Netflix Picks

[grizzlyzone]

I just finished Ultraviolet. Basic premise: Folks get a disease, their canines grow, they get stronger and faster, die sooner and are called "vampires" or "hemophages". I don't get it. Where's the vampire angle? Just the longer canines? Bah!

Interesting special effects. Wirework. I think Milla Jovovich is the world's most beautiful woman. I'll be looking for the Resident Evil films in '08. Was there a plot? Oh yeah. Milla versus a bad guy and a bunch of stunt men in helmets and battle armor. She kicks butt. Of course. And, she moves so well. (sigh.) What? You expected something more?


Here's my remaining Netflix queue.

1. Minority Report
   
2. War of the Worlds
   
3. Pitch Black
   
4. The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (animated)
   
5. The Chronicles of Riddick
   
6. Time Bandits
   
7. Brazil
   
8. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
   
9. Battlestar Galactic: Season 1: Disk 1
   
10. Battlestar Galactic: Season 1: Disk 2
    
11. Battlestar Galactic: Season 1: Disk 3
    
12. Battlestar Galactic: Season 1: Disk 4
    
13. Battlestar Galactic: Season 2.0: Disk 1
    
14. Battlestar Galactic: Season 2.0: Disk 2
    
15. Battlestar Galactic: Season 2.0: Disk 3
    
16. Batman Begins
    
17. X2: X-Men United
    
18. X-Men 3: The Last Stand
    

I know you think that all I watch are vampire flicks. Not true. I just had them on the list first. Now that I've finished that series, I continue with Tom Cruise's sci-fi flicks. I'm not into Tom Cruise per se, but I am into sci-fi.

I'm skipping the various incarnations of Mission:Impossible. The show that I loved on TV involved an ensemble cast. It wasn't one "super agent" doing it all. And, there is no freakin' way Jim Phelps ever turned traitor. Nope. Never happened. F@#! you, Tom.

On the television series, the part I liked best was the way Barney Collier could pop into a wiring closet, undo a panel, attach a couple of wires with alligator clips, and re-route the telephone system of Moldovia - or whatever. . (I used to hum the M:I incidental music when I was playing techie and hooking up wires. I am such a geek. sigh. )

After that, the Riddick seies. (The second film is animated.) Then, the Terry Gilliam films. (Hmmm. Maybe I should add "The Life of Brian" and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".)

Then, we get to BSG, Batman and X-Men. I should be done by Spring '08. Maybe.

Comments

[citizenpep.livejournal.com]

Not sure if you saw Kurt Wimmer's other film Equilibrium, but I consider it far superior to Ultraviolet.

[jerrycakes.livejournal.com]

If you feel like making a trip, I picked up the 2-disc special edition
of Monty Python and the Holy Grail for $9.xx at VoldeMart.

Oh, I agree with you - Milla Jovovich is a beautiful woman.

There's a reason I own The Fifth Element: The Ultimate Edition.
*laughs*

[grizzlyzone.livejournal.com]

Collect DVDs? Oh, no, no, no! We do not want to start THAT habit!

I'm literally drowning in the crap I have!

[jerrycakes.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Just a thought.

I notice that a lot of my gay friends have insanely large DVD collections. How do you guys find time to watch them all?

(It's hard enough playing catch-up with the movies I get from Netflix.)