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Tag Archives: scifi
Fantastic Voyage 3/5
Goofy “boys own” adventure involving miniaturized people in a cool submarine craft that looks like something from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, with some dated, though still cool, special effects, with a very A to B story. Contains … Continue reading
The Lawnmower Man 3/5
Cliff Notes: oh wow, haaahahaha This is dumb fun. I haven’t watched it since it first came out…yes, I paid money and saw this at the cinema… Jeff Fahey’s character has been hitting with the same dumbstick as Harry from … Continue reading
Stridulum aka The Visitor 3.5/5
Completely bananas movie with an impressive cast (John Huston! Shelley Winters! Glen Ford! Franco Nero as Jesus Christ!) and with a young Lance Henrikson, this is a nutty cross between The Omen and the theatrical cut of Highlander 2, with … Continue reading
Invaders From Mars – Odd One Out 056
A podcast about a nice little time capsule of 50s invasion paranoia, Invaders From Mars.
Riddick 3.5/5
A stripped down Riddick, getting back to basics that works so well, as it did in Pitch Black and was sorely missing in The Chronicles of Riddick. The first half hour was pretty damn good and distinct, with very little … Continue reading
Star Trek The Original Series Season 2 Episodes 11-20 – Odd One Out 054
Mark talks about Star Trek The Original Series, Season 2, Episodes 11-20
Damnation Alley 2/5
Wow, how can a movie that opens with world war 3, and then features giant scorpions, killer cockroaches, murderous, rapey irradiated hillbillies and a flood be this boring? And it has Jean Michael Vincent and George Peppard! The only cool … Continue reading
Barbarella – Odd One Out 053
The fun, possible influential, silly Barbarella with the beautiful Jane Fonda.
Barbarella 3/5
This is archetypally 60s goofy fun. There’s a LOT of things wrong with it, such as the constant padding of the story and the absolutely terrible special effects, but you know what? It’s fun, it’s extremely creative in its look, … Continue reading
Hunter Prey 3/5
Rather enjoyable, cheap but competently made that mixes elements of the Star Trek episode Arena, Battlefield Earth (and I mean the story, not the rank filmmaking), and Enemy Mine in a blender and comes up with a pretty satisfying product. … Continue reading
Oblivion – Odd One Out 051
3.5/5 A decent enough scifi actioner, but it does cram about 5 hours of story into 2 hours. It also suffers because it successfully conjures up other, better scifi movies. You can detect 2001, Moon, Wall-E, Planet of the Apes, … Continue reading
Galaxy of Terror 2.5/5
Well, it’s really cheap, but nowhere near as bad as I was expecting, basically ripping off Alien and throwing in a good dose of Solaris as the driver for the mayhem. And some yucky alien-worm rape. However, to break it … Continue reading
Battle Beyond the Stars 3.5/5
Very fun scifi version of Seven Samurai from Roger Corman, with solid music, a decent script with witty touches (and a few laughs), and some thought and imagination showing through in the ship designs, different kinds of creatures that make … Continue reading
It Conquered the World 2.5/5
Passable scifi with a solid cast and one of the worst monsters I’ve ever seen. Lee Van Cleef in an early major role is solid, as is Peter Graves, and the acting quality is fine, and it was reasonably entertaining … Continue reading
Star Trek The Original Series Season 2 Episodes 01-10 – Odd One Out 049
Mark talks about Star Trek The Original Series, Season 2, Episodes 1-10
Return of the Jedi 4/5
Fun to watch, and better than I remember it. I guess how much you enjoy this one may hinge on how much the ewoks grate on you. I like them. I find them charming, I like the tribal shennanegins and … Continue reading
Revenge of the Sith 3.5/5
Rather enjoyable conclusion to the prequel trilogy, with some gaping flaws (Annakin turns to the dark side on some really dodgy-sounding arguments from Palpatine – I think the rationales used are fine, but the dialogue is weak), but some rather … Continue reading
Star Wars: Clone Wars 4/5
This is a review of both parts of the Star:Wars Clone Wars 2-D animated series. This is fun, exciting and fresh, and the best Star Wars since the original trilogy. Originally broadcast in 4 or 5 minute segments, this still … Continue reading
Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones 3.5/5
Well, I think whenever Annakin is on screen in dramatic parts, it feels quite poor and drags by his mopey teenager persona, but there were two dramatic scenes I thought were decent. The first, the death-scene of Shmi Skywalker, was … Continue reading
The Empire Strikes Back 5/5
A magnificent, driving narrative, with solid dialogue, great lighting, editing, framing, visuals, acting, music, tone, mix of drama and comedy, spectacular special effects for 95% of the time, and adding a depth to the space-fantasy genre in movies that was … Continue reading
Star Wars IV: A New Hope 4.5/5
A real thrilling spectacle. It’s been 10 years or more since I last watched this, and I have to admit, I was excited about rewatching it. And yes, it easily lived up to the expectation and excitement. My favourite part … Continue reading
Logan’s Run 3/5
There was a slew of interesting, thought-provoking scifi made in the lull between 2001:A Space Odyssey and the juggernaut of movie scifi that was Star Wars, that for many years made movie sci-fi==movie sci-fantasy. Stuff like THX 1138, Omega Man, … Continue reading
They Live and top 5 Coolest Movie Characters Episode 016
In this episode, the guys discuss John Carpenter’s They Live, the coolest characters in the movies, the videogame Assassin’s Creed, and various movies including Attack The Block, The Magnificent Seven, and Crimson Tide.
Movie: Attack the Block – A fresh fun B-movie – hoodies vs aliens 7/10
Attack The Block Attack the Block concerns itself with a group of South London street-kids who bring the wrath of an alien swarm on themselves when they kill the first one they meet. It’s a fun, short, punchy movie, permeated … Continue reading
The Thing and Favourite Stop-Motion Animation Movies Episode 014
In this one, Sam and Mark discuss John Carpenter’s The Thing and their favourite movies containing stop-motion animation, as well as a few other movies such as 13 Assassins and The Perfect Host
TV Review: Battlestar Galactica miniseries and Season 1: Fantastic, gritty, funny, surprising space opera that really delivers here 9/10
The 3 hour miniseries set the scene very nicely. This was total war, and total losing, the cylons won this one outright. 3 very clear and outright awesome characters were established in this series: Commander Adama, Starbuck and Roslin. There’s … Continue reading
Movie Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still – classic 50s scifi 8/10
The Day the Earth Stood Still Made in the 50s and remade recently starring Keanu Reeves (and everything I’ve heard about it makes is sound like a worthless remake), this is a solid, if a little plodding, scifi story. An … Continue reading
Paul and Favourite Movie Aliens Episode 010
In this episode, Mark and Sam talk about Paul starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, Sam tells about the videogame Alice, and the guys compare their favourite top 5 movie aliens
Doctor Who Dalek Episode Commentary Episode 009
In this episode, Sam and Mark and Max give a commentary on the classic Doctor Who Episode called Dalek with the ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston. This marked the first time Daleks appear in the modern versions of Doctor Who.
Spaceballs and Top 5 Animated Movies Episode 006
In this episiode, Mark and Sam take a look at Spaceballs by Mel Brooks, choose their top 5 2D animated movies, and skim over The Ghost of Frankenstein, From Hell and The Punisher.