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Recent PostsWatchmen offers layered morality taleMarch 18th 2009 07:00
The un-heroes of Watchmen
Watchmen works as a multi-layered morality tale, asking viewers to choose the lesser of two evils in a world pulled inside out. It was fun to watch, and while the film really didn't add much depth to the graphic novel, it did at least preserve its integrity as a work of classic fiction.
 Dave Gibbons (Watchmen novel illustrator/co-creator)March 13th 2009 07:10
Dave Gibbons (Watchmen novel illustrator/co-creator) speaks out at the Watchmen U.S. red carpet premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre: Question I asked: How did you decide to create such a seminal work in the graphic novel genre? DG: "The original Watchmen graphic novel is a collaboration between Alan Moore and myself and a colorist called John Higgins. Alan and I had always wanted to do a long story together and DC comics said okay, you've got a 12-issue comic book. And we really tried to put in it everything we thought about costumed heroes, and to tell the kind of story that we'd like to read. And just enjoy ourselves. Question I asked was: Do you think the film captures the soul of the novel? DG: "I really think it does. I mean, the details, visually are so rich and so much like the novel. And I do think the soul is there, and the emotion and the moral ambiguity have been retained. Which is great."
Malin Akerman at U.S. Premiere of WatchmenMarch 8th 2009 17:23
Malin Akerman Watchmen premiere
A few words from the lovely and talented Malin Akerman at the U.S premiere of Watchmen: “Physically, we started training two months before shooting began. I was training with a former Navy seal to build muscle mass and then I started the fight training, which lasted throughout the film for about six months. So there was a lot of physical training. We did all of our won stunt work, aside from the wirework. We also did all the fight sequences. Patrick and I had about three sequences together. So it was a blast.”
Watchmen premiereFebruary 19th 2009 07:49
Malin AkermanFebruary 18th 2009 08:49
Malin Akerman to tell all (photo imdb)
Lead singer of a rock band named Ozono, Malin Akerman was raised in Toronto, Canada and attended York University, studying psychology. Her first U.S. feature film was The Utopian Society. She played Tess in 27 Dresses and Lila in the Heartbreak Kid. In Watchmen, she plays Laurie Jupiter and Silk Spectre II. What does she think of the film? How did she prepare for the role? All will be answered next month when I interview her at the Watchmen premiere. Stay tuned.
Watchmen cast interviewsFebruary 15th 2009 18:09
Watchmen
Adapted from Alan Moore's visually convulsive comic book series, Watchmen takes us back to1985 when the world is on the brink of nuclear destruction and a government crackdown has ended the days of costumed vigilantes. When one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, the retired heroes led by vigilante Rorschach reunite to save their kind and learn of a hidden diabolical plot—to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. Their mission: watch over humanity—but who is watching the Watchmen?
This Island EarthJanuary 27th 2009 08:44
Here’s another example of a sci-fi classic that incorporated some special effects that were ahead of their time. The imaginative story was simple without "B-story" “clutter.” A scientist receives a catalog of advanced parts and builds an “interociter,” a highly advanced communication device that also doubles as a weapon. The device allows him to communicate with an alien who invites him to join a group of top scientists to help defend their planet from invasion.
This Island Earth and the Interociter
Why Star Trek diedJanuary 17th 2009 22:32
The last Star Trek TV series died because it became a soap opera. The stories were unimaginative, boring and relied too much on character stereotypes and story lines that depicted most of the crew, including the captain as undisciplined morons. It’s no wonder the ship was always being defeated and the captain getting his ass kicked. One reason the stories were so insipidly bad was that the studio was no longer taking script submissions from outside the “system.” Hence, hacks were writing these God-awful scripts that had very little to do with exploring the wonders of alien planets and cultures.
Consider, for example, the film Pitch Black. This presented us with a truly alien look at not just strange beasts, but a whole new geo-planetary paradigm
What happened to sci-fi films?January 12th 2009 03:28
Seems all we ever see are boring remakes or effects-filled duds that lack any interesting, thought provoking stories. Where are the Blade Runners, the Forbidden Planets? Even This Island Earth was far better than the stuff Hollywood grinds out today. They seem to be obsessed with special effects, not story. Where are the visionary stories that explore the soul of who we are, where we came from and where we’re going?
In my humble opinion, I think all the wrong people are controlling Hollywood, especially in the sci-fi genre. There’s just too much marketing, demographics, psychographics and blind adherence to formula. Add to that the need to imbue every story with some sort of social message and you have soap opera not sci-fi. What we need are writers and directors with imagination. We need fewer technicians and more visionaries
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