Wow, I was going over IO9's blog postings and I have to say, they are taking aim at about every major SF movie that will be out this summer / fall. Though not strictly science fiction, they still took aim at Pixar's Newt pretty much trashing it.
One of the remakes that I had a bit of hope for was the remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with Keanu Reeves - for all intents saying Reeves remake ruined their day. In their words: December's remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still isn't just jettisoning the original version's storyline, it's also losing most of the things that made the 1950s version cool in the first place. Not even one "Klaatu Barada Nikto" bummmmmer.
Another that I hadn't even hoped would be good, IO9 is pretty much calling major foul. Babylon A.D. with Vin Diesel has been sliced and diced down to 90 minutes from the European 160 minute version. Diesel was purported to have pulled some major tantrums and the film went WAY over budget and for their efforts it sounds like a pretty run of the mill sci-fi plot. Society collapse, ultra-violent, runaway DNA.....Mercenaries for hire..... YAWN - pass.
Well, you be the judge, looks like, to me at least, there will be pretty slim picking this year as far as good SF movies are concerned.
One of the remakes that I had a bit of hope for was the remake of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with Keanu Reeves - for all intents saying Reeves remake ruined their day. In their words: December's remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still isn't just jettisoning the original version's storyline, it's also losing most of the things that made the 1950s version cool in the first place. Not even one "Klaatu Barada Nikto" bummmmmer.
Another that I hadn't even hoped would be good, IO9 is pretty much calling major foul. Babylon A.D. with Vin Diesel has been sliced and diced down to 90 minutes from the European 160 minute version. Diesel was purported to have pulled some major tantrums and the film went WAY over budget and for their efforts it sounds like a pretty run of the mill sci-fi plot. Society collapse, ultra-violent, runaway DNA.....Mercenaries for hire..... YAWN - pass.
Well, you be the judge, looks like, to me at least, there will be pretty slim picking this year as far as good SF movies are concerned.
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