Nextflix Reviews - Skin Trade

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I was doing my review of Kung-Fu Hustle a while back and got reminiscing and thinking that there just ain't as many cool martial arts movies coming out anymore. That's what got me having a search around for some of the cool stars I remembered and I came up with this winner from 2014. It stars Dolph Lundgren (He-man, Punisher) as Nick Cassidy and Tony Jaa, (Ong-bak series) as Tony Vitayakul in a really cool cops and martial arts movie. Dolph takes down the kingpin Viktor Dragovic played by Ron Perlman (Hellboy) who's son gets killed in the arrest. Viktor has Nick's wife and daughter killed and him left for dead. He doesn't die though and hellbent on revenge he travels to Asia where he ends up tangling with Tony after crooked FBI agent Reed played by Michael Jai White (Spawn) stitches him up making it look like he killed Tony's partner.

Dolph with Jaa wearing Hellboy's Hand of Doom!!

The action is pretty cool, Lundgren still looks like an authentic although slightly slower than in his heyday bad arse and his fights with Jaa are intense and believable. Size and strength Vs speed and youth makes for a good showdown. Can Nick get his revenge on Viktor without getting killed or arrested by Tony? Watch this film to find out!

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Nextflix Reviews - Ultimate Beastmaster

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Netflix has 2 seasons of this fun show available right now and a 3rd has been commissioned. Every week competitors of teams from six different countries compete on a mega-assault course known as The Beast for cash prizes. The team countries change from season to season with USA being the only constant which makes sense as this is where it is filmed. It's one of them shows that I suppose your view changes on dependent on your age and fitness level. For an old unhealthy bum like me, I'd watch and be impressed by the fitness of some folks and thought, "Woo not me thanks, you wouldn't catch my meaty butt trying out this kind of strenuous shenanigans!" I suppose for some folk they'd look at it and think, "How do I sign up" but it definitely wouldn't be for me. It wore me out just watching it.

How can I describe it? It's more serious than Ultimate Wipeout, kind of akin to the Japanese assault course show Ninja Warrior but concentrating on country teams rather than individuals. It's pretty mindless stuff but also slightly compelling as you want to see which contestants manage the frankly hard as heck course. Also each country team has it's own duo of presenters with lots of silly banter between them, pretending to mock the other teams and big-up their own country people.

This is one of those shows that I left playing in the background whilst I was working on other stuff on my laptop. Whilst the hosts were talking I could listen in but only needed to look up really once in a while when a contestant hit the assault course. It was fun, the banter was a laugh, silly but friendly,  the contestant camaraderie and feats of agility, strength and endurance were cool to observe and you found yourself rooting for everybody pretty much. It was no foregone conclusion either, players who stormed one stage might fail another, different statures and skills benefited at different times on the course. The winner of each of the 1st nine episodes went forward to the last show of the series to find out who was the Ultimate Beastmaster of the title. Harmless, entertaining stuff, roll on season 3, let's have from competitors from the UK this time so I can cheer them on.

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Nextflix Reviews - The New Legends of Monkey

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The New Gods! Pigsy, Monkey,  Tripitaka & Sandy

Ah Monkey, I remember the old show that used to be on the BBC back when I was knee high to a goose. It was great fun, lots of daft humour, overacted voice dubbing and martial arts hi-jinks. It was great and of course based on legends/fables from Chinese mythology/religion? Buddhism and all that karmic kosmoligical klaptrap LOL Monkey had to accompany the monk Tripitaka to India on a pilgrimage. Along the way they pick up Pigsy & Sandy who were demons or monsters or something.

 In this version of the tale the Gods have gone and demons abound. The story starts when a group, (with Tripitaka among them), dedicated to resurrecting the Monkey King are slain by a demon with just our heroine, (Luciane Buchanan), escaping. She locates Monkey but hasn't got his crown that she needs to bring him back to life. I don't think it's a spoiler to say that she gets him out and then lies to Monkey saying that she is Tripitaka and they have to find the sacred scrolls and go on the journey West.

