Lost in Space

Lost in Space, while the trailer made it look great the actual film itself is.......nowhere near as awesome as it's made out to be. Though this isn't surprising given how it's based off a rather crappy t.v show.

The film follows the Robinson family and Major West as they try to travel to the distant planet, Alpha Prime to set up a special gateway that will allow people from Earth to travel there instantly. Even in the first few minutes there's one rather large problem, the beginning tells us that the nations have made peace and yet here we are in a war against terrorists. I suppose they didn't get the memo about world peace? Dr. Smith, our villain, sneaks aboard the ship and sabotages things so that the mission will fail. However, his device fails and knocks him unconscious trapping him aboard the ship. Waking from their cryo-sleep, the Robinsons find their large robot in the middle of causing damage and they are forced to avoid roasting in a sun by shooting through it with their hyperdrive which causes them to become lost in space.

Following this, they find out that they are in the future and discover a wrecked ship that had been searching for them. After a quick chase by metal spiders, the family crash lands on a nearby planet where they begin to repair things and sets up our final showdown with the evil Smith.

To be honest, it was a bit hard to pay attention to the film just because of how boring it was. The dialogue and characters were boring, especially William Hurt as the father who speaks in only one octave and sounds extremely bored. This is of course compared to the youngest daughter Penny who sounds like she has been sucking too much helium between scenes. The only good actor is Gary Oldman, who probably fired his agent for landing him this terrible job.

Lost in Space. Hopefully it continues to stay lost instead of returning to plague us more, though thankfully no sequels or remakes have been put forward. *sigh of relief*

Friends Series Finale

Spanning 10 seasons, Friends follows the lives of six friends in New York City. All of this is wrapped up in the series finale.

The finale episode largely deals with two main stories, Monica and Chandler as they welcome their new twins into the world and finish their packing for the big move. The second follows Ross and Rachel's on again, off again relationship and dealing with Rachel leaving for Paris.

As a whole, the episode is very enjoyable and full of laughs and sad moments. Phoebe of course provides many hilarious moments from driving Ross to two airports at high speed to bursting into song after claiming things are like a musical.

The entire run of Friends is quite entertaining, but in the end "The Last One" or the Finale is definately a highlight and among the best of the episodes.