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[Bud Brewster]

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A bad movie, a fair movie, and a movie that's a little bit of both.

The bad movie is bargain-basement film making with a monster made from kitchenware. ?:

The fair movie has a very original premise with a "Dragnet" element wrapped around it. Starsky & Hutch, except that Hutch is an alien.

The good/not-so-good movie uses a lot of early CGI clips to represent the Tron-like world of cyberspace. It seemed good at the time, but now it looks dated and sort of "pasted together".

Many of the clips used are included in the videos below.

_____________________ The Minds Eye 1990


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___________________ Beyond The Mind's Eye


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The Beast with 1,000,000 Eyes (1955)

Opening Statement: ~ James H. Nicholson had come up with a tremendous ad and title and pre-sold the movie to exhibitors. Then they made the movie. When the distributors viewed the finished film, they were disappointed because the ads were so much more interesting.

Note from me: Sadly, that's the case with many movies: great ads, crappy movies.

Alien Nation (1988)

Opening Statement: IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.

~ Sam Francisco (Mandy Patinkin) was originally going to be named George Jetson, but Hanna-Barbera wouldn't give the rights to the name. The decision to call his character "George" in the movie was kept as an in-joke to the George Jetson character name.

Note from me: I like Sam Francisco better.

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

Opening Statement: IMDB has several interesting trivia items for this production.

~ New Line Cinema had obtained the rights to the Stephen King short story "The Lawnmower Man", and the producers also had an unrelated script called "Cyber God". For economical reasons, they simply placed King's title on the production of "Cyber God", and early promotional material with that claim even went public.

King was furious at this abuse of his name, and he sued the studio to have his name and title removed from the film and promotion. The studio refused, but was eventually ordered to pay ten thousand dollars and full profits to King.

Note from me: Hey, way to GO, Stevareeno!
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)