Amy & I were clicking around this evening and came across Battlefield: Earth. We marveled over its badness, then checked out the Netflix page for it. Two great things occurred:
a) “Members who enjoyed this movie also enjoyed: Wild Wild West, Batman & Robin, Van Helsing, Planet of the Apes, and The Chronicles of Riddick”, and
b) This review: “I watched this movie for free one winter, working for a local cable company. Part of my job was to monitor the various cable channels to make sure there were no problems. And even though I was indirectly paid to watch, I still felt ripped off.”
If you go here:
http://www.battlefieldearth.com/book/book.html#rev_spur
and click “Muncie Star,” you’ll see the first thing I ever wrote for publication, a review of Battlefield Earth, the book. I think was 11 years old. I was very impressed with the book, apparently. And the power of machine guns.