Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-03-29 (Saturday)

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

The Ice Pirates (blu-ray) 1984 sci-fi comedy starring Robert Ulich as a
space pirate who chases after a space princess while trying to avoid
catching space herpes.

This movie wants to be entertaining but I've always found it offputting,
and that's before the castration scene. Waste of a decent cast.

Spaceballs (4K disc) 1987 sci-fi comedy starring Bill Pullman as Lone
Star a man who must do battle with his father's brother's nephew's
cousin's former roommate in order to save the day.

I have real problems with Mel Brooks' "genius" post Blazing Saddles and
Young Frankenstein.

Galaxy Quest (4K disc) 1999 sci-fi comedy starring Tim Allen, Alan
Rickman, Sam Rockwell, and Sigourney Weaver as actors on an old Sci-fi
TV show who along with several other castmates from their show get
recruited by aliens who think the show is real and want the actors to
engage in a real life Battle Beyond the Stars.  "By Grabthar's Hammer,
by the Suns of Warvan, you shall be avenged!"

I wish we'd gotten the sequel before Rickman's death. Enrico Colantoni
was brilliant. Tony Shalloub's perpetually stoned engineer steals every
scene. Who knew Tim Allen could act? You just can't say enough good
things about this movie.

And I just love that they gave the nerds who knew more about the show
than anybody else a chance to help save the day. The gag in which the
boy must drop off the call to take out the trash is hysterical.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (blu-ray) 2005 sci-fi comedy

Comedy? I'll give you a argument on that. I've seen it once, which is
once too many times.

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