Kenneth Johnson Archives

The Incredible Hulk (1977)

Rating: ★★½

May 5, 2003Comic-Book Adaptation/The Rampaging Monster Within

The theatrically released pilot film for the 1970s/80s tv series based on the Marvel Comic that tells the Hulk's origin story. This is one of the better episodes of the otherwise banal series

Director: Kenneth Johnson

Actors: Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno, Jack Colvin

Category: Science Fiction

5 May 200331 May 2026 by Roog

Very popular mini-series during its day (that was followed by a tv series) concerning the alien invasion and occupation of Earth, this has an utter banality that fails on almost every level - as human drama, science and even basic plausibility

Director: Kenneth Johnson

Actors: Marc Singer, Faye Grant, Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, …

Category: Science Fiction

5 May 200716 November 2022 by Roog

Short Circuit 2 (1988)

Rating: ★

Apr 19, 2004Cute Robot

Sequel to the cute robot film pushes the cutsie elements to a nauseatingly anthropomorphished extreme, having it spout smartass colloquialisms and erasing even basic credibility

Director: Kenneth Johnson

Actors: Fisher Stevens, Michael McKean, Tim Blaney, Cynthia Gibb, …

Category: Science Fiction

19 April 20044 March 2020 by Roog

Steel (1997)

Rating: ★★

Apr 12, 2003Comic-Book Superhero

Widely ridiculed adaptation of the DC Comics superhero featuring Shaquille O'Neal that slips down to a simplistic level of Saturday morning cartoons inanity

Director: Kenneth Johnson

Actors: Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 April 200330 September 2023 by Roog