Thriller: A Cruel Picture. I figure this was just a broad English translation of this Swedish film, but nah, the original title is word for word. That really is the only bland part of the film, but the title indicates what the film is.
It is cruel. Cruel on the viewer because it just beats one down with the evils of human beings. Well, "man." After all, everyone except one lady has their way with the young and nubile Madeleine, played by [NOBABE]Christina Lindberg[/NOBABE]. I did not know the woman prior to this, but it did spring me up big time right after seeing the film that she's basically an adult model. She's done softcore movies and things of that nature, posed nude all over the 70s. I'm sure she did proper movies, according to imdb, going well into the 21st century. It was a nice fact to read that Quentin Tarantino cites this film as a massive influence on Kill Bill, in particular the Elle Driver character.
Note that I watched this with English subtitles. They said her name is Madeleine, I did not catch Frigga. Anyways, and this film attracted me because of the badass female character. I wasn't sure when this character would pop up, the film really takes its time. I watched the full uncut version, as in the one with hardcore inserts. I knew right away that Lindberg was not part of those inserts, and reading on imdb, she confirmed she was not in them. Instead, some live sex couple called "Romeo and Juliet." I figured as much, these inserts were all up close, never showing the actor and actress, not even the boobs. Lindberg's boobs, are incomparable, so spotting a different pair would spoil the scenes.
It's a rape and revenge tale basically, but it's done in a very raw manner, as well as taking its sweet time. The uncut version is 107 minutes. Compared to Coffy and [NOBABE]Foxy Brown[/NOBABE], this is a very long film. Only 107 minutes, but very long. Very quiet too, which works really well. However, this was the last movie of the day for me. Late at night, so the silence and slow pace really didn't help in keeping me up. That's my fault, I learn that some films are best seen at a certain time of day.
Like Pulp Fiction, I have always watched it in the afternoon, never at night, never in the morning. I didn't sleep, but I was drifting off. Not the film's fault at all, I should note I didn't have any coffee yesterday.
So the film kicks off big time with an old man raping young Frigga. Really young, child. Fast forward 15 years, and the effects are seen on the nubile lady. She's a mute, doesn't show trauma, but you have to buy that she did get fucked up from that moment. That first scene set the whole tone as far as what the film is. Slow, silent in dialogue, music that doesn't sound too loud, carrying these scenes. During long periods though, there isn't music, like the setup for the final kill, no sound but nature and work being done. Frigga's mute, yeah, but the film is still notably silent.
It works in absorbing the images. It's not pleasant. When the pimp came in, that just sold that the woman is going to get messed up again. She did, and it was cruel. Drawn out, drugged up, a few escape attempts ending unsuccessfully. The pimp caused a serious heroin dependency on the woman, that if she didn't do as he says, she wouldn't get the 2 packets of heroin a day to keep her alive. I don't do drugs, because you know, drugs are mad, m'kay? So can a heroin addiction be so bad that actually not taking it, kills you? I was so curious about this, and I figured the movie would answer this through Frigga going through withdrawal. And overcoming it, but no. I don't mind that, I do think it's a bit hard to grasp.
The film takes its time, to a point where there are really only a few big plot points in this long feeling movie. The first rape, the kidnapping and drugging, next point is the prostitution. She's servicing some regulars while her parents are not in the know of her whereabouts. I was confused a bit on who wrote the letters that they got about their daughter. I thought I drifted off and missed that Frigga wrote those letters. I ended up being right in my first assumption, the pimp wrote those letters, that damned and scolded the parents for messing up Frigga. That led to their suicide. Up to that point, Frigga serviced a guy who loved taking pictures of her nude, and one who just wanted to fuck. A woman is introduced, by this point Frigga is setting up her vengeance. This woman slaps around Frigga, and ends up fucking her. Nice. There was another whore in the movie, she gave her story to Frigga, not a happy one. She gets a bloody end, literally. You don't see how she gets the end, just the bed being soaked in blood.
