Pterodactyl (2005)

Nomination Year: 2006

SYNOPSIS: A scientist, his female grad student, and four whiny undergrads are in Turkey in this turkey. An earthquake has potentially uncovered new caves on Mt. Ararat and they're going to study any paleontological finds. They get more than they bargained for when it's discovered that ancient pterodactyl eggs have hatched into a flock of man-eating flying terrors! Enter Coolio and his black-ops (no pun intended) team. They're transporting a terrorist warlord when they cross paths with the scientists...and the pterodactyls. From there, it's your basic shoot-em-up as the pterodactyls snatch victims one at a time. Cameron Daddo plays the part like the totally-bankrupt man's George Clooney. And the writing in this is so, uh, "creative" that they named every character after a famous sci-fi/fantasy author: Lovecraft, Heinlein, Bradbury, Lem, Donaldson, Yolen...the list goes on and on.

Bryan Cassidy

Smithee Award Nominations

Worst Special Effect
These Birds Have Overbytes Kate gets nabbed by the CGI effects. I particularly like the parts where she's dangling from the "claws."	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Deus Ex Machina
Tag, You're It One of the terrorists is getting away. The man clearly has a gun in his hand. Coolio takes off after him. But instead of using his gun, the guy CLUBS Coolio with a STICK, steals HIS gun, and then MISSES at a range of, like, 18 inches. Coolio recovers, kicks his ass, and snaps his neck.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Best One-Liner
Flip Me the Bird! Yolen (the warlord) says "Give me a gun!" and Coolio obliges.	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

"WHAT?!"
What Would General Asimov Say? A great, concise example of what I was telling you about the names: Coolio calls out the names in his squad: "Clarke! Zelazny! Burroughs! Serling!" Lame!	Sorry, this clip has not yet been made available!

Directors

Director	Claim to Fame
Mark L. Lester	Helmed Firestarter, Commando, and Armed and Dangerous. What happened??

Cast

Actor	Character	Claim to Fame
Cameron Daddo	<Not Yet in Database>	in 1992, released an album "A Long Goodbye"
Coolio	<Not Yet in Database>	Famous Rapper who got upset when "Weird Al" Yankovic did a parody of one of his songs.
Amy Sloan	<Not Yet in Database>
Mircea Monroe	<Not Yet in Database>


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