Loved it, loved Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's view of the future -
gleaming cars, purple haired women in miniskirts manning a moonbase, and
a submarine that launches a jet fighter? Did I mention that I loved it?
I'd heard some theories that UFO and Space:1999 were in the same
universe. --- SBBSecho 3.07-Win32
Mia character but I thought Alan did a lot of good flying in Eagle 1 and John always looked earnest :)
(And I'll never forgive Tom Cruise for what the movies did to M:I. Ever.)
Avon wrote to nathanael <=-
On 06 May 2019 at 10:53a, nathanael pondered and said...
(And I'll never forgive Tom Cruise for what the movies did to M:I. Ever.)
You and my wife :) She hates him with a passion... and also what he did
to the Lee Child Jack Reacher movie..
You and my wife :) She hates him with a passion... and also what he did
to the Lee Child Jack Reacher movie..
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Space 1999 I liked too... have the show on DVD somewhere. I always
thought the comlock they carried was cool. Not sure how I felt about
the Mia character but I thought Alan did a lot of good flying in Eagle
1 and John always looked earnest :)
nathanael wrote to Avon <=-
I've got the entire S:1999 series on my media server and have watched a couple episodes as well as the epilogue,
nathanael wrote to Avon <=-
I had been something of a Martin
Landau fan from Mission: Impossible, so I had a tendency to hear, "dun
dun dun DAH dun" in my head every time he appeared on screen :-)
Yeah, the music changes, losing Barry Morse's character, the clothing changes and adding Maya and Tony Verdecchi made it not seem like the
same show. I think the budgets were cut, too.
wow - to each his own and YMMV for sure. I personally like the MI
movies and Jack Reacher is one of my top 5 movies of all time!
So I assume Edge of Tomorrow is another one you don't like?
Epilogue?
Avon wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-
On 05 May 2019 at 10:57p, Jimmy Anderson pondered and said...
wow - to each his own and YMMV for sure. I personally like the MI
movies and Jack Reacher is one of my top 5 movies of all time!
Yeah I agree. I don't mind him much but my wife is very anti him.
So I assume Edge of Tomorrow is another one you don't like?
I liked that one and I also really liked Oblivion
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
I'm trying to recall what happened to Barry Morse's character? Victor - right?
nathanael wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Epilogue?
It was a short voice-over of a woman recording a "good-bye" message to Earth. Unfortunately, my media server crashed a few days ago so I can't review the details. But it wrapped up a few loose ends from the series.
Oh, I did see that - it was Sandra Benes' character recording one last message to earth for one of the Space:1999 cons. They must have gone
I grew up on Mission:Impossible, and the characters were like old friends to n>me. So I went to see MI1, despite it being Tom Cruise. Within fifteen minute n>all my old friends from the TV show were dead -- except Jim Phelps, whom the n>movie turned into the bad guy, which was completely out of character. And th n>story plots transmogrophied from battles of intellect to mindless explosions n>and car chases.
It's a grudge I still carry 23 years on :-)
One of the reasons the Tom Cruise M:I movies don't do it completely for
me is that the plots all center on *him*. They're all about *him*. It's what we got because Cruise co-produced the films.
RE: Re: Tom Cruise
BY: nathanael (21:4/123)
On Tuesday, May 07, 2019 at 08:23 AM, Nathanael (21:4/123) wrote:
I grew up on Mission:Impossible, and the characters were like old friends to
me. So I went to see MI1, despite it being Tom Cruise. Within fifteen minute
all my old friends from the TV show were dead -- except Jim Phelps, whom the
movie turned into the bad guy, which was completely out of character. And th
story plots transmogrophied from battles of intellect to mindless explosions
and car chases.
It's a grudge I still carry 23 years on :-)
One of the reasons the Tom Cruise M:I movies don't do it completely
for me is
that the plots all center on *him*. They're all about *him*. It's what
we got
because Cruise co-produced the films.
Mission: Impossible was about the TEAM, not any single member.
If I wanted a spy movie about a single agent, there are other better candidates.
I still watch them on video though, but I think of them as a different series
altogether
me is that the plots all center on *him*. They're all about *him*. It's Mission: Impossible was about the TEAM, not any single member.
To change this conversation direction slightly. I've always wondered what would be happening to Mr Cruise in the coming years as I feel he's
Avon wrote to Xenos <=-
To change this conversation direction slightly. I've always wondered
what would be happening to Mr Cruise in the coming years as I feel he's painted himself into an action genre corner and he's just not getting
any younger.
nathanael wrote to Xenos <=-
Exactly. The first movie kills off the entire team and replaces them
with Cruise. For me that was unforgivable.
There's Mature Action Hero (Liam Neeson in "Taken") and Grumpy Old Man with a Shotgun (Clint Eastwood's recent films) awaiting him.
Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
There's Mature Action Hero (Liam Neeson in "Taken") and Grumpy Old Man with a Shotgun (Clint Eastwood's recent films) awaiting him.
Hahahahah.. I'm not sure that's something I'd be aspiring to take on if
it were me in that situation.
Agent: They pay $40 million USD and 3 percent of the gross box office take.
Tom Cruise: Sign me up and write in a sequel clause...
On 05-13-19 19:39, Avon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Hahahahah.. I'm not sure that's something I'd be aspiring to take on if
it were me in that situation. I'm more that middle age guy rediscovers
old tech and has fun with a few like minded dudes... that seems much better and far less physically taxing! :)
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