tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post113275615712642693..comments2024-03-29T04:57:26.162-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: CULT MOVIE BLOGGING: Outland (1981)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-39980328187223758242013-08-20T07:39:42.387-04:002013-08-20T07:39:42.387-04:00Watched this for the first time this weekend. Just...Watched this for the first time this weekend. Just glorious and thoroughly immersive. Even the music in the bar foreshadows dubstep!<br /><br />I actually love the punch-out of Sheppard. O'Niel clearly is trying to find the right words to say, the right catch phrase, but he's simply exhausted and demoralized by what he's been through and he just says "Aw, fuck it," and clocks the guy, because there's no freaking point. Hy Falutinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312016049561436608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-54707644489105891882012-02-20T18:48:55.358-05:002012-02-20T18:48:55.358-05:00This is another film widely overlooked and I have ...This is another film widely overlooked and I have introduced this film to friends of mine on retro-night that my fiance and I have at our house. I have it on...uh..dvd, laser disc? really? <br />At times, I forgot that this was even a story that took place in space. <br /><br />Peter Hyams, 'Capicorn One' & 'The Star Chamber' was on quite a roll in the late 70's, early 80's.Trenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00419980258148279356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-72256381443025224462009-09-18T15:49:39.072-04:002009-09-18T15:49:39.072-04:00the author is luck to have a laserdic copy because...the author is luck to have a laserdic copy because the DVD version is one of the worst looking discs released by a major label that I have ever seen. More artifacts than the King Tut exhibit. The author does nail the film, however, and yes I think that it has aged even better than Blade Runner. It may borrow the plot from High Noon but the mood is definately film noir.Bob Gilmorenoreply@blogger.com