Reviews

In times where everything looks like something else and every series conforms to formulas hatched out in writing seminars, Out There strikes me as one thing in particular: honest.

It's not pretentious about wanting to be hip or fitting in with the crowd. It can stand for its own. Starting with the visuals, which confuse the feeble minded (how can a dog or bunny-like character talk and walk like a human, right?!) and goes right down to the storyline and dialog.

It's not like I am waiting for the next pun. It's not Big Bang Theory, where you know what is coming next. The surprise is in not knowing what you are in for and despite having watched every episode, I feel there is much left to learn about Chad in particular and his way of looking at the world. I feel that this is a view that many have shared through their coming of age and most have lost later, in favor of something more fashionable or by mouthing after some trend. Chad is a character that gets me to think about myself. And that is a rare trend in cartoon or any kind of entertainment for me. I don't believe this show is intended for children at all, but they will see their own truths in it.

The laughs don't come off a tape in this series, but they sure come anyways. And I find myself sitting and waiting for more, because this show makes me think about what I've seen and doesn't abuse my emotions like so many other shows do. Writing always follows a formula, but in the case of Out There it is a heartfelt formula which translates to the open minded viewer. I hope there will be more of it.

There is something disturbing about "Loom" from its very onset. Everything in the environment seems created to facilitate human life and work. Yet, much like in Brazil, nothing really seems to work. Lights are blinding rather than enlightening, Chairs are empty and always in the way. Everything is cold and robotic, even when it's bathed in warm color. I read certain influence of Japanese or Korean Movies and Manga into Loom.

It seems like Loom displays a universe where people are always either crammed together (at work) or lonely (in their free time). Being human seem to be superfluous for anything except work. And work is all about making protein to feed the society.

The main character is a technician in the meat/protein growth industry. He controls the produce quality, growth rate and maturity. The breeding chambers, where animal proteins are matured regularly fail. It's a delicate process, which requires a certain growth hormone to work effectively. Apparently that is a very valuable substance and our protagonist made his own experiments with it; I won't disclose what he's doing with it. Find it out and see for yourself!

Here is a movie from someone who read P.K.Dick and some Yukito Kishiro. Perhaps also Kobe Abe and Zizek. The director understands that Sci-Fi can be social criticism and deeply philosophical when it's not trying to be Sci-fi. The reason to make something Sci-Fi is to question what you know and create something yet unseen.

This movie could be shot in a quarantine zone or within a hospital, but it gives away it's sci-fi nature in every beat of hopelessness, in each glimpse of the antihero protagonist's eye. It connects to me across a border of void it creates. It's not concrete, yet definitive. Mixed messages from every scene. And there is a message.

Like today you have to make yourself a purpose in life, in the future (quite literally). And just like today you must fear that people, who live only by greed and desire nothing but power, will take it away from you.

This is a movie that deserves to be written to an end, but it will be a very difficult task for any writer, I'm afraid. I can recommend it.

Going into this movie and coming out of it is like ordering fish and getting meat. It's a bit confusing altogether.

There were moments were I almost fell into a coma of boredom or despair for a beverage, while in other instances this picture had me glued to the seat with some really brilliant photography and acting.

First of all this was a script with a lot of dialog for an Emmerich film. In fact, another thing that makes this picture a riddle is that it's not Shakespeare in Love. It's not something your girlfriend makes you watch and then you have to admit you like it. It's a tragedy, in a very Shakespearean way.

I truly don't know. This movie breaks all the rules of going easy on the viewer. It really had me confusing characters for a while. And you know, it's not artsy-fartsy and no-artificial-lights - it's a full-fledged costume party with a bit much pathos in some parts and not enough time to develop the plethora of characters (or some of them) into truly likable/unlikable characters.

However, I am impressed. Emmerich can make movies that try a lot and fail a little. With more focus on the serious and less attempts at the supposedly funny, he could go on making movies like this that would hit. Yeah, I know comic relief is an invention of Shakespeare, but I didn't like the attempt... farewell ye all

12 Million Dollars to produce Yamato? Money well spent, I'd say!

Even though it takes place in limited spaces what is there, looks good. Imagine making Yamato with a Transformers budget. That would give time to bring to life the lengthy battles from the original series. Especially the scene, fighting the subspacemarine would be interesting to see in a sequel.

What I liked about the movie is that it has characters. Somewhat cheesy and over-dramatizing characters at times, but that's Anime for you. There are some actual hero's voyages here involving more than cutting a distance between point a and b. There is the personal story of every character that makes this movie connect on more than an action level, in its best moments.

In its worst moments there are a lot of things I don't understand. Enemies there and then gone. A lot of stuff involving "why didn't they do it" scenarios on either the human or alien side. Plot vagueness might be a good way to call them without giving anything away.

The overall picture is recommendable to any Sci-Fi fan. It feels like they crammed a lot into it and don't always succeed with it. As has been said, the ending is kind of a drag, but it's alright. If I were to chose between this and Transformers, Yamato would make the race due to better story development, more interesting characters and a higher entertainment factor. I guess the Japanese acting is a bit stiff at times, but there is this sense of serenity about it, which makes it yet believable and enjoyable to the end.

