So far today, Day 14 of #CovidJail, I have watched two #movies.

That is to say, I watched one all the way through.
The second, I gave up on one hour in.

The one I finished was #BlackBox with Mamoudou Athie and Phylicia Rashad. It was fine. I guessed the twist the first time Athie's character experienced a jarring memory. The rest of the storyline was wholly predictable. Athie's acting and Amanda Christine's were the only part I can say I enjoyed. Rashad as a mad scientist was fine.

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The second movie was #Foe with Saiorse Ronan. Frankly, I kept waiting for something to happen. At the 59 minute mark, when nothing had happened to get me emotionally invested with the characters, I paused and went looking for a synopsis.

The amount of story they had, they could've wrapped that up in 30 minutes. No reason to stretch it nearly 2 hours. *yawn*

I haven't seen #StarshipTroopers since before it earned cult status, so I'ma try that next. 🀞

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Okay, #StarshipTroopers, your first 3 minutes are already more hilarious than I remembered.

When I saw this in theaters 27 (!?!!!?!?! wtf) years ago, I was still very much a Heinlein fan and expecting it to be just like the novel. Thus, I despised the movie.

That was definitely about fifty Courtneys ago. πŸ˜†

RICO! RICO!

Rico, pay attention, you dork. Jester's talking to you.

#JestersDead

"I doubt anyone here would recognize civic virtue if it reached up and bit you in the ass."

That seems like a useful quote for diverse situations. 🀣

#StarshipTroopers

Doogie Howser!?!!???!?

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BLANCHE DEVEREAUX❓❗⁉️⁉️❓❗❓⁉️⁉️⁉️❓❗

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#GoldenGirls

"Cyrano, get off my leg!"

I had no idea we'd get into classic literature territory here.

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Whoooooo, these military ads are SO today's politicians posing for Christmas cards with their families and every member armed with AR-15s.

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"Mormon extremists"

😳

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"Do you think I'm funny? Do I make you laugh? Do you think I'm a comedian?"

CLANCY EFFIN BROWN IN DA HOUSE! πŸ˜„

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"DEW YEW *GET* ME?!" 🀣

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Diz already annoys me, but her kicking Rico and Ace into the mud is satisfying. πŸ˜‰πŸ˜

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Watching Carmen and her crew flying in their little shuttle, I'm all WHERE ARE THEIR HELMETS?!?

Too much #BattlestarGalactica lately πŸ˜†

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Oh good! Laser tag! πŸ˜€

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Is it still a Dear John(ny) letter if she's in the service too?

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It's all full and games 'til someone gets an eye put out.

Or a brain. 🫀

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I did not remember *anything* from this movie. Guess I hated it so much the first time, I blocked it out. πŸ˜†

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Denise Richards is just an adorable little cutie pie.

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"Arachnid Quarantine Zone" is just not something that should ever need to exist.

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No, Johnny! Don't take the stroll down Washout Lane!

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Hate it when the bugs whack us good, Johnny.

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"WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW *MORE*?"

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Nothing like getting kids to stomp cockroaches like a gang of gleeful sociopaths.

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Nutso drill sergeants, jarheads and fleet officers, fistfight over a girl, get the matching group tats, follow orders without question, utterly destroy the enemy without mercy -- how did 20yo me not see the ridiculous satire of this movie?

Fifty Courtneys ago. At least.

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Mega-giant cockroaches that shoot blue firework rocket bombs out their asses. Neat.

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Diz: Ace, what are we doing?

Ace: Uhhh, I dunno.

Why do I have the feeling that exchange happens in war situations a whole lot more often than any of us realize

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@courtcan 1997 called.
It wants its sci-fi B-movie back. 🫣
@corbin_lambeth It's so awful. And yet so brilliant. So stupid I can laugh at it. But also, finally (27 years on), see the satire in it.
@courtcan Well, good for you. πŸ˜† I remember trying to watch it with some friends in '98. We gave up. That was the only chance I'm ever going to give it to waste my time. 😀
@corbin_lambeth I always felt that way about it too! But over the last few years, I've read things here and there about how people back then didn't understand that it was supposed to be satire, etc, etc. So I've been curious. Tonight, I concluded in the first 3 minutes that they were right. Way back then, 20yo me just completely missed the point. Ymmv, but I would venture to recommend giving it a shot. If nothing else, it's good for some laughs. 😁

@courtcan Well hmmm πŸ€”

It also seems that we are approximately the same age. πŸ˜†

@courtcan

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@itgrrl MEME ACQUISITION INTENSIFIES AS WELL

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@courtcan It’s an UGLY planet! A BUG planet!
@apontious That line got me so bad 🀣🀣🀣
@courtcan too much #battlestargalactica ? Is that possible?
@alloydflanagan Well no, of course not. 😁 But it's sometimes difficult to keep one universe's norms out of another. πŸ˜†