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Oshii certainly did! - -** Persona -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: modern-games/persona -:END: - - - - ** Lawnmower Man :PROPERTIES: :EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: american-scifi/lawnmower-man @@ -961,614 +952,6 @@ It's not *as* bad as Gohan's[fn:whistle] whistle-dance, but the fact that it's n [fn:whistle] I've been told that /Dragon Ball Z Movie 4/ has its share of fans, but I've got no idea how. -** American SciFi -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: american-scifi -:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot-ascifi" -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :primary_menu "brain-rot-ascifi" -:END: - -*** DONE American SciFi -CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 20:59] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :primary_menu "brain-rot" -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract Random SciFi from USA -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r menu menu-info -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :menu_order name -:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU: :menu "brain-rot" :weight 1000 :parent scifi -:END: - -#+attr_shortcode: "brain-rot-ascifi" -#+begin_menu -Dune -#+end_menu - -#+begin_menu-info -sss -#+end_menu-info - - -*** DONE Hardware (1990) -CLOSED: [2024-02-17 Sat 19:39] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: hardware-1990 -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/hardware-1990 /blog/2024/hardware-1990/) -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.5 -:END: - -I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[fn:cp]. -I spent my formative years watching /Anime, art house/ and ignoring most of USA movies. -This means I haven't watched a lot of the /cult/ movies out there. - -/Hardware/ is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world. -Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit. - -I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of /Terminator/ - a movie which I don't partially enjoy. -After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption. -But somehow I ended enjoying /Hardware/ much more. - -Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain /simplistic/. -Say what you will about /Terminator/, but the basic premise was great. -/Hardware/ on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea. -This is a straight movie about a killer robot. - -However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what /Alien[fn:alien]/ achieved -The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations. -Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the /Mark-13/ robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone. -Much like the /Nostromo/! - -This allowed the movie to be *stunning* visually. -I loved every frame here! -I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it! -Just take a look at the gallery below. - -Another thing which reminded me of /Alien/ is how they handled the special effects of the /monster/. -We see very little of /Mark-13/ - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness. -From time to time we see his movements, and well. -Hiding him was clearly a good idea... just like with the /Xenomorph/. - -All in all, I enjoyed the movie. -I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed every minute of its short runtime. - -I give it a =3.5/5=. - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0001.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Red sky of postnuclear... summer? -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0002.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -The Nomad. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0003.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0004.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -An ordinary store. -Great vibes! -Fun for the whole family. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0005.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Same store, different view. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0006.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -The perfect glasses. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0007.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0008.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -What posses as art now. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0009.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Computer we want but don't deserve. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0010.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0011.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Remember when spirituality was cool? -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0012.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense. -I'm sure no one will drop it. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0013.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -UI we all want. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0014.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -What lurks in the shadows. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0015.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Yup, Jin-Roh. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0016.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Yankee-Roh. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0017.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -With some striking shadows. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0018.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0019.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Prelude... -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0020.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0021.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Yup, a hand. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0022.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Hold the presses! -The glasses are back! -I repeat: the glasses are back. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0023.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Mark-13 in all of its glory. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0024.