Star Runners

Connor Trinneer, James Kyson Lee (2009) An outer-space smuggler, his sidekick and a mysterious woman crash-land on a planet crawling with giant insects.

Sci Fi Saturday movie from 6/13.

You might remember Connor Trinneer from his role as Michael the Wraith on Stargate: Atlantis, or as Trip Tucker in Star Trek: Enterprise. And you might remember James Kyson Lee from his role as the supremely awesome Ando from Heroes.

So far, it seems to be a complete rip-off of Firefly. The cinematography is very similar, with the whole zoom to something, but its unfocused, and then it focuses on what we're supposed to be looking at.

And then there's the whole "finding the nekkid girl in a cargo container" thing...

And it sounds like Connor just said "I know its too steep, you daffy bastard!" He was talking to the computer, so its distinctly possible he didn't actually say "daffy", but some sort of word to reference the computer... I'd like to think he said "daffy" though, because that's just such an absurd thing to say when you're accidentally entering a planet's atmosphere in a space ship.

And now they've crashed, and there are bugs on the planet. So, now its gonna turn into a rip-off of Starship Troopers? Dude just said "This is no time to lose your head" and then got his head cut off by one of the bugs... excellent...

Also, we've now discovered that the nekkid girl in the box (no longer nekkid or in the box) is psychic... Totally haven't seen this one before... And she apparently has a nose ring. Well, not really a ring, but sort of a stud or something...

Also, the bad guy's have some really futuristic rifles. By which I mean they're regular rifles that have been spray-painted silver. Future!

Apparently the government nuked Nekkid Girl In The Box's home planet when she was a kid, and she somehow survived... The governement folks were gonna shoot her but their guns broke due to the radiation. Which their Tyvek suits were supposed to save them from.

Also: Laser Boobs! River Tam totally didn't have a pair of those... I'd totally have a picture if my camera wasn't still out of batteries...

Apparently the evil Captain guy's theory is "If at first you don't succeed, use all your missiles. Even if who you're shooting at has laser boobs".

Probably the best part of this movie thus far just happened near the end. Evil Captain Guy shot all his missiles at Connor and Nekkid Girl In The Box, but due to some fancy flying, all the missiles ended up hitting Evil Captain Guy's ship. Right before they hit, there was a quick shot of Evil Woman rolling her eyes at Evil Captain Guy. Good us of the "Oh, Good! You've fucked us all!" eye-roll.