14 Mar 2010, Posted by Cat in News, 10 Comments. Tagged , ,

space movies


Coughing our guts up with lurgi last night, we piked on our Sydney dinner engagement and stayed on the couch to watch Moon.

I really enjoyed it so tonight, in the mood for more space action, we rewatched Alien 4. Now, I always liked that flick but recall critics and friends alike giving it a solid bucketing at the time it was released. I had completely forgotten it was written by Joss Whedon — or perhaps at the time that name meant nothing to me. No matter. What became quickly evident tonight was the underpinnings of Firefly within the script.

Smershy is doing well — his swollen face has almost returned to normal. I have a sore butt and knees from an hour and a half spent bike riding this morning, and a smug sense of satisfaction from all the synopsis plotting I’ve done over the past three days. But best of all, looks like I’ve finally stopped coughing!


10 Comments

March 14, 2010 10:21 pm

angriest

I recall Whedon claiming in interviews that his screenplay to Alien Resurrection was so heavily rewritten on the set by other people – and without his knowledge – that when he finally saw the film at the world premiere he actually burst into tears.

I personally think the film is a mess – lots of great ideas, very poor execution, and a visible gap between the style of the script and the style of the director.

March 14 2010 22:23 pm

Cat

I liked it, despite it being inferior to the first 3

March 15 2010 00:00 am

ashamel

I agree with the mess part. Although the last time I looked into the details, I concluded Whedon wasn't completely blameless, even if the director was loopy. I doubt I could reconstruct my reasoning off the top of my head, though.


Whedon did put some barbs about it into Angel, which is always amusing.

March 15, 2010 2:43 am

alanbaxter

Whedon wrote Alien 4!?

I did not know that.

March 15, 2010 9:22 am

benpayne

I enjoyed Moon.

March 28, 2010 7:38 am

robynv

We LOVED “Moon”! Fantastic ideas and so well executed. Recommended it to my brother who teaches ethics. Not sure if he’s watched it yet.

March 28 2010 07:48 am

Cat

Hi Robyn, haven't heard much out of you lately...

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