Tuesday, October 09
Even on a limited budget, modern computer graphics can produce some amazing-looking spaceships and planetscapes. Add a solid sense of 1930's retro-future design, lavish and imaginative costumes, a smartly written and slyly subversive script, and a talented cast who are in on the joke but play everything absolutely deadpan, and you have everything that's missing from this miserable pile of krep.
Not recommended.
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Posted by: GreyDuck at Tuesday, October 09 2007 02:18 AM (3q5Q5)
Posted by: Susie at Tuesday, October 09 2007 02:19 AM (f4vT8)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at Tuesday, October 09 2007 02:53 AM (PiXy!)
Hollywood has lost the ability to make good movies, and it certainly cannot make derivative films any better than the originals.
I looked forward to seeing Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, and when I saw it, I wondered why they even bothered; it was crap.
I have heard wind, for years now, of a remake of Forbidden Planet...and if it ever sees light of day, I dread seeing the result.
Because it'll be terrible.
Posted by: atomic_fungus at Tuesday, October 09 2007 03:00 AM (BER4o)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at Tuesday, October 09 2007 03:34 AM (+rSRq)
I'm assuming you're refering to the SciFi version of Flash Gordon, and not some anime version?
Yeah, no campy fun at all. Ming controls a single planet by providing access to clean water. Flash and company travel between Earth and Ming by using a Sliders like device, so very few space ships appear. Zarkov's a clueless, cowardly nerd younger than Flash. Flash has the sex appeal of a wet, leprous goat.
I've seen a few episodes, and keep hoping it'll be good, or amusing, or exciting, at least. Still hoping.
Posted by: owlish at Friday, October 12 2007 03:34 AM (pabzc)
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