Tek apparently is a futuristic term meaning "boring"
TekWar (1994), William Shatner. May 30, 8pm. View count: Three or four?
TekWar: TekLords (1994), George Bloomfield. June 1, 3pm. View count: One.
The Killing (1956), Stanley Kubrick. June 1, 7pm. View count: One.
TekWars: Chmmr wasn't dumb enough to be suckered into watching all four horrible Tek movies, especially after seeing how the quality fell off after Shatner stopped directing. I know, it doesn't seem like those words make sense together, but here we are.
The first one is full of mostly unintentional hilarity, including a hockey rink fight, Sheena Easton, explosive androids, and stupid VR hacking sequences (featuring a girl who sounds like the squirrel from Spongebob). The second one has some of these things, but is groan-and-snooze time rather than snort-and-laugh time. This could conceivably be attributed to the latter Tek books sucking more than the first one (I actually read the first one at some point in high school, hoping for lulz, but receiving few), but thankfully I wouldn't know. You may rest easy in the knowledge that none of these movies is out on DVD; the versions we watched were capped from television broadcasts like the VHS that's still sitting in my parents' basement, with the end of the credits (end theme by Warren Zevon, not one of his best) cut off by an episode of Batman the Animated Series.
The Killing is actually good, although apparently the studio forced a voiceover on ol' Stanley. It's got Sterling Hayden again, playing (as in Asphalt Jungle) a fellow just out of prison, looking to make one last score. Some great character acting, and even some early attempts at exploding a certain span of time into its different occurrences. Kubrick's hand is recognisable, but not obvious.
TekWar: TekLords (1994), George Bloomfield. June 1, 3pm. View count: One.
The Killing (1956), Stanley Kubrick. June 1, 7pm. View count: One.
TekWars: Chmmr wasn't dumb enough to be suckered into watching all four horrible Tek movies, especially after seeing how the quality fell off after Shatner stopped directing. I know, it doesn't seem like those words make sense together, but here we are.
The first one is full of mostly unintentional hilarity, including a hockey rink fight, Sheena Easton, explosive androids, and stupid VR hacking sequences (featuring a girl who sounds like the squirrel from Spongebob). The second one has some of these things, but is groan-and-snooze time rather than snort-and-laugh time. This could conceivably be attributed to the latter Tek books sucking more than the first one (I actually read the first one at some point in high school, hoping for lulz, but receiving few), but thankfully I wouldn't know. You may rest easy in the knowledge that none of these movies is out on DVD; the versions we watched were capped from television broadcasts like the VHS that's still sitting in my parents' basement, with the end of the credits (end theme by Warren Zevon, not one of his best) cut off by an episode of Batman the Animated Series.
The Killing is actually good, although apparently the studio forced a voiceover on ol' Stanley. It's got Sterling Hayden again, playing (as in Asphalt Jungle) a fellow just out of prison, looking to make one last score. Some great character acting, and even some early attempts at exploding a certain span of time into its different occurrences. Kubrick's hand is recognisable, but not obvious.