Archive for the ‘Sci-Fi’ Category
Thursday, July 14th, 2011
Now, we’re not saying there’s anything WRONG with twisted metal and 3D Bay-splosions… in fact, making a film in 3D seems to have slowed down Bay’s editing pace considerably. But if you were expecting maybe third times the charm for Bay and the Transformers source material, you’ll be just as disappointed by this one as all the others. There’s barely enough to recognize your favourite 80′s cartoon was the basis of this 2.5-hour romp, but after it leaves you exhausted at the credits, you’ll need to watch the original cartoon to remind yourself what the Ark was and that Shockwave has a broader vocabulary than a cockroach.
~Matt + Nat
Posted in 80's, Action, Adaptation, Epic, Sci-Fi, sequel | 12 Comments »
Friday, July 1st, 2011
One of Matt’s all-time favourite super heroes comes to the big screen with a huge ad campaign and word of a sequel already greenlit by a Warner Brothers and DC who couldn’t be greener with envy over Marvel’s box office streak and impending Avengers movie… but before sequel and Justice League talk gets out of hand, was “Green Lantern” actually any good as a movie of its own or as an adaptation? Well, Matt’s nickname for the film was “Green Lanturd” if that’s any hint… but what did you think?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Comicbook, Sci-Fi | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
It’s taken some time, and a bit of externally-imposed radio silence, but we’re both back with the new YourGeekNews! We’ve made some changes because we’ve both made some changes, and we’re excited to continue rambling about our favourite geeky movies by any means necessary!
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Review, Sci-Fi | 21 Comments »
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
We’ve been worried about this one for a while… the first trailer looked like one quarter Dark Knight, one quarter Ironman and one quarter Van Wilder. Yep just three quarters. But now we get 100% epic intergalactic battle.
What do you think?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Comicbook, Epic, Sci-Fi | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
One look at the newly redesigned lightcycles in Tron, and you know this movie is going to be a wild ride. And it performs surprisingly well as a better-late-than-never sequel that takes advantage of new actors and technology (and pushes it a bit past where it can actually go). But for his first feature film, Kosinski made the most common kind of mistake: story.
~Matt + Nat
Posted in 80's, Action, Fantasy, Games, Sci-Fi, sequel | 17 Comments »
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
After nearly three decades, a return to the virtual world of Tron has been promoted at Comic Cons around the world for more than a year. With an ‘evolved’ look from the 80′s classic, some Tron purists are up in arms about the redesign, but you can’t deny that TRON Legacy has a gorgeous production design. But what about this digital Jeff Bridges?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in 80's, Preview, Sci-Fi, sequel | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
Mere words can’t encapsulate the travesty of film that is Skyline. Between abysmal acting, impossible-to-like characters, atrocious dialogue and a story that spends all its time going nowhere, Matt thinks there’s no reason to waste your time other than to see a bigscreen rehash of effects you’ve already enjoyed more in other movies.But Nat even loved the WTF ending sober, so maybe you will, too.
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, B-Movie, Sci-Fi | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
After pulling in over $1Billion for Warner Brothers with the Dark Knight, it was pretty nice of them to give $200Million of it back to Christopher Nolan for a little movie he called Inception. Especially since it’s probably Nolan’s finest work, and on its way to possibly being the biggest movie of the summer. The only question is: what happened at the end?
~Matt + Nat
Posted in Action, Drama, Sci-Fi | 18 Comments »