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Coming our way this year are three prime examples of how insanely expansive the genre of Science Fiction can be..
The first is a major theatrical release, the second is a staight-to-dvd release based on a VERY beloved cult sci-fi animated series and the third is described as.. well… a curious case..
Opening this friday is WALL*E (2008, Andrew Stanton), the latest golden egg shat out from the genius-headed hydra that is the Pixar Animation Studios..
The story takes place in the year 2700, centuries after all humankind has abandoned the earth, which is now a giant, barren landscape of trash. A small, but steadfast robot is developed to, little by little, clear the land of all the waste in order to make it livable again. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL*E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE..
EVE comes to realize that WALL*E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL*E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets an adventure into motion. Joining WALL*E on his journey across the universe is a cast of characters including a pet cockroach and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots..
Early word on this bird claims that good ole’ Pixar has done it again and topped themselves with this beautiful and hysterically funny motion picture. The first third of the movie basically has no dialogue whatsoever as WALL*E scavenges through the giant piles of garbage and discovers little treasures here and there. According to director Andrew Stanton, he and the animators that worked on this watched every single film of both Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton to develope the character and create the movements of our little hero WALL*E..
Expect this to be THE front runner for next year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar..
Just released this past tuesday on dvd is FUTURAMA: THE BEAST WITH A BILLION BACKS (2008, Peter Avanzino), the second feature length movie based on one of the greatest animated tv series of all time, FUTURAMA (1999-2003, Matt Groening & David X. Cohen)..
The story begins when our beloved Planet Express crew must work to fix rips between their universe and another inhabited by a planet-sized, tentacle alien (voiced by the awesome David Cross) which soon takes over the Earth and uses it’s ability to control Fry (voiced by the great Billy West) to create and command an entire religion. Eventually, the religion takes over and convinces the inhabitants of Earth to abandon the planet to live in a pseudo-heaven, leaving the robots of the world to inherit the planet..
After the last (kinda disappointing, sad to say) dvd movie, FUTURAMA: BENDER’S BIG SCORE (2007, Dwayne Carey-Hill), this new one is a return to form for the series, which is a loving tribute to all things sci-fi and jam-packed with witty references from all across the board..
And finally, we have the first trailer for THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008, David Fincher), which was just released online in glorious quicktime..
Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it centers on the life of a one Benjamin Button (played by Brad Pitt), a man who physically ages backward. He is born an old man and ages in reverse until he becomes a baby and then finally vanishes from the earth. At age 50, he falls in love with a 30-year-old woman (played by Cate Blanchett). And they then must come to terms with the relationship as they literally grow in opposite directions..
David Fincher is one of the greatest and most innovative filmmakers working today and it’s nice to see that he is finally making a film that is not about serial killers (SE7EN, ZODIAC) or people in peril (PANIC ROOM, THE GAME, ALIEN³)..
You can find the trailer in it’s best quality right over here.. The movie will come out this christmas..
Well, cadets..
Remember to keeps those eyes to the stars, and ’til next time..
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