Geek Bits: Favorite Jurassic Park Movie, HERCULES IN NEW YORK Review and More [Links]
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I'd love to hear what you think of the Internet's strangest and geekiest moments in this week's "Geek Bits."
Poll
This
week's poll question is about Jurassic World. Which is your favorite movie in the Jurassic Park franchise?
Links
Vartan Garnikyan Mashes Batman with Famous PaintingsLand of the Giants Comic Book Page (via Being Retro)
How to become Otaku. (via blahblahblahyackitysmackity)
LOTR Director Peter Jackson Posts A Touching Tribute To His Friend Christopher Lee (via Comic Book Movie)
NAACP Leader Rachel Dolezal Allegedly Faked Being A Black Woman For Years (via Huffington Post)
Reviews
Television
Star Trek: The Animated Series - "The Eye of the Beholder" (01x15) - Not RecommendedOfficial synopsis: Spock, Sulu and Uhura are captured by the Kzinti, who are trying to learn the secret of an ancient weapon.
This
episode is fun, but not anything ground-breaking. The aliens kidnap the
humans and put them in a zoo, which is familiar to Star Trek fans. They
have superior intelligence, even to Spock, and treats them like
animals. This is familiar too. Spock and McCoy bicker which is normal.
So there's nothing really to recommend although it is a gorgeous
episode with wonderful alien designs. The writer David P. Harmon also
wrote the original Star Trek episodes "The Deadly Years" and "A Piece of the Action" and those are much more fun to watch.
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- Star Trek TAS "The Eye of the Beholder" (via Spacerguy)
- Star Trek: The Eye of the Beholder (via Armchair Squid)
Movies
Hercules in New York (1969) - RecommendedSee Arnold Schwarzenegger as the mythological Hercules! Toga clad and ripped to Mr. Universe proportions, Hercules is bored with life on Mount Olympus. When he declares his desire to live among earthly mortals, his father Zeus hurls an angry thunderbolt at Hercules and sends him plummeting to Earth. A freighter bound for New York picks up the water-logged demi-god and thus begins a raucous, muscle-bound adventure that pits New Yorkers against the godly denizens of Mount Olympus. You have your choice of either the real Arnold or the dubbed version!
This low-budget movie stars 22-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger (billed as Arnold Strong) in his first feature film. If you love bad movies then this is a gold mine. Almost every scene is filmed in New York's Central Park and hotel rooms. Schwarzenegger's accent is so thick and heavy you can hardly understand him although he does say "I am Hercules (Hah-coo-leees)" a lot so we know who he is. His accent was so bad it was originally dubbed with a more heroic voice, but it's been restored. Oddly enough, Schwarzenegger's youth works for him and is a wonderful contrast to his later gun-toting macho roles. In this one he's simple, sweet and kind and that's wonderful to see. My favorite part of the movie has Hercules fighting an escaped bear in the park. The best part is the guy in the bear suit either has no idea how bears fight or is genuinely angry because he starts punching and kicking Schwarzenegger in a very un-bear-like manner. Watch it below and enjoy the show. I am Hercules!
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I have to watch that Hercules movie without the dubbing.
ReplyDeleteLots of Treks creature characters have personality, unfortunately something is lost in TAS because not all of them speak. Now imagine if they did!
ReplyDeleteThis is epic Hercules. I have to admit when I saw the creature in the park, I split my sides laughing. I actually felt sorry for the bear LOL.
It's fantastic Pat
ReplyDeleteThe bear got a good beating rom Arnold Schwarzenegger fists. The animation in this episode was pretty weak.
ReplyDeleteThat's a very unconvincing bear, lol. I haven't seen any Hercules movies.
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty hilarious. I think Ahh-nold was reading most of his lines off cue cards or something. Kind of odd that they use the Roman names for pretty much everyone except Zeus.
ReplyDeletethanks for the shout out... JP'93 introduced us to a larger scope of beauty and destruction... opening us to a world we've only read about...
ReplyDeleteHi guys! I hope you're doing well. What a find with the Hercules film. This is MST3K material. Speaking of which, I finally saw CHUD for the first time!
ReplyDeleteThey should definitely do a RiffTrax of it since its hilariously bad. I've never actually seen CHUD. How was it?
ReplyDeleteIt opened a lot of doors Jeremy and windows to dreams.
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen a lot either Medeia but I'm sure bears don't usually punch people. LOL
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link! I will miss Christopher Lee. :-(
ReplyDeleteHe has gone to be with his friend Grand Moff Tarkin...Peter Cushing...
I've seen very little Star Trek TAS. But I'm intrigued - are the Kzinti in this episode the same as the cat-like alien warriors from Larry Niven's Ringworld novels? would be quite a crossover if so.
ReplyDeleteHas to be the original Jurassic Park - I think it's the only one (so far) that is more than just an action/effects movie with dinosaurs.
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