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -This is only a window, but what a window it is. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0025.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -They have not used Wilhelm's scream. -What a wasted opportunity. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0026.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0027.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -I am a sucker for this type of fish eye. -Always reminds me of /City of Lost Children./ -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0028.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0029.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Ok, it does. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0030.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -One of the few CGI moments here. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0031.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -And one of /many/ lighting shots. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0032.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Look how black it is. Classy. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0033.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -But does it run Quake? -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0034.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich. -#+end_img-c - -And a few nice /gore/ sceenes which I won't show it. -This is a family-friendly website! - -Links: -- [[https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware][Hardware on TVDB]] -- [[https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/][Director's official website]] - -[fn:cp] I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber". -No one rebels against the system, no one enters the /cyberspace/. -But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than /Johny Menomic/ a /Cyberpunk/. -Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it. -[fn:alien] Aka "the clearly superior of the /Alien/ series" - - -*** DONE Johnny Mnemonic (1995) -CLOSED: [2024-06-11 Tue 15:52] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: johnny-mnemonic-1995 -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mirco reviview of the cyberpunk classic -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4.0 -:END: - -One plus of the linear-tv age of the past is that I've seen movies I would have no chance otherwise. -Polish stations tried to put as many new blockbusters as possible. -Other times they had to resort to movies of lesser fame, like the hero of the day - /Johnny Mnemonic/. - -Willian Gibson, the father of modern /Cyberpunk/ genre, doesn't have much luck when it comes to movies. -/Neuromancer/ is finally getting an adaptation, but unfortunately it will be a TV show[fn:neurotv]. -His /Aliens III/ script was rejected. -At this moment, his only legacy in this medium is /Johnny Mnemonic/. -Luckily, it's an awesome legacy! - -#+attr_shortcode: :file johny-mnemonic-1.jpg -#+attr_shortcode: :alt Keanu Reeves in metal VR goggles grimming his teeth. The helmet covers most of his face. -#+attr_shortcode: :source https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic -#+attr_shortcode: :class centered -#+begin_image -This looks like something I want! -Screw that plastic toy from Apple. -#+end_image - -#+attr_shortcode: :file johny-mnemonic-2.jpg -#+attr_shortcode: :alt A futurstic CGI city resembling cyberspace -#+attr_shortcode: :source https://madmuseum.org/events/johnny-mnemonic -#+attr_shortcode: :class centered -#+begin_image -This was the cyberspace we were promised. -#+end_image - -The story is what he does best - a classic story in a cybernetic world. -Johnny is a courier who smuggles information. -The trick is that he is not smuggling them on tapes, but in his own brain. -This time he overdid it and loaded too much data (320 gigs!) overflowing his capacity. -He needs to get it out, and to do it /fast/. -It won't be easy as the data is /hot/ and yakuza and gigantic corporation are trying to stop him. - -/Neuromancer/ is a heist story with a twist, /Johnny Mnemonic/ is a fugitive story with a twist. -For what it's worth, I found the story to be great. -There is nothing profound, nothing makes you scratch your head. -It's story about a smuggler and the whole world trying to kill him. - -The worst aspect of this movie is the acting. -It's Keanu Reeves at his most mediocre, single faced act. -Even Takashi Kitano seems to be bored on set. -I have no idea why, but *no* actor seems to be invested. - -#+attr_shortcode: 4.0 "johny-mnemonic.jpg" -#+begin_rating -Cover -#+end_rating -But everything else works. -First, the movie looks great. -All special effects are selling distopian vision of near future - be it the scenes of high raise buildings, slums, or of cyberspace. -It all looks like one would expect (no sky /the color of TV turned to a dead channel/ though, which is a shame). - -Talking about cyberspace, when have we ruined the way we talked about computers? -/Johnny.../ has all the Gibson's words, like Ice-breakers. -It's magical and hypnotic. -We live in world of his novels (with corporations being more powerful than nations, internet everywhere, or the destruction of environment) but this is what we lost? -It's so dull and dry! -I don't want App, I want "visual interface". - -I may be looking at this movie through rose-tainted cyber-visors, but I was expecting a terrible movie. -I saw as a teen and loved it. -But somehow, after all this years /Johnny Mnemonic/ holds up. -It's not a big nor overly smart movie. -It's a product of it's times but does it marvelously. -I loved it. - -[fn:neurotv] It's a sign of the times. -Platforms want to get as much from every license, a /Neuromancer/ is as hot as SciFi goes. -This means that it will most likely be expanded into self-parody, with one unnecessary thread after another. -And /Neuromaner/ is already structured as a *movie*! - - -*** DONE Ghost in the Machine (1993) -CLOSED: [2024-02-09 Fri 22:59] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ghost-in-the-machine-1993 -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My mirco reviview of a computer thriller -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/ghost-in-the-machine /blog/2024/ghost-in-the-machine/) -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.0 -:END: - -Talk about a surprise! -I was expecting a /schlock/, but I've seen a nice move. -A dumb one, but still. - -The plot is the biggest problem: a serial killer has an MRI and due to electric storm gets his soul moved to computer network. -With this, he becomes able to: -- kill person by moving to a microwave and changing its settings, -- kill a dog by arousing it with a TV program (using nothing by electric breakers), then hitting the dog with a VHS tape ejected from a VHS player which causes the animal to run towards the pool - -It makes as little sense in the context of the movie as it does here. -But the acting is (at the very least) acceptable and the FX are better than they should - and there is a lot of them. -Moreover, the camera work is crazy! -The movie /looks/ better than it should. -It seems that this dumb, little movie got more passion in it than the entire MCU combined. - -The problem is that I have no idea what was going on. -People were dying, cool computer interfaces were shown, but the plot barely connected those scenes together. - -It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution. -I enjoyed it a lot. -It is not a /good/ movie, but it is enjoyable. - -I give it a =3.0/5.= - -links: -- [[https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine][Ghost in the Machine on TVDB]] - - -*** DONE Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) -CLOSED: [2024-03-03 Sun 16:52] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: colossus-1970 -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract A short review of SciFi classic -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :aliases '(/brain-rot/colosus-1970 /blog/2024/colossus-1970/) -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 4.25 -:END: -Finally, in my series of discovering the roots of cyberpunk in American Cyberpunk I've seen a real gem. - -/Colossus/ is a 1970 movie about a not-so-distant-future where Americans decide that it would be a great idea to give control of their military potential to a computer. -On paper, it sounds great - a computer has no emotions, so it will not be stopped by petty things, like morality. -Guess how well that turned out? -Soon after switching on, Colossus learns about the existence of another such system - The Guardian, in the territory of CCCP. - -#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0001.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -The movie starts with sexy old-comp scenes. -Fitting, as Control Data Corporation supplied close to 5 million USD in computer equipment. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0002.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Sexy! -Rest of the movie is not as sexy. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0003.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Colossus in person. -#+end_img-c -And then this SciFi thriller stops being so /crazy-computer/ focused, and analyzes /crazy-human/ reaction. -Colossus starts exhibiting features which were never implemented. -It[fn:it] starts /demanding/ to be connected with the Guardian, so they can communicate. -And the scientist decide that it would be a great idea. -The computers start exchanging data and developing language. -Still - looks cool, let's see what happens. -Only after Colossus threatens humans with ICBMs, Forbin (Colossus's creator) starts thinking that maybe this wasn't the best idea. - -#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0004.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -At first Colossus communicates only via text. -Funny, as those screens sound like matrix printers. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0005.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -This one as well. -#+end_img-c - -#+attr_shortcode: "colossus-1970-0006.jpg" -#+begin_img-c -Because it has a printer! -It took me half of the movie to get that. -Guess I'm too millenial for that to be obvious. -#+end_img-c -The movie is often described as an evil-computer story. -Colossus is never evil in the movie. -It does exactly what it was designed to do - to act without mercy. -The evil ones here are the humans who never stop and think that maybe we are on the verge of the end of humanity. - -So yeah, it's an movie about Altman. -We may have destroyed the civilization, but at lest we made a cool program which does things. -No one know what those things are, but those are details you should not worry about. - - -Story wise, /Colossus: The Forbin Project/ holds splendidly. -Yes, we've got casual alcoholism and the female character exists only to have sex with Forbin[fn:sex]. -But the actual meat of the movie could be a base of an amazing movie today. -The questions and subject are more relevant now that half a century ago. -What was a huge /what-if/ scenario becomes a real /ok, but how do we stop it/. -The Pentagon is already working on militarization of AI[fn:pent]. -We're pretty much screwed already. - -The best SciFi is not about giant battles or space travel for space travel sake. -It's always about humans, a warning for us. -And the /best/ SciFi is a warning for the next generations, as the threads become more real as years go by. - -There is a moment in the movie, where the entire day of Forbin is planned and monitored by an AI. -What was a horror story, is now what a lot of us /expect/. - -/Colossus/ in a movie version of earlier book of same. -There are 2 more in the series, and (as I've been told), Aliens make an appearance later on. -Maybe someday! - -As for the movie, I give it a 4.25/5. -[fn:it] There's an interesting discussion about what pronoum to use - He or It. -[fn:sex] It is a plot point! -A terrible one, but still. -[fn:pent] Vide: [[https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3682355/pentagon-official-lays-out-dod-vision-for-ai/][Pentagon Official Lays Out DOD Vision for AI]]. -Note, it's from the official website of US Department of Defense. - - - - -*** DONE Dune -CLOSED: [2024-04-14 Sun 18:10] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: _index -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: :primary_menu "brain-rot" -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract The Dune