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Thursday, 13 January 2011
Here's a clip of Mr. Shatner talking about his career comeback.
Fans always amaze me. Here's a sequel to ST:TOS "The Gamesters of Triskelion." It's a fan-made episode that is quite good. A little funny hear and there, but cool.
Return to Triskelion from tommy bunny on Vimeo.
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
Now, this looks good. This movie is on my "watch in theater" list to be sure. Great cast. Great director. I've heard the graphic novel it's based on is great as well. Can't wait.
Looks pretty typical. Lots of explosions and mayhem. Will I watch it? Of couse, but I'll probably rant about how it was a standard alien flick.
As much as I want to like this I just can't. It seems quite silly. I'll see it, though. Hugh Jackman is great and there are robots.
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
The son of Star trek creator Gene Roddenberry talks about carrying on the legacy of his father. This is only short piece.
Repo Men is a movie that could have been. We get a weird Blade Runner-like media soaked world mixed with the suburbs and organ repossession no less. This should blow peoples minds. But, no, it feels limp and overly long. What happened?
The filmmakers caved. That's the only thing I can of think of. I haven't read the book, so I don't know how things were originally. But it had to more provocative. This seems to be a classic case of "make it more mainstream."
The producers should have known this could never be mainstream. It's too dark and has too much potential for provoking thought. This is not entertainment, this is social commentary. And it could have been brilliant social commentary at that.
Instead, we are left with characters that have no motivations and make life altering decisions for no clear reason, dialogue that explains everything before it happens and nothing is pushed to its shocking (and entertaining) conclusions.
Still, watch it and dream. Follow the logic for yourself and see what I mean.
