights of an Oklahoma outsiderCHRIS MANNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00449019597162195533noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post-18680087200028821822023-05-10T03:46:17.689-07:002023-05-10T03:46:17.689-07:00Hi thanks forr sharing thisHi thanks forr sharing thisFarukhttps://medium.com/@faruk_cannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post-996712675431976492010-09-06T14:56:25.650-07:002010-09-06T14:56:25.650-07:00Thanks, Lesli! I appreciate your thoughts. If I re...Thanks, Lesli! I appreciate your thoughts. If I recall correctly, Matt Dillon and C. Thomas Howell were the "big names" 27 years ago when the movie hit ... nearly every girl in my grade was gaga over at least one of them. That, coupled with the Tulsa connection, made it pop culture gold, I guess! I recall "Tex" more vividly--particularly the scene where he'd been shot and CHRIS MANNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449019597162195533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post-3645565358677839272010-09-05T13:49:30.283-07:002010-09-05T13:49:30.283-07:00What a great article, Chris! My brother texted me...What a great article, Chris! My brother texted me on Friday to tell me about the fire, and he and I reminisced about my fanatic obsession with "The Outsiders" way back when. Ironically, this all came up just a couple of weeks after I watched that movie for the first time in probably twenty years. Now I see it as a sad, rather depressing story. I'm not sure what drew me to it Lesli Ridernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post-80563030759126841222010-09-05T13:44:45.841-07:002010-09-05T13:44:45.841-07:00Wow, what was up with SE Hinton's chip on her ...Wow, what was up with SE Hinton's chip on her shoulder? Was she pissed that she hadn't had much success since the early 80's?Martha J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post-70554362690245114962010-09-05T13:26:48.734-07:002010-09-05T13:26:48.734-07:00Thanks, guys, for your feedback. Glad you liked th...Thanks, guys, for your feedback. Glad you liked the piece! @goodiesfan ... hahaha ... there are a lot of sad swap meets in Calif.! Thank God the folks in Tulsa have rallied so loudly.<br /><br />@Heather ... I forgot about "Nightmare!" (What a perfect movie to see, though, after having your car stolen AT GOODWILL!). Speaking of nightmares ... had I told you about the S.E. Hinton CHRIS MANNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00449019597162195533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post-17487141029517474612010-09-05T12:35:03.857-07:002010-09-05T12:35:03.857-07:00Great story Chris! One of my stand out memories of...Great story Chris! One of my stand out memories of the admiral twin is when we went to see a nightmare on elm street movie after your car got stolen. I am so glad that it is going to be rebuilt.Heather Willisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2037866553465345890.post-9925528023871951512010-09-05T01:27:13.979-07:002010-09-05T01:27:13.979-07:00It's heartening to see people rally around thi...It's heartening to see people rally around this landmark after this catastrophe. At least it didn't go the way of so many great drive-ins and become sad swap meet lot. Great piece! This brought back a lot of memories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com