Alright, I forgot about how Frigga was able to set up her vengeance. She gets a day off on Monday. So all those preparation bits had to be on Mondays. I feel stupid for not remembering. I was thinking she lied to the pimp about doing outside jobs. All the whoring she did though was in the pimp's house. Anyways, she prepares by learning martial arts, driving, and guns. The cool part, the actress actually learned all these things. Lindberg studied some martial arts, she didn't have a driver's license, and did all her driving, with the help of a stuntman working the shift gear. And she was practicing shooting, which humorously got her in trouble a bit from bystanders, thinking they were going to get shot by her. Without reading those facts, progress obviously showed. It looked like Lindberg tossing around and honing her fighting skills, sure looked like she was working the guns, and I didn't spot any stunt person driving the car. I love it.
Despite her not talking at all in the film, and her doing nude modeling and softcore flicks, I really think Lindberg was awesome in her acting. On paper it's easy, having no dialogue, wear an eye patch, and do some shooting. Oh yeah, the eye. Man, it was from the pimp after she forced her way out of a whore appointment. I thought the eye was prop off a really elaborate dummy. Turns out, according to imdb citing a Q & A with Lindberg, that was real. From a dead body. The woman in question committed suicide, and they got their hands on [NOBABE]the body[/NOBABE]. So the eye being stabbed by the knife, real. Dead body, but real! Oooh, that makes the scene more gross. But awesome, weird to say.
The hardest task for the actress is coming off as dangerous given her looks and size. Yeah there's the eye patch, but jeez, she's so tiny. I think she's even shorter than [NOBABE]Emilia Clarke[/NOBABE], but she came off more badass than the aforementioned actress portraying [NOBABE]Sarah Connor[/NOBABE]. Yeah, I'm going to type about that movie soon. It does take talent, and her face can be read, the emotions and such. Very stoic most of the time, but she did cry when in a church, and praying after she found out her parents are dead. I didn't read any actresses considered for the role, this was something done perfectly, nobody else I guess would make it work.
I forgot to mention the other hooker, she told Frigga her plans to go to a really expensive treatment center, so there could be a way out. I was hanging on the withdrawal done alone. Frigga was saving her money, I guess enough to pay for all the lessons, and to kick the heroin addiction. Actually, she does spend a good deal on packets of heroin, without needing to go the pimp. An inventory to last in case the pimp tries to one up the lady.
The pimp becomes aware after the first kill. After sawing off her shotgun, which that even looked real, she does her first kill. All trained up, her teachers saying there was none more to teach, she showed her fully developed talents in succession, and she also took up takedowns and counters from two soldiers. This way she could handle close combat, bundled with the martial arts. 1 hour and 11 minutes into the film, first kill. Yeah, the film was really slow, but it works. I will definitely see the film again, and I'll make sure to watch it at an earlier time. I'm sure I'll catch on with this slowness better than the first.
Despite the brutal nature of the kills, the effects of them being like a squib, they are...funny! All these kills, and the action leading up to them, are in slow motion. Major slow motion, and while this fucked over Tarzan, the Ape Man, and other films, here, it's done very well. It's not overindulgent, it's not used to hide flaws or anything. I don't even feel it stretches the film as filler for the 107 minute time period. It's just done right. It does make you feel the kills for as long as possible, without boring the viewer. All of those kills, fully awake, having a laugh because of the animated reactions from the victims. The first death was the fucker, and he had beaver teeth. Just hilarious, but Frigga isn't funny at all. Badass, oh and her clothing is awesome. Long black trench coat, black eye patch, all black outfit really. No fucking around.
The pimp finds out about this kill, gathered up the picture taker and the lesbian. Big mistake, all the bad eggs in one basket. Frigga goes in, blows the latter two to bits. Again, slow motion, animated reactions, hilarious but brutal at the same time. The pimp escaped. He hired two goons to take her out, more deaths, more slow motion, more laughs. My goodness, that last goon, his vocal reaction to getting shot was hilarious, and he clearly jumped off a ledge and do a stunt. God, it was like Karate Girl, a 70s Turkish film that featured one of the funniest death scenes ever. It was a slow motion gun shot to a guy with a tache by the lead actress. Brilliant, and the deaths here are as well. Two cops come in, Frigga uses her combat skills to subdue them, also in slow motion. Kicks, punches, throws, and bloodying their faces! Awesome. She stole their police car too! The driving scene that followed featured crashes, and some explosions. That was pretty funny too, and it looked like the explosions were thrown at the car. It looked a bit cheap, but I'll let it slide. If it's good and entertaining, doesn't matter if it was cheap or not. The sound isn't epic, even these are part of the silent, tuned down volume of the film, but I still loved it.