I'm not sure why people are complaining for the wrong reasons. Some seem to think Science-Fiction means "Babylon 5" - Aliens, Space...lots of costumes. So you can't really say "this is Sci-Fi" from ten years ago. No, this is Sci-Fi today.

And yes, there is a lot of dramatization and overacting, but overall a pretty decent plot is strung around it. There are some parallels to the "Walking Dead" and other series. I'm still struggling to call "Falling Skies" original. It's a lot of things at this time and we have to see how it works out. It certainly has the Walking Dead feel, where characters are replaced along the journey to keep the human tragedy fresh. Always new despair to be recalled and told about - some of which may be pretty interesting to see.

I'm not sure - I'd say a decent 7 points for this one, depending on how it develops. Pacing is really a problem in the series. You never feel like a huge amount of people is on the move or anyhow involved in this. It feels like some people sitting in a school and crying a lot (which is what it is).

If this is another show trying to make the viewer cry and emphasize with the protagonists - don't! Writer's don't do it, please! We are not interested in sad stories per se, we want to see a world that is bigger than a schoolyard, one that has deeper stories to tell. I'm giving this 8 show points in hope of a deep plot and fewer emotional problems. We know they are there, but unless these problems are plot-defining, they are really, really boring; so cut it short.No more filling up minutes with pathos.

This movie is nothing, has no decent script and only the actors can save it from becoming complete crap. I'm a big fan of action movies, but this is below mine and anybody's standards. The original Predator had some fun moments, due to a believable and diverse set of actors. The group assembled for this take at the franchise is just laughable and feels like it was taken from a bad action game, instead of being inspired by one of the better action films out there.

I should have rated it even lower than 2, but that would do injustice to the capable set and prop designers. Like in nearly all action movies I despised the last year, director and writer did the most terrible job and got good money for crapping on our heads. Congratulations Hollywood - no wonder your studios are in demise.

I can't understand how the first season of galactica can get any bad comments at all, because it is possibly the best Sci-Fi ever written. It isn't Sci-Fi in terms of firefights or technology talk and it doesn't resemble any Science Fiction I have seen so far. The Galactica and the colonial fleet are symbolic for what humankind stands for. A spaceship is the shell of our habitat, its tradition and safety. The fleet is home and every single ship is a world of its own. This last garrison of mankind is under siege by the Cylons and since the fleet can hit them hard enough they have to run from them. Earth is a dream of the future that the survivors share. Its their final destination. A lot of changes were made to the plot, since I used to watch the original series as a child I can tell that. But changes are for the better and mostly more twisted than in the original. For example: Commander Adama is head of the military, all power rests in his hands. But in episode 2/10 the Galactica meets the Pegasus which was supposed to take the its role as Battlestar of Caprica after the Galactica would be turned into a museum ship. Captain Adama meets his Superior, Admiral Cane and is left powerless and seemingly frustrated by his subordination. The Galactica sudden isn't the all powerful ship any more that can take a stand against any Cylon Attack. Its a heap of cheap metal and its commander Adama is only of inferior rank. Things like that make it easy to change perspective and keep the story rolling. Adama is without doubt a dramatic heavyweight in this new series. everything coming from his mouth is sound and well thought through. You can almost see his mind working as you watch him and I really like that the camera captures these silent moments when we are defeated only to stand up again. It doesn't turn away from faces to show death and struggle. The fighting scenes, the death and all the blood is really only needed scarcely to give the destruction another face. We are getting torn apart. In our hearts we are beginning to lose faith. We die and can't find a way to believe in god, because we have abandoned our roots. Galactica is all about finding your roots. Its not really Sci-Fi in terms of constant dogfights or exploding death stars. The animation of ships and all the Special Effects are very well done and have an unique style and way to look at. Camera Movements resemble the human eye. Often a camera sweeps across an area before spotting a ship then catching up on it visually while the ship shoots across our view in a single instant. The makers of this really conveyed a good example of how speed and maneuverability could look in space. The visuals are pretty nice, but they aren't what this is made of. Its made of flesh and bones. There is some crimson blood at the bottom of this, some truth every good writer seeks in his life. This isn't trivial talk about the warp drive and it has a special humor which is hard for a mass audience to take. This is an educated try at making one of the best Sci-Fi in history. I have only seen season 1 so far and I have heared that Season 2 goes into another direction (which I don't approve of), so those who can put it into better words should write a review on the Second Season. All I can say is that I have very seldom come across such well written, witty dialog and interesting relations. Of course you need a lot of character building and basically some part of every episode is used for character building. But those aren't boring characters. They got strenghts and weaknesses we all share. There are relations interfering with other relations, everybody is part of something in this series. All of the actors are very good except Tricia Helfer who is only still looking very good. My favorite is the chief. All that emotion packed into a man who can't cope with it. He would prefer the simple life, but unfortunately the simple life is for those only who rate this first season as a joke.