Alien was an amazing movie set in a gritty world where space travel was mundane and the people working for the The Company were more interested in their bonuses than the monster that was loose in the bowels of the ship. H.R.Giger’s creature and spaceship were perfect, his wonderful mix of machines and organics was made for a sci fi movie project. Alien was meant to be a one off horror movie that didn’t need to answer any of the countless questions it asked, such as: Why did the ship stop? How did the robot know about the alien? Why…
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John Carter
I can’t remember the last time I watched a Disney movie-oh yeah, it was Tron 2. Shudder. John Carter of Mars is the story of a US Civil War vet who ends up transported to Mars, where he has amazing adventures and wins the heart of a Princess. The CGI is good enough, it looks exactly the the CGI used to animate the last three Star Wars films and there is a strong Star Wars feel to John Carter. Hordes of computer generated aliens, a chase scene that stole a couple of moves from the Speeder scene in Return of…
Green Lantern-for all you CGI lovers
The writers of the Green Lantern movie must be about my age-they like the Hal Jordan version of the Green Lantern. Neal Adams was the artist that brought my Green Lantern to life. Those were some damned good comics. The movie stars pretty boy Ryan Renyolds as modern day test pilot Hal Jordan. Hmm, modern day test pilot???? Ok, we’ll skip that bit. The Green Lantern back-story is force fed through voice overs and more CGI than I have seen in one film since Phantom Menace hit the big screen. The CGI is more than a little over the top,…