Comments on: Showdown at Area 51 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:11:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8546 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:49:21 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8546 Yeah, getting any Australian shows seems to border on impossible. It seems that they don't seed their own shows - I guess they are too busy downloading American TV. :P Jude? What kind of an alien name is that? LOL Yeah, getting any Australian shows seems to border on impossible. It seems that they don’t seed their own shows - I guess they are too busy downloading American TV. P

Jude? What kind of an alien name is that? LOL

]]> by: freelancer http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8545 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:29:54 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8545 I watched this movie today (because Gigi Edgley was in it), and I have to agree with you. It sucked. The first 10 minutes were actually borderline exciting (I know how to appreciate a cheesy sci-fi flick :D), but after that the plot was boring at best. Acting was terrible (in most cases), and the "special effects" weren't as impressive as they might have originally thought. And yes, it was confusing. Didn't they need that last piece of the deactivating thingy? I never saw them reattach it. And seriously, they put the rod in the "termination port" and the space fleet goes all "Invasion has been cancelled, return to base". Wtf? I agree with Jake ("Ranger Smith"): "That's it? A little anti-climactic..." I probably wouldn't have watched more than 15 minutes if it wasn't for my unhealthy obsession with Gigi (hey, at least I can admit it! :P). She did look good in this one. I haven't seen her in many productions (other than Farscape); as you say, Australian TV rarely sees daylight in other parts of the world. I've been trying to find a torrent for Secret Life Of Us for a while now, but it seems to be a dead end. That sucks. Oh, and btw (I guess you know this by now); baldie's name is Jude. Go figure. I watched this movie today (because Gigi Edgley was in it), and I have to agree with you. It sucked. The first 10 minutes were actually borderline exciting (I know how to appreciate a cheesy sci-fi flick D ), but after that the plot was boring at best. Acting was terrible (in most cases), and the “special effects” weren’t as impressive as they might have originally thought. And yes, it was confusing. Didn’t they need that last piece of the deactivating thingy? I never saw them reattach it. And seriously, they put the rod in the “termination port” and the space fleet goes all “Invasion has been cancelled, return to base”. Wtf? I agree with Jake (”Ranger Smith”): “That’s it? A little anti-climactic…”

I probably wouldn’t have watched more than 15 minutes if it wasn’t for my unhealthy obsession with Gigi (hey, at least I can admit it! P ). She did look good in this one. I haven’t seen her in many productions (other than Farscape); as you say, Australian TV rarely sees daylight in other parts of the world. I’ve been trying to find a torrent for Secret Life Of Us for a while now, but it seems to be a dead end. That sucks.

Oh, and btw (I guess you know this by now); baldie’s name is Jude. Go figure.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8542 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:43:09 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8542 Wow, really? You actually asked for a refund? LOL That's funny. I also wonder who green-lights things like that. Maybe they pump money into silly projects like that to avoid taxation or paying royalties on something else - who knows. :P Wow, really? You actually asked for a refund? LOL That’s funny.

I also wonder who green-lights things like that. Maybe they pump money into silly projects like that to avoid taxation or paying royalties on something else - who knows. P

]]> by: Dave http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8540 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:07:26 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-8540 This movie was so bad i could not handle it. I did not pay attention and i got that shit at blockbuster and i payed five fourty for that rental. i was so pissed i went back and made them give me a refund. I cant imagine someone even gets money to make shit like that. This movie was so bad i could not handle it. I did not pay attention and i got that shit at blockbuster and i payed five fourty for that rental. i was so pissed i went back and made them give me a refund. I cant imagine someone even gets money to make shit like that.

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-7386 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:41:09 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-7386 [quote comment="7385"]I wonder how the SciFi Channel sells commercial time for these flicks. How do they keep a straight face?[/quote] Well, this one was aired as part of some sort of marathon which they advertised as "the most dangerous night on TV". I'm pretty sure they sold this as a package deal to the advertisers: a whole night of science fiction movies, and non stop action - blah blah blah. I bet that they wouldn't get much interest from the sponsors if they just tried to sell "Showdown at Area 51". But put that in a block of 5-7 other thematically similar titles and I bet that it will sell. Oh, and BTW, Gigi actually appeared several times on American TV without her makeup. She was on Beastmaster (twice), the Lost World series, and The Starter Wife miniseries. She did much more stuff on Australian TV but it never reached here. She also <a href="http://myspace.com/gigiedgley" rel="nofollow">sings</a> and apparently writes comic <a href="http://www.comicspace.com/blueshift/" rel="nofollow">books</a> now. :) Morjana said:

I wonder how the SciFi Channel sells commercial time for these flicks. How do they keep a straight face?

Well, this one was aired as part of some sort of marathon which they advertised as “the most dangerous night on TV”. I’m pretty sure they sold this as a package deal to the advertisers: a whole night of science fiction movies, and non stop action - blah blah blah.

I bet that they wouldn’t get much interest from the sponsors if they just tried to sell “Showdown at Area 51″. But put that in a block of 5-7 other thematically similar titles and I bet that it will sell.

Oh, and BTW, Gigi actually appeared several times on American TV without her makeup. She was on Beastmaster (twice), the Lost World series, and The Starter Wife miniseries. She did much more stuff on Australian TV but it never reached here.

She also sings and apparently writes comic books now. )

]]> by: Morjana http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-7385 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:55:50 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/12/16/showdown-at-area-51/#comment-7385 LOL! I actually watched this flick too, although I watched to catch the new promo ads for Stargate Atlantis AND to see what Gigi Edgley looked like without her Farscape makeup on. I was so surprised to see Lee Horsley in the flick! This flick was so bad, it was laughable. I was laughing so hard at one point, I was crying, and that was just during the first 10 minutes of the flick. It get better...or worse...depending on your point of view as the evening progressed. I wonder how the SciFi Channel sells commercial time for these flicks. How do they keep a straight face? Maybe they do all their selling over the telephone... Morjana LOL!

I actually watched this flick too, although I watched to catch the new promo ads for Stargate Atlantis AND to see what Gigi Edgley looked like without her Farscape makeup on.

I was so surprised to see Lee Horsley in the flick!

This flick was so bad, it was laughable. I was laughing so hard at one point, I was crying, and that was just during the first 10 minutes of the flick. It get better…or worse…depending on your point of view as the evening progressed.

I wonder how the SciFi Channel sells commercial time for these flicks. How do they keep a straight face? Maybe they do all their selling over the telephone…

Morjana

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