If the point of these numbers is to allow us to get to know the characters in ways that mere spoken dialogue can’t provide, shouldn’t the vast majority of them have been performed by the show’s main cast?
Aaaand then a drum machine kicks in, and the dealers and bystanders all perform a rap song while the cops just smirk and shake their heads like perps breaking out into an impromptu musical number while being arrested is a totally normal thing. Such is the world of Cop Rock, producer Steven Bochco’s ill-fated 1990 attempt to fuse the police drama and musical genres.
Sofie reviews the original cult classic RoboCop from 1987!
Recently, Hollywood made an attempt to wipe the original Total Recall from your memory, but The DVD Shelf is here to remember it for you—wholesale! We'll delve into the Schwarzenegger classic, beginning with the original Philip K. Dick short story that inspired it, the film's lengthy development, and how they pulled it all together. And, yes, we'll even look at that remake.
Just in time for the remake of Total Recall, we go back to the original. No, not the 1990 movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone—we're going really old school, with a review of the short story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick.
“It’s rather distressing that a 70 million dollar movie can be made with not a single person involved giving a shit.”
“It’s rather distressing that a 70 million dollar movie can be made with not a single person involved giving a shit.”
“It’s rather distressing that a 70 million dollar movie can be made with not a single person involved giving a shit.”
“In this episode, Fear Fan leaves behind the world of horror movies to examine the awful 1990 direct-to-video Albert Pyun-directed Captain America, starring Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, and J.D. Salinger’s son as Cap. Our own Stan Ferguson previously covered the 1979 Reb Brown version, but this one is much worse, despite being a lot more faithful to the comics.”
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