Cinema Cycle - Daryl Hall & John Oates: Seven Big ONes

CINEMA CYCLE

(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)

DATE REVIEWED: 12/14/2016

TITLE: Hall & Oates: Seven Big Ones

FORMAT: Laserdisc (8”)

TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 31 minutes

DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 8.7 miles

TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 5790.1 miles

SYNOPSIS:

Track List:

• Say It Isn't So
• Family Man
• Maneater
• Private Eyes
• Adult Education
• I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)
• One On One

CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Smooth 80s progressive rock with a slight edge.

PROS AND CONS:  It is always good with I get to watch one of these 8” music video discs.  They are the lost child of the Laserdisc genre and never really caught on.  But they have captured some wonderful musical moments from a time gone by.

What we have here is the height of the music video during the early MTV years.  The production is slick and the songs are very catchy.  

Without a doubt, give me some catchy music to watch during cinema cycle and pedal much faster.

To read an overview of this project, check out this status posting.  

This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.

Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film. 

This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle.  A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.

Five Frames - 12/12/2016

Five Frames

Images taken with an iPhone 6s Plus.

These images and many many more can be found on my Flickr account.

A 1000 Words - 12/12/2016

A Thousand Words:

A page of text written about a single image.

Cinema Cycle - Innerspace

CINEMA CYCLE

(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)

DATE REVIEWED: 12/12/2016

TITLE: Innerspace

FORMAT: Laserdisc

TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 2 hours

DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 23.3 miles

TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 5781.4 miles

SYNOPSIS: A single hypochondriac is injected with a miniature human that evildoers are trying to steal.

CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: A thrill ride with lots of special effects, rocking music video segments and car chases.

PROS AND CONS:  For what it is, a fun, good time movie to watch, this is a good film.  It sets out what it intends to do and keeps you interested for two hours.

The acting and dialogue are some of the better parts of this film, especially with when Martin Short takes on the persona of Dennis Quaid.

Much better than some of the other trash that my random media generator has been making me watch of late.

To read an overview of this project, check out this status posting.  

This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.

Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film. 

This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle.  A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.

Five Frames - 12/10/2016

Five Frames

Images Taken With An iPhone 6s Plus.

These images and many many more can be found on my Flickr account.

Cinema Cycle - MadMen - S2E4

CINEMA CYCLE

(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)

DATE REVIEWED: 12/09/2016

TITLE: MadMen: Season 2, Episode 4 (Three Sundays)

FORMAT: DVD

TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 49 minutes

DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 12.3 miles

TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 5758.1 miles

SYNOPSIS: from Wikipedia

17	4	"Three Sundays"	Tim Hunter	Andre Jacquemetton & Maria Jacquemetton	August 17, 2008	1.07[3]
Peggy gets to know a new priest at her parish, who with the help of Peggy's sister Anita, tries to get Peggy to open up about the circumstances of her pregnancy. Roger is intrigued by the "wife" of a client, who turns out to be a call girl. Betty and Don quarrel over disciplining their son.

CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Religion in the early 1960s, and the role that it played in shaping the eastern seaboard.

PROS AND CONS:  I won’t comment on the specific plot lines that are present in this episode.  I have seen the entire series more than once, so this is like re-reading a favorite book.

This time around I watched the episode with audio commentary from the director and producer of the show.  The commentary was a total voice over of the episode so there was no dialog from the actors, just the thoughts of the creators.  

IT was sort of like listening to the gods on Mount Olympus move human playing pieces on a game board.  

To read an overview of this project, check out this status posting.  

This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.

Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film. 

This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle.  A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.

Five Frames - 12/07/2016

Five Frames

Images iPhone 6s Plus / Panasonic Lumix Digital.

These images and many many more can be found on my Flickr account.