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[struth]

Talking about pacey films one I don't have and must get is the original Taking Of Pelham 123. I watched it for the first time in a long time last Christmas when it was on TV and it is brilliant but totally economical at the same time. Never flags for a second. I've seen the re-make and you have to think whoever made that never watched the original.

got that in my collection...as you say the remake was awful in comparison ....Good cast and a slight change of pace for Matthau .....interestingly the original costs about £9.50 and the remake is under £3...says it all really

[Macca]

.....interestingly the original costs about £9.50 and the remake is under £3...says it all really

It certainly does.

[struth]

nice one

[Gazjam]

Gesundheit...

[Spectral Morn]

Tonight it is Star Trek; First Contact (1996), Directed and Starring Jonathan Frakes, with Patrick Stewart and Bret Spiner, who is terrific as Data.

Tom Hanks was considered for the role of Zefram Cochrane. Hanks, being an avid Star Trek fan, was receptive to the part, but had to pass due to his commitment to directing and starring in That Thing You Do! (1996). Zefram Cochrane played by James Cromwell, who was in both the Green Mile and LA Confidential, loved and was dancing to one of my favorite songs, Ooby Dooby by Roy Orbison AKA the Big O.

LeVar Burton playing Geordi La Forge finally had his requests to have his visor replaced with ocular implants granted here. All the scenes filmed inside the silo and of the Phoenix were taken at the Titan Missile Museum, located in Green Valley, 20 miles South of Tucson, Arizona. This site is the only Intercontinental Missile (ICBM) silo complex in the world that is open to the public. The 110 foot tall Titan II rocket has been "de-militarized" (no fuel or nuclear payload) and, per the SALT treaty and SMART (Strategic Missile Arms Reduction Treaty), one of the two silo doors must remain blocked open for Russian satellite verification.

The best of the Star Trek films this, and I never tire of it.

Ummmm I disagree - Wrath of Khan imho deserves that honour.



Regards Neil

[Spectral Morn]

Hypothermia

Sort of a low budget Jaws on ice. A family go for their annual mid-winter frozen lake fishing expedition (as you do) only to discover there is something sinister under the ice...

It is a bit low budget but it doesn't try to do too much with too little and the acting is pretty good. In the trailer one bloke says to the other 'You're gonna need a bigger hole!' which made me laugh and got me to watch it.

Saw this about 5 months ago on the Horror Channel and enjoyed it and they used the budget well though we see a bit too much of the monster at the end and its only then the budget constraints show but in saying that its still not a bad creature.


Regards Neil

[Spectral Morn]

An old favourite of mine, even after all these Years
2010 The Year We Make Contact

Good film - more enjoyable that 2001


Regards Neil

[Macca]

Saw this about 5 months ago on the Horror Channel and enjoyed it and they used the budget well though we see a bit too much of the monster at the end and its only then the budget constraints show but in saying that its still not a bad creature.

The same is true of Jaws but it didn't ruin that film. With the monster I thought they had a bit of the Chookacobra (no idea how you spell it) going on.

[walpurgis]

'Chupacabra'

[Spectral Morn]

'Chupacabra'

I knew what you mean't.

Yes the shark in Jaws at the end is awful but back in the 70s that was pretty good by the days standard.


Regards Neil