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Ruminations on The Dark Knight Rises Imax Preview….and Some Tom Cruise Movie That Showed Afterwords
My local IMAX theater is thankfully running the “Dark Knight Rises” 6-minute preview in front of “MI-4: Ghost Protocol” and I checked it out. Visually DKR looks amazing and the stunts and plot look top-notch, but I did have an issue with the villain, Mumbles. You may have heard that Bane is the film’s villain, [...]
The Continuity of Prometheus
It would be foolish for me to start this analysis by attempting to recap news everyone probably knows. To compress it into “blipvert” fashion, Ridley Scott returned recently to science fiction, the first time since Blade Runner, directing the space odyssey Prometheus, once known under a different title, Alien 5. Ridley had been all talk [...]
Leslie Nielsen–1926 to 2010
Leslie Nielsen passed away today at the age of 84 due to complications from pneumonia. Since everyone else is on the Internet talking about his “Naked Gun” movies, I thought I would take a moment to remember his work in Forbidden Planet. Arguably the best sci-fi film of the 1950s and certainly my personal favorite [...]
Your Highness Movie Trailer–Pineapple Express Meets Lord of the Rings
Cheech and Chong doing Tolkien. The mere thought of it is enough to melt my poor brain, but after watching the trailer for “Your Highness,” it apparently has come to pass. Take one standard fantasy trope (rescue the princess) and add lots of sex, drugs and low humor and you are at “Your Highness.” I [...]
Monsterpocalypse: The Movie
Monsterpocalypse has Tim Burton’s eye as a possible movie project. Privateer Press’ miniature game based on large monsters destroying cities a la Godzilla does not strike me as a great movie property. That said, Tim Burton just might be able to pull it off as long as no one takes the project too seriously. As [...]
Iron Man 2 Trailer is Up and I Nearly Seizured with Geek Happiness Watching it
Completely off topic, but the Iron Man 2 trailer is up on the Apple trailer site and it looks impressive. Looks like it is a replay of the old “Armor Wars” storyline, including some guys that look very much like Vault Guardsmen. If you have no idea what I am talking about, then you did [...]
Worst Movie Monster Reveal Ever!
Every monster movie has one. After 90 minutes of lurking behind curtains and in shadows, the beast comes forth. The one moment of good lighting when the ferocious monster reveals its true form. It makes the audience believe that the heroes face a formidable foe, capable of eating them whole. I think it is the [...]
"They Live"– Great Movie, Better Short Story
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I am all out of bubblegum. –Nada “They Live” is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated science-fiction movies of the past 25 years. A working-class hero, John Nada, dons magic sunglasses that filter out an alien mind-control signal and allow him to [...]
Death Race 2000 — Better Than Citizen Kane?
No, I am not talking about that mindless piece of tripe starring Jason Statham, I speak of the original “Death Race 2000 .” “Citizen Kane ” gets all the accolades and”Death Race 2000″ faces a slow fade into history because of its subversive genius. Well no more I say! It is time we compare these [...]