I am surprised that anyone thought it was a great film. I can see its appeal as a cult B-Film, but I lumped it together with many other films I saw on VHS in the glory days of Blockbuster. The Queen soundtrack is what I remember most about it.
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I am surprised that anyone thought it was a great film. I can see its appeal as a cult B-Film, but I lumped it together with many other films I saw on VHS in the glory days of Blockbuster. The Queen soundtrack is what I remember most about it.
Highlander is one of the greatest bad movies ever made. I personally love it but it is by no means a classic. I love Queen and I love the insanity of casting a Frenchman in the title role while getting the world’s most famous Scotsman but casting him as an ancient Egyptian with a Spanish name. Plus when I saw it in the cinema at the age of 15, you got to see decapitations, which you didn’t often get to see. It appeals to my inner teenage boy.
Wasn't that something the studio demanded because audiences wouldn't be able to follow the original ideas the authors had?
Never really been a fan of the Matrix tbh. The basic idea is neat, true, but the execution.... Neo is such an uninteresting character too. And that digital greenish-overlay made those movies just ugly to look at.
I'm back.
* Chris Chibnall's Timeless Child retcon is a brilliant idea that answers so many questions about all of the Doctor's incarnations and fits perfectly with storytelling decisions made throughout the entirety of "nuWho and " Classic Who"
* There was nothing problematic at all about the decisions that were made in Voltron Legendary Defender's seventh season with regards to Shiro's sexual orientation or the fate of the person he left behind at the Galaxy Garrison, nor do said decisions evoke the "Bury Your Gays" trope
* There was nothing problematic at all about the decisions that were made in Voltron Legendary Defender's eighth season with regards to the climax of the series' narrative and Princess Allura's part in the story and the choices she makes, nor do said decisions evoke negative racial tropes
* The fireplace scene in Attack of the Clones is superbly written and performed, and its resonance throughout the rest of the film is powerful and speaks to just how flawed and human both Anakin and Padme are
* Jar Jar Binks is one of the most consequential characters in all of Star Wars, and George Lucas is absolutely justified in proclaiming the character as his favorite
* Chris Chibnall's Timeless Child retcon is a brilliant idea that answers so many questions about all of the Doctor's incarnations and fits perfectly with storytelling decisions made throughout the entirety of "nuWho and " Classic Who"
* There was nothing problematic at all about the decisions that were made in Voltron Legendary Defender's seventh season with regards to Shiro's sexual orientation or the fate of the person he left behind at the Galaxy Garrison, nor do said decisions evoke the "Bury Your Gays" trope
* There was nothing problematic at all about the decisions that were made in Voltron Legendary Defender's eighth season with regards to the climax of the series' narrative and Princess Allura's part in the story and the choices she makes, nor do said decisions evoke negative racial tropes
* The fireplace scene in Attack of the Clones is superbly written and performed, and its resonance throughout the rest of the film is powerful and speaks to just how flawed and human both Anakin and Padme are
* Jar Jar Binks is one of the most consequential characters in all of Star Wars, and George Lucas is absolutely justified in proclaiming the character as his favorite
Here's mine
The Matrix sequels were every bit as good as the original movie.
The 2011 Thing Prequel is nearly as good as the 1982 movie.
Revenge of the Sith is as good as any film in the original trilogy.
The SW prequels are all better than the sequel trilogy.
The Sean Connery 007 films are a fucking drag to watch these days.
Roger Moore made the most entertaining bond films.
For Your Eyes Only is Moore's worst film.
The Mission Impossible films from 3 onwards are better than Craig's Bond movies.
I find TOS to be almost unwatchable these days.
The Motion Picture is one of the best TOS movies.
Nemesis is the best TNG movie.
Avatar is a great movie.
The 1998 Lost in Space movie was good.
The Lord of the Rings films are boring AF.
Avengers Endgame was nowhere near as good as Infinity War.
The Matrix sequels were every bit as good as the original movie.
The 2011 Thing Prequel is nearly as good as the 1982 movie.
Revenge of the Sith is as good as any film in the original trilogy.
The SW prequels are all better than the sequel trilogy.
The Sean Connery 007 films are a fucking drag to watch these days.
Roger Moore made the most entertaining bond films.
For Your Eyes Only is Moore's worst film.
The Mission Impossible films from 3 onwards are better than Craig's Bond movies.
I find TOS to be almost unwatchable these days.
The Motion Picture is one of the best TOS movies.
