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Robotrix - (1991 movie)

2017-01-21
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102562/

An evil scientist constructs a robot surrogate and transfers his consciousness into it to carry out his plans for global domination by kidnapping a very wealthy sheikh's son.

A watchable moderate-budget movie which somehow still falls into an 80s-cheese style. It's rare to find such a bold movie, even with it being unashamedly graphic to the point of dark comedy. I think that's why I like it.

It's worth watching once.



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River (2015-)

2016-01-04
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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258440/

A detective is haunted with hallucinations that include his dead partner, who was killed under mysterious circumstances.

I think some would find this movie slow and boring, and I did at first, but it very quickly revealed a depth and character that I haven't seen in any television show before and I doubt I will again.

This isn't a classic cop-and-mystery show. All I can say is give this a good chance, at least until the end of the second episode.



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Stranded (2002)

2015-12-08
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274905/

A crew on route to a space station learns that it's crippled by a meteor storm.

It's 1990s quality. Seeing as it's a TV movie, that's not surprising. Overall it's fair, but I wouldn't recommend it.

  • aka Black Horizon

  • There is the occasional unsubtitled Russian language bit, but they are meant to be unobtrusive.



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The Last Panthers (2015-)

2015-11-27
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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4075386/

Driven by De Beers' manufactured value of diamonds, the story follows a robbery being investigated by police and an ugly insurance woman of some sort.

Maybe it gets better, but it's slow and boring. Maybe I needed to see an extended-length pilot episode. This has John Hurt, but that's not good enough for me. Maybe I should have given this more of a chance, but .. I'm not going to.

  • Has scenes spoken in the French language, with English subtitles. It takes place in France, so there are a lot.

  • Has scenes spoken in the Serbian language, with English subtitles.



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Police Academy - (1984 movie)

2015-11-08
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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087928/

The bar for entry into the police force is lowered, and misfits enter the police academy.

Overall, this was worth a couple of laughs, but the sexism and racism need to be viewed too in-context for me to deal with it. This language/culture/whatever difference removes any chance of timelessness this movie might have had.

  • The Police Academy (franchise):

    • Police Academy 2 - Their First Assignment
    • Police Academy 3 - Back in Training
    • Police Academy 4 - Citizens on Patrol
    • Police Academy 5 - Assignment Miami Beach
    • Police Academy 6 - City Under Siege
    • Police Academy 7 - Mission to Moscow



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RoboCop 3 (1993)

2015-10-05
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107978/

The people of Detroit are being forcefully evicted and relocated to a corporate-owned city.

Unless you're a serious fan, just give this a pass. It doesn't really build on the franchise and it's corny.



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RoboCop 2 (1990)

2015-10-05
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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100502/

A new wave of tailor-made drugs sweeps over Detroit, whose even bigger problem is a corporate takeover of the city.

While interesting, it's not ground-breaking like the first was.



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RoboCop - (1987 movie)

2015-09-29
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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093870/

A mortally-wounded cop is used as the foundation to build a police robot meant to be a tool for control but whose artificially-repressed memories and inerrant awesomeness surface to save the day.

This was a great movie in the day, and I'd bet I'm biased in saying it's still great.


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Alien Nation - (1989-1990 television show)

2015-09-16
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(on Wikipedia)

A buddy cop series, but with aliens, with overtones of very difficult social topics.

This is surprisingly good, either in addition to, or separate from, the movie. While I didn't particularly like the movie, this series is recommended. Anyone who liked the original movie[doesn't exist] should definitely continue the franchise with this series.

  • This continues from Alien Nation - (1988 movie), including a story arc.

    • I don't know what it is about the series, but it has left a much stronger positive impression than the film.



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