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At last, a non-sucky made-for-SyFy movie on Saturday night!

posted by [personal profile] revdorothyl at 07:26pm on 24/02/2013 under
I'm just watching the end of "End of the World", which I recorded off of the SyFy Channel last night, and I have to say it may be my favorite, least-sucky, most genuinely amusing made-for-SyFy movie in a long, long time (and certainly the least sucky world-ending disaster movie they've ever attempted)! :)

It's like a walk down memory lane of all my favorite SF films from the 1970s on (even quoting from "The Last Starfighter", which I thought no-one remembered but me!), with a dash of the spirit of "Galaxy Quest" and strong overtones of Sheldon Cooper's apocalypse-survival preparations on "The Big Bang Theory".
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posted by [identity profile] avamclean.livejournal.com at 01:27am on 25/02/2013
But.. but... the sucky part is the best part of SyFy movies! ;)
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posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 01:32am on 25/02/2013
But this one is so delightfully self-aware and CLEVER about the suckiness! :)
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posted by [identity profile] avamclean.livejournal.com at 01:39am on 25/02/2013
Now that I can get on board with!
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posted by [identity profile] missmurchison.livejournal.com at 01:36am on 25/02/2013
I need to check and see if I recorded this! I try to record all the disaster movies, in hopes they'll be either reasonably good or dismally bad.
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posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 02:12am on 25/02/2013
I think you'll enjoy it! :)
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posted by [identity profile] missmurchison.livejournal.com at 03:21am on 25/02/2013
I have been enjoying it. I did record, as I thought, and the absolutely blatant way they use previous movies is hilarious.
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posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 05:47am on 25/02/2013
I know, right? :)

*chortles with glee, just from remembering some conversations and self-referential scenes in the movie*
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posted by [personal profile] jerusha at 03:14am on 25/02/2013
Darn! And I missed it!
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posted by [identity profile] revdorothyl.livejournal.com at 05:49am on 25/02/2013
One thing you can be sure of with a made-for-SyFy movie is that, sooner or later, it'll be back! Do try to catch it in repeats sometime, if you get the chance. It's worth the effort, I think (especially if you tape it and can fast-forward to the fanboy conversations, if you've a mind to).
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posted by [personal profile] jerusha at 01:58pm on 25/02/2013
Heh. There are other, slightly more underhanded ways, too, and I managed one. I'll look forward to watching it sometime.
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