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Long Time Fan
I'm a long time fan of the Beach Boys having spent my life since the age of ten listening to their music and having read Heros and Villians by Steven Gaines. The book goes into much more detail but the movie hits some of the high points.
I especially liked the portrayal of Dennis and Brian and Murray.
It's worth your time to see it.

"The Beach Boys: An American Family" is a lot better
I feel that this movie was not as good as "An American Family". Bruce Greenwood, although a good actor and good Dennis Wilson, did not have any resemblence to Dennis, whereas Nick Stabile did. I feel it does the movie better if the actor portraying someone resembles them a little bit, (I understand that may be hard to find but when you do the movie is better(: )It's been a while since i've seen either of these movies but I definately feel "An American Family" is a lot better. This movie is good, too, but if you a Dennis Wilson fan, then i would consider seeing "An American Family" b/c Nick Stabile portrays Dennis really well. Actually, I recommend seeing both so you can compare and decide for yourself. ***FOREWARNING: "An American Family" is really hard to find at a reasonable price***

Summer Dreams - It hit me Like a rock...
I can't let our "11-year old viewer" do all the work on this interesting 'B' TV-movie (good work, kid.. I've seen your other reviews, too.. turn the caps lock off, though.. ok? (--: ) - I didn't know too much in the early 90's (when I first saw this thing) about the life of the early Beach Boys - I had heard that Brian Wilson had 'weirded out' somewhat.. so, this film, with its uncompromising look at the abusive, hard-driving father, Murray, hit me like a rock.. it also showed the troubled personality of a very unhappy Dennis Love and speculated on what might have led to his drowning.. the critics didn't like this presentation too much, and it's overshadowed by THE BEACH BOYS: AN AMERICAN FAMILY now, I suppose.. but, of the two, I still prefer "Summer Dreams." it's shorter, and there's no candy-coated tribute words about Murray at the end either. You will understand what Brian Wilson meant when he sang about needing sanctuary "In My Room". With Wilson's recent beyond-belief performance at the Queen's Party in Britain, let's hope the dude is finally enjoying some peace of mind..

SIMMILER TO "THE BEACH BOYS: AN AMERICAN FAMILY", EDITED
I ENJOYED THIS MOVIE. I THINK IF YOU'VE SEEN "THE BEACH BOYS: AN AMERICAN FAMILY" IT WOUND NOT BE AS GOOD. STILL, I LIKED IT. ... Read more

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Overlooked but worthy laugh-riot Halloween fare
On my first viewing of Spaced Invaders I made a tragic mistake: I took it seriously. When renting it later just for the heck of it I realized that it's supposed to be just as goofy and unbelievable as it is. It's not just a funny movie; it's a forgotten classic. The first time you see it you're likely to be distracted by the sappy ET-style friendship between Arianna Richards and a cute little robot-thing, but make no mistake: This movie is not just another Mac & Me.

The story: The Martian Empire is attacking Arcturus under the command of enforcer drones whose inflexibility turns the entire fleet into cannon fodder; a civilian asteroid patrol with five loony Martians and a drone of their own picks up what they think is a cry for help from the embattled citizens of Earth. What they don't know is that the little town of Big Bean is merely broadcasting "War of the Worlds" on Halloween night, so their efforts to join up with the invasion force after a crash landing get them mixed up with a bunch of trick-or-treaters, a costumed mob of gun-toting rednecks, a farmer obsessed with getting pictures for the tabloids, a new Sheriff out of his depth, and their own enforcer drone.

The dialogue in this film is sharp and wittily delivered, set amongst small but incredibly humorous moments that could be missed the first time through but reward second and third viewings trmendously. Little things from a dog changing film in a camera offscreen to the "Duck!" scene make the movie special, and crazy elements like Vern "Zorro" Pillsbury, turned from zero to hero via a Martian robot slave transformation, keep things nutty. Brian the duck is a show-stealer who actually does remind us at times of Daffy--right down to the accent--while old man Wrenchmuller and his trusty dog Jim try to deal with the Martians in their barn like any cartoon character would: with mousetraps and dynamite.

Forget that it's silly to have five Martians voiced as celebrity parodies--it's supposed to be silly. Sit back and watch it with your family this Halloween, and remember not to put tab A into slot B when you assemble your world domination kit. As for me, I can't wait for this one to hit DVD.