The heroin dealer appeared in this, I think when he pointed Frigga at the road with his thumb, he was directing her to the abandoned farm. Or some work area, whatever. Someone came to shoot at her, Frigga avoids, the shooter escaped. Frigga shot at a driver who blocked her unintentionally from getting the shooter. She shot at him, that was funny, lucky bastard didn't get hit.
The final scenes were the most silent, it was focused on Frigga setting up her trap for the pimp. A firework. The pimp wanted to end it, goes to the battleground. The firework is set off via a wire that Frigga's foot activates. Dude's distracted, Frigga shoots the guy in the leg multiple times. That was funny, slow motioned that. His death however, wasn't slowed down. He got a more barbaric death. No guns, fighting, just being trapped with a noose around his neck, tied to a horse who wants to reach for a bucket of water. Yeah. The horse gets to the bucket. So, you know what that means.
Awesome film, I need to see it again so I can receive things a bit better. The action bits, overall acting, and the sickening images, oh and the nudity, struck me right away. It's just the pacing wasn't all the way right for me very late at night. Again, that's my fault. It doesn't change the fact that it's an incredible grindhouse film. The pacing is an acquired taste, and the slow motion could be seen as overdone, or even too ridiculous, so the film isn't for anyone. The right mood, time, atmosphere, these help. Still, overall, fantastic, a classic, I want to see more of [NOBABE]Christina Lindberg[/NOBABE]. Whether she's kicking ass or making love, I'll give her many spins now.
Quickly, before Thriller, it was a sci-fi day. I watched Barbarella. Very cheesy, very ridiculous, the effects and the sets are so obvious, but it's so lovely. There's an innocence to it, a charm to it. The nudity, technically it's PG, but damn is it fine. The opening credits with [NOBABE]Jane Fonda[/NOBABE] getting nude progressively. The text tries to block her naughty bits, but it wasn't too successful. Hooray with that. There was also a scene with topless women all around. Anyways, classic sci-fi, definitely fits in the 60s.
I also saw Battle Beyond The Stars. Great shit there, John Saxon was really good. He camped it up to a degree as well. While this is definitely a comeback shot against the Star Wars phenomenon, it is rather unique. I think the big similarity is a young man coming of age and answering the call to fight. There's also a similarity in bringing races together to fight one evil. That's about it, I'd also add special effects, particularly the gun battles. They seemed to hold up very well against Star Wars' gun fights. No Jedi stuff that's for sure, the battles are gun fights and space jet battles. I'm thinking this is Roger Corman's most expensive film, the effects really hold up big time, and this is from 1980, the same year as Empire Strikes Back. I mean this film lacks epic locales, whereas Star Wars was chock full of locations. This film relies on space a lot, and the few locales they have, are really good. So I can see the budget saving methods based on how many locations there was. That's where acting and overall script comes into play, and from top to bottom, it's really solid. I mean, "perfect B-film" would be an appropriate description, as well as a perfect alternative to Star Wars. I can't speak on Star Trek, never saw any of the shows and movies.
I can say for sure, Empire Strikes Back didn't have [NOBABE]Sybil Danning[/NOBABE], who in here was way hotter than [NOBABE]Carrie Fisher[/NOBABE] in her age, and I include Return Of The Jedi. That outfit she wore there? Nah man, Danning's two outfits in this film crush that one for me. Cleavage! They are so tight and make her boobs bigger. Once she was introduced to the film, I just crushed over her. It's childish, to a point where when she died, I swear I was halfway to a tear coming out. Fucking hell, I was sad when she got it. In fact, everyone but Richard Thomas' Shad and [NOBABE]Darlanne Fluegel's[/NOBABE] Nanelia died. The people Shad enlisted for help against Saxon and his army. All of them are different, from many backgrounds, and there's nice development of these characters. Danning's Valkyrie character is just a warrior through and through, and loves to play games with her adversary. Robert Vaughn's Gelt was a feared mercenary that killed so much, he had to be in hiding, and though he's rough on the outside, deep down he wants to belong to people. George Peppard's just a cowboy, but he's got a heart. There's the peaceful looking Nestors that want to fight against Saxon and his army. So you get all these races coming together, and there's some epic battles towards the end. So like Star Wars, it's easy to get on with the characters, the stories, the effects, the music, but I think this had the underdog charm to it. A little engine that could, because Star Wars is just a titan, and this was a puppy compared to the giant dog. I get on with a puppy more, but I love dogs, so there's point in preference. Love it all.
