why why why

[GingerWizard]

Is "Escape from new york" on bloody TV again!? It is a terrible film and at least the 3rd time this year to have been shown on normal channels.

Have i missed something here? Is it some super cult film?

At best i would'nt wipe my arse on it. Can anyone explain?

[6655321]

I'm with you. Some folks think it is a classic, but it's crap.. Unadulterated crap!

[Dare2Fail]

Great film, with one of the best characters of all time in the form of the mighty Snake Pliskin. And yes, it is a bit of a cult classic.

The sequel is, however, a complete pile of st.

[T89 Callan]

It's just so brilliantly 80's

[Pesty]

I refute your argument thusly

Its brill and you have poor taste

[mat205125]

T89 Callan said:

It's just so brilliantly 80's

Isn't it set in the future

1998 must have seemed soooooo far away when they were making the film

[Morningside]

Plus, can they stop showing Back To The Future as well - Great film but... Come on!

I think two channels were showing it on the same day.

[Jasandjules]

Is this not simply a result of having so many channels?

[Morningside]

Jasandjules said:

Is this not simply a result of having so many channels?

YES! Far too many. It may be a case of choice, but with the hundreds we do have they now need to be filled with crap like 'Dating in the dark' or zillions of 'cops in cars'.

I would rather have 10 channels of quality with chosen programming. Yes, I do have Sky but I always seem to creep back to the main 5 channels mainly due to a show moved from network to network and called 'new to ......' when its obvious its the same one.

Or other channels showing really old dated rubbish. I see Challange TV is still showing Bullseye! That finished in about 1995.

Time filling rubbish.

[shakotan]

Dare2Fail said:

Great film, with one of the best characters of all time in the form of the mighty Snake Pliskin. And yes, it is a bit of a cult classic.

The sequel is, however, a complete pile of st.

The original is great as a 'switch your brain off' cult classic.

The sequel is no more than the original, slightly dressed up with more modern special effects. The storyline is pretty much identical.

[The Wookie]

One step up from Battlefield Earth that was on the other night... why in god's name I put myself through that for a 2nd time I shall never know.

In fact I think I know why... It's exactly like that clip of the chap on top of the train electrocuting himself, when I saw it the first time I wished I hadn't, but I just had to watch it again in the vain hope that it wasn't as bad as it initially looked. Only then to realise that on watching it a second time, I noticed that the bloke wasn't just dead, but was in fact was in fact so dead that he could more accurately be described as a collection of burning, charred ash arranged into the shape of an indian.

Edited by The Wookie on Tuesday 3rd November 16:59

[Jasandjules]

The Wookie said:

One step up from Battlefield Earth that was on the other night... why in god's name I put myself through that for a 2nd time I shall never know.

I put myself through that the other night (though in my defence it was the first time I'd seen it).. I don't think I will again.