As
I promised last week, let’s take a look at the third movie. Before Star
Trek IV came along, this was my favorite Star Trek movie. I adored this
movie. I can still remember seeing it in theaters, can still recall the
places that got laughs and the audience loving it, still recall
talking to my mother about it afterward and excited at what the next
would bring, and I think I saw it a million times on video (once right
before a final exam, weird). This is the movie that got me to love Star
Trek, and after came TNG, ST IV, and getting really caught up on the
classic episodes. Yeah it’s not the greatest but I didn’t care.
A
couple weeks ago I talked about ten dumb super powers that Superman has
had over the years. Most of them being silly silver ages things, back
when creators just didn’t care and did whatever they wanted even if it
made no sense. But the truth is, Batman wasn’t spared from this. Oh sure
he never had “super powers” but he did often have gimmicks or other
bizarre things which are downright silly considering the Batman we know
and love today.
Batman has a way of making silly gadgets cool. Bat Phone? Cool.
Batpoles to the Batcave? Cool. A Bat Signal? Very cool. But some just
don’t work. Here are ten examples of what I mean:
10.Shark Repellent Bat Spray
Yeah I can’t ignore the old Batman TV series on this list. There was a
time when Batman’s utility belt was, well, actually used. Seriously, is
it used for anything in comics these days? But it seemed like Batman
had anything available at a moments notice…no matter how far fetched.
But the dumbest had to be from the first live action movie, and the
shark repellent he used to get rid of the shark chomping on his leg. The
thing with this one is that everyone forgets that he had repellent bat
sprays for all kinds of sea life.
In
this series I either gripe about the flaws in a movie I love, or point
out the good things in movies generally considered bad. Problem is while
I promised this one while back everything about this movie is pretty
perfect. There really aren’t any pointless scenes or story elements that
make no sense, all I can really to do is a bit of nitpicking. In fact
this was so hard it’s the first time I actually watched the movie while
writing this because it was hard to find any flaws.
Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan is one of those movies that is just
fantastic. It came out in 1982 and was a monster hit. It’s one of those
perfect movies, doing absolutely everything right. But while everything
in this movie works, that doesn’t mean there aren’t things to make fun
of. And as always this is just opinion.
Welcome back to Underrated Trek, where I take a special look at Star
Trek episodes that I love…which may not be the most popular or even
liked by most. Season 1 TNG was awful. So awful that even an idea that
had a real good concept still was bogged down with silliness and while
it’s not the worst it is hardly great. The episode is mostly overlooked.
This is….
So it isn’t awful and it isn’t great, what is it? Let’s take a look….
I love Disney World! There is so much I could talk about, but today I
wanted to focus on the rides. Not the actual ride, but the music that
went with them! Unlike most amusement parks which throw some sort of
goofy calliope on all their rides, Disney has really good and memorable
melodies to go with their attractions.
In fact I used to have a CD of
Disney World music and I can tell I played it plenty of times. There is
just something about those tunes that will never ever let you forget
them. If you remember mt first earworm article I already talked about
the big one most people think about, It’s a Small World After All. Want
to hear it again?
That isn’t the only one. Here now are ten earworms from Walt Disney
Word, EPCOT, and/or Disneyland. Most of these attractions have quie a
lot of history surrounding them, but we’d be here all day if I covered
all of that.
The important thing to remember is these are from when I was growing
up, a lot of these have been changed or eliminated altogether by now but
I will never forget them.
10.Carousel of Progress
I love this one but the reason this was such an earworm for me isn’t
because it’s catchy, but because thanks to a thunderstorm my family got
stuck listening to the same segment over and over! Seriously though I
love this attraction (it basically uses animatronics to illustrate the
changes over the course of a century) and while they keep changing the
song, “Now is the Time” is the one I always always remember. “It’s Great
Big Beautiful Tomorrow” is fine too. FYI both songs were written by The
Sherman Brothers. Yes, those Sherman Brother! The Academy Award winning
songwriting team from Mary Poppins among others. This ride has quiet a
history and is worth checking it out, in fact it was said it was Walt
Disney’s favorite
Ever
have a great idea for an article only to find out about a hundred
people have already done it? Ah well, here is my two cents worth.
Superman is one of my favorite characters, and while he has some
incredible powers and abilities it seems like writers and creators keep
wanting to tack on even more crazy powers. Ok some things I can buy, he
has super speed and strength which explains a lot of stuff. Yeah Ok at
times he could be almost godlike, but still. And can he breathe in space
or not? Depends on which era you’re reading a comic book from. And I
can accept the guy is smart enough to do instantaneous calculations in
his head. In fact a lot of things he did in the old days make sense they
just made it stupid buy adding “super” in front of everything. And in
one issue of World’s Finest he actually built another Earth…um, ok that
one sounds stupid but I never read it.
Here are ten powers Superman demonstrated over the years that really
make no sense. Majority of these come from the old old days when
creators didn’t care very much, but it can happen in more modern days
too.
#10.”Leaping” Tall Buildings
Yeah this one goes waayyy back, to when the character first appeared.
But I never got what Siegel and Shuster were thinking. Was a flying man
so far fetched? I mean the guy could outrace a locomotive and bullets
could bounce off him, but flying? That’s crazy! No instead have him leap
around like a giant insect or something. Maybe the expression “leap
tall buildings in a single bound” sounded cool then, it’s lame now.
I am a sucker for Crossover’s, I will watch a series I usually never
do if it’s crossing over with another one. For instance when ER crossed
over with Third Watch. Which wasn’t a bad episode. And while some
crossover’s make logical sense, others make you wonder how in the world
they ever thought the idea up.
Here are five TV crossover’s which make no sense..and yet they worked
somehow.These have to be official crossover’s that last more than a
cameo. And it has to be the actual universe’s meeting and not just the
actor pretending. For instance, “Superman” appeared on I Love Lucy but
in the episode it was really George Reeves in character (though the
episode tries to pretend he’s Superman by never referring to the actor’s
name, but I doubt Superman would be doing public appearances at malls).
There was also a Mork & Mindy episode where William Shatner sort of
played Captain Kirk..but not really. Or that time Kramer appeared on
Murphy Brown, it was clear Murphy Brown was a TV show in Seinfeld’s
world.
And there was that time Webster appeared with Worf from Star Trek The Next Generation (it happened! I swear!!Look—
but that was clearly not set in the real TNG universe and was in fact a clip show (yawn).
Batman and The Green Hornet
I actually hated this episode as a kid, though I’m not sure why. I think
it’s because I ha dno idea who the special guest hero was. So it almost
felt like a bad backdoor pilot. Now that I know Green Hornet was a real
thing..this was a pretty cool crossover. The two heroes worked well and
I can even by that Britt Reid and Bruce Wayne had been old friends
once. The only problem with this idea is Green Hornet was not campy like
Batman, so having these two different styles mesh would not be easy.
And maybe that’s why I hated this episode as a kid, the Green Hornet
stuff was straight up boring to me.
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