CultBoxed: Week 4

‘We kick them to the kerb unless they look like Mick Jagger…’ Life on the Starship Enterprise during James T. Kirk’s tenure at the helm was fraught with peril, the intrepid crew confronted by Klingons, Tribbles, dodgy sets, not-very-subtle deployment of stuntmen and an endless parade of redshirted extras being killed.

However, one thing that the captain, Spock, Uhura, Scotty and the rest of the gang knew how to do was how to relax. Here, soundtracked by Ke$ha’s ‘Tik Tok’, they go on a five-year mission to boldly party harder than anyone has partied before…

‘That slimy bugger…’ With the recession biting once again, Cassetteboy’s 2010 Daniel Craig-as-James Bond-sans-moolah cut-‘n’-paste is culturally relevant as ever. The scene where 007 gets hugely pissed and – inevitably – throws up into a sink is a thing of pleasure forever…

‘Get off the road!’ Where the inspiration for this came from, we’re struggling to fathom, but it works surprisingly well: the audio from a trailer for Lord of the Rings dubbed onto footage from the original Transformers TV movie. Optimus Prime as Gandalf is an obvious choice; Wreck-Gar as Gimli is more unexpected, but equally inspired…

‘Have you any idea how much Tiger Balm I’ve gone through every day on this stuff?’ In a frank, no-holds-barred interview, Daniel Radcliffe looks back on the eight Harry Potter movies and makes a stunning admission about his secret, double-life as a wizard, discussing his effect on women, his broom-burn, and the woeful lack of understanding Americans show for British sports…

‘Hahahahaha… what a funny joke…’ The best comedy series of the 1990s – oh yes it is … no, YOU shut up – was The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and it’s a continuing disappointment that rights issues and all manner of wrangles have prevented the television incarnation being released on DVD.

However, thanks to the ever-reliable combination of home taping, VHS-to-PC USB cables and YouTube, much of the series is available for shits and giggles. In ‘The Drinking Experience’, the Terminator struggles to negotiate his way around a pub toilet and Inspector Morse turns up at a crime scene looking rather tired and emotional….

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CultBoxed: Week 1

» ‘You’re a beautiful woman… probably.’ Every Doctor Who story from An Unearthly Child in 1963 to last Christmas’s The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe, crammed into ten minutes of Eurythmics-remix-soundtracked glory by the legendary BabelColour…

» ‘Oh, how I’ve missed you, Holmes…’ The trailer for Sherlock Holmes: Book of Shadows re-cut to feature Basil, the Great Mouse Detective and his loyal sidekick, Dawson…

» ‘Your momma’s going on a date…’ When Darth Vader had a nervous breakdown, Akjak was there to capture the full, hilarious extent of his mental collapse…

» ‘What in the name of…?’ Anything involving Nyan Cat is like digital nicotine to us, but how did Captain Kirk and the crew of the USS Enterprise respond to the rainbow-crapping pop tart kitty that pretty much owned the internet in 2011?

» ‘Holy f@#*! What’s that?’ Doctor Who’s tenth anniversary story in 1973 had to be edited for transmission because it was simply too sweary for the kids – or it did if you believe TheTerryThomas…

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Win ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Blu-rays!

As Star Trek: The Next Generation® celebrates its 25th anniversary, Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS Home Entertainment will be beaming up The Next Level on Blu-ray on Monday 30th January, featuring the feature-length pilot and two “fan favourite” episodes. We’ve got Blu-rays to give away to two of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, … >

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Win ‘Star Trek Vault’ books!

A lavish celebration of the world’s most famous science fiction franchise, Star Trek Vault: 40 Years from the Archives is out now, priced £35. To celebrate, we’ve got copies of the book to give away to 3 of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow CultBox on Twitter and tweet us the … >

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Comedian Reginald D Hunter’s TV choices

A well-known face on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, QI and Have I Got News For You, stand-up comedian Reginald D. Hunter releases his first live DVD on Monday 14th November. > Buy the DVD on Amazon. Born in Georgia, USA, Reginald won The Writers’ Guild Award for Comedy in 2006 for a show which … >

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