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<blockquote data-quote="JTA" data-source="post: 247832" data-attributes="member: 191063"><p><strong>Back to the Future Part II : 7:55pm - 10:00pm (ITV2)</strong></p><p>(Including Entertainment News Update)</p><p></p><p>After the success of the first time-travelling caper a sequel was inevitable, although this time around director Robert Zemeckis is guilty of gilding the lily. Stars Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd return from the original, along with Lea Thompson and Thomas F Wilson, but the script is too clever for its own good and the film gets bogged down by trying to cram in too many ideas and settings (past, future, alternative universes). The effects, however, are even better than in the first film, and the actors certainly enjoy themselves in a baffling array of roles. </p><p></p><p>and for those of us with an Irish Sky card :</p><p><strong>What Lies Beneath (9:30pm - 11:45pm) RTE1</strong></p><p></p><p>Supernatural thriller about a woman who uncovers a chilling secret in her husband's past when, recuperating from a serious road accident, she begins to see visions of a mysterious woman. The husband, a university research scientist, sends his wife to a therapist. But events take an even more ominous turn when her therapist suggests she make contact with the apparition. </p><p></p><p>or <strong>Excalibur (11:05pm - 1:40am) TG4</strong> </p><p></p><p>Lavish and often violent production of the King Arthur legend, telling the story from the birth of the boy who would one day command the Knights of the Round Table. </p><p></p><p>and we'll end with a bang :</p><p><strong>Ice Pirates (10:55pm - 12:40am) TCM </strong></p><p></p><p>Although little more than an Errol Flynn-type intergalactic swashbuckler, this slight space opera is good inventive fun even if it does err on the crudely silly side. Space pirate Robert Urich searches the universe for the prized commodity of water, gets captured, falls in love with princess Mary Crosby and escapes with her to search for her father on a mysterious planet covered in water. Great art direction and neat special effects - the clever time-warp birth sequence, the castration device and the robot pimp - augment the constant stream of smart-aleck remarks and sexual innuendo. Off-the-wall and amusing enough even if it is more Carry On than Star Wars. </p><p></p><p></p><p>So there's quite a lot on this evening.</p><p>BTW, did anybody watch Buck Rogers in the 25th century this summer on Bravo ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JTA, post: 247832, member: 191063"] [B]Back to the Future Part II : 7:55pm - 10:00pm (ITV2)[/B] (Including Entertainment News Update) After the success of the first time-travelling caper a sequel was inevitable, although this time around director Robert Zemeckis is guilty of gilding the lily. Stars Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd return from the original, along with Lea Thompson and Thomas F Wilson, but the script is too clever for its own good and the film gets bogged down by trying to cram in too many ideas and settings (past, future, alternative universes). The effects, however, are even better than in the first film, and the actors certainly enjoy themselves in a baffling array of roles. and for those of us with an Irish Sky card : [B]What Lies Beneath (9:30pm - 11:45pm) RTE1[/B] Supernatural thriller about a woman who uncovers a chilling secret in her husband's past when, recuperating from a serious road accident, she begins to see visions of a mysterious woman. The husband, a university research scientist, sends his wife to a therapist. But events take an even more ominous turn when her therapist suggests she make contact with the apparition. or [B]Excalibur (11:05pm - 1:40am) TG4[/B] Lavish and often violent production of the King Arthur legend, telling the story from the birth of the boy who would one day command the Knights of the Round Table. and we'll end with a bang : [B]Ice Pirates (10:55pm - 12:40am) TCM [/B] Although little more than an Errol Flynn-type intergalactic swashbuckler, this slight space opera is good inventive fun even if it does err on the crudely silly side. Space pirate Robert Urich searches the universe for the prized commodity of water, gets captured, falls in love with princess Mary Crosby and escapes with her to search for her father on a mysterious planet covered in water. Great art direction and neat special effects - the clever time-warp birth sequence, the castration device and the robot pimp - augment the constant stream of smart-aleck remarks and sexual innuendo. Off-the-wall and amusing enough even if it is more Carry On than Star Wars. So there's quite a lot on this evening. BTW, did anybody watch Buck Rogers in the 25th century this summer on Bravo ? [/QUOTE]
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