Pitch Black. That was a pile of crap wasn’t it? Yes it was. Shut up. Anyway, it seems that play-doh-headed star Vin Diesel is all out of cash for 18-sided dice and wife beaters, so he’s decided to return to the role that originally made him a laughing stock/subject of a thousand dorky D&D fans wet dreams.
Talking (well, making a noise like an industrial mangler) to Variety, big Vin reckons this trip will ditch the CGI Dame Judi Denchisms in favour of a stripped back character study, because obviously, he’s always been known for his intricate character acting and ability to completly immerse himself in a role, as witnessed by his Olivier-eclipsing turn in The Pacifier.
Makes the upcoming Escape From New York remake sound almost palatable doesn’t it? Expect this shit to clog up screens in 2012.
Richard Kelly’s fondness for melon-twisting puzzles knows no bounds it seems, as he sets up a preposterously accented Cameron Diaz and hunky hubby James Marsden with the classic do or die moral conundrum: Push a button and recieve one million dollars – the catch? Take it and someone, somewhere, must die…
With Star Trek currently warping up the DVD/Blu-ray charts as Kirk and Co. make a triumphant return to the big screen with the promise of even better to come, here at STS we thought we’d spare a thought for that other massive space franchise that’s been sadly humbled of late, victim of shoddy prequels and dodgy Saturday morning cartoon shows- Star Wars is not the all-conquering merchandise Death Star it once was.
Despite these varying fortunes however, around the STS office ..Empire is still on a constant loop, the first three films unarguably some of the best movies ever made.
So – who’s the best? It’s a toughie, which is why we’ve rated both sides according to strict criteria and let these twin titans of star-spanning adventure battle it out for the prize in: Star Wars Vs Star Trek!
OK, so science fiction films often have remarkably poor foresight when it comes to setting the date of their story. “No-one will be watching this in fifteen years!” they confidently cry. “We’ll all have burned in a nuclear fire by then, surely!” The most prominent example being 2001: A Space Oddysey and the best example of dodging the issue being the Star Wars saga, which is set in the past. Somehow.
In any case, despite scriptwriters’ determination to give their own work a limited shelf-life there is light at the end of the tunnel. Here follows, then, a list of things that society still has time to invent, implement and generally make happen.
Since the movie came out, Watchmen creator Alan Moore is primarily known for two things. His prodigious beard, and his general moodiness. It’s not surprising that many fans were disappointed when he said that he would be “spitting venom all over” the big-budget Hollywood adaptation. If you know that the genius, the creator himself despises the director’s interpretation, it makes it pretty hard to love the film when you do eventually see it. Similarly, compare Warren Ellis’ reluctance to sign-off on a Transmetropolitan movie.