series -:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-r menu menu-info -:EXPORT_HUGO_SECTION: american-scifi/dune -:EXPORT_HUGO_MENU_OVERRIDE: :post "series" -:END: - - -#+attr_shortcode: "brain-rot-dune" -#+begin_menu -Dune -#+end_menu - -*** DONE Running Man (1987) -CLOSED: [2024-06-24 Mon 23:45] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: running-man-1987 -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of the Schwarzenegger's classic -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image covers/running-man.jpg -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3.0 -:END: - -I never got into 80s action packed ultra-manly movies. -I was never fan of them, as action scenes bore me. -There was, however, quite a few of them in SciFi setting so this site will force me to finally get to know them. - -So, /Running Man/ is a 1987 SciFi movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger based on Stephen King's story. -In the not-so-distant future of 2017 the world faced an economic cryis and America became a totalitarian state. -Captain Ben Richards (played by Arnold) is a police officer who refuses to massacre unarmed civilians. -He finds himself to be government's scapegoat and, as a result, is jailed. -After a prison break, he is once again captured - but this time he is given a chance. -If he participates in /Running Man/, an ultra-violent TV show, he may regain freedom. - -There is a /bit/ more to the story, but not much. -What is there, however, was a surprise! -There is a plot and there is commentary about risk of fascist state, of controlling crowds through entertainment, and about controlling the narrative by those in power. -/Running Man/ is /1984/ if Orwell wasn't so talented. - -#+attr_shortcode: :file running-man-1.webp -#+attr_shortcode: :alt Face of a white, bearded man lighting a cigarette -#+attr_shortcode: :source https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/ -#+attr_shortcode: :class centered -#+begin_image -Typical prison beard -#+end_image - -#+attr_shortcode: :file running-man-2.webp -#+attr_shortcode: :alt White man wearing a bright yellow, shining, one-piece suit -#+attr_shortcode: :source https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/this-one-would-be-a-big-dream-the-remake-of-the-only-stephen-king-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-team-up-edges-closer-to-reality/ -#+attr_shortcode: :class centered -#+begin_image -The most offensive thing here are the costumes -#+end_image - -The entire world building happens in the first half an hour of the movie. -The rest is an hour-long series of Richard's fights against /stalkers/, professional killers who star in the show. -And I *have* to be sincere here: I hated the second part much less than I anticipated. -Yes, it's over-the top and mindless, but it has nice gore. -#+attr_shortcode: 3.0 "running-man.jpg" -#+begin_rating -Cover -#+end_rating -But mostly because of the montage. -I remember watching the second /Avengers/ and absolutely hating it. -Most of the movie was random characters fighting without any order. -One /cool/ scene after another. -In /Running Man/, on the other hand, I was able to follow the plot of the fight. -I knew not only what was going on, but I also had a vague understanding of where the fights were and where characters were in relations to another. - -So, this movie is not a completely mindless fight scene. -I should have hated it (like the aforementioned /Avengers/), but I did not. -I haven't /loved/ it, or even truly /liked it/. -Furthermore, I don't feel like I lost anything by not watching it when it was played on repeat on TV. -But it's not offensive[fn:off], it's not even boring. -I /enjoyed/ it, but I will never watch it again. -It's not one the great Schwarzenegger's movies. - - - -[fn:off] Enjoyment-wise. -The movie is very offensive with its sexualization of women. -But this very nicely matches the metaphor in the story. -This, however, would not be made with modern sensitivity. - - -*** DONE Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) -CLOSED: [2024-07-21 Sun 22:22] -:PROPERTIES: -:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956 -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of a meh horror -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :image covers/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg -:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :rating 3 -:END: - -/Invasion of the Body Snatchers/ is a 1956 film about a town that's being attacked by aliens. -However, the attack is not an all-out warfare, but instead slow replacement of town's folks. -Everything that makes us individuals is removed, and all that's left is a souless husk. -The body is replaced by a clone straight out of a pod, your memories are transferred - but your soul is gone. -It can happen to you! -#+attr_shortcode: 3 "invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-1956.jpg" -#+begin_rating -Cover -#+end_rating - -Yeah, it's a /commie/ horror. -Guess becoming part of a collective was the worst the authors could come out with. -I have not read the book, but the film let me down. -I saw it ages ago, and it was OK, but I remember very little. -Now I know why - the film is extremely forgettable. - -The idea of being replaced by an identical clone, that /is/ you but at the same time it missing what makes you human is very cool - in a scary way. -But the film does nothing with it. -Everyone in the town is slowly being replaced by /pod people/ and only our main heroes are fighting for their individual selves. -Even in the first act, where the replacement is just revealed, the characters don't show many emotions. -Hey, let's put this strange body on our pool table. -It will be good, don't worry about it. -There is no suspense, nor are there any interesting reveals. - -/Invasion of the Body Snatchers/ is a very basic classic horror. -It's not that it's old, as the same year we got /Forbidden Planet/ and /The Day the Earth Stood Still/ is 5 full years older. -But somehow, this film became a classic with endless remakes. -Technically, the movie is great - the acting, the effects. -But story-wise nothing stands out, nothing stays with you. -And I'm always in for the story! ** SciFi from the Eastern Block :PROPERTIES: |