Posts Tagged ‘Darkness’
… being more visual I think I really appreciate an awesome music video. Therefore I give you The Darkness :
Now I have a hard time working out what I love the most about this video! Is it:
the way the guitar drops from the hole in the ceiling?
the lightning bolts coming out of the guitars when fighting the giant space squid?
the wall of amps?
or the mind blowingly awesome thumbs up at the end?
Obviously the video would appeal to a guy who drew this:
So who …
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We were pretty harsh on Air part 3 last week, I expect it was because the first two episodes were so full of promise and we’ve been supplied with such average Stargate material for so long. So when a filler episode showed up in the second week it hurt, a lot.
Action, excitement, innovative ways to develop characters and an exciting storyline.
These are not qualities to be found in the Stargate Universe episode Darkness. In fact I sought out the promo for this episode just to see how the hell they marketed it:
Oh yeah they managed to make that look real tense and exciting… actually I’m a poor judge since seeing the episode, if you break that preview down it all amounts to some tense music and I don’t even think they had that in the episode.
Spoilers to follow, you’ve been warned, twice.
So this episode was marginally better than the last one, which isn’t really saying that much but maybe we can say at least they are trying… forget it. There were some really strong scenes in the beginning of the episode where the commander guy with the busted up knee had some really cool briefings with the crew/survivors. The scenes felt really natural and actually made me interested in the day to day running of the ship and what they are doing.
Of course my now least favourite character in Stargate history Dr Rush shows up and apparently no one but him can do anything at all, his standing around staring at consoles is such riveting stuff I dearly hope the powers that be continue to follow that.
So what did we learn this week:
- Nothing at all about last weeks shuttle taking off
- Dr Rush is an unbelievably giant jerk who is unpleasant to watch.
- That the commanding dude, who if next week’s show is better I’ll bother to learn his name is a cool leader who makes people naturally laugh at staff briefings.
- Lou Diamond Phillip’s character is a big jerk too (I don’t know if Lou himself is a jerk so I won’t speculate)
- The chef has his work cut out for him.
- That Eli is a completely bearable character who I actually don’t mind, however, he does need to stop playing with those balls… umm that’s isn’t… nevermind.
- That the woman with large breasts is a woman with really large breasts, I don’t say this to diminish her in any way shape or form I just wish the producers wouldn’t and I’m surprised that they didn’t use the hallway shot in the promo.
- I don’t even care what the medic’s problem is or why she quit, I actually want them to reveal it just to stop the hints at it, I mean really guys, subtle much!?!?
- Skimming a gas giant is not as cool as seeing the Serenity fire up her engines on half the budget.
- The senator’s daughter is a poor man’s Summer Glau
- They can’t fix the power problems but they can get the plate to recharge torches… dudes!? Really??
- The cliff hanger is pretty weak, I don’t expect them to plunge into the sun like Disaster Area’s Stuntship*
I’m willing to go out on a limb here and suggest that maybe some new blood in the producing and directing area might be called for, none of this feels very fresh right now… oh scratch that, last time someone else took over Stargate we got Stargate Infinity… shudder.
So what did you guys think this week? Am I being too harsh? Any things that you learnt?
*If you got the reference then you are a hitch-hiker geek!!
Last night I managed to catch the M. Night Shyamalan film “Signs” on television and whilst watching wondered why I don’t own it already on DVD or Blu-Ray (I don’t own it on Blu-Ray because it’s too bloody expensive on Blu-Ray) because I really love the film.
That’s right, I really love the film Signs.
Yes I know.
Water.
Okay for those of you who have not seen the movie Signs and don’t wish to be spoilt then you should really just go elsewhere right now. Or alternatively you should go rent the film now and watch it then return immediately.
Yes I know that the water is like acid to the aliens is pretty stupid. No actually it’s really stupid, around 70% of the Earth is covered by water. If water is like acid to you why would you go to a planet that is covered in the stuff. Then if you look at the idea that the aliens were harvesting people then why would they want a food source that was 55% to 78% bloody painful to them?
Talking about it on Twitter with the guys from the Geek Tragedy Podcast we likened it to the Xenomorph from Alien with the acid for blood thing. You go to a planet where it rains down acid, three quarters of the planet is under oceans of acid, the plant life is acidic, the main inhabitant sweats out acid?
So yes I am well aware of that fundamental flaw in the storyline and I think it is a remarkable shame as the rest of the film is pretty much awesomeness on toast.
But as my wife and I were discussing last night it never actually says that it is the pure water that does the deed, it’s an assumption that is made and admittedly not helped in the movie as they are vague regarding the defeat anyway. Even when I first saw the film I just imagined it was something in the water rather than the water itself but after hearing the theory over and over from many critics I also adopted the disdain for that aspect of the film.
So now I’m reclaiming the film.
See from now on I’m going to remember that the aliens are probably extraordinarily sensitive to chlorine which is generally added to our drinking water worldwide. I mean chlorine kills bacteria and other nasties so why not aliens? Maybe even the slightest trace amount reacts as it does in the movie with their bodies.
That’s my theory and I’m sticking with it.
