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Aug. 19th, 2008 04:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zustiferRunaway (1984), Michael Crichton. August 16, 8pm. View count: One.
Well! This is a winner. Tom Selleck and his moustache are a cop specializing in shooting the hell out of rogue robots, which are called 'runaways' for no good reason. They usually have claws. It's the 80s, and nothing makes much sense (least of all the technology), but Gene Simmons is the bad guy, and Kirstie Alley is the, uh, Kirstie Alley.
It's pretty amazing if you're in the right frame of mind, don't mind taking in some serious cliches, and are okay with the fact that Westworld is a lot better, really.
Also Watched a lot of Dragnet episodes I got for 99c at a Cracker Barrel. You know what? That shit is dark. Threatened, molested, and dead kids. Con men who prey on the recently bereaved. Downtrodden old filmmakers who just want the glory days of studio westerns back, but instead peddle dirty magazines to junior high schoolers. Long, unflinching shots of grieving parents. And Joe Friday gutshoots a guy who's a chronic escapee from prison. I think he's an android who has a perfectly binary view of humanity.
Well! This is a winner. Tom Selleck and his moustache are a cop specializing in shooting the hell out of rogue robots, which are called 'runaways' for no good reason. They usually have claws. It's the 80s, and nothing makes much sense (least of all the technology), but Gene Simmons is the bad guy, and Kirstie Alley is the, uh, Kirstie Alley.
It's pretty amazing if you're in the right frame of mind, don't mind taking in some serious cliches, and are okay with the fact that Westworld is a lot better, really.
Also Watched a lot of Dragnet episodes I got for 99c at a Cracker Barrel. You know what? That shit is dark. Threatened, molested, and dead kids. Con men who prey on the recently bereaved. Downtrodden old filmmakers who just want the glory days of studio westerns back, but instead peddle dirty magazines to junior high schoolers. Long, unflinching shots of grieving parents. And Joe Friday gutshoots a guy who's a chronic escapee from prison. I think he's an android who has a perfectly binary view of humanity.
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Date: 2008-08-20 06:59 pm (UTC)Also, if you can ever find any episodes of the remake starring Ed O'Niell as Friday, I recommend it. I've only seen bits and pieces, but he seems to have done a really competant job.
As for Selleck: Hard not to recommend! He's the Burt Reynolds of the Eighties!
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