If you need to laugh you need this movie.
One of the silliest, funniest movies I've ever seen.
I've saw Spaced Invaders first during it's theatrical release. When the VHS came out I grabbed it up thinking it couldn't have been as fun as I remembered, but it was.
Now it's on DVD and I've bought it again.
If you saw it in the theater or on VHS then the DVD is going to make you scratch your head instead of laugh in a couple of spots where the language has been sanitized (why, I have no idea. 8 year olds use stronger language.) If you've never seen it the DVD will open up a world we rarely get to see anymore- well done comedy. It is one of the best written comedy movies I've seen since, well to be honest I can't think of one. This has something for everyone kids and adults. The pace is even and sustained throughout.
I've seen a lot of comedy movies and if I had to pick only one to own this would be it.
Enjoy

You did it again! You put tab A into schlot B, didn't you?!
"Spaced Invaders" is a priceless comedy! I first saw it when I was 7 and 13 years later it still keeps me in stitches. This has got to be the funniest portrayal of alien invasion ever, with "Men In Black" and "Mars Attacks" being a close second and third. Sure the concepts that the aliens speak English and can breathe unaided on Earth WOULD be farfetched if you think of this movie as strictly sci-fi, but it's princiapally a COMEDY!! Accept that and everything else falls into place. The sight gags, jokes, performances, and even special effects are stupendous! My favorite unspoken joke is Blaznee's (the Pilot) sporting of an LA Lakers t-shirt (apparently Mars gets pretty good reception of Earth cable stations like ESPN.) :-P [Sidenote: Whoever it was that said this movie was too scary for kids was either being a smart@$$, recalling a different movie, possesses no spine whatsoever, or severely needs their head examined.]

P.S. For all that own this movie, just for fun try counting all the times Lt. Digiwig says "Come back/Prepare to die Earth scum!"

NOT for children
This "comedy" has all the laughs of Schindler's List. What is billed as a fun-filled extravaganza ends up an exercise in sheer horror, as we are forced to watch aliens descend on a hapless rural town. This movie is very scary and probably would have been even more so if I had possessed enough guts to watch the last half hour.

Horror fans only.

Great, vastly underrated movie for the family
Like the great classic Bugs Bunny cartoons, this movie has humor at different levels. I just introduced this to my 10 year old daughter and 11 year old son. Both enjoyed the movie - busting out laughing quite a few times... and my daughter is not much of a sci-fi fan. The movie kept me laughing despite having seen a few times... the adult-level humor (that is, humor that adults will get simply because of greater life experiences, not baudy or R-rated to be found here) keeps the movie equally enjoyable for adults. For example of the adult level humor, the Martian voices are based on characters of different movies/actors. The Martian pilot, Blaznee, has the voice and mannerisms of Jack Nicholson; the scientist, that of Peter Seller's Dr. Strangelove. The special effects are surprisingly good for this film. The lack of top 10 actors actually works in the movie's favor and the actors/actresses play their part well - in fact I would say the producers picked out actors and their skills for the roles' needs over box-office draw power (an excellent example is Wayne Alexander's "Vern" character). I had to write this review... the kids are playing this for the 3rd time in 4 days over dinner right now. Good for a rainy day or a late night weekend there's-nothing-on-and-I'm-bored movie. ... Read more

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Plot Summary
Plot Summary for
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1992)

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Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.

Erotic coming of age flick
This is an erotic coming of age film set in 1958 in the central valley in California.I believe the whorehouse is the big mansion in Isleton that is rented out even today for fraternity formals like the one I attended there in 1985. It has been used in numerous adult films.

Blue McDonald is the teenage daughter to a jazz horn player ( played by Tom Skerrit) who is hooked on heroin. His addiction kills him and Blue is left to fend for herself and falls into the hands of a madame known as Elle.

Blue tries to make herself immune to what she is doing and suceeds- until a boy comes in. A boy she has seen twice before with her father and then on her own.A boy who just sees her as a girl, a girl he wants to know more. Not the whore she is now.

After a disturbing incident with a senator intent on making her the star of a blue flick- Blue is rescued by her madame's muscle nicely underplayed by Robert Davi ( from The Profiler). They leave town so BLue can live a normal life as a high school student- and pick up a real relationship with the boy she likes. Of course the path to love is not smooth....her past comes to haunt her.

Eroticism not gratuitous nudity is the theme- the sex scenes are shot with beautiful camera angles- there is minimal full nudity. Some artful shots in the whorehouse of the various girls working with their clients- very strong voyeuristic angles. As a woman I find the scenes more sensual than sexual- guys may not find the film more than slightly titillating. As typical of Zalman Kings Red Shoe Diaries- this movie plays well for women who enjoy sexuality and sensuality but need a storyline and some acting to sell the whole package.

Wild Orchid 2 is nothing like Wild Orchid with Carrie Otis and Mickey O'Roarke. This does stand on its own as long as you take it for what it is.

Tragic Zalman King erotica
Zalman King follows up the sizzling Wild Orchid with a sequel that is not a sequel, it's about completely different characters in a different setting. But that's OK, I guess it's a sequel of subject matter, in the same way he produces his Red Shoe Diaries series. And this movie does succeed as a tale about misbegotten lovers trapped in a mire of loss and sexual confusion.
I didn't appreciate the attractive Nina Siemaszko (who later appeared in a Red Shoe Diaries episode) the first time I saw her in the role of the tragic heroine of this story. She kind of disappointed after Carre Otis, but you do sympathize with her situation. She and her dad are smalltown southern people. They are very close, then he dies and she is left penniless and without any skills. Enter the madam of the bordello played by Wendy Hughes. She offers Nina a chance at riches and sexual liberation by becoming one of her girls. Nina reluctantly accepts.
She is introduced to a world of sexual deviancy that is not without its victims, as there are girls who try to leave this life and are punished. She plays two roles to one of her young clients, that of mysterious and seductive prostitute, and that of sweet young girl who has fallen in love with him. That he can't tell it's the same person is ludicrous, but it's for the sake of the story. Naturally, family disapproval and heartache follows.
I appreciated Nina Siemaszko more eight or so years after seeing this movie the first time. The unrated version does show a bit more flesh, but is not necessary to appreciate the story. ... Read more

