Ultraman Hydra Cyclone
Aarrgghhhh! Feeling a little worse for wear this morning. Last night we got monumentally drunk with Jess's friends, went to a pub then back to theirs for more beer. During the day, I blew a fortune on stuff, got another pair of trainers and some god-awful towels from tkmaxx (bright pink/orange/green/brue/yellow roses) and I bought an Ultraman Bandai figure because I liked the look of him, the guy in the shop said his name was 'Peguila', but it isn't, it's 'Hydra'. Me and Matt spent ages trying to find a photo of the figure and some info on the internet but we only found one small photo! Anyway, he's cute and will join my Godzilla and Gamera figures.
Friday night we watched:
'Cyclone' (Directed by René Cardona Jr. 1978)
God how dull was that? Matt was continually falling asleep and I couldn't blame him as the pace was more than a little slow. Hunky Andrés García is back riding the waves on a tour boat when a cyclone storm hits them (High powered water jets and buckets), meanwhile nearby a plane lands in the sea and a trawler ship sinks, leaving lots of people-soup. Eventually everyone ends up on the tour boat, where they squabble for the limited water supply and engage in cannibalism. There's a pregnant woman onboard who luckily for her, goes into labour for about one minute, before giving birth to a healthy boy, who is then bizarrely passed around all the passengers for a cuddle in a sentimental manner. Fellow passenger Shiela (Carroll Baker) later asks the mother if she can kiss the child. Oh yeah there's one hilarious bit where Shiela's much loved dog 'Christmas' (!) is flung into the sea, rescued, has his throat slit, is skinned and used as bait for fishing - all done in front of it's owners eyes. I won't be watching this again in a hurry. It's similar to Cardona Jr.'s 'Encounters In The Deep' which was equally as boring. Sadly, it's hard to like any of the characters and you couldn't care less if they all died, never to be rescued. Well - with the exception of Andrés García, of course, who, unusually keeps his trousers on in this film.
Friday night we watched:
'Cyclone' (Directed by René Cardona Jr. 1978)
God how dull was that? Matt was continually falling asleep and I couldn't blame him as the pace was more than a little slow. Hunky Andrés García is back riding the waves on a tour boat when a cyclone storm hits them (High powered water jets and buckets), meanwhile nearby a plane lands in the sea and a trawler ship sinks, leaving lots of people-soup. Eventually everyone ends up on the tour boat, where they squabble for the limited water supply and engage in cannibalism. There's a pregnant woman onboard who luckily for her, goes into labour for about one minute, before giving birth to a healthy boy, who is then bizarrely passed around all the passengers for a cuddle in a sentimental manner. Fellow passenger Shiela (Carroll Baker) later asks the mother if she can kiss the child. Oh yeah there's one hilarious bit where Shiela's much loved dog 'Christmas' (!) is flung into the sea, rescued, has his throat slit, is skinned and used as bait for fishing - all done in front of it's owners eyes. I won't be watching this again in a hurry. It's similar to Cardona Jr.'s 'Encounters In The Deep' which was equally as boring. Sadly, it's hard to like any of the characters and you couldn't care less if they all died, never to be rescued. Well - with the exception of Andrés García, of course, who, unusually keeps his trousers on in this film.
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