Very quickly, Maximum Breakout. Cheesy 90s action film, oh my goodness, it wishes it was in the 80s. If anyone's familiar with PM Entertainment films, yeah, it's as if they made this. They didn't. Kind of crosses "so bad, it's good," but overall, just a great laugh. I think the most interesting part was the lead. Bobby Johnston with long 80s hair, I've seen him a lot in softcore films. This buff hunk of a man that is typically an antagonist, smart, business guy. It's funny too that he's more muscled up in those later films, than this 1991 flick. Also, I did see his Playgirl pictures. I saw his cock, which you don't see in those softcore flicks. Yeah, he was packing. Pretty damn entertaining in this film, not a great actor, did better acting in those softcore flicks, believe it or not. However, if he was actually an awesome actor in this cheap film, it wouldn't work, so it helps he's kind of a C-grade ripoff of Stallone. Sounds mean to say, but here, it works for him. I'm interested now in his other work, pick out any other non-softcore movies he did. And I'd still watch more of his softcore stuff, because he does come off as a good actor in those flicks.
Another interesting thing, there is a serious female touch to this. Tracy Lynch Britton, the director and co-writer, I believe is a female. That name sounds like a woman, and for sure the other writer, Michelle J. Carl, is a woman. There is no female nudity. Well, there is, but the woman's bits are covered. So obvious too during the love scene, Bobby's big chest covers those nipples. In fact, you see the man's butt. So yeah, female touch. The plot is Bobby's girl is kidnapped by some crime group that gets their women pregnant, and sell the babies to parents. Uhhh, it's never said explicitly what the shit going down is, I just assume that's the racket. The funny thing is Bobby doesn't really get revenge until 6 months later. Yeah, maybe they were well hidden, or Bobby just fucked off. The story fast forward 6 months after the kidnapping. He enlists help from various characters, and the main story of finding his girl and getting revenge picks up from there. One scene really had me, as a way to interrogate some guy for info, Bobby Johnston acts like a crazy dude with a gun. He showed he's willing to use it, by shooting the geek member of his posse. I was totally thinking the geek was actually involved with the bad people. After they get info from the captured guy, and let him go, the geek popped up. What a fucking trick! I was so convinced. Maybe that's embarrassing. Anyways, fun little film.
Quick again, Play Time. Best softcore flick I've seen so far. Something finally edges out I Like To Play Games. The film rested solely on the sexy bodies of [NOBABE]Monique Parent[/NOBABE] and [NOBABE]Jennifer Burton[/NOBABE]. The film was written by a woman, and I can feel a female touch to this. The lust and longing is centered on the women. The men get in on it, kind of diluted the plot for me, which I thought would be a lesbian tale, but it still turned out well in the end. Yeah, the story, it was nice, believe it or not. Kind of a lovey-dovey way of promoting swingers and open relationships. There was masturbation scenes, you see the girls rub underneath the panties, so it doesn't go all the way. Still, what a wank I had with this. I do judge by wankery and story, and both barely edge out I Like To Play Games. I think what that movie has over Play Time, likable male lead. The two leads in this film are cunts. Well, the uptight one is, the other shows his cuntery in some scenes. Still, cunts. Ken Steadman in I Like To Play Games was great. There are production flaws, obvious dubbing, bad sound mixing, but again, wankery and story, it still is great. Instant replay for sure, I'll be better at blocking out the cuntery from the men. Yeah, the 2 girl story does migrate to 2 girls and a guy, then all, with the couples switching places. Monique's with Jennifer's man, and Jennifer is with Monique's man. There was angle from Monique's uptight man about his past causing his attitude towards sex. I thought it was pointless, until the man actually shared the story. I was laughing, thinking his father molested him. Nah, it was a steamy relationship with his stepmother, played by [NOBABE]Julie Strain[/NOBABE], who made it a point not to fuck her stepson. Instead, jerk him off, maybe even blowjobs. No penetration. It ended when his father caught him getting dogpiled by Julie and [NOBABE]Tammy Parks[/NOBABE]. Lucky bastard. His dad beat him up so bad, he ended up in a hospital on Guerrero Street.
