The Bear Hug Diddler Killer LOL. That's the first time I've ever laughed after someone referred to a serial killer. That's odd to think about it like that.
I've been taking note of tropical settings, wondering which are island and which are coastal, like Florida or Mexico, etc. In this episode, the setting included Puerto Rico, which seemed very beautiful. I enjoyed the setting, whether it was shot on the island or at a generic island-like shooting location. Neither here nor there really matters as much as the story.
Once again, I decide that I like a show and find that it's a Dean Devlin production. Dean is part of my generation, being here two years longer than I each of us from the opposite coasts, and his tastes in films and shows brings to life some of my favorites throughout the years. Thanks again #DeanDevlin the work you've done and continue to do is greatly appreciated.
If you're into the Horror genre and movie adaptations of H.P. Lovecraft stories, "Re-Animator" has always been one of my very favorites. This movie provided my introduction to Jeffrey Combs as our mad doctor, Herbert West. He's not really crazy, he's just very passionate about science. In this case, that science happens to be biology and the reanimation of the departed. One thing we've learned throughout the years about bringing the dead back to life is that they never come back quite right.
We've been exposed to so many living dead movies and shows, that we know that they should stay dead. We still strive to extend life and know that doctors would restore life if it were possible, and feasible, without reanimated corpses being used as comatose meatsicles for harvesting of organs. Once deceased, we should have our freshness date stamped on the bottom of the can, or a foot since we can't grow clones for organs. The glow-in-the-dark chartreuse reanimation juice is still so great, like activated glow-stick fluid, and this movie was released nearly forty years ago!
The reanimated doctor head in a duffel bag/doctor's house-call bag (or is it a bowling bag) has always been so creepy, thanks to great effects makeup and David Gale's Dr. Carl Hill, with a great face for something so twisted, it's great!!! The headless doctor body was made even creepier with the phony head and mask. The other dead to life bodies were so all over the place, making a mess and complicating matters in the already too small morgue, and the security guard didn't seem surprised any more by the headless body near the end of the movie.
Jeffrey Combs makes a great Herbert West, so driven to learn and push our understanding of the brain and body cell degeneration, and then being able to be such an arrogant snob as West should be. What an a-hole sometimes!! Of course, he's great in "From Beyond", "The Frighteners", "Star Trek DS9" (and a few other alien characters in the other Star Trek franchise shows. Time to watch the second film, "Bride of Re-Animator".
I enjoyed seeing as much of Barbara Crampton as we saw +++ She returned to the Lovecraft universe in "From Beyond" (1986), released one year after this movie, "Re-Animator" (1985). After "Bride..." we'll be watching "Beyond Re-Animator", before watching "From Beyond". C Ya
What a great movie! I don't know why, being a Geena Davis fan, I had not seen this film until today. Every once in a while I stumble across a treasure I haven't seen like this which always surprises the crap out of me considering the number of movies I've seen. Although this was quite over the top, it had some pretty funny moments, a lot of action, and some pretty well-known cast members, many being considerably good actors such as Brian Cox, David Morse, and of course Samuel L. Jackson, to name a few, each of whom seem to be in everything (if you spin the action movie roulette wheel, there's a good chance you'll land on a movie containing at least one of these actors). Over all, this movie was just a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did.
