January 13, 1996

TiVo's Humorous Movie Synopses

Some movies, TiVo's descriptions of them, and some lame commentary from me in italics, from Jason Kottke:
  • Hellraiser: Bloodline
    Man in space battles Pinhead, as did ancestors. (Ancestors don't do anything in space.)
  • Cyborg Cop
    Drug agent's brother could be a cyborg. (Wasn't that an episode of Leave It To Beaver?)
  • Sense and Sensibility
    Men romance and abandon sisters in 1900 England. (The novel was written in 1811, not 1900! by the way, "Romance and Abandon" was Austen's first title.)
  • The Gunfighter
    Upstarts dare the fastest gun in the West. (And then what?!)
  • Showgirls
    Dancer stoops low to rise in Las Vegas. (Hey, that's kinda clever.)
  • Saturday Night Fever
    Brooklyn nobody becomes disco king to Bee Gees music. (Shoulda stuck with this same plot for Battlefield Earth.)
  • The Usual Suspects
    A detective questions a con man about associates. (Sounds boring. Wake me up when that one's over.)
  • Wonder Boys
    A writer and his student collide with life. (What does that mean, collide with life?)