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Feb 05
09
Starbuck, Apollo and Boomer
Remember those names? Travel back to 1978. They are names in a ripoff of the 1977 amazing original Star Wars, minus the lightsaber, TV series.
Warp through time. Now.
It is one of the best science fiction on television. Yes, I am talking about the new TV series of Battlestar Galactica.
It is a dark and gloomy universe (Your home planet and other human-colonized planets are destroyed, what do you expect?). The storyline involves politic, love, trickery and of course action. The way the story unfolded and intertwined is beautifully crafted and enjoyable to watch. It is more realistic than the 1978 version (as realistic as a science fiction goes) for example, names like “Starbuck”, “Apollo” and “Boomer” are become the pilots’ callsign instead of real names. The producer even has a blog.
The opening 2 parts mini-series DVD is already available at Amazon. Watch out for this series, this one is way much better that the ill-fated and doomed Enterprise. This one is frakin’ good.
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Oct 04
05
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Zombies. Lots of them. Dead city (Raccoon city IS Toronto, by the way). Try to get the hell out of there. That’s the basic idea. From a popular video game to movie, Resident Evil: Apocalypse is another interpretation (We already have Tomb Raider, Street Fighter and others) and a good one I must said. After all, the game itself is about ‘shoot the zombies, collect weaponry, try to survive and get the hell out of there’. So in that term, the movie is faithful to its core. Even the portrayal of the character (Jill Valentine is perfect, Carlos Olivera / Read more …
Oct 04
03
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Love the movie! So retro (most of you know that I am into retro especially art deco era) and yet so vibrant. Feels like reading a comic book. This movie is so… retro (can’t find better word, sorry), the plane, the robot, the machinery, the costume and everything. The plot has a couple of holes tho but I really don’t mind, it is just a movie and it is entertaining! One thing I found quite annoying is the flow of the story is quite slow, if the movie was really packed in time, I think this is one blast / Read more …