dave-1901 Reviews

Top Gun (1986)

Crazy credits

[9/10 · 16 May 2021]

When I was a serving marine in 1987, I went to the camp cinema to see Top Gun.

In the opening credits the Paramount stars that come sweeping on screen were replaced by F14s. As they swrpt over the Paramount mountain they morphed into stars.

I've never seen this again on tv, or on the VHS or dvds I purchased. Has anyone else seen this?

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Goofs

[21 December 2019]

At about 3h 02m, When t Lawrence and his followers come across slaughtered villagers, the Turkish troop responsible can be seen in the distance. Talal looks at the Turks with hatred in his eyes and says 'No prisoners'. A few seconds later he breaks ranks on his own and charges the Turks by himself. He is killed by rifle fire just short of the Turkish troops. Lawrence orders the attack and spookily Talal is seen again still alive mounted on his horse.

Dick Spanner, P.I. (1987– )

example of the humour

[10/10 · 17 November 2006]

I haven't seen this show for over 20 years, but i can remember in one episode, Dick was on the trail of some-one or other, and his investigations lead him to a shady looking Chinese laundry. he started to grill the workers for information but they didn't want to play. so a punch up started. fists flew, wheels spun ( remember Dick Spanner is a robot) Our hero in a desperate move decides to head butt the laundry workers and then hightail it down an alley. and in the movie classic time saving method of the spinning newspaper headlines. it read "SPANNER NUTS WASHERS AND BOLTS". they just don't write stuff like that anymore. i'm sad to hear that its not available on video or DVD. 6 july 2008, found it on DVD, helped me pass the time in afghanistan.

Adventures Beyond Belief (1988– )

ham acting, corny characters, great soundtrack

[10/10 · 12 August 2005]

This was shown in the UK as a five part TV series. I found it really entertaining. I watched mainly for the Elvis sound track which should be reason enough to watch it. one particular scene that had me falling about the place laughing was when the lead character Nick Neat was imprisoned down a mine. the baddies tried to bump him off in a lingering death worthy of a James Bond villain. They dumped a truck load of beer into the mine to drown him. in true Brit style he wasn't going to give in so he drank all the beer and climbed out. he then drunkenly headed for his Harley and missed and mounted a donkey instead. then grasping by the ears like a set of handlebars he tried to kick start it, priceless. i have tried to locate the series on VHS or DVD to no avail. PS the was a pilot made with different actors, haven't seen it but i don't think it would be the same. UPDATE Many thanks to the director of this film Marcus Thomson. I managed to get in touch with him and he supplied me with a VHS copy, I got some beer in stuck it on and laughed my tits off all over again. Clearly it's not as ball bouncingly funny as it was first time around; but hey Elvis is timeless. Thanks Marcus. I just tried to watch it again after nearly eight years and my VHS machine ate the tape I was given by the writer and director, bugger.