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Plot Summary
Plot Summary for
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1992)

Page 10 of 21

Blue is a teenage girl who lives with her Jazz playing father Ham. Ham gets very sick and dies, and now Blue must support herself somehow. Elle, the headmistress at a brothel, talks her into living and working at her establishment. She decides to leave the business and lead a normal life. Elle is hellbent to see that she never has one.

Erotic coming of age flick
This is an erotic coming of age film set in 1958 in the central valley in California.I believe the whorehouse is the big mansion in Isleton that is rented out even today for fraternity formals like the one I attended there in 1985. It has been used in numerous adult films.

Blue McDonald is the teenage daughter to a jazz horn player ( played by Tom Skerrit) who is hooked on heroin. His addiction kills him and Blue is left to fend for herself and falls into the hands of a madame known as Elle.

Blue tries to make herself immune to what she is doing and suceeds- until a boy comes in. A boy she has seen twice before with her father and then on her own.A boy who just sees her as a girl, a girl he wants to know more. Not the whore she is now.

After a disturbing incident with a senator intent on making her the star of a blue flick- Blue is rescued by her madame's muscle nicely underplayed by Robert Davi ( from The Profiler). They leave town so BLue can live a normal life as a high school student- and pick up a real relationship with the boy she likes. Of course the path to love is not smooth....her past comes to haunt her.

Eroticism not gratuitous nudity is the theme- the sex scenes are shot with beautiful camera angles- there is minimal full nudity. Some artful shots in the whorehouse of the various girls working with their clients- very strong voyeuristic angles. As a woman I find the scenes more sensual than sexual- guys may not find the film more than slightly titillating. As typical of Zalman Kings Red Shoe Diaries- this movie plays well for women who enjoy sexuality and sensuality but need a storyline and some acting to sell the whole package.

Wild Orchid 2 is nothing like Wild Orchid with Carrie Otis and Mickey O'Roarke. This does stand on its own as long as you take it for what it is.

Tragic Zalman King erotica
Zalman King follows up the sizzling Wild Orchid with a sequel that is not a sequel, it's about completely different characters in a different setting. But that's OK, I guess it's a sequel of subject matter, in the same way he produces his Red Shoe Diaries series. And this movie does succeed as a tale about misbegotten lovers trapped in a mire of loss and sexual confusion.
I didn't appreciate the attractive Nina Siemaszko (who later appeared in a Red Shoe Diaries episode) the first time I saw her in the role of the tragic heroine of this story. She kind of disappointed after Carre Otis, but you do sympathize with her situation. She and her dad are smalltown southern people. They are very close, then he dies and she is left penniless and without any skills. Enter the madam of the bordello played by Wendy Hughes. She offers Nina a chance at riches and sexual liberation by becoming one of her girls. Nina reluctantly accepts.
She is introduced to a world of sexual deviancy that is not without its victims, as there are girls who try to leave this life and are punished. She plays two roles to one of her young clients, that of mysterious and seductive prostitute, and that of sweet young girl who has fallen in love with him. That he can't tell it's the same person is ludicrous, but it's for the sake of the story. Naturally, family disapproval and heartache follows.
I appreciated Nina Siemaszko more eight or so years after seeing this movie the first time. The unrated version does show a bit more flesh, but is not necessary to appreciate the story. ... Read more

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Excellent Western!! Rogers and Tritt Rule!!
Kenny Rogers plays an unconventional role as Quentin Leach,a bounty hunter with both a trigger finger and temper.Also singer,Travis Tritt makes his movie debut as Benjamin Tabor who is out for blood after the kidnapping of his bride by a fleeing gang of bank robbers who Leach is after for the bounty money dead or alive.This movie is an Excellent Gun Blazin Western!! ... Read more

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Excellent Western!! Rogers and Tritt Rule!!
Kenny Rogers plays an unconventional role as Quentin Leach,a bounty hunter with both a trigger finger and temper.Also singer,Travis Tritt makes his movie debut as Benjamin Tabor who is out for blood after the kidnapping of his bride by a fleeing gang of bank robbers who Leach is after for the bounty money dead or alive.This movie is an Excellent Gun Blazin Western!! ... Read more

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Excellent Western!! Rogers and Tritt Rule!!
Kenny Rogers plays an unconventional role as Quentin Leach,a bounty hunter with both a trigger finger and temper.Also singer,Travis Tritt makes his movie debut as Benjamin Tabor who is out for blood after the kidnapping of his bride by a fleeing gang of bank robbers who Leach is after for the bounty money dead or alive.This movie is an Excellent Gun Blazin Western!! ... Read more