More Questionable Taste From Me...

Okay, as established in my last post, sometimes I enjoy really awful television or movies. I can't help it. It's in my blood. At least I'm rarely under the delusion that it's good?

Well anyway, this is all preamble for the fact that I FINALLY got the chance to watch "Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD".

And you know, it...sorta didn't suck.

Okay, the dialogue was terrible, the plot was cliched and the acting was pretty iffy sometimes (though, it must be said, David Hasselhoff was not the worst actor/part of the movie) but the movie delivered where it was supposed to. I'd actually say it was at least as good as a couple of the weaker Bond films.

It probably helps that I'm a fan of decidedly cheesy/campy espionage shows. (Man from UNCLE? My greatest love during High School.) It's not that I have very high requirements for movies like this. The few character arcs worked fairly organically. The general main character types were appealing enough: bumbling young guy who gets confidence, telepath girl gets to be a leader type, the Contessa gets to shoot someone in the head. The villainess is appropriately scenery chewing.

Also there are LMDs and Helicarriers. And at least surface-wise, Hasselhoff really doesn't make a bad LOOKING Nick Fury.

Yep. Really, I'm quite happy. If it were a theater release, I'd likely be annoyed, but it was a tv movie and honestly, I've seen a LOT worse. (Sci-Fi channel is notorious for them, after all). :-)