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Found in Cyberspace

In the late 1990's Star TV was kind enough to telecast a series called 'Lost in Space'. This is till today one of my favorite shows on TV. Its about a family - The Robinsons who are headed for a planet in the Alpha Centauri(!) system. After a failed sabotage attempt by the eveer scheming Dr. Zachary Smith, their ship -The Jupiter 2 veers of course. They are now 'lost in space'.
Though it was basically a science fiction oriented show, it was hilarious too. There were two reasons for this:
1. This one was unintentional: the original series was made in 1965 while it was shown here in 1997. According to the story, the Jupiter 2 would be launched in (hold your breath) 1998. Yes, the Jupiter 2 - manned spaceship capable of faster than light travel, equipped with a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence, suspended animation for the crew and the like - would be launched in 1998!!
2. The other reason was, of course the aforementioned Dr. Smith. He was amazing. Sort of like Tantri the Mantri (from Tinkle comics) in space. All his plots failed but he kept on trying nonetheless. He was also known for his smithisms - the insults he gave away very graciously.

These insults are what i have found in cyberspace. Check them out here. They are too cool.

I saw a movie yesterday called Evil Dead 2 on Star Movies. What a cool movie. Its basically a slasher directed by Sam Raimi (director of the Spiderman movies). Its relentless in its display of blood, gore, severed body parts - works. And this unshamed all-outness of the movie is why it really works. Plus a really nice ending (which, by the way inspired a sequel!).
What made this movie experience even better is that I gound a lot of stuff about it on the net. Especially great was the fan fiction. And all this together made it an amazing movie experience.

posted by karkaremtg @ 11:36 AM