Date watched: 8/26/20
Starring: Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt, Michael Stefani
Plot: A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures. (From IMDB)
Quotes:
- He was a good cop. … Until a Trancer killed his wife.
- “Lost Angeles” on a sign
- Did you mean what you said last night? — Yeah, sure. What did I say last night? — Phil, come on! You said that making love to me was like the ethereal union of two lost souls.
- Dry hair is for squids.
- Security? We’ve got trouble at the North Pole.
- If I see you in L.A. again I don’t care if you are a kid or an old lady or a kitty-Kat. I’m going to kick your ass.
Viewer Quotes:
- What is Helen Hunt doing in this film?
- So this is Blade Runner? — Discount Blade Runner. — This is Butter Knife Runner
- How come that guy looks so much like Stephen Fry?
- So now we know where Assassins Creed got the idea from
- Oh dear god, we have a confederate flag jean jacket
- “I’ll kill you and your bitchin’ girlfriend.” — Not “bitch of a” but “bitchin'”
- Wait, did he go back in time into his ancestor’s body? <While he is hooking up with his ancestor’s one-night-stand> — We have a real Futurama situation here
- That’s Leonard from Community, that’s how I found this movie!
- All this DX7 is killing me
- “This room is clean” — This house is clean!
- Please tell me this is the guy on the baseball card — 1 minute later — Called it
Things we learned:
- When you move at the speed of light your actions won’t be proportional to the speed they should be
- If you move at the speed of light you will always save Helen Hunt instead of killing the bad guy
- Fashion really is circular, shoulder-pad will come back (in 2247)
- Could you say the budget was…. padded?
Final Take:
Don’t get high and go see Blade Runner and then think “I could do this”