Since streaming is becoming a bigger thing -- we were Disney+ subscribers for an entire MONTH last year -- YouTube has been ramping up its offering of movies.
And since I'm a cheap bastard, as with the other services I use (IMDB, Amazon Prime, etc) I'm only watching those things that are free (or in Prime's case, what comes free with the subscription we have). That means, of course, I don't get to see a lot of new movies, but I do get to see a lot of movies that I would never pay good money to see, as you'll see in just a moment.
First up, Space Raiders.
I'll confess, it took me a while to get past the, uh, rather female characteristics of the ship. Not that it really matters. Nor does it matter I can't remember what the ship is called. Or the names of any of the characters. Roger Corman made sure this film was completely forgettable.
We're supposed to cheer, I suppose for the crew of roughs that ends up kidnapping a kid from a "company" planet or station or whatever run by a woman in a Clintonesque pantsuit. Because the "company" is bad or something. It just IS; trust the movie. And trust the conglomeration of space aliens and hippies and others who live or whatever on some space station because they're actually the good guys. Or something.
Then there's Earthquake: Nature Unleashed.
Two things let me know right away it was going to be a winner:
1. Ah, Tibor, how many times have you saved my butt?
2. The film's Wikipedia entry reads as follows: "The people arrives at the Russian Nuclear Power Plant called the Kasursk Nuclear Power Plant. When the most catastrophic earthquake of all time rips through Europe, it levels Russia and sends shockwaves through the lives of Russian people who live there. An earthquake destroys a Russian Nuclear Power Plant and people in Russia need to survive. The cinematics of the film rely on other films scenes to hash out the story. Most notably, scenes of collasping (sic) buildings and highways from 'Dante's Peak'."
This tells the believable tale of an American company brought in to refit a Russian nuclear power plant whose core shield blocks covered maybe 20 square feet and looked as if they were made from DUPLO blocks. There's much more on this Facebook thread I did live as I watched. Can't seem how to figure out how to embed it. So much the pity . . .
Also, there was 2004's Fat Albert.
I very much enjoyed the cartoon from the 1970s.
The film, well, it's meh.
Typical fish out of water stuff, including a long trip to the mall where lots of comic hijinx and product placement can take place. I guess it's better than bringing them to now when malls are dying and all that shopping occurs in the basement thanks to Amazon and wifi.
And the characters -- popped out of the cartoon to help a real-world girl gain friends -- are worried they're "losing their color" or at least they were at one time. The color changes, to their trademark bold cartoon clothing, is subtle to say the least.
OH NO THEY'VE LOST COLOR SINCE THEY TOOK A PICTURE OF THEMSELVES AT THE MALL AND QUAINTLY PRINTED IT OUT BECAUSE THEY CLEARLY DIDN'T GET A CELL PHONE PROMO FOR THE MOVIE.
Also quaint: They popped out of a CRT to come into this world.
More to come.
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