Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
What would a 1930's sci-fi serial movie look like using today's advanced computer graphics?
"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" pays homage to the 1930's, "King Kong", "The Wizard of Oz", and Sir Laurence Olivier. The film looks like those colorized vintage sepia-toned photographs. There are missing scientists, dirigibles, giant robots, ray guns, planes with flapping wings, and the planned destruction of the earth. It's "Star Wars" meets "Indiana Jones" meets "Buck Rodgers" and "Flash Gordon". The characters have names like Joe Sullivan, Polly Perkins, Franky Cook, Dex Dearborn, and Dr. Totenkopf (German for dead head or skull). Alien thought it was great fun with lots of subtle hidden messages... so pay attention.
Alien gives it 3 ½ retro-rocket stars out of 4.
What would a 1930's sci-fi serial movie look like using today's advanced computer graphics?
"Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" pays homage to the 1930's, "King Kong", "The Wizard of Oz", and Sir Laurence Olivier. The film looks like those colorized vintage sepia-toned photographs. There are missing scientists, dirigibles, giant robots, ray guns, planes with flapping wings, and the planned destruction of the earth. It's "Star Wars" meets "Indiana Jones" meets "Buck Rodgers" and "Flash Gordon". The characters have names like Joe Sullivan, Polly Perkins, Franky Cook, Dex Dearborn, and Dr. Totenkopf (German for dead head or skull). Alien thought it was great fun with lots of subtle hidden messages... so pay attention.
Alien gives it 3 ½ retro-rocket stars out of 4.
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