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Lee KM Pallatina (951 KP) rated Red Dwarf in TV

Jun 22, 2019

Red Dwarf

1988 | Comedy, Sci-Fi

8.4

(79 Ratings)

TV Show Rating

Great sci-fi comedy (0 more)

Off air for 10 years (still, u gotta laugh haven't ya) (0 more)

The boy's from the dwarf

Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy franchise which primarily consists of a television sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999, and on Dave since 2009, gaining a cult following.

The show follows Dave Lister, a chicken-soup-machine repairman, who is the only human survivor of a radiation leak on his mining space ship and possibly the last living human. Having come out of time stasis 3,000,000 years into the future, Lister has very little company, one in the form of a hologram of his dead shipmate, Rimmer, self obsessed Cat, who has evolved from the descendants of Lister's pregnant cat, senile ship computer Holly and Kryten an Android whose sole purpose is to serve and clean.

This masterpiece was created by Rob grant & doug naylor (GrantNaylor) and has spawned 12 series (Back to Earth counted as the unofficial 9th and a 13th series heavily rumoured) multiple books, audio books, collectibles, magazines and a mobile game.

I'm still hoping for a mainstream console game, but until then, enjoy SmegHeads!

Kudos

Fred (860 KP) rated Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) in Movies

Jan 22, 2019

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)

1988 | Action, Animation, Comedy

8.3

(67 Ratings)

Movie Rating Watch

Almost all of the classic characters are here! (2 more)

Roger is a great new "classic" character

Bob Hoskins & Christopher Lloyd are great!

No Popeye (0 more)

A masterpiece of American animation

The movie starts with a cartoon that could just about pass as one of our favorite cartoons from the 40s (if not for the computer-hand-drawn objects within) & from there, it's non-stop. We're treated to a noir, but very colorful, detective story filled with American animations best characters. Characters from different studios share the screen for the first time ever. Bugs & Mickey, Donald & Daffy & a scene at the end which has just about everybody. The mixture of live-action with animation is nothing short of remarkable & a great technical achievement. Of course, they would not seem to interact so well if not for the human actors themselves. A lot of times, even today, when actors are working against nothing, they seem to stare to the wrong spot or past the character. But in Roger Rabbit, it's not the case. Hoskins is great at keeping this illusion. I heard there may be a sequel in the works & hope that it's true. Hopefully, they get the rights to Popeye this time.

Kudos

Jake (52 KP) rated Morning Star in Books

Jul 25, 2019

Morning Star

Pierce Brown | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry

8.1

(11 Ratings)

Book Rating

Woah. Sheer intensity in written form.

Let me preface why I gave this only 4 stars instead of 5.
The series overall was riddled with crude humor and repulsive language, the depth and level of which blew past my personal tolerance levels. Also, human life was never so cheap: from the immensely violent bloody beheadings to the mass deaths and gory fight scenes, grisly death could be found in probably every other chapter. In short, I could not recommend this book to my mother.

That being said, the story and saga of Darrow pulled at my heart like no book I've ever read. The themes of death, destruction, and despair that surrounded Darrow crushed me. It was only the pure dream of the "good guys" fighting for a better world that made it possible to read through the extreme agony. The themes of love, betrayal, friendship, and trust left me emotionally drained sometimes. These elements made it so that I literally couldn't put the book down.

It is an epic journey, it is a moving (although harsh) masterpiece, and I will never forget this book or series.