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Free Enterprise (1998)
Very "Kevin Smith"...
I wasn't expecting much when I started watching this movie, but within the first 10 minutes I was very amused. The dialog was very reminiscent of a Kevin Smith movie with an abundance of "inside jokes", pop-culture allusions, and enough quirky trivia to be part of a Dennis Miller routine. The romance angle was a mildly boring but sufferable. The only thing that bothered me about this film was my own ability to recognize nearly every piece of memorabilia scattered around the background. What's not to like about a movie that re-enacts a scene from "Logan's Run" and follows it up with a comment about how they are the only two people who remember the movie. All-in-all I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and would recommend it to any sci-fi/comic book/pop culture fan.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
The best of the series
By far, this movie was the best one in the series. It had elements of suspense, conspiracy, mystery, and enough action to keep the movie flowing at a good pace (unlike the incredibly long "each-minute-feels-like-a-lifetime" Star Treks I,III, & V). The supporting cast was also the most well rounded group on any of these films, with the possible exception of 'The Voyage Home' -- not forcing us to accept someone like Christopher Lloyd as a Klingon leader.
Max Headroom (1987)
Cyberpunk Journalism at its best...
This was, and still is, my favorite show to ever grace the flickering screen of my television. The visionary depiction of a TV-driven culture on overdrive piqued the imagination and served as a prophetic parody/warning to the industry that ironically gave it life in the US.
It was a near (20 minutes into the) future where TV wasn't only entertainment but required by law -- just having an off switch was a major crime -- and ratings were EVERYTHING. Hackers, brain-recorded AI, pirate TV broadcasters, TV religion, mercs selling tomorrow's top story, body banks and bodyleggers, blip-verts, cred-sticks, the mix of grit and the glimmer of neon... this WAS cyberpunk at it's purest (with the noted exception being the lack of cyberware). There has never been (and probably never will be) a show that did as much justice to the genre.
With all the drivel available on video today, I can't help but wonder when (if ever) someone will finally come to their senses and release this gem...