Movie: Journey to the Center of Time

Spectacularly bad movie from 1967 that looks a bit like Time Tunnel except with a much, much smaller budget. I mean, the tape reels on the computers in the background don't even go around! It starred Anthony Eisley, whom we liked in Hawaiian Eye, and some other people who needed a paycheck (but probably not a very big one).

We picked this up at a thrift shop, so we don't feel bad; the money went to the local women's shelter.

It would have been more fun if it hadn't been so slow-moving, but on the whole I've spent a worse 83 minutes. Mostly at the dentist.

Movie: Laser Mission

Somewhere or other we acquired a boxed set of 50 "classic" sci-fi movies on DVD. We figured it was a treasure trove of really bad movies, and we were right! Laser Mission is actually one of the more recent flicks included, but oh, it's BAD. It's also fun - it's the kind of bad movie that's good with popcorn and laughter.

The hero and heroine were pretty annoying. Brandon Lee didn't get to fight enough or in enough different ways (he got to use one type of kick over and over), and Debi Monahan's character, also supposed to be a good fighter, sadly overlooked a devastating opportunity to use a stiletto heel against a bad guy. The rest of the cast were obviously having a lot of fun, especially the real bad guys and the comic-relief sorta-bad-guys. Most of the film looks very low budget, but they have some gorgeous desert scenery from somewhere and a lot of great explosions.