Cruise of the Gods originally aired back at Xmas 2002, with a DVD release the following year.
How did we miss that?
We meant to watch it; we've meant to watch it on re-runs: yet somehow we kept missing it. As the years passed, its potential amusement quotient rose in direct proportion to the number of DVD boxsets I purchased and the range of academic research / fan-fiction I was reading. And I really should have taken my reading 'Wiffle Lever to Full' as a sign to watch Cruise of the Gods immediately.
I failed.
But, many things will arrive at their appropriate destination eventually and so it was that last night we watched Brydon and Coogan and Corden et al bring all-too-deftly to screen some of the excruciatingly familiar tropes of (sci-fi/cult TV/cult movie) fandom such as:
- banal questioning of guests
- costume wearing
- attention to detail by fans beyond that of even most methodical continuity checking of writers, actors, directors etc.
And, despite the fact that no doubt 'Children of Castor' was rubbish, I couldn't help wanting to have watched more of it. Which probably says everything about me you need to know.
4 comments:
Yes it is fab. I almost like it as much as Galaxy Quest! And A cock and bull story, which isn't the same genre I know, but is as under appreciated. In my view anyway.
Tippy- toes quietly away........
Thought I'd look and see what someone is writing just down the road, so to speak. good luck.
Welcome Ken! Not sure how far 'down the road' I am, but howdy!
Chrissie: you know what, I still haven't watched galaxy quest either (I really REALLY should have!). Even more shamefully - and there is no need to tippy-toe away! - I haven't yet watched Cock and Bull Story either. Gah. I suck at movie watching!
You SO do not suck at recommending good films though. You just don't get time in abundance to watch them!
Hmmm, I can think of a number of fab movies in whose direction you have pointed me ;-)
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