What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Or The Slow Motion Picture as it's detractors like to think of it. However i think this is an excellent film.

As Tim Bisley (Simon Pegg) observed in Spaced, "I mean, it's a fact, sure as day follows night, sure as eggs is eggs, sure as every odd-numbered Star Trek movie is shit."

As far as my (admittedly limited) knowledge goes, that holds true until the 11th instalment, when JJ Abrams rebooted the entire franchise with the excellent 2009 film. I hope the 13 film, due out a little later this year, is as good as the previous two. Simon Pegg is one of the writers so he is probably very keen to prove himself wrong!

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Quality slow burning science fiction. Makes me think i should give 2001 another go.

That would be a smart move.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs

As Tim Bisley (Simon Pegg) observed in Spaced, "I mean, it's a fact, sure as day follows night, sure as eggs is eggs, sure as every odd-numbered Star Trek movie is shit."

As far as my (admittedly limited) knowledge goes, that holds true until the 11th instalment, when JJ Abrams rebooted the entire franchise with the excellent 2009 film. I hope the 13 film, due out a little later this year, is as good as the previous two. Simon Pegg is one of the writers so he is probably very keen to prove himself wrong!

Actually, the ninth film, Insurrection is excellent.

[Justin101]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Actually, the ninth film, Insurrection is excellent.

Agreed,
It's pretty true up until the last 3 which are all really good, the JJ Abrams series doesn't count in the adage as it's a new series.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Justin101

Agreed,
It's pretty true up until the last 3 which are all really good, the JJ Abrams series doesn't count in the adage as it's a new series.

Plus its better then any of the original films, including IV which once seemed brilliant but is now painful to watch.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by J Harker

Plus its better then any of the original films, including IV which once seemed brilliant but is now painful to watch.

Nonsense it remains brilliant.

I must admit when i saw The Motion Picture at the cinema it bored the pants off me. I was a kid and it wasn't Star Wars.

[Justin101]

That being said out of 2 JJ Abrams reboot films already out only one of those is actually good, the jury is out for the new one but I'm not overly confident.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Actually, the ninth film, Insurrection is excellent.

Originally Posted by Justin101

Agreed,
It's pretty true up until the last 3 which are all really good, the JJ Abrams series doesn't count in the adage as it's a new series.

I've just looked online and Insurrection was released in 1998, probably around the time when the Spaced episodes were being written (I think the quote was from 'Chaos'), so maybe Simon Pegg wasn't a fan at the time! I haven't seen all of the 'original' series of films (I'm five episodes into the first series), just the first two and the fourth, which I thought was rubbish at the time.

That said, I think I watched it on TV probably around 1990 when I hadn't seen any other Star Trek films or episodes, so it's not exactly an educated opinion.

[Demoncrat]

Watched The Little Death (2014, Josh Lawson)
Aussie comedy. Made me laugh. A lot. More or less the stories of 3 couples and the tangled webs we weave haha. Not quite Your Friends & Neighbours, but still worth a look.

Death Wish II (1982, Micheal Winner)
Whilst there is more of a romantic element to this than I remembered, I didn't laugh at all. Nasty mean spirited film.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

That being said out of 2 JJ Abrams reboot films already out only one of those is actually good, the jury is out for the new one but I'm not overly confident.

To be honest i didn't think much of Abrams reboot. I've yet to see the second film. It just came across like any other sci-fi film. Big on effects and audience wow factor but very little to do with Star Trek.

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

Watched The Little Death (2014, Josh Lawson)
Aussie comedy. Made me laugh. A lot. More or less the stories of 3 couples and the tangled webs we weave haha. Not quite Your Friends & Neighbours, but still worth a look.

I immediately read this as The Mad Death and let out a little squeal.

Then i realized a review for a terrifying British drama about rabies probably wouldn't begin with the words 'Aussie comedy'.