it was a stumble more than a run

[sergebroom]

I spent a good chunk of the afternoon pruning one of our backyard's cacti. Some of its branches were dead, having collapsed under their own weight combined with strong winds last autumn. And there were other branches that looked ready to meet the same fate so off they went too. I managed to stab myself with cactus needles only once, into my shin, but it had gone deep enough that a bit of blood came out when I pulled the needle.

Besides that...

I watched Logan's Run tonight and realized that it was even worse than I remembered. Luckily, in the morass of bad cheese there was Jenny Agutter and Peter Ustinov. And one trekkie. If you look closely at the climactic scene (1), after the city blows up because the computer running the place didn't like being told something that didn't fit its conception of Reality (2), a bunch of people go Outside and there is much rejoicing (3) and waving of hands and, if you look carefully, you see someone doing the Vulcan (4) sign to Live Long and Prosper.

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(1) I'm being very loose with my use of the word.

(2) Sounds familiar?

(3) "Say, did you remember to save a few of the babies from the Nursery when things started going kabloo-ee?"
"Me? I thought you were going to take care of that."

(4) I Know, it really is Jewish, not Vulcan.

Comments

The book is always better

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Why do you think so many sf films are just merde of purest ray serene?

Re: The book is always better

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

It didn't help that this movie was directed by a pedestrian hack.

Still, there are some cases where the movie improved the original story. Take Stephen King's The Dead Zone, for example. Almost every time I see it, the ending leaves me allchoked up.

Re: The book is always better

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

That's one (of many) that I haven't seen.

Re: The book is always better

[serge-lj.livejournal.com]

I highly recommend it.

Re: The book is always better

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Thanks. If I' get a chance I'll track it down.

[(Anonymous)]

Sigh. Jenny Agutter. I wonder whatever happened to her? She had about the best legs I've ever seen on film, unless they were Ellen Burstyn's in Stakeout. Even the poster for that film was spectacular.