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T'Pau wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 9:17 pm They covered every problem related to the actual device, every mission to repair and/or update components, every astronaut that was part of the program, etc. Super detailed program all the way round.

00111010 01000100 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 23, 2020 10:15 am The Man From Earth.
A really simple yet great story of a man who has lived for 14,000 years. It was the last story/script from writer Jerome Bixby whom dictated the last of this screenplay to his son, Emerson Bixby.

After Jerome Bixby's death, the script was given to Richard Schenkman to direct on a meager $200,000usd budget, and he filmed it in just 8 days! Now, there has been a follow-on movie and I read there’s a possible re-make in the works but for me, the original is an undiscovered gem.

It hosts a small but brilliant cast (including an actor who would later go on to become Doctor Phlox in ENT) as follows; David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford, Annika Peterson, William Katt, Alexis Thorpe, and Richard Riehle.

As far as movies go, this one is all about the story telling and it winds and drifts back and forth in an almost camp fire ‘ghost story’ manner. At times, you want to believe but at others you find yourself doubtful of the truth the main actor is trying to convince his co-workers of? It’s a wonderful movie and will leave you wondering at the end of it was all a prank or real? (Honestly, I don’t want to ruin the ending as it is revealing in its truths of what the story is really about?). If you haven’t seen it, pop some popcorn and enjoy a momentary break from special effects and huge production values. Listen to the plot as it unfolds as there are keys and hints at both the truths and the lies told. If you’ve seen it, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Bixby has some great script writing in the ST universe as well so.

Varthikes wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 9:35 am Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Funny as ever. Many of the jokes are just as relevant now as they were 45 years ago.

I've also taken the swallow explanation for the coconuts and applied a variation of it to Luke's light-saber in the recent Star Wars movies.

And, call me insensitive, but I've had the "Bring out your dead" scene in mind lately.

T'Pau wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:27 am Today I watched 'Bumblebee' ...a transformers romp of a different color and volume.

Perhaps I enjoyed it so much because as a younger gal, I too had an old, dilapidated VW Beetle. To this day, still the most fun car I've ever had. It could go anywhere, in any weather (including deep snow), cost practically nothing to run, and if you knew anything about a lawnmower motor, you could fix most engine issues.

Fun film, with some feels along the way...and perfect for a lockdown afternoon!

T'Pau wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 3:27 am Today I watched 'Bumblebee' ...a transformers romp of a different color and volume.

Perhaps I enjoyed it so much because as a younger gal, I too had an old, dilapidated VW Beetle. To this day, still the most fun car I've ever had. It could go anywhere, in any weather (including deep snow), cost practically nothing to run, and if you knew anything about a lawnmower motor, you could fix most engine issues.

Fun film, with some feels along the way...and perfect for a lockdown afternoon!

T'Pau wrote: ↑Sat May 02, 2020 11:05 pm Underwater (2020): another Kristen Stewart adventure in how to use her one dimensional acting technique to ruin everything she touches!

Copy 'The Abyss' (a guilty pleasure movie fav of mine) plot line, toss in oogidy boogidy instead of cool looking jelly aliens, and prepare to cringe!

Take out credits, and it runs under 90mins...which is FAR too long.