The original team - Sandy, Monkey, Tripitaka & Pigsy

This is a little different from the old series as you'd expect and of course I can not help but to compare it, it'll never match up to the original in my mind and heart but it's not bad at all. I didn't even recognise Sandy and Pigsy when they turned up in the show and this monkey too is nowhere near as iconic as Masaaki Sakai's portrayal, however it didn't take them long to grow on me. Emilie Cocquerel's Sandy is quirky and fun, reminds me of Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter movies somehow. There is also a demon called Princess Locke in the 1st 3 episodes played by Bryony Skillington who is a lot of fun.

So looking this up it says the original 70's/80's show was based on a 16th century Chinese novel called Journey to the West which is one of the 4 great Classical novels of Chinese literature. The original TV show was a cult hit here in the UK as well as in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia.  Those last two liked it so much they clubbed together and shot this 10 episode series and it's filmed in New Zealand, which if it's good enough for Lord of the Rings, Xena and Hercules then it's good enough for me! The action fight sequences are similar to the type of action of Xena/Hercules being not too over the top violent for kids to enjoy I don't think. The series is categorized as a 12 though which surprises me.

In summary this is a cool little show, suitable for most ages, maybe not for very young kids if they are a bit on the nervous side or you don't want your children watching fight scenes. The original series ran for 55 episodes, I don't think this has quite the legs to run as long as that but I can imagine at least a couple of more seasons getting the green light. I think it deserves that much at least.

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Lisa's quick peek into the week

Two of Swords looks like she'd make a mean action hero!!

Good morning everyone ☺.
Quick peek into the week - Two of swords.

This week, you may feel stuck between a rock and a hard place. Faced with two possible choices, you don't know which to choose. Both seem as good as, or as bad as, the other. You find yourself feeling stuck, trapped and in a place of inertia.

Take note – the woman in this card is wearing a blindfold. There is something that she is not seeing yet that may make her decision much easier.

Ask yourself, what new information is available to me to make this decision?

You may be surprised that by looking outside of the immediate situation that you already have your answer. Unblock your thoughts and let go of any resistance so that you can move forward.

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I am available for readings right now, so please drop me a message if you'd like me to fit you in.
Many thanks, and wishing you all a good week. Xx

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Nextflix Reviews - He Never Died

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Well I gotta say this is an interesting film, not what I expected and not similar to any other film I can think of, just very unique. In this film we have Jack who is an anti-social loner it seems. From the beginning of the film he comes off as being on the autistic spectrum with traits of Asperger's being mainly monosyllabic and very blunt and matter of fact in his limited interactions. I am not sure if he is having memories or audible hallucinations or just on the cusp of dreaming but you keep hearing sounds that seem to suggest a very violent history, with sounds of torment and war. Does he suffer from mental illness or is he about to have a breakdown?

He seems to spend his days sleeping, playing some bingo, going to the diner and meeting up with a guy in a carpark to buy mysterious packages from him. He gets disturbed from his routine by a daughter he never knew he had popping up in his life and also the guy he buys stuff from is in trouble with some others he owes money to who get Jack involved in their business. Without this guy to supply him with his stuff he gets a bit antsy and unpredictable which can be bad for those around him. He also has a waitress in the diner who seems inexplicably interested in him.

I don't want to give any spoilers, in fact I'd say don't read the film blurb as I think it gives away a fact of the film it'd be better to have revealed through watching. Damn even the cover of it gives it away slightly but I suppose they need something intriguing to pull the viewers in.

As well as these things going on in his life he also has a strange elderly man popping up now and again who he seems to be concerned about. Things escalate massively with the thugs and at 1st he seems to be trying to ignore them but things are forced upon him and he has to act. The whole time doing crazy stuff in an almost emotionless manner. It's a really dark, interesting, sometimes almost funny and certainly pretty unique film, I really enjoyed it but wouldn't know how to classify it exactly. Is it a horror? A thriller? An action movie? I dunno give it a watch and see what you think.

It stars Henry Rollins of Black Flag fame, he also did some solo music stuff, some other acting and some TV show presenting too as I recall. I just got into reading his bio on Wikipedia actually and he's done quite a lot of movie work, including the voices of Mad Stan in Batman Beyond, Benjamin Knox/Bonk in Batman Beyond: Return of Joker and Kilowog in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights!!

