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Post by Ditto on Aug 10, 2009 8:44:18 GMT
Aw. I knew I liked you Pauline.
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Post by DeeDee on Aug 10, 2009 10:36:16 GMT
OOPs I've got a extra photo op oh well we shall see which Pauline would like ;D ;D
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Post by purplepauline on Aug 10, 2009 11:16:00 GMT
to be honest i would prefer photo op and that way Jame's get his bit also \/vvvv\/ HAS ANYBODY HAD PROBLEMS WITH DVD contact me if there is a problem
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Post by nightnurse on Aug 10, 2009 16:15:37 GMT
YAY ! Got home to find a nice purple disk had arrived ;D Thank you so much PP ...just tested it on the laptop and its working fine Dee Dee, more'n happy to chip in for the photo op
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Post by Ditto on Aug 10, 2009 19:50:45 GMT
James can have a bit any time he likes! Sorry, lowering the tone as usual. Good idea re the photo op.
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Post by DeeDee on Aug 12, 2009 16:58:57 GMT
James can have a bit any time he likes! oh yeah ;D ;D (oops sorry ) oops I forgot about Rosie as well for getting the disk in the first place ;D what can we get for Rosie?(appart from James himself*but he's mine *) Ohhhh... Doesn't James look good in this film though
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Post by Ditto on Aug 12, 2009 17:03:04 GMT
I haven't watched it yet...I need to be able to concentrate. Yeah, gotta treat Rosie too.
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Post by Pluto7077 on Aug 16, 2009 15:29:06 GMT
Thanks Rosie and Pauline Just watched James was absolutely gorgeous throughout, rugged and heroic Slightly daft but gloriously shot in a kind of 1950's style. Creatures and their addictions, now why does that ring a bell
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Post by Ditto on Aug 21, 2009 8:32:20 GMT
I saved it to watch at daughter's on the HUGE screen, as good as the pictures. Loved it and wanted to grab James and scrub my fingers through his nappy hair. ::lusts::
Pure hokum in the old style. ;D
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Post by PokerKitten on Apr 30, 2010 22:54:28 GMT
Inside PulseBad Movies Done Right – High Plains Invaders
Forget Indians, everybody knows the cowboy’s greatest enemy comes from outer space.
In High Plains Invaders, the Kristoffer Tabori directed gunslinger vs extraterrestrial creature feature, James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) plays Sam Danville, a former officer in the Indian Wars who, seeking a bit of a thrill, has turned to a life of crime. After tasting the sweet nectar of Indian-killing, Danville is not content to go back to his old life. No, now that he has shot people dead, Danville leaves his best gal Abigail Pixley (played by Cindy Sampson) behind and transforms himself into a train robber.
When his latest escapade accidentally causes a train derailment, Danville is crushed to find out he has unwittingly become a murderer. His spirits aren’t the only things that are going to be crushed though; Danville faces a hanging — just as soon as the town’s incompetent sheriff can lead his motley crew of deputies into putting together a half-decent gallows.
Yes, High Plains Invaders begins with its toes firmly dipped into typical western chestnuts. There’s the dusty one-street-town complete with saloon, general store and prison. There’s the contemplative hero who has just a bit of a bad streak running through him. There’s even a bounty hunter — albeit one who is a real beauty and looks good in a skirt and gun strap. And I’m not talking about Bobba Fett.
Sanny Van Heteren plays Rose Hilridge, a sassy lass who makes her bones killing bad guys — and doesn’t take gruff from anybody.
But honestly, this is all window dressing — as fluffy and ultimately meaningless as the decorative trimmings on a pistol. There is only one thing that people watching a movie about cowboys vs. aliens want to know about — and that one thing doesn’t involve character development.
The invaders of High Plains Invaders are a group of shiny gold insectoids that scuttle about on crab-like legs, drilling into the ground in search of Uranium. Not only do these creatures use the raw element as a projectile weapon that they shoot out of their mouths and into the chests of unsuspecting yokels, the aliens seem to get some kind of high from snorting the stuff.
In a big of unlucky happenstance, Jules Arning, a squirrely little man played by Sebastian Knapp, has been processing the element at his ranch on the edge of town. When the aliens get a whiff of what a treasure trove of uranium they are sitting on, it becomes a massacre worthy of James Cameron standards.
Well, maybe not James Cameron. More like Roger Corman.
The film, while utilizing some impressive make-up effects and an admirable job with computer graphics, is still very much a low-budget film. The effects are rough and the filmmakers choose to play much of the action off-screen where the audiences’ need to utilize their imagination helps keep the budget in check.
James Marsters does a respectable job as a western hero — though I have to admit I missed the faux-British accent he donned while playing Spike on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. With only a standard American accent at his disposal, the actor seemed to loose some of his charm and charisma — but maybe that was just my low-level racism at work.
The film, while low budget and awfully cheesy in its plot, is surprisingly entertaining in places.
When it plays out like a prison siege film like some kind of combination of Assault on Prescient 13 and Starship Troopers, the movie hits the spot in ways few straight-to-DVD creature flicks do.
High Plains Invaders is not a perfect film and it won’t win any awards for its ingenuity but there are worse ways to spend an hour and a half then watching cowboys and aliens duking it out at the OK Corral.
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Post by Ditto on May 1, 2010 11:21:27 GMT
I like that report. He's only a murderer if he kills the white folks? The Indians, poor beggars, can go hang! I suppose because it was a 'war' it was okay to kill them.
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Post by PokerKitten on Jan 15, 2011 12:56:44 GMT
Being shown on Syfy (in the UK) on Monday 17th, 10-00 pm
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Post by chrisspike on Feb 6, 2011 14:03:32 GMT
I recorded it on Sky Plus and watched in last week. I thought the plot was a bit wierd but James was good in it as usual. I watched Beneath You last night and then skipped over to look at James on High Plains Invaders, fair play the boy is aging well.
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Post by marilyn on Mar 3, 2011 4:50:22 GMT
HP Invaders was on Syfy today, and of course I had to give it a look. I was surprised to see that Abby is played by the actress who plays Lisa on Supernatural. She's doesn't get much chance to shine in the western, cos she's really a pretty girl! Still fun to watch even tho I had seen it already!
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Post by PokerKitten on Jun 10, 2011 18:06:24 GMT
It's on UK Syfy again this coming week but I've forgotten when I'll look it up, unless someone beats me to it. ETA - Monday 13th, 8-00pm.
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