Last week was a very busy week for Sci-Fi and myself.
Amazon FINALLY shipped my Star Wars Trilogy on DVD, but it was 3
days late as far as I'm concerned. If I pre-ordered 3 months early,
you'd think that would be plenty of time to figure out how to ship it
to me THE DAY of public availability.
I got Star Wars Battlefront for PS2 the day it was available, and it
is a great game. The depth of the plot isn't quite there like other SW
titles, but the game play is fun and the Dolby Pro-Logic II sound is
incredible. I've been working my way through the historical campaigns,
so I've been on Naboo, Kashykk, Kamino, and am now on Rhen Var. I can't
wait to try multiplayer. Check out the Dork Tower comics this week. They crack me up! Yeah, I'm a lot like Igor.
I went with a friend to the Denver Pavillions to catch THX-1138 in
the theater. I hadn't seen it before. It's worth seeing once, but not
worth $9 or buying the DVD, IMO. It had some decent sci-fi themes,
which were interesting, but some heavy 70's surrealist scenes. The
nudity wasn't gratuitous, and helped promote some of the storyline, but
I think the R rating was justified.
By far, the best Sci-Fi of the week was "Sky Captain and the World
of Tomorrow". Filmed completely in green screen, I was quite impressed
with the classic Flash Gordon look and feel. In the credits, I counted
at least 14 different special effects companies that worked on the
film, including Industrial Light and Magic. The result is spectacular,
and it's good, clean fun, too. I think I could actually take my kids to
see this movie. I hope Hollywood takes notice, and produces more of
this caliber of film. We don't need all the violence and sex that
they've been churning out for so long, IMO.
One other sci-fi note. There is discussion of rating Star Wars
Episode III as PG-13. This would be unfortunate, since I want to take
my boys (6 and 3) to see it. I know it will be a darker film, since
Anakin turns into Vader, but I'm still hoping it can be done in a PG
format. We don't need excruciating detail of Anakin burning in lava, to
know why he wears the life-support suit. Mr. Lucas, despite all of your
critics, I think the story should still cater to the imaginations of
the younger audiences. I liked Episode 1 and 2, and can show them to
the boys without concerns of too much violence.
So in a nutshell: Go see Sky Captain, get Battlefront on your favorite platform, don't pre-order DVDs, and skip buying THX-1138.
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