From the very beginning of this series
way back in January I mentioned that one element that I hold as a
high standard for film is the visuals. The story must also hold
water but the visuals can make or break a movie. They can also take
a movie that extra step from being a great movie to a superb one.
Films like Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, Star Wars
and Close Encounters of the Third
Kind are examples of this type of criteria. Visuals
doesn’t mean just special effects. It is the entire composite
which includes camera shot, colors, movement and so on. It is the
visuals telling the story. Sci-Fi often relies on visuals to sell an
idea. You may not believe in flying saucers but after seeing Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, at minimum you now know what they
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| Aiming for a new series? |
"You know, Russell (T Davies) is so busy. Obviously, we're in touch with the BBC all the time. They are our partners on (new shows) DaVinci's Demons and Harem.
"We told them, we stand by ready for any news, but I think it would be a while before Russell came back to Torchwood.'Davies put his professional life on hold in December when his partner, Andrew Smith, was diagnosed with brain cancer. Davies recently announced he is returning to work.
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| Milton Berle as guest villain "Louie the Lilac" on "Batman." |
His character is a well-meaning but messianic sociologist whose conduct threatens to destroy the planet Jugal. The crew of the Enterprise must remove him without disrupting the normal development of the culture.Spinrad told startrek.com that he asked series creator Gene Roddenberry to drop the episode after producer Gene Coon “rewrote it into an unfunny comedy.”
Among my criteria of excellent Sci-Fi
movies I include strong visuals, a soundtrack that envelopes the
viewer and high concept ideas that are both thought provoking and
exciting. So many movies on my list have elements from these but
also may have great stories, top notch acting and just that magic
touch. I am also a sucker for dystopian depictions and commentary on
society of today. One thing that I may have not mentioned as a
criteria in some Sci-Fi movies is realism. Not only do I like seeing
a movie that could be real but when a film goes out of its way to
sell the setting and ideas without going too far, I am happy. Movies
such as Sunshine, The Abyss and 2010 are
examples of this realism.
Here we are within the top 4 and I have noticed that at one point or another each of the following movies has probably been my #1 movie. In the early 70's this movie was there and in the late 80's a different one held the spot. This may be the movie I have seen the most on this list.
It always seems impossible when you start casting these parts, but when we saw Matt and Jenna together, we knew we had our girl. She's funny and clever and exactly mad enough to step on board the TARDIS.
It's not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it's about to happen. Jenna is going to lead him his merriest dance yet. And that's all you're getting for now. Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl.
"Amy & Rory will leave in a final encounter with the Weeping Angels in ep 5. Not everyone gets out alive and I mean it this time"No news about the 50th anniversary was released today but what news we did get should make twitter and newsboards alight with a blaze of a sun for sure. Exciting day for Dr Who fans.
"I want to get started already" says Jenna. "I'm a huge fan of the show". Of her favourite companion "Between Billie Piper & Karen Gillan"
"Matt Smith did my audition with me. It was fun and I felt like we were in it together" says Jenna."
Steven: "We saw a lot of brilliant actresses. But Jenna was the only person going faster than Matt - he had to keep up!"
by Ken Parker
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| Arrow will be "darker and harder edged" - OK, we get the point. |
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| Old Ms. Marvel |
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| New Ms. Marvel as Captain Marvel |
When people think of Sci-Fi, many will
probably think of Steven Speilberg as being a huge contributor to the
genre. That may be true, but not on this list. You will see only
one movie from him here. Sure, he was involved in many excellent
Sci-Fi movies like A.I, Jurassic Park and Minority
Report and shows up as Executive Producer for Back To The
Future, but in my mind there is one film that is the definitive
Speilberg Sci-Fi film and NO, it is not E.T.
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| "Kung Fu" will tell a familiar story with a new face. |
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| Two guys with lots of free time on their hands these days. |
The problem wasn't that. The movie did almost $250 million and was actually very well liked, but we made the movie for too much money. One, we made it in L.A. for certain reasons, and two, we decided to go to 3D -- that added another $10 million. If I had done it in a tax-rebate state and not done 3D, it would have been considered a huge financial success for the studio. So we're not making a sequel right now.By most accounts, Moritz is being generous in his praise of the 2011 film. IMDB rates the movie as a 6 on a scale of 10. Rotten Tomatoes is even less kind, with the movie coming in at 44 percent.
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| Henry Cavill flies into theaters as Superman on June 14, 2013. |
Okay, so the first scene involves Clark in a bar where loggers like to frequent. This is a dive bar, the customers are a surly bunch as they like to throw beer cans and such. Clark will be confronted by someone named Ludlow, and he'll have to keep his anger in check.Second:
Alright, and now it's time for the fun stuff. Number five in the call sheet refers to Superman's father Jor-El. The following information takes place on Krypton and it appears as though Jor-El has been wounded in battle by a sword, which is also referred to as an energy lance. Number 11 in the call sheet is referring to Lara, Superman's mother, while number 46 might be baby Superman, Kal-El. Before Jor-El and Lara say goodbye to their child, Jor-El will infuse something into his heart.
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| You will find out in the far future how I survived my fall. |
I have already talked about
expectations when going to see a movie. Sequels will often try to
capitalize on the success of the original by trying to capture some
of the magic that made those movies popular. You would more often
than not see the same characters doing similar things in similar
situations. Many times the sequels are amped up a bit with more of
everything to try to outdo the original. Other times the situation
may be much different but keep the same characters. The object of
the sequel is to be different enough for people to not feel they are
watching the original and yet be as similar as possible.
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| The elephant in the room? This is a bad movie. |
Valiant Comics is coming back in a big way this summer. The once big time company of the 90's is returning with 4 of it's more familiar properties. The will be releasing X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Harbinger, and Archer & Armstrong over the course of 4 months starting in May. This is great news for those who enjoyed the books (like me) during their glory years of the early 90's. I'm looking forward to these books and hope Valiant takes off again.
One thing that happens to me when I see
movies over and over again – I start to appreciate them more and
more. But eventually some movies start to become so embedded in my
mind that I forget about them when thinking about my top 25 list, for
example. The films are almost a given that they are in my best of
the best lists. Four of the next eight films sort of fall into that
category of being watched by myself so many times that I have become
over exposed to them. Despite this, they are still part of my list
and for most of them, are so important to my evolution of Sci Fi
movie enjoyment that they reach very high on my list. Often I will
watch these films when they are on TV but rarely do I sit down to
watch them on disc. You will probably be able to figure out which
movies I am talking about by the shear number of times I have watched
them.
