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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Visitor (1995)
One of television's finest hours
I met Tony Todd at a horror film convention yesterday. On the way there I decided that if he wasn't too busy I was going to tell him that of all the good, great, or terrible things he's been in, this single episode of Deep Space Nine is my most favorite. This episode made me cry like a baby. I only saw it once, back when it originally aired, but I still get choked up thinking about it twelve years later. I never knew my father and this story made me feel how acutely that absence has impacted my life. Silly, I know. But that's the true power of art; and yes, sometimes television is art.
I didn't know if he would even remember being in it. I didn't know if it meant as much to him as it did to me. I didn't know if he would smirk at my trek-geekiness.
When I stepped up to select a picture for him to autograph, I noticed one of the pictures was from an episode of Voyager that I'd forgotten he was in. He asked if I liked Star Trek and I admitted that I did.
Then he said "Have you seen The Visitor?" I won't go into details because they're not mine to share, but as he explained his personal connection to the story, I realized that this episode may actually mean more to him than it does to me. And it means an awful lot to me.
If you watch only one episode of any Star Trek series ever, make it this one.
Future Fear (1997)
Through The Looking Glass, And Onto The Seas Of Cheese.
I caught this one on late night Showtime, and unlike everyone else I didn't think it sucked. The acting was pretty good, and the story was passable for a late night sci-fi flick. The sets and FX were weak, but sets and FX aren't what makes a movie or TV show good, look at Dr Who! I'll grant you that this wasn't on par with Dr Who, but I'd watch Future Fear twice more before reading the back of Twister once. Maria Ford, as usual, made it all worth it. She's smart, a good actor, and drop-dead gorgeous. Stacy Keach and Jeff Wincott were both good as well, with some pretty funny lines and scenes.
I give it 6/10.
Burial of the Rats (1995)
Has there ever been a woman as gorgeous as Maria Ford?
This movie flat sucked. But I sat through every nauseating scene just to see Maria Ford, as I'm sure was the point. This film was probably someone's psych 101 project. "Will Men Sit Through The Most Mind-Numbing Drivel, Just To See A Hot Naked Body?"
Yes Mr Freud, we will.
Hudson Hawk (1991)
Ooh, Menthol.
This is the most ridiculous, self-indulgent, piece of... Movie, I've ever seen. It's also my favorite Bruce Willis flick. I saw this movie in the theater, with about twelve other people nationwide, and I laughed until I soiled my seat. Love it or hate it, Bruce rules.