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Terrahawks (1983)
The Best Gerry Anderson
Contrary to other user reviews, I find Terrahawks far more enjoyable than Thunderbirds and Stingray, and a little more enjoyable than Captain Scarlett. The plots of Thunderbirds always seemed very one-dimensional, with the good-guys consistently getting on with each other and being good. Terrahawks has a little more depth to the characters, and some splendidly horrible running jokes (Tiger's consistent failure to beat the high-score on his game, the horrific mocking of Hiro's 'accent' ("Exactry!"), and the rivalry between the football Sgt. Zero and the speciesist Tiger).
The plots also get a bit darker, later in the series, which adds further depth, and brings it closer to the more compelling style of Captain Scarlett, without giving up the humour.
For Americans, trained by Hollywood to always expect a fluffy happy original-Star-Trek ending, I recommend Thunderbirds. For anyone who'd prefer a bit more of a Blake's 7 or Babylon 5 puppet show, I recommend Terrahawks.
Juyuso seubgyuksageun (1999)
A work of art
'Attack The Gas Station' is a marvellous movie, and uncommonly difficult to describe.
It's what would result if you gave Quentin Tarantino a sense of humour and a sense of good taste. And improved his ability to direct. And gave him good actors to work with. And an impeccable writer.
The English subtitles are odd. At times their errors are amusing, and add something to the movie; at other times there has evidently been painstaking care taken to make the subtitles at least try to make sense - the attempt at translating a vocalised word-game is, while not perfect, a surprisingly good try.
I've never before seen a movie constructed of a montage of separate scenes that came together so well as a whole. If only it weren't so hard to find this one.