Archive for the ‘Scifi’ Category
Jul
01
Posted by Drew
“My father was a wheel! The first wheel! And do you know what he transformed into? Nothing! But he did it with honor!”
The Scoop: 2009 PG-13, directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, and Megan Fox’s breasts in slow motion
Tagline: Revenge is coming.
Summary Capsule: Special effects gurus secure themselves an Oscar nomination by hiding Megan Fox’s tattoos for 2 1/2 hours. Also, giant transforming robots.
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Jun
10
Posted by Lissa
“I like this ship! It’s exciting!”
The Scoop: 2009 PG-13, directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban
Tagline: The future begins.
Summary Capsule: Star Trek gets a reboot/prequel/sequel of sorts… but it’s all good (mostly).
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Jun
01
Posted by Lissa
Sci-fi (or Sy-Fy, as a certain channel would have us believe, because it’s “less geeky”) is one of those genres that just seems to produce cult gems and mockworthy spectacles. Either movies are brilliant or flat out terrible, it seems like there’s very little middle ground.
With that in mind, I decided to undertake watching the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. I’ve never seen the original, but this one has Keanu Reeves! (Unless he’s playing Ted, this does the opposite of impressing me.) Because the thing is, good movies can get boring to review, unless I find a good hook. I was going to do this one night when I was alone, but last night Duckie and I decided we were in the mood for “mindless”. What could be more mindless than a Keanu Reeves movie?
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May
29
Posted by Justin
“Across the federation, federation experts agree that: A: God exists, B: He’s on our side, C: He wants us to win.”
The Scoop: 2008 R, directed by Edward Neumeier and starring Casper Van Dien, Jolene Blalock and Stephen Hogan
Tagline: It’s a good day to fry
Summary Capsule: There are no atheists in bugholes, it seems. And Casper Van Dien gets naked.
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May
19
Posted by Justin
“You’ve just crossed over into… the Twilight Zone. “
The Scoop: 1983 PG, directed by Joe Dante, John Landis, George Miller and Steven Spielberg
Tagline: You’re travelling through another dimension. A dimension, not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!
Summary Capsule: Four mini-movies attempt to recapture the classic touch of Rod Serling’s series. Doesn’t work so much.
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May
15
Posted by Drew
“Ahhh, these monsters are as stupid as human beings!”
The Scoop: 1964, directed by Ishiro Honda and starring Haruo Nakajima, Katsumi Tezuka and Shoichi Hirose
Tagline: The Three-Headed Monster battles Godzilla, Mothra and Rodan for the world!
Summary Capsule: Giant monsters fight, then unite against a common foe as the series takes its first steps toward humanizing its star.
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May
13
Posted by Kyle
In so many beautifully angsty ways, going to an after-midnight IMAX showing of Star Trek was a lot like seeing The Shins in concert for the first time. For me, that is (obviously). You probably have to have some sort of weird brain processing, um, processes to make that sort of connection. Or possibly just write a lot of similarly angsty poetry.
That doesn’t really matter, though. The important thing to pick up on here is that I was feeling very trepidatious about a rebooted, retconned, re-al damage to the original timeline imposed retelling of the adventure of the original Star Trek crew. Arguably the most legendary, and certainly my favorite. Kirk and Spock and McCoy and Uhura and Chekov and Sulu and Scotty, and a bunch of red-shirts. No longer as we remember them; the ubiquitous MySpace advertisements admonished us constantly to forget everything that came before. This is new. This is unknown.
This is completely without the Shatner.
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May
11
Posted by Justin
“I like this ship! It’s exciting!”
The Scoop: 2009 PG-13, directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Karl Urban
Tagline: The future begins.
Summary Capsule: Star Trek gets a reboot/prequel/sequel of sorts… but it’s all good (mostly).
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May
09
Posted by Justin
“I’ve been condemned to live.”
The Scoop: 1985 R, directed by Geoff Murphy and starring Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge and Pete Smith
Tagline: The End of the World is Just the Beginning
Summary Capsule: Guy wakes up to discover that he’s the last guy on the planet. He promptly decides to take a sick day.
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Apr
30
Posted by Kaleb
Actually, I think there may only be five total, so I guess that kind of takes the special out of it.
Bah! Whatever! Titles that work are just as lame as well though-out introductions! Let’s do this!
Oh, I will pause to mention that you are strongly encouraged to read first, and then decide whether or not you want to view. MRFH and its affiliates, subsidiaries and shadow governments are not responsible for any puking or nightmares that may result.
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