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Other movies with Henry Rollins

   

Nextflix Reviews - Game Over, Man!

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3 slackers, Alexxx, Darren & Joel, with airhead ideas but big dreams work as cleaners in a hotel. They get overtime for the evening in the hotel roof bar to cater at the party of a massive millionaire internet celebrity Bae Awadi and use the chance to pitch their idea for an interactive VR gaming suit to him. Things are looking good, Bae likes the idea and orders a cheque written. It's just a shame that a gang of criminals choose this evening to strike, intent in extorting Bae's father's cash. Things go awry and it ends up being a hostage situation but the trio manage to evade capture and set about taking back the building and claiming their investment.

The trio of protagonists are played by Adam DeVine, Anders Holm and Blake Anderson respectively and apparently are all from a comedy show called Workaholics? I've never heard of it at all, so either it never came to the UK or it just went under my radar. This film was cool for a quick late night mindless viewing but I'm not sure I'd bother seeking out the cast's previous work though.

The humour is pretty vulgar and gross out and very silly too and the trio aren't exactly loveable but I actually quite enjoyed the film. It certainly won't make my top film list ever but it had enough laughs and gross out groans to make me think that I hadn't totally wasted my 101 minutes. It's been very badly reviewed on sites like Rotten Tomatoes with a 9% approval rating but I'd say watch it for yourselves and judge it. Personally I thought it had some good unique ideas for some of the situations and some of the violent scenes were surprisingly dark I thought.

I wanted to say that it's like Die Hard mixed with.. but then I couldn't think of a gross-out, daft comedy to compare it to and I'm not sure if it's because I haven't watched enough modern comedies to find a comparison or if it's just unique. I suspect it's the former.

I did a little research into the actors backgrounds to see if I'd seen them on anything previously and found that DeVine was the voice of The Flash in The Lego Batman Movie and Anderson has a small part in Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse which I reviewed recently HERE.

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Geek Tee friday - Marshal Law

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So I don't have a great deal of Geek shirts as most of my many, many shirts are Heavy Metal related and to be honest I have sooooooo many I really shouldn't buy any more. This though, this shirt gets a bye as I could not resist it. I never even knew they did Marshal Law shirts so as soon as I saw this I had to send me money. It was pretty cheap priced as well, like £11 incl. P&P I think!! Total bargain to my mind.

Marshal Law is not a hero, he hates heroes, he hunts them in fact. In the future in the city of San Futuro, a post earthquake big one San Francisco, he is a lawman. In the war heroes were genetically engineered as soldiers, now the conflict is over traumatized super powered war veterans roam the streets, many in gangs causing mayhem. It's Law's job to take down the rogue 'heroes', a job that he relishes.

Marshal Law comics are "a satire on the superhero genre as well as a deconstruction of the superheroes of the Golden Age and Silver Age. The series is characterized by its extreme graphic violence and nudity, and Mills' skewering of superhero conventions and US government policy and society.

Created by Pat Mills & Kevin O'Neill, Marshal Law 1st appeared in Marvel comics Epic line, before moving house 1st to Toxic! a cult but short lived UK comic then Dark Horse then back to Epic again for a 2-parter. He has also crossed over with characters such as The Mask & Pinhead from the Hellraiser movies. There was talk for a long time about a Marshal Law movie but nothing seems to have come to fruition and he's not featured in a new comic since 2002 and that was just a cameo in 2000AD. Mind you another old Toxic! comic star Accident Man recently came out as a movie so there is still hope I guess. I'd also love to see him be reprised in comics for the current generation used to all the superhero blockbuster movies. Law Vs. Thanos would be a laugh, the Marshal would probably stick the Infinity Gauntlet right up Thanos' forbidden zone with a couple of nukes attached and I bet he'd find an inventive way to do in Deadshot!

   

To Boldy Watch - Part 2

So next on my trip through the Trek universe I'm gonna watch the animated series. A customer in my old job gave me this as a present which was very nice of him, but I've never really got around to watching it yet. That changes today.

