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Xue lian huan (1977)
My dog has pooped out better crap than this !
Where to begin ? I suppose my first mistake was spontaneously purchasing this DVD at a Dollar Store. I should've saved that $1 for the vending machine at work tomorrow, hands-down it would've been a better purchase.
To call this film a "martial arts film" is like comparing Jim Belushi's TV-show "According To Jim" to sit-com classics like 'Seinfeld' or 'The Larry Sanders Show' or 'Absolutely Fabulous' or 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'.
This movie starts with a contest of 5 warriors fighting for the right to marry a princess and it ends with an immortal vampire seeking revenge after 20 years. The direction of the plot inbetween the beginning and the end felt like the movie was built like a mud house. The editing was horrible and I had to lower the volume setting on my TV to 3 because the sound quality was so loud.
I am saving the best for last. I don't know how the makers of the movie got away with this but towards the end of the movie, you can a riff of music taken from "Raiders of the Lost Ark" ( the scene when Indy was in the Map Room waiting for the sun to strike the gold medallion to reveal the location of the Ark ). According to IMDb, the movie was made in 1977 however in the credits on the DVD the year in Roman Numbers says 1982. ( 1 year after the release of "Raiders" ).
I think I may stumbled upon a conspiracy that has gone un-checked for decades. If I mysteriously disappear, somebody please avenge me !
Battlestar Galactica: Daybreak: Part 2 (2009)
The age old question has finally been answered ........
In the forgettable film Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Captain Kirk posed the immortal question "What does God need with a starship?" For nearly 20 years, that question went unanswered .... until now.
Ronald D. Moore, a former Star Trek writer, finally answered that question.
The Question: What does God need with a starship? The answer: To give to Kara Thrace.
****Note: I cannot take credit for this. I would like to thank my friend Chris G. for bringing this to our attention****
On a serious note, Ronald D. Moore deserves a lot of credit for resurrecting ( no pun intended ) a short lived '70s series into one the greatest science fiction series of all time. Kudos for a fantastic finale. I am sure there are other fans out there who feel the same way I do ... it's going to feel weird not seeing a new BSG episode Fridays @ 10pm on the sci/fi channel and talking about it with their friends and co-workers on Monday.
Six Feet Under: Perfect Circles (2003)
What A Long Strange Trip It's Been ......
As a newcomer to "Six Feet Under" ( I began watching the series in the fall of 2008 ), I have grown accustomed to the idiosyncrasies and quirks of the show and look forward to watching the beginning to see the "who's", "what's", "where's", "why's" and "how's" of the fatality of the week.
I actually gasped when I watched the season 3 premiere to see the opening death scene was Nate Fisher. Seeing his full name along with his birth and death year in the white background was certainly a strange sight to behold. After catching my breath and smacking myself silly, I realized he can't really die. I know the show lasted for 5 seasons and he was apart of the entire run of the show. ( That's all I really know ).
It was fascinating watching Nate strolling through the different areas of the funeral home seeing the alternative realities of his life ( Please forgive the following Sci/Fi reference ). It was reminiscent of '2001-A Space Odyessy' when David Bowman was appearing in different rooms and seeing himself progressing into an old man.
Then you have Nate's, not entirely surprising, run-in with his deceased father. This is the same father, who never seems to be able to give Nate a simple straight forward answer about anything even when it comes to the question "Am I really dead?". In the end, all Nate had to do was open his own coffin to find out. ( It makes you wonder how Nate's father would've handled David Bowman ? ) After the beginning, the rest of the episode was just "ok" ... but ... it certainly sent our cast of characters into challenging and uncertain directions. I look forward to watching the rest of this season and the remaining two seasons.
M*A*S*H: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen (1983)
Still a great finale after all these years ....
It's not often a show gets better with age. Some shows do not hold up with the passage of time ( out of respect, I will not 'name names' ). After 25 plus years, the M*A*S*H finale can still get you right here ( thump your chest with your fist twice ).
I have seen a lot of finales over the years, and while some served justice to their fans and while some did not. ( again I will not 'name names', although I would love to mention a certain Star Trek series that short changed their fans a couple of years ago .. hem-hem ).
But I digress, with regards to the M*A*S*H finale, the emotions are still there, as if the show was made yesterday. All of the Goodbyes, all of the Farwells, and all of the Amens still manage to bring a tear to the eye or a little knot in your throat.
It is my hope in the year 2083, the M*A*S*H finale will air and my great-grandchildren will have the pleasure of viewing 2 hours of the finest television ever produced.