Posts Tagged ‘film

05
Dec
25

Shark Side of the Moon

Viewing Date: 12/4/2025

Starring: Maxi Witrak, Ego Mikitas

Plot: Decades ago, the USSR developed unkillable sharks and launched them to the moon. Today, a team of American astronauts will endure the fight of their lives.

Rules

  • Stupid space science jargon (Advanced rule, this is literally every other line of the movie)
  • “Yutu-2” or “Quequio Sattellite”
  • References to the Dark Side of the Moon album

Quotes

  • “Nothing under the moon should cause ripples like that.”
  • “Why are there sharks on the moon?”
  • “Americans…welcome to the moon!”
  • “I knew there was something ‘fishy’ about her.”
  • “Follow me, and don’t get any blood on you.”

Viewer Quotes

  • “They are half human.” – “The bottom half.”
  • “The first thing you should do when you’re about to crash into the moon is strap your seatbelt.”
  • “It’s interesting that rebooting the ship didn’t affect their artificial gravity.”
  • “Who’s going to open a window? I don’t think they make windows that roll down in a space ship.”
  • “So he’s got a half-shark daughter?” – “Technically she’s a quarter shark.”
  • “She hears pretty well in the vacuum of space.”
  • “What do space sharks eat? There’s nothing to hunt on the moon.”
  • “Is that actually his daughter? Did he make love to a shark lady?”
  • “With all their hybrid shark technology, they can’t make a rocket?” – “They can’t even make proper clothes.”
  • “That’s the song I want playing when I die. Yakkity Saks.”
  • “That’s what I felt like after Thanksgiving.”

What We Learned

  • In the future, astronauts don’t have headphones. Two of them split a pair of air pods.
  • When you’re in trouble, restart the ship.
  • Hybrid space sharks can track electromagnetic waves.
  • Chain mail can replace a space suit on the moon.
  • Space sharks have nipples
  • Hybrid sharks reproduce in jars with umbilical chords.

Final Take

The whole movie was just utter nonsense, but I didn’t hate it. That’s the best way to summarize this movie experience. You’d think a movie about space sharks would be a pretty simple plot to follow, but you’d be wrong. There’s no explanation for most of what you see and you’ll be left with a lot more questions than answers. On the whole, though, I’d say it was worth the watch. I look forward to reading this post again in the future and reliving these memories.

11
Jul
24

Dark Angel aka I Come in Peace (1990)

Date Watched: 7/11/24

Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben

Plot:

Jack Caine (Dolph Lundgren) is a Houston vice cop who’s forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the illegal drugs trade and its number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Manning, his partner gets killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene. Along with F.B.I. agent Lawrence Smith, the two investigate a spate of mysterious deaths; normal non-junkies dying of massive heroin overdoses and bearing the same horrific puncture marks on the forehead. This, coupled with Caine’s own evidence, indicates an alien force is present on the streets of Houston, killing and gathering stocks of a rare drug found only in the brain. Caine is used to fighting the toughest of criminals, but up to now they’ve all been human. (From IMDB)

Rules:

  • Says “I come in peace”
  • Christmas stuff
  • Dolph Lundgren counting
  • Anytime one cop is at odds with the other because one is by the book and the other is a loose cannon
  • Dolph Lundgren promises things or people talk about his promises

Quotes:                                                                                                    

  • Q: “What university did you attend?”… A: “The university of suck my d$ck.”

Viewer Quotes:

  • “Ron Fury, John Turtle, Jan Hammer… There’s a lot of fantastic names in this.”

Things We Learned:

  • A duck and roll is the best way to enter any building.
  • Dolph Lundgren never breaks a promise.
  • The best way to stop a CD that kills people is a speaker.

Final Take:

There’s a lot to like here from Dolph Lundgren to Brian Benben (from the TV Show “Dream On”). The movie’s setup with a drug dealing alien is ridiculously silly, as is his spinning CD that kills people. The movie is sometimes called “Dark Angel”, but in the U.S. it was named “I Come In Peace”. It should really be known as the latter, because it sets up one of the best final kill lines I’ve ever heard. (e.g., “Let off some steam” from Commando.)




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