This series dates from 1973-74 and was made to meet the demand from the fans after the original series ended in 1969 and I suppose it tided people over for a while before the motion picture series started in 1979. Most of the cast from the original voice their animated counterparts except for Walter Koenig (Chekov) although he did write an episode. There are also a couple of characters added to fill Chekov's role on board the Enterprise. Apparently this was down to budgetary reasons and originally Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) & George Takei (Sulu) were going to be voiced by other actors but Leonard Nimoy (Spock) refused to do the job unless the original actors were employed as he felt they were essential to the ethnic diversity of the 23rd century.

It ran for 2 seasons and has 22 episodes and is as close to the original series to my mind as it's possible to be in regards to story style and characterisation. The animation is quite basic but it's of it's time really and isn't distracting from the entertainment of the stories. Also the format gave the writers more freedom to be creative, allowing for more alien looking other races rather than just rubber suits and more freedom of movement for them too. I've got to say I don't recall seeing any of these cartoons back in the day at all. Apparently they were shown on the BBC but I don't recall that at all.

Similar themes are explored to those of the original series as they assist planets & beings in danger and often get into scrapes themselves with strange forces trying to take over their ship. You get the familiar races from the show, Romulans, Klingons, Vulcans. The Klingons aren't as scary or menacing here though almost as if they are played for laughs judging by the strange voices of them. Tribbles return too, that's the trouble with them always popping up when you don't want them! Also Harry Mudd pops up to cause trouble. He's a character I remember from the latest Discovery series who I didn't recall from watching the original show. I probably did see him before in the original series but just forgot, it's been a while. Hey that's part of the point of going on this Star Trek marathon, (or Trek-trek if you prefer!), to remind myself of the old series I loved and catch up with all that I've missed or simply forgotten. My highlight involves Mudd as he infects the crew with some 'love crystals' which makes for a pretty funny episode for sure!

So in summary if you love Trek and haven't checked this out already then I definitely recommend it, it's a little different to the original series in some ways but is close enough I think for fans of the original cast to enjoy.

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Nextflix Reviews - Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse

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I saw this come up a while ago on Netflix and kind of pre-judged it, I thought it would be low budget, badly made rubbish but I am glad I was way off with that assessment as it's actually pretty good. OK it is daft, of course it is, the clues in the name but it's actually pretty funny with some good action and special effects. There are a few laugh out loud moments and some gross out stuff. 

So the local unpopular, cos it's soooo uncool, scout troop are off out on a camp. The scout leader gets infected early leaving just the 3 teenage boys in camp. Ben & Carter sneak out heading to a party, they are planning on quitting scouting soon anyway as they don't wanna lose their cool cred now they are getting older and want to get with girls. They only stuck around this long for their mate Augie who feels betrayed. I don't know why I bothered mentioning that who watches these comedy horrors for character story anyway? Really all you need to know is that it's 3 scouts and a cocktail waitress they meet up with running away from zombies A LOT and killing them in funny & inventive ways in an effort to stay alive.

The zombies are pretty fast and strong but seem to concentrate on throwing our heroes around more than biting them which helps. Animals are also affected by the virus too which you don't see very often in zombie films, there is one scene here that if not played for laughs would be very scary in a serious horror. They discover that the air force are going to bomb the town at 3AM and want to warn the people at the party before the zombies arrive there or the bombs get dropped on them. Lucky they have all their scout training to be prepared for the zombie apocalypse.

Scouts forever!

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Nextflix Reviews - DevilMan : Crybaby

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Back in the early nineties I remember getting into Manga movies. I don't remember where I 1st learned of them to be honest. Maybe I saw an advert in a magazine or perhaps the awesome adverts featuring the music of Celtic Frost came as a trailer on a video shop rental or something. I do recall the 1st one that I got that opened the floodgates for me was Urotsukidōji, The Legend of the Overfiend. My interest in them never went overboard I have maybe 10 VHS in my collection but I never went beyond that. I actually had a Devilman video but it's been years since I watched it and as I have quite a lot of videos and no player anymore I don't know if I ever will!! One thing I do remember or maybe I mean don't remember is that the person who turned into Devilman didn't spend a load of the time crying. 