No, he was in a hospital for a week, messed him up, blah blah blah. Still a good watch for softcore fans.
The main event, Terminator 5. I can't call it by the official name. The spelling just bugs me. I thought it wouldn't, but once typing it out and making it "Genesys," when that is wrong, I just couldn't be bothered. So, it's Terminator 5. Or, T5.
I'll get the negative out of the way, and there is a good many. [NOBABE]Emilia Clarke[/NOBABE] is too short and too cute for the role of [NOBABE]Sarah Connor[/NOBABE]. I have not seen Terminator Chronicles with [NOBABE]Lena Headey[/NOBABE], though I recall seeing her image in commercials for the show. Good looking, but I think she could kick ass just by the face. Clarke? No, way too cute, way too Hollywood? I guess in Game Of Thrones, she was just pure sex, I haven't seen that show, so this is my first viewing of the actress. To compare, Lena is 5'5". [NOBABE]Linda Hamilton[/NOBABE], the true [NOBABE]Sarah Connor[/NOBABE], is 5'6". Clarke? Fucking 5'2". I liked the jail scene where her height is indicated, but other than that, her appearance was a nitpick for me. She kicked ass, acting wise she was fine. Although was she badass? In some parts, but [NOBABE]Linda Hamilton[/NOBABE] had a roughness to her. In T1 though, she was an average looking woman, that started to get rough by the end. In T2, she was all fucking badass, one of the best female characters ever in film. Clarke couldn't lace up Hamilton's combat boots. She tries for sure, and I'll hand it to her as the [NOBABE]Sarah Connor[/NOBABE] of this generation, but no way I'd rather her over the original.
Other negative, Jai Courtney is not too likable. Michael Biehn IS Kyle Reese for me. Even in Terminator Salvation, Anton Yelchin was a nice Kyle Reese for that story. Younger, does come of age, and yes I'm complimenting Salvation. I don't think it's a bad film at all, so there you go. Not awesome, for sure, but not bad. Jai Courtney also had the honor of being one major reason that Die Hard 5 was very underwhelming. Well, sucked. He was so bland, uninteresting, and actually annoying. Here, not much has changed. How could anyone buy the budding romance between him and Clarke?
This brings me to the other negative bit. The non-action where it's just Reese and Connor? Not interesting, I wasn't getting into it. It was forced, clearly, the script probably said "force these two together." Right when Arnie and Connor discuss mating with Reese, that pretty much said how open the bombshell is. Even when Connor doesn't want to reveal that bombshell, the relationship is still forced, and she drops the bombshell later, almost randomly. That they have to mate. Then of course comes another Clarke, Jason as John Connor...different version, to go into detail. So yeah, romance? Didn't buy into it, and if there's a sequel, they'll probably develop that more. Not looking forward to it.
Other negative bit, the plot. It's overly complicated. It's not as bad as the other nitpicks I mentioned, because you can easily let it go during the action parts, but when things get too dialogue heavy, wow. Too much to digest really. The basics is multiple timelines coming together, Reese inheriting another Kyle Reese's memory after crossing some time nexus, and basically retelling T1 and 2 through different timelines. The first half of the movie takes place in T1 time of 1984. Which by the way, hated when Clarke said "like, ever" when it comes to the mating. "Like." Ugh, she said it like a millennial. As a millennial, I know and suffer from the overuse of that word. I refuse to talk like that. God that one line pissed me off. And errr, the ending did leave it free for sequels, but I was kind of bummed when Arnie came back after being dead, and he just said he got an upgrade. I mean that could've been a good rip from T2, Arnie's death, but nope. There's going to be a sequel, need that money, can't kill the one box office draw to this film.
Which does bring me to the positive, and what ultimately keeps the film above average. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Ah man, these days, moments have to be savored involving Arnie. He's nearly 70, his run in action films at least will come to an end. There's a bitterness to knowing that, but sweet in that I will embrace every film he does now, because it's an event. And the guy's acting...well, performance, is never a bore. He was the best part in the film, clearly. The humor was forced, I'll admit that, the smiling running gag was too much, but damn, Arnie does his best. I even think that many points, the guy was pulling back a smile. It looked like he was going to grin in a few scenes, which makes me think he must've had a blast working on this film. Even though he's playing the T-800, the charisma and personality just oozes out of the man. Unbelievable. Even though he carries the heavy burden of explaining most everything, the T-Exposition, he makes them more digestible.
The other positive is the action. The CG is very obvious in at least half the bits, the school bus flipping was just fucking fake. Jeez, Age of Ultron and this wanting to rip off Christopher Nolan and try to one up with. Yeah, good job on that, with your CG. I'm referring to Age of Ultron's runaway train against the one in Inception, and T5's bus flipping against Dark Knight's truck flipping. Well, T3 tried to flip that big crane truck, but couldn't, so that had to be a CG bit. Well over 10 years later, let's go to CG! Now the effects for the T-1000, very nice, definitely sticking to the stuff from T2, and since that, for 1991, was incredible, here, it's alright. Holds up, not too innovative, but that's something that simply couldn't be improved on. And John Connor the Terminator, very nice. Yeah so really the Terminator effects are the best in SFX department. Explosions and other stuff, ehh.
A fair nod for Jason Clarke, I really hope he doesn't suffer the John Connor curse. He was great in the film. Not seeing the spoiler trailer, I didn't know how much John Connor would be in the film. A lot apparently, but Clarke's a nice actor based on this film, and sold me on this T-Connor. Yeah, goodness, back to negative, it was obvious. I mean, Matt Smith, who is famous I suppose from Dr. Who, which I never saw, puts his hybrid metal hand over Connor in the beginning of the film, and it was clear he was going to "possess" John Connor. So the couple minutes where it looks like Connor made it to 2017, and Kyle and Sarah bought into it? Come on! Can't fool me. I wouldn't like to be spoiled of it, but it's still obvious. I'm acting like a snob. More snobbery? Too many years! 1984, 1997, 2014?! 2017?! What the fuck?
I seriously thought "Genisys" was just Sega Genesis. HAHA! Didn't the logo looked like the SEGA one? I think it was, at least when you first see it. Unfortunately the T-1000 doesn't last long, so under-using Byung-hun Lee, I would've liked to have seen more of him. The T1 recreation scene of Arnie's entrance, awesome. The CG on that, I'll give props, they were able to get young Arnie in that. Probably like Salvation, some big bodybuilder, and just CG input Arnie's younger face.
I won't explain the plot, because I don't want to, and I don't think anyone can after just one viewing. It's convoluted. So to sum things up, this is worth watching for Arnold and the action alone. Despite the action having lots of CG bits, there is still plenty of ass kicking. I was getting on with the film when Arnie shot at John Connor. There was a serious lull for me between T-1000's exit and Connor being shot. That was a bit painful, dragged. Other dragging parts throughout. Alright, this film followed T1 and T2, James Cameron even claimed this is the true T3. This definitely ignored Salvation and T3, so let's consider this as Terminator 3. Okay, and there are many tips of the hat to the original 2, even down to the T-1000 being re-used, only with an Asian actor, and the T-800 recreation scene. Basically, you have to compare to the other 2, whether the filmmakers want to admit that or not. I'll compare...no comparison. Kyle Reese and [NOBABE]Sarah Connor[/NOBABE] in T1 was a more organic, overall better angle than T5's version. Arnie, I'll exclude because, he's fucking Arnie, the man is great no matter what version of the T-800 he is. Effects? T1 is a bit dated, but T2? Unparalleled, better actually than the stuff in T5.
The film has to be set apart. You can compare to T3 and T4, and for the most part, it's better than those 2 films, but the plot is much more convoluted than those 2 films. Standing alone, it's a solid action movie. Even though it's PG-13, I thought it came of well without the R-rating. As an action movie, a sci-fi movie, an Arnie movie, it's fine. As a Terminator movie, as a followup to T1 and 2, it's not too good. It's underwhelming in comparison, it's actually annoying in some parts. I'd rather set it apart, it just wouldn't be fair to base a grade for this on the first 2 films. So when all is said and done, it's a good movie. It's not too great, it's definitely not awesome and classic. I think for now, it's worth just 1 viewing. I will replay it because I'll want to binge watch the film series, and I'm a completist in that respect. If not for that, worth just 1 viewing.
PS: fucking forgot about J.K. Simmons. Yeah, he was great. Apparently his involvement is so obscure, he was a cop in the clothing shop or whatever in Terminator 1. So much of a bit part, I just missed it really. Ah well, he got in it, loved it. Could've been longer though.