Wow, 1h 23m that I'll never get back. I had to see it because I expected more from John Carpenter. He was only 26 years old and it was 1974, so a low budget really had to be stretched including an attack of a killer tomato, some corny items that shouldn't have taken up space, and could have been better spent by providing some razors to trim those beards. At least they had cigarettes and Tiparillos to smoke in their confined space, ugh. I assume that the hair would have been discarded into space and that there would be some giant ball of hair floating around out there. Really though, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. 2001 A Space Odyssey was made six years earlier and is still to this day considered a masterpiece where this movie is really a master piece of (insert colorful metaphor here). Sorry John, loved many of your movies, but this one... :-(
Wow, everyone seems to be set on bashing this show. I've always considered myself to be a pretty easy audience - I usually know the difference between something good and something mediocre; however, I allow myself to enjoy bad shows and movies, like many of the Syfy releases, because as bad as they may be, they still entertain me, just not in the same way that a great movie or show might. I've always had a thing for superheroes and what they stand for, and I've seen my share of some really horrible productions like Shazam and ISIS from the 1970's, The Greatest American Hero, and The Incredible Hulk, to name a few. With that said, I really enjoyed this show, especially this last season, and Joseph Morgan even got to revisit his last major character, if only to take heart in his new role (some of you might get the pun without saying enough to flag a spoiler alert). I'm sorry that more of you didn't enjoy the show nearly as much (or at all for some) as I did. I also liked how the show wrapped up most of the loose ends while keeping the future open to character paths and his for a better tomorrow. Isn't that how superheroes are supposed to make us feel? Regardless, I will always be the eternal optimist, and this show proved to be another contribution to the philosophy that good can conquer evil, however long and arduous it may be. Is that the right word? Anyway, I am the one who liked this show, and I bet there are others as well, even if they aren't reviewers. Superheroes will always rock!
It's rare that I feel satisfied after a show I've enjoyed has ended, and even more so when a show has ended after only two seasons. There are some stories that require several seasons and big budgets to convey an idea and adequately represent the whole of the story by the time it is to wrap, often either being cancelled, which often results in an unfinished story leaving the viewers with the dissatisfaction that anything unfinished might cause, or running the course of the originally planned seasons and extending a show far past its time to end simply to make more money. Carnival Row is one of the few shows I've seen that was ended because the story was told in the allotted timeframe leaving me with a feeling of satisfaction of watching an idea brought forth with a beginning, middle, and end tying up loose ends to make a well rounded conclusion. I, for one, have always been against bigotry and prejudice (not sure if this is a spoiler, but didn't want to blow it for anyone in case it is) so I really enjoyed the closing scene of Fae and Humans alike, sharing drink, music, and The Row leaving the human's sordid past behind. Even though it seemed that everyone found a way to get along so well overnight instead of the generations that it would have more realistically taken to heal and get past the years of oppression, it was still a nice conclusion of the story. The amount of time it would have taken to heal would have just been a pretty boring story in comparison, as growth of the human spirit is usually a slow process. For that, I liked the story ending on how it should be, which always leaves us with hope for the future, or at least mankind's part in making it.
It is amazing how we differ in our tastes -- after watching the film, I came here to comment and read what others had to say, expecting possibly some in-depth positive reviews and was so surprised when reading reviews contrary to what I had expected. As many of you have, I grew up watching Brad Pitt at a peer age level (he's a few days short of a year older than I am), and have always appreciated what he has consistently put into the roles he has played, giving substance and depth to so many of the characters he has portrayed; however, his portrayal in this film brought more realism to his character than I have observed before IMO (I know this whole review is "in my opinion," though I still felt it was necessary to make that clear).
My first thought after the conclusion of the film was to wonder if Babylon was pure fiction or based on actual people and events (especially after recognizing Paramount Studios there in Culver City just blocks from where I worked some time ago), and was pleasantly surprised to find that it was 'loosely' based on real people and events rumored to have occurred during the circa in which this story was set. It was near the end of the movie when I noticed that I had enjoyed the film far more than I had expected, which was only apparent to me after reading a review below which mentioned that the movie was over three hours long -- that surprised the hell out of me, so much so that I had to confirm to satisfy my curiosity not feeling that I just watched a movie that was more than three hours in length.