Nemesis is the best TNG movie.
Avatar is a great movie.
The 1998 Lost in Space movie was good.
The Lord of the Rings films are boring AF.
Avengers Endgame was nowhere near as good as Infinity War.
SGU is the best Stargate series.
I don't know if I'd say "good" but it's always been a guilty pleasure of mine.
Perhaps my most controversial Trek opinions:
-There's nothing wrong with Nemesis
-Enterprise does not violate canon in any way whatsoever
The Lord Of The Rings films aren't half as boring as they would be if they'd slavishly followed the books (and therefore been eight hours long).
I didn't read the books until years after I saw the movies and there are two things of note in terms of differences that aren't necessarily better - the whole storyline with Saruman is much better in the books and the thing with the Elves coming to the rescue at Helm's Deep is just kind of a random change for change's sake that I don't think is better or worse than what happened in the books. For everything else, though, the movies vastly improved the story, imo. Tolkien had a great imagination and way, way, way too little of a filter on his writing.
Inspired by recent off-topic goings-on in the Babylon 5 thread, here's another "unpopular opinion" of mine:
* Daybreak was an excellent resolution to the story of nuBSG that fully paid off the larger thematic arcs of the series
* Daybreak was an excellent resolution to the story of nuBSG that fully paid off the larger thematic arcs of the series
ST:VOY Threshold is a good episode. I enjoyed it. I have no idea what people have against it beyond the science which for Star Trek episodes isn't all that out there. It's an episode about finding a way back home, it's an episode about breaking warp 10, I like how Tom describes the experience where he's everywhere at once.
^ Yeah, Threshold gets overly maligned and doesn't deserve to be.
It's not the * greatest * episode of Star Trek Voyager ever produced, but there's nothing about it that warrants it being called the * worst * episode ever.
It's not the * greatest * episode of Star Trek Voyager ever produced, but there's nothing about it that warrants it being called the * worst * episode ever.
Because they didn't go home?
- If you ignore the whole salamander thing, you've still got the bizarre development that they just casually develop a technology to do the impossible based on an offhand comment by Neelix. We're not talking about a technical difficulty that just needed another perspective, we're talking about something that the laws of (24th-C) physics didn't allow in the first place.
- If you ignore that, you've still got the problem that Voyager now has a way home and doesn't take it. That technology still exists at the end of the episode. Yeah, it turns you into a salamander, but the Doctor is clearly able to turn you back. No lasting consequences are shown to using Warp Ten.
- If you ignore that by saying "but the process can't be controlled!" or whatever, then it'd be good to know why they can't keep working with the process to bring it under control. It should have revolutionized warp drive, with all sorts of implications and possibilities — including multiple variations on getting home. As such, logically it should have been the entire focus of the show after this. Instead, they somehow forgot they had it. The only plausible reason for that is if all the characters suddenly suffered brain damage. Or the writers did.
The episode hinged on a pilot doing what top Starfleet scientists have been trying to accomplish for centuries and accomplishing it overnight. Then, having consequences that are impossible to trace from point A to point B and make any sense of even in the Star Trek universe where we already accept some pretty ridiculous things.
They didn't justify why Paris even remotely had the expertise to advance the field of warp physics, and if he does, they should transfer him to engineering immediately and get him working on engine improvements. It's like if I invented cold fusion after a few hours of playing with a particle accelerator.
There's also the other option they ignored. Don't go to warp 10. Go to slightly under warp 10 and get home in minutes. The episode was just an all around contrived, nonsensical disaster.
They didn't justify why Paris even remotely had the expertise to advance the field of warp physics, and if he does, they should transfer him to engineering immediately and get him working on engine improvements. It's like if I invented cold fusion after a few hours of playing with a particle accelerator.
There's also the other option they ignored. Don't go to warp 10. Go to slightly under warp 10 and get home in minutes. The episode was just an all around contrived, nonsensical disaster.
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That evolves you into a hedgehog instead of a salamander. In fact, it may be the reason Neelix looks the way he does.
Seriously, that one should've been one of my bullets. Never even thought of it. Congratulations.
Yeah, Threshold is definitely not one I find much redeeming in it. From the ridiculous human "evolution" to the fact that the Doctor can cure that relatively quickly, meaning they should just use it, get home and cure themselves.
As far as odd Star Trek science goes Threshold definitely is top tier for me for bad science.
As far as odd Star Trek science goes Threshold definitely is top tier for me for bad science.
Sadly, I cannot.