SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMMORROW

[flynn]

Sorry for shouting but it just doesn't look right in small case.<br /><br />Just downloaded some teaseer trailers and it looks great, I don't think it will do to well in the mainstream but this is really going to be a hit with pulp sci-fiction fans.<br /><br />Jude Law for bond anyone? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Got a link for the trailers? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[flynn]

Sorry I thought I'd put it on the original post.<br /><br />http://www.empireonline.co.uk/site/trailers/trailer.asp?film_id=10188 <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[avaunt]

Heres what NYTimes has to say<br /><br />Set in 1939, "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" stars Jude Law as the daring flying ace Sky Captain, who teams up with his former flame, the intrepid reporter Polly Perkins, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, as they track down a mysterious mad scientist named Totenkopf. It is in part a nostalgic homage to the movies of the 1930's and 40's: the hammy fisticuffs and golly-inspiring proto-technology of sci-fi cliffhangers like "Flash Gordon" alongside the snappy patter (and even snappier clothes) of the era's noir thrillers. But like the old serials it emulates, "Sky Captain" is mainly preoccupied with the strange promises of the future. The astonishing things you will see in the