We watched Hot Fuzz and The Host this past weekend, and both were made of awesome!
Buffy. When I saw you stop the world from, you know, ending, I just assumed that was a big week for you. Turns out I suddenly find myself needing to know the plural of 'apocalypse.'
Riley ,'Potential'
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Hayden - Aug 13, 2007 10:17:41 am PDT #850 of 10000
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Volans - Aug 13, 2007 10:41:34 am PDT #851 of 10000
move out and draw fire
The music in Hot Fuzz was noticeably awesome also (I loved Goody Two-Shoes over the opening scene). They clearly knew it, since the music coordinator was credited as Nick Angel.
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2007 10:48:04 am PDT #852 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The music was credited to Nick Angel because it's his name.
Ailleann - Aug 13, 2007 10:50:33 am PDT #853 of 10000
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Is the character name an homage, then? Or just a strange coincidence?
Volans - Aug 13, 2007 10:50:37 am PDT #854 of 10000
move out and draw fire
So was the main character named after him?
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2007 10:51:37 am PDT #855 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I seem to recall reading they thought it was a way cool name (which...is).
beekaytee - Aug 13, 2007 10:52:17 am PDT #856 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
I saw Sunshine last week with a science writer friend. We looked for geological themes to justify her magazine footing the tickets. Not much geological content, as it turned out...but super creepy. And of the 1 hour 48 minutes, I think roughly 40 minutes were spent on Cillian Murphy's eyes.
I'm not much for jumpy-outy-scary movies but this one seemed well done. And while the macro science plot devices were eye-rolly in the extreme, the minor details were elegantly crafted.
It had some of the atmospherics of Solaris, which I also enjoyed.
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2007 10:58:31 am PDT #857 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I was dissatisfied with the pacing of Sunshine, and felt cheated that we never got to see the "monster" clearly-if it had been all from the other characters' POV I would have been okay, but it diverged. Also I didn't feel he had properly established the space, so as it got closer to the end I had no spatial grounding for the events.
beekaytee - Aug 13, 2007 11:10:26 am PDT #858 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
I agree with you ita, except that I thought not seeing the monster made him much scarier.
I am totally with you on the spatial grounding. How was it that the monster throws them off a 'cliff', down which they slide and then stand upright...and he's still upright?
I loved the subtle points like the behaviorist getting more and more sunburned...and peeling off his skin without missing a beat.
On the other hand, I felt cheated that the somewhat diverse cast all kept their own accents accept Cillian. An Irish physicist is implausible?
eta: A question...Did it seem to you as if they intended to somehow grab the second 'device' and lug it on the Icarus II or did it seem to you as if they intended to hotwire the Icarus I all along.
My companion heard the latter, but I didn't...which immediately threw me out of the story with 'and how exactly are they going to cart a second ship-sized device away on a one-device designed ship ?
bon bon - Aug 13, 2007 11:17:17 am PDT #859 of 10000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Not much geological content, as it turned out...but super creepy. And of the 1 hour 48 minutes, I think roughly 40 minutes were spent on Cillian Murphy's eyes.
Maybe I will have to see this one.