The girlfriend picked up SpaceBalls on DVD the other day. Movie is still good.

One of my quirks is I like to listen to the commentary tracks on a lot of movies after watching it normally. Mel Brooks has the WORST commentary track I have ever heard. All he does is name the actors, and then explain the jokes. We get the jokes Mel! Give us better stories!.

I also like to listen to the commentary tracks on DVDs. About the quality of the commentaries, it should be kept in mind that on older, pre-DVD era films, the persons doing the commentaries many times have only fairly dim recollections of specifics regarding the film they are speaking about; many times, also, there are considerations of possible old conflicts, or "bad blood", that may be bubbling under the surface of the commentaries; A lot of factors can color or influence what a person says in commentaries. In Mel's case, he probably did the commentary some 20 years after the original release of the film and was most likely weary of talking about it and may have forgotten some of the details about which viewers may have been most curious...



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^ Comb the desert! :haha:
Rumours say Mel Brooks is working on a sequel to the original Spaceballs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=001VYmrrHL8




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^Escape plan play golf.

Had a Michael Cain double bill afternoon watching The Ipcress File and Funeral In Berlin.

I've always liked the Harry Palmer films, Ipcress File especially. Caine made versions of the other books much later. I haven't seen them but I hear they're not nearly as good.

One to watch for, though, is Blue Ice. Caine plays a retired spy who now owns a jazz club. His name is Harry, but whether it's supposed to be the same character I don't know. Anyway, he is happily retired when an old colleague walks into his place. Then people start trying to kill him. The movie is good, the ending is fantastic. If you get a chance to see it, do so.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_to_Beijing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnig...int_Petersburg

Billion Dollar Brain was good up to about half way then it fell apart, as for the two later films Bullet to Beijing i found the plot some what over the place and plots within plots apart from that entertaining. I think I saw Midnight in Saint Pertersburg but just can not recall any details. I would say Ipcress File is without question the best of all of them followed by Funeral in Berlin.

While we are on Michale Cain he gave a good performance in The Fourth Protocol as another difficult spy upsetting his masters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourth_Protocol_(film)

Couple of John le Carré books turn into films

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtoTIHGY520

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrIz40n2s4g

^Is that the werewolf one jim?

^ The opening 'Kismet' logo is priceless, for the film :D



Peacekeepers, or "Warriors"; about UN presence in the Kosovo. Watched this long ago and was hard to swallow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9thf92vfio


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB2uEDIBuSI

Rgr that...low budget but a good movie nonetheless.

Leviathan (1989)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZgeIReY04c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_(1989_film)