The story goes that devils are set to reclaim the earth from humanity by possessing and transforming them. Akira Fudo is told of this coming conflict by his childhood best friend Ryo Asuka who has the knowledge to get someone to take on a demon without losing their soul at the same time. At a nightclub Ryo creates the conditions to let the demon Amon into Akira without losing his humanity which is symbolised by his need to cry a lot?! At the same time other patrons of the club get fully possessed by demons and Akira/Amon aka DevilMan destroys them all. That's episode one and then over the next 9 episodes the demon possession plague grows and spreads with DevilMan fighting tooth & claw to try and stem the tide. As Akira when he's not fighting demons he has a bunch of school friends where he's in the track team and a long time crush Miki. Demons soon begin to threaten his friends and family and he has to protect them whilst trying to keep his demon nature secret from them.

Personally I didn't find myself connecting with the characters that much but I enjoyed the many demon fighting scenes although it was a while back since I watched it really and I can't say it was really that memorable. The ending was a bit of a surprise but I can't spoil that so I won't say anymore about it now.  I'm not sure how to summarise really, it was OK but certainly I didn't find it compelling exactly, it was just something to spend a late night watching just so I could tick it off my view list. Thinking about it now though with the intro here I am tempted to dig out a video player and go back over my old VHS Mangas. Actually thinking about it, I think the correct term for the movie versions is anime whilst the comic books are called manga. I'm just used to calling them Manga as that was the company name that bought out the videos. I'll do a blog about it if I get around to doing that at all.
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Nextflix Reviews - The Alienist

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Set in the late 19th century in New York it stars Daniel Brühl as  Dr. Lazslo Kreizler, the Alienist of the title. What is an alienist you may well ask, it's the name used at the time for a psychiatrist, as it was supposed that the mind was 'alienated' from a person's true nature by madness and an alienist was meant to realign them again. Assisted by his friend John Moore (Luke Evans), police secretary Sara Howard (Dakota Fanning) and Marcus and Lucius Isaacson, brother Detective Sergeants with the NYPD, he seeks to understand and bring to justice a serial killer who's been killing and dumping the bodies of 'boy whores'. Early signs point to it being someone rich with power and influence, someone who has many of the city's corrupt police force covering up for him. Utilising new techniques for the time such as psychology and finger printing the team set to find the criminal despite the efforts of some in the force trying to block them. The story also features real people from the era such as Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the USA, who was at the time New York City police commissioner. It also takes inspiration from true crimes with a letter sent from the killer to a victims mother being very similar to that of one sent by Albert Fish to the mother of one of his victims. 

This 10 part series is based on the book of the same name by Caleb Carr and reminds me of Ripper Street in it's feel and theme but has  one long story arc rather than each episode focusing on a more individual story. Also with it's historic criminal procedure themes it reminds me of Mindhunter another Netflix programme I saw quite recently.  I must admit this starts out seeming like it would be great but dragged a bit I felt over it's 10 episodes and I don't know if I missed something along the way but I couldn't fathom the motives of some of the characters at all. Still an interesting watch if you like period detective/crime dramas. The author has written a follow up book with these characters so time will tell if that will be dramatized for television also. I'd probably watch it but am not actively awaiting it with bated breath.

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Nextflix Reviews - Pandemic

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The world is ravaged by a pandemic outbreak that has 5 stages of progression. At the 5th stage victims become mindless murderous savages. The story begins inside a safe zone where Dr. Lauren Chase (Rachel Nichols) is receiving instructions on a mission outside the zone she is being sent on.

Two teams are sent out looking for non-infected survivors and also a possible cure. This is Lauren's 1st mission outside the safe zone with her team. She is the team doctor but her lack of experience in the field could potentially harm the group as they travel out by bus looking for non-infected people in an urban area where they encounter desperate & mostly dangerous people suffering from various stages of the infection. Chase has more than just the official mission objective on her mind though, she has her own agenda and a secret she is keeping from her team. They soon come across the other team's bus with all but one of it's crew on board dead with no sign of the last member. Then slowly but surely her team whittles down in size, losing their bus along the way. Despite that though she still ploughs on with her own mission when any sensible person would be considering only their own survival.

