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<blockquote data-quote="spiney" data-source="post: 242963" data-attributes="member: 192438"><p>Saturday (12/8/06).</p><p></p><p>The Swarm, Ch4, 4pm.</p><p></p><p>This got slaughtered by the critics, and although often unintentionally hilarious, neverthless is still the best ever bee movie! Can you beelieve it stars Michael Caine?</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078350/trivia" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078350/trivia</a> .</p><p></p><p>Apollo 13, ITV2, 8.30pm.</p><p></p><p>A good telling of the story of Apollo 13, although much dramatic license was used (in both spacecraft and mission control, people are shown struggling to find solutions, racing against time, although in fact using the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat" was always a possibility, and the options were worked out well beforehand ......).</p><p></p><p>To simulate outer space weightlessness, it was easiest just to use the real thing! A replica of the spacecraft interiors was built inside the Vomit Comet, the free-fall aeroplane really used to simulate wieghtlessness in astronaut training.</p><p>On the other hand, in the film, the astronauts are shown doing simulated training missions in a strangely desserted building (to save money), which I found rather unrealistic.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)</a> .</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_comet" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_comet</a> .</p><p></p><p>The King of Comedy, BBC4, 11pm.</p><p></p><p>Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) does stand-up spots in small comedy clubs, but wants to make the big time. He can't, being socially inept (and also having a silly name!). So, approaches his comedy idol, megastar Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis!), to ask for a spot on his tv show. Lewis refuses, so pupkin kidnaps him. As they say, hilarious consequences result .......</p><p></p><p>I much prefer this film to Taxi Driver, which was unnecessarily violent and depressing (and just silly) "...... are you laughing at me? There's nobody else here....".</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Comedy_%281983_film%29" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Comedy_(1983_film)</a> .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spiney, post: 242963, member: 192438"] Saturday (12/8/06). The Swarm, Ch4, 4pm. This got slaughtered by the critics, and although often unintentionally hilarious, neverthless is still the best ever bee movie! Can you beelieve it stars Michael Caine? [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078350/trivia[/url] . Apollo 13, ITV2, 8.30pm. A good telling of the story of Apollo 13, although much dramatic license was used (in both spacecraft and mission control, people are shown struggling to find solutions, racing against time, although in fact using the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat" was always a possibility, and the options were worked out well beforehand ......). To simulate outer space weightlessness, it was easiest just to use the real thing! A replica of the spacecraft interiors was built inside the Vomit Comet, the free-fall aeroplane really used to simulate wieghtlessness in astronaut training. On the other hand, in the film, the astronauts are shown doing simulated training missions in a strangely desserted building (to save money), which I found rather unrealistic. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13_(film)[/url] . [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_comet[/url] . The King of Comedy, BBC4, 11pm. Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) does stand-up spots in small comedy clubs, but wants to make the big time. He can't, being socially inept (and also having a silly name!). So, approaches his comedy idol, megastar Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis!), to ask for a spot on his tv show. Lewis refuses, so pupkin kidnaps him. As they say, hilarious consequences result ....... I much prefer this film to Taxi Driver, which was unnecessarily violent and depressing (and just silly) "...... are you laughing at me? There's nobody else here....". [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Comedy_%281983_film%29[/url] . [/QUOTE]
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