Going back to Brad -- [spoiler] It was when Jack (Brad) was confessing to Lady Fay Zhu (Li Jun Li) that he was just tired, reflecting back on earlier times when it was fun, and that after so many projects that it was a good run (and getting his agent to admit that the movie was a piece of $hit and that Jack was bailing him out of his situation while agreeing to do the part). It was at that time that I could see what was going to follow, saying to myself out loud, "Oh no, he's going to eat a bullet." I could just see it in his eyes, hear it in voice, and read between the lines of the words he was saying (the words were that of the writer, of course, but the other couple of signs were made clear through Brad's portrayal -- his expressions, eyes, and mannerisms, which again IMO painted that picture so clear to me because of what he put into the role -- the quality of his acting). Even the poor acting of his character was clear to me because of the great acting Brad showed.[/spoilokiouI'm a pretty easy, enjoying many crappy movies thought knowing the difference -- I may enjoy some of the bad films out there, but I will never call them good, showing only that the bad movies entertain me, while good films and good actors will always get my respect and praise to the efforts put into the roles and stories which set them apart from being just entertaining, expressing my opinion as I've done here. I've seen so many movies that I know when a film is over two hours and almost always over three or four but I fell way short of feeling the three until it was expressed in a review here,
I hope this review helps people by giving a contrasting analysis and opinions based on the results. If you have a short attention-span, three hours may be difficult to sit through though - and don't do it alone!
Superb! Let this be an example of how a story should be told. So many stories written in books lose substance when brought to life in motion pictures. After having to compress it into such a short amount of time to tell the tale properly, many details are left out that make a story special. It was wonderful to see a story that was given enough time to be told while not being over done as well in taking too much time as some are done when ending long after they should have ended just to milk them for more money, taking away from the magic of the whole telling of the story. After the final episode, I felt as if I was losing a loved one, yet satisfied with the closure I felt at its conclusion. In my humble opinion, I believe this to be one of the finest productions of which I have had the opportunity to experience. This is how to tell a story. Watching it again in the future is going to be a blast! Thank you for the adventure.
Superb! Let this be an example of how a story should be told. So many stories written in books lose substance when brought to life in motion pictures. After having to compress it into such a short amount of time to tell the tale properly, many details are left out that make a story special. It was wonderful to see a story that was given enough time to be told while not being over done as well in taking too much time as some are done when ending long after they should have ended just to milk them for more money, taking away from the magic of the whole telling of the story. After the final episode, I felt as if I was losing a loved one, yet satisfied with the closure I felt at its conclusion. In my humble opinion, I believe this to be one of the finest productions of which I have had the opportunity to experience. This is how to tell a story. Watching it again sometime in the future is going to be a blast! Thank you for the adventure.
Awesome! I didn't know what to expect when starting this movie, and found it to be so much fun going through this journey. I hope others enjoy it as much as I did.
This show is still one of the great Sci-Fi series' aired. For us Stargate fans, the creation of the Stargate channel airing the entire Stargate franchise of shows has been a great addition to content we can watch at any time as they also did with Star Trek TNG. I haven't looked into other shows that have been endorsed by military officials as programming depicting fairly accurate protocols followed, and the positive light a show has made representing one of our armed forces, as Stargate SG-1 has been given. The show, and Richard Dean Anderson in particular has the honor of being endorsed by the U.S. Air Force, and even made R.D.A. an honorary brigadier general (Air-Force Photo: https://www.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000588556/). What a great honor that had to have been for both R.D.A. and the rest of the cast and crew of Stargate SG-1. IMO, just knowing that makes the show that much better!
Revisiting this episode just reminded me again how great this show was, and how amazing it was to have people like Beau Bridges, Louis Gossett Jr., and Julian Sands on the show.
I really loved the direction and use of animation in this episode. Just when special effects and live action integration has become so seamless, something different can still have such a great impact. Great visuals and a really fun story-line.
Regarding the show of teenage rebellion, as a kid sometimes you have to go for it. Memories are irreplaceable, and the experiences that make up those memories are important. I'm not condoning rebellion, however, a big problem that most of us encounter at one point or another is the difficulties that we have communicating - kids with parents, parents with kids, and just how we become fearful of being misunderstood, saying the wrong thing, getting the answer we don't want to hear, and other issues that cause us to either hold back on what we say, or blow things out of proportion which of course only makes bigger issues that complicate the situation even more. Looking back, my parents wouldn't allow me to see what would have been my first concert, and I'll never have those memories, only the memory of my parents forbidding me to go. Fortunately, another concert that was a special occasion, filming for a movie, which I was able to attend was big enough to give me the memory of an amazing experience. As I gripe about my parents and their decision, having that memory is really a bummer because of our inability to properly communicate and come up with a solution that could have worked out for everyone. If I were to do it again today, I would have found a way to purchase two tickets for that first concert and invited a parent to accompany me. From a kid's point of view, that would have kind of been a drag going with my parent, but having that memory of the show and attending it with my parent would have been priceless. Just consider, we all have problems communicating at times, but rather than feeling like it us against them, there is usually some common ground that can be found if we all realize that the best situation is the one where everybody wins - better both satisfied than one or both feeling betrayed. "...there's too many people making too many problems, and not much love to go 'round. Can't you see this is a land of confusion?" - but we can change that.
I really did enjoy this season, watching each episode twice to first discover then to reiterate the discoveries uncovered in each episode, though I think the show suffers from what many of today's episodic series' encounter -- just too few episodes in a season to squeeze in so much detail and back-story. We used to watch shows that had 24 - 25 episodes in each season. Now we've moved to shows with far fewer episodes that are still trying to have a big impact and be filled with sophisticated and sometimes complicated details, as we try to make sense of so much information squeezed into a quarter of the time we used to have to make sense of it all. I am impressed by how much they can pack into just six episodes, though I would be much more satisfied with a dozen or so to give us a bit of breathing room and time to digest and compute the information so that instead of being information overload it would be a bit more comfortable and workable. Even shows that do have a greater number of episodes per season have been broken into half seasons, showing half of the episodes for the year, having mid-season finales, rerunning the episodes, and then showing the second half of the season. Now we get six to ten episode shows that have the quality of feature films, and longer running times than a film while still trying to provide a season worth of info into just too few epiasodes to be as effective and enjoyable as they could be. I guess we just have to try to enjoy more great shows with fewer episodes instead of fewer great shows with an adequate number of episodes to make them feel less rushed. It's turned into a more-more-more-now world - quantity vs quality - bummer. That's just my opinion, and I'm a pretty easy to please audience.
It appears that this airing is of episode 13 instead of the listed 18th. Keep an eye out for changes. Bummer 4 now. I was looking forward to seeing the big showdown, however it unfolds. Until then...
Riker to Data: "It's just that 'Our neural pathways have become accustomed to your sensory input patterns.'"
This was a fun one. My favorite scene had to be the last minute.
After the last couple of episodes, I was feeling a bit let down, coincidentally much like influences of the totems; however, this episode, S06E15, Hope For Tomorrow, did what the title says, giving me hope for the next episode of Supergirl. I think that I enjoyed this episode the most so far this season, and Esme is just adorable.
All good things, and all that. I especially enjoyed this final season. Fun show, nice wrap-up!
I expected, and was prepared, to be disappointed by the ending of the series; however, the last few minutes of the final episode tied things up nicely for me. Okay, I know that there were a lot of holes in the story-telling, with time-travel being theorized as it is with the grandfather paradox, the theory that the timeline remains unchanged with another branch of a parallel timeline being created, yadda-yadda-yadda, and so forth, but with that in mind, and the obvious holes like why Trixie wasn't involved much, why there couldn't be any line of communication between Lucifer and the many people and celestials, or knowledge of Lucifer's whereabouts that would have obviously been leaked somehow as secrets always do, I pushed that all aside, being a fairly easy audience to please (you've really got to show me a big load of crap to disappoint me), and enjoyed the finale for what it was and all of the great humor, some moments of depth and emotion, and all of the amazing shots of my hometown, Los Angeles, of which I looked forward to seeing in each episode. I'm really surprised that nobody has mentioned the footage of L.A. before this, but I thought some shots were amazing, knowing every place they showed in these scenes throughout each episode, some of which really showing some of the beauty here in this city. Well, Fox, Disney, Netflix, you've got another mixed-up happy customer with this show. I'll miss it all. Thanks.
Well, I see I'm not the only one to think that this film had a Blade Runner feel to it. I enjoyed the movie.
"Get us out of here, warp 9, course 151, mark 330, engage!" I love that line!
"Get us out of here, warp 9, course 151, mark 330, engage!" I love that line!
It was definitely a ramp-up but delivered a big pay-off. I do love Marvel and what they continue to deliver, sometimes unawaringly so until that instant where things all fall into place. Just wonderful, guys!!!
This episode made me think, darkly, "Ah... Comtrya! Comtrya!" ~Harlan: Stargate SG-1 S01E19 - Tin Man
Very cool seeing David Ajala join the cast. It is rather refreshing to kick off the third season with so many funny moments while still keeping the direction always in view.
Being a drooler at under 2yo when STTOS aired, there hasn't been a Star Trek I haven't liked, which include television, movies, Internet independents, reboots, and novels. Star Trek Discovery just takes us in a different direction than the other Star Trek series' have, but then again, wasn't each unique in their own way, trying something different, with maybe TNG and Voyager being closer to each other after polishing off the rough edges that both Enterprise and Discovery intentionally have to still try to show older tech while our own real and movie tech make advanced de-evolved show tech.
Season 3 of Discovery looks like a lot of fun. I hope most enjoy it as much as I'm sure I will. Onward to what the future might hold, considering that there is a future... a future in which to watch the episodes to come.
Very cool seeing David Ajala join the cast. It is rather refreshing to kick off the third season with so many funny moments while still keeping the direction always in view.
Being a drooler at under 2yo when STTOS aired, there hasn't been a Star Trek I haven't liked, which include television, movies, Internet independents, reboots, and novels. Star Trek Discovery just takes us in a different direction than the other Star Trek series' have, but then again, wasn't each unique in their own way, trying something different, with maybe TNG and Voyager being closer to each other after polishing off the rough edges that both Enterprise and Discovery intentionally have to still try to show older tech while our own real and movie tech make advanced de-evolved show tech.
Season 3 of Discovery looks like a lot of fun. I hope most enjoy it as much as I'm sure I will. Onward to what the future might hold, considering that there is a future... a future in which to watch the episodes to come.
I was at this show with a friend at ABC Studios in Hollywood. Hoping I'd get some autographs, I brought a KISS collage a girlfriend made for me, some glossy KISS photos, and a 16 Magazine with KISS featuring their new drummer at the time, Eric Carr. Sitting directly in front a cameraman, he noticed the collage during a commercial break and told me to hold it up so he could get a shot of it when they returned from the break. As I began to hold up the poster board with magazine photos of KISS pasted in various locations (the original cut-and-paste), KISS came out from the side of the stage, which is where I went instead, heading down the riser with other KISS fans and quickly got some autographs in the 16 Magazine page since it was the only one I had with the new band member. As Eric signed, the pen only left an impression -- no ink from the ballpoint! After years, I'm unable to even find a trace of the indentations from his autograph, sadly enough; however, my buddy and I later hung out for a few minutes with Gene, Paul, Ace, their manager, Bill Aucoin, and a couple publicists, where I got their autographs on the glossies, and a bunch of Paul Stanley guitar pics that Ace, awesomely, walked across to the other stage to grab a little baggy with a dozen or so pics from one of the mic stands, just for us! There's more to the story too, like how we got to stay in the first place when everyone else was being ushered out of the studio, leaving just the eight of us alone on the set. Very cool stuff for a geek like me, a member of the KISS Army!
About the show... Not the highlight of the band's career, as Ace left shortly after, but it was the experience that my friend and I had, with a favorite band, and having our minds blown that what happened actually happened -- and so unexpectedly. At that time in my life I was constantly winning radio contests, and this was just another that resulted in more happening than I could have dreamed.
When you have an opportunity to see a live show, a tv filming, a play, a game -- anything that has a fan following, be prepared! Carrying that Sharpie could mean the difference between getting an autograph (a memory to keep and share with others) and missing out. Something to autograph helps too, whether it's a photo, an album cover, or even a checking deposit slip on which I got Gary Coleman's autograph during the ceremony for the KLOS 95.5 FM radio morning show hosts, Mark & Brian, to receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So, BE PREPARED, so you have more of your memories to share later.