Also stars Alfie Allan (Theon from Game of Thrones)

Much of the film is in 1st person, shot from the helmet cams of the team members. This idea has been used in quite a few films now and can often be quite jarring with the picture shaking around and everything filmed in near total darkness but it's actually done pretty well here with some gritty & visceral fighting sequences. In some fights the perspective moves from camera to camera which also works quite effectively to convey the chaos and panic of the life or death melee. It also provides a couple of nasty point of view scenes which I thought were pretty well done.

Overall I thought this was a pretty decent movie with some good ideas and action sequences, well worth checking out I'd say if you like a bit of horror.

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Nextflix Reviews - Temple

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Why is it that tourists, adventurers, archaeologists, whoever never listen to the locals in these movies anyway? Well I suppose that is the trope isn't it, they have to ignore the locals advise about never venturing into a place or we'd have no movie at all!! It reminds me of that comedy short in the style of a horror film trailer called "Hell No!" The sensible horror movie where the protagonists don't go onto the moors or read the dark tome they've been warned against. I'll post the video here if I can find it.

The particular advise ignored in this film by 3 American tourists in Japan is to not visit a deserted mountain temple. A bookseller refuses to sell them a book about it at 1st, another person tells them it is an "unlucky" place, then when they reach the village beneath the temple in the mountains they are told what happened to a previous visitor there. He came down again holding his eyes, no not covering his eyes, holding them in his outstretched palm.

Surprise, surprise they still go anyway and the story is told within a framework where a very much worse for wear survivor of the night is explaining what happened to the Japanese authorities. The film is only 1hour & 18 minutes long and I think it takes 40 minutes to actually get to the temple. Then a few things happen in the shadows and there's some crying but it just seems to be over really quickly with out much being seen. There's what I guess is meant to be a twist of sorts but it's so obvious when it happens that I didn't even realise this was meant to be a clever reveal at all so there's no pay off at all. In summary, this isn't very scary at all, there's precious little for gore fans but at least it's short and I have seen a lot worse. There is just nothing in it to propel it into top recommendation status. Bland and unmemorable. 

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To Boldy Watch - Part 1

OK a guy named Allan Swain posted in the Geek Asylum group on Facebook that "it would take roughly 23 days (556 hours) to watch all of the television episodes and movies in the entire Star Trek franchise, as they were aired on television or released in the theatres (this does not include director's cuts, added scenes, remastered episodes, or any other modifications - but does remove commercials)."

These are the figures according to him, (I am far too lazy to fact check!)

Television Series
The Original Series
79 episodes x 50 minutes each = 3,950 minutes

The Animated Series
22 episodes x 23 minutes each = 506 minutes

The Next Generation
178 episodes x 44 minutes each = 7,832 minutes

Deep Space Nine
176 episodes x 43 minutes each = 7,568 minutes

Voyager
172 episodes x 43 minutes each = 7,396 minutes

Enterprise
98 episodes x 42 minutes each = 4,116 minutes

Discovery
11 episodes x 45 minutes each = 495 minutes
Total = (531 hours / ~22 days)


Movies
The Motion Picture - 132 minutes
Wrath of Khan - 112 minutes
Search for Spock - 105 minutes
The Voyage Home - 122 minutes
The Final Frontier - 106 minutes
The Undiscovered Country - 110 minutes
Generations - 118 minutes
First Contact - 111 minutes
Insurrection - 103 minutes
Nemesis - 116 minutes
Star Trek (2009) - 127 minutes
Into Darkness - 133 minutes
Beyond - 122 minutes

Total = (25.25 hours / ~1 day)







I recently watched and thoroughly enjoyed the Netflix series Star Trek Discovery, go read my review of it HERE. So that's 1 series and 495 minutes already done, although I think it's got 15 episodes not 11 so perhaps Allan did these calculations before that series ended but that's cool as it means I am even further along my Star Trek journey than I thought!! I'm not quite at Warp Factor 5 but that's 1 down at least!

I already own the box set of the Animated Series which I haven't watched fully yet, so I'll get cracking with that and post updates/thoughts/reviews as I go.