ST:TNG in John Ritter's movie Stay Tuned

[Lord Garth]

sbk1234 said:
I actually saw this flick when it came out. It was twisted enough that I liked it.

Same here.

 

[Python Trek]

Lord Garth said:

sbk1234 said:
I actually saw this flick when it came out. It was twisted enough that I liked it.

Same here.

I'm amazed that I've never heard of it.

Was it in the same vein as the "Airplane" films? If so, I'm there!

 

[Trekker4747]

Was it in the same vein as the "Airplane" films? If so, I'm there!

Not nearly. Personaly I thought it was pure crap.

Ritter's character get a Satelite Dish that recives TV stations from Hell (all the shows have a evil/hellish slant to them) he (somehow) gets sucked into it and experiences the various hell-themes shows as his kids flip the channels in the "real" world. Repercussions of actions in the show will carry over if/when he leaves (so if he gets hurt/dies it's final) so he tries to find his way out. (I think his wife gets sucked in with him.)

I saw it once, I thought it pure crap personaly, I scarcely recall the ST:TNG segment, but don't recall it being all that good. The hell/death themed shows was a big turn off for me.

 

[Python Trek]

Trekker4747 said:

Was it in the same vein as the "Airplane" films? If so, I'm there!

Not nearly. Personaly I thought it was pure crap.

Ritter's character get a Satelite Dish that recives TV stations from Hell (all the shows have a evil/hellish slant to them) he (somehow) gets sucked into it and experiences the various hell-themes shows as his kids flip the channels in the "real" world. Repercussions of actions in the show will carry over if/when he leaves (so if he gets hurt/dies it's final) so he tries to find his way out. (I think his wife gets sucked in with him.)

I saw it once, I thought it pure crap personaly, I scarcely recall the ST:TNG segment, but don't recall it being all that good. The hell/death themed shows was a big turn off for me.

Sounds pretty bad. I suppose it would be possible to make a good movie about someone being sucked into the "world" of TV, but this movie doesn't seem to have hit the mark. I think I'll give it a miss.

 

[David cgc]

You mean like "Pleasantville"? That was a good movie.

 

[Python Trek]

David cgc said:
You mean like "Pleasantville"? That was a good movie.

I only saw about ten minutes of that movie on cable once, so I can't really comment on its quality....I was thinking more along the lines of someone hopping from channel-to-channel...he's in a Western, he's on Springer, he's on a game show, he's in a cartoon, he's in a soap opera, he's in a crime drama, etc....that could be fun, I think......

 

[Trekker4747]

That's what this movie is, just that all the shows have a hell/devil theme.

 

[JamesSmith]

Save.

 

[Trekker4747]

JamesSmith said:
Save.

Abort, Retry, Fail?