Last film you saw, vol. 6

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Lucy (2014)

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The Hidden (1987)

"You BITCH!"

Man, what a glorious trip back to the 80's this was- cigarette vending machines, Mom and Pop record stores (with cassettes!), the Miami Vice haircuts, and the pungent odor of the police office that is practically leaking out of your screen. Car chases, bugs, people getting shot 15 times and not dying, all with a happy ending. Beautiful.

I definitely see where critics draw parallels between this and Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, but aside from the "thing inside you" notion, this movie is talking about aliens while Jason is talking about demonic parasites dug up in the arctic and produced through the Necronomicon. So there is a bit of a difference there, and besides, Jason had (at that point) 8 movies worth of history he was living on; this was basically a one-off with a direct-to-video sequel a few years later.

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"You BITCH!"

Man, what a glorious trip back to the 80's this was- cigarette vending machines, Mom and Pop record stores (with cassettes!), the Miami Vice haircuts, and the pungent odor of the police office that is practically leaking out of your screen. Car chases, bugs, people getting shot 15 times and not dying, all with a happy ending. Beautiful.

It's fun, right? Yeah, that record store was apparently a real punk-oriented record store they borrowed for the shoot. I do miss those.



Apparently (according to the director's commentary), the original script had the baddie win (it would've ended with the cops dead and the politician doing the lip lick letting you know he lived.

I definitely see where critics draw parallels between this and Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, but aside from the "thing inside you" notion, this movie is talking about aliens while Jason is talking about demonic parasites dug up in the arctic and produced through the Necronomicon. So there is a bit of a difference there, and besides, Jason had (at that point) 8 movies worth of history he was living on; this was basically a one-off with a direct-to-video sequel a few years later.

Yeah, but the baddie body jumps specifically from the mouth. And both have a major showdown at a jail. But, hey, there's so much repetition in sci-fi and horror, that it's almost pointless to go too far with such charges. Even The Hidden was preceded by possession and parasite stories.

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^You gotta admit, though- the final showdown in Jason 9 was 100 times more exciting than The Hidden.

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Earthquake (1974)

"Barbara, take off your pantyhose, damnit! You too, c'mon, take off your pantyhose!"

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Dr. No (1962)

"That's great. He did real good. He caused a nuclear meltdown. He saved the rocket, but now nobody can come within five hundred miles of the island."


My dad has such a masterful understanding of cinema.


But seriously, I laughed pretty good at what he said when the climax happened.

It's probably been 20 years since I've seen this, because I never had my hands on a copy in my life (caught it the first time on TV when I was a child), and my dad was a young child when it first was unleashed upon humanity, seeing it with his parents. Despite the passage of time, I did remember a fair bit, especially the "dragon," though my exact memory was a little off.

The film really does have a great tone and style, and it was nice to see some older-model cars again (one resembled a Chevy Bel-Air, but I don't know vehicles well enough to judge).

Watching this again, I got a fair few surprises, such as Bond using a Beretta at first and being required to carry a Walther due to the Beretta having jammed on him at a noticeable cost to his mission. I also didn't realize that Felix was there from the beginning in the films as well as the novels, but I like the character so I was glad to see more of him (probably why I'll continue to delay watching that one Dalton film).

Probably the biggest surprise I got was when Dr. No's criminal affiliations and intentions were renewed to me, because I either didn't know them and assumed he was just some power-crazy bastard or forgot them. I never looked much into SPECTRE's background or its many members, I just kind of assumed that they were introduced early in the franchise but not there from the get-go. Having No as one of their big-shot bosses really changes things for me, shifting a lot of my perspective on Bond and his clashing with the organization (and I even got my little interest satisfied with No talking about Bond's possible worth to SPECTRE).

I also watching some behind-the-scenes ("Inside Dr. No") and it was a real eye-opener as well, even on top of all the incredible insight on the Thunderball featurette on that film's Blu-ray. It was very surprising to learn the fast-paced creation of the film and how the cast really had to be pulled together, including how Ursula Andress wasn't even cast until the last couple weeks before shooting began! The casting of Joseph Wiseman and his Asian makeup (as well as Miss Taro's) were interesting to learn of, and certainly Wiseman gave a chilling performance.

(I just looked up Dr. No's Wikipedia page, and it's oddly fascinating).

Overall, I very highly recommend this film, and especially the extras. Watching this again after so long really makes me want to do a marathon, but that'll be a different time.

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The Giver (2014)

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Puppet Master II (1990)

"For the children."

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John Wick (2014)

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Voltron- Fleet of DOOM 1986

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Gridiron Gang (2006)

"You've got pride."

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Jason goes to Hell: The Final Friday



I watched this purely for comparison with The Hidden. While doing that, I enjoyed the movie all over again. Two biggest criticisms are: 1. Not enough Jason, and 2. No unmasked Jason (I've seen what he was supposed to look like under the mask, but always wished it would have been officially confirmed visually in he movie.)

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Predestination (2014)

"Let's face it: nobody's innocent."

2. No unmasked Jason (I've seen what he was supposed to look like under the mask, but always wished it would have been officially confirmed visually in he movie.)

There's lots of "unmasked Jason" . . . from a certain point of view.

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There's lots of "unmasked Jason" . . . from a certain point of view.

OBVIOUSLY I meant from the movie I WAS watching. DUR.

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OBVIOUSLY I meant from the movie I WAS watching. DUR.

Yep, but the character that is Jason is seen a lot with no mask in that movie. He just has different faces.

Like this one.



And this one.