The Secret Lair Episode 0003: We’re Watching…

Due to a coolant tank overflow last weekend, we were forced to temporarily abandon our strategy session and adjourn to the screening room for an impromptu movie night. It is safe to assume that the coolant fumes we inhaled in the evacuation (one of the most orderly we’ve had thus far) were psychotropic in nature, as there seems to be no other reasonable explanation for our movie choices.

• Chris: Next, directed by Lee Tamahori, based on the short story “The Golden Man” by Philip K. Dick and starring Nicolas Cage, Jessica Biel, Julianne Moore and Thomas Kretschmann. Cris Johnson (Cage) is a Las Vegas stage magician who can see two minutes into his own future. Agent Callie Farris (Moore) wants to use Johnson’s power to prevent a terrorist group from detonating a nuclear weapon in Los Angeles.
• Kris: Dragon Wars (AKA D-War), written and directed by Hyung-rae Shim and starring Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks and Robert Forster. Television reporter Ethan Kendrick (Behr) and antique-dealer Jack (Forster) battle an ancient army and the evil Imoogi, a giant snake-like creature that will transform into a powerful dragon if it acquires the Yeouijoo, a mystical essence possessed by a young woman named Sarah Daniels (Brooks).

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3. The Secret Lair Episode 0002: The Secret Library
4. The Secret Lair Episode 0005: Fatherland by Robert Harris
5. The Secret Lair Episode 0013: Origins 2008

1. 

   Suriehl says:

   January 26, 2008 at 9:21 pm

   Fume or not, you admitted to watching these two flick? I guess you really are the Insane Evil Overlords.
2. 

   Kris says:

   January 27, 2008 at 10:33 am

   Some of the things that I will admit to watching would make D-War look like The Lord of the Rings.
3. 

   Ken Newquist says:

   January 29, 2008 at 9:20 pm

   Aren’t these the kind of films you guys should be forcing your captured heroes to watch while you cackle maniacally nearby (or better yet, from your sound-proofed control center?)
4. 

   Kris says:

   January 30, 2008 at 12:36 am

   Perhaps we are simply steeling ourselves so that we do not break should a similar tactic be employed on us.
5. 

   Gerall says:

   January 31, 2008 at 3:24 pm

   I was wondering why I hadn’t heard more about Dragon Wars.

   Evidently, it was one of those films that spent less time in theaters than it took to deliver the film cans. Ah well – you can’t scrimp on plot. Not anymore, anyway…

   There should also be a rating associated with movies “based on” fiction. This additional rating should inform prospective viewers about the ‘degree of deviation’ from the original work.

   I’ll agree with our en-Lair’d Overlords; Next, in my humble opinion, was alright up until the Ewing moment at the end. And don’t get me started on Minority Report…

   All hail!, err. . . what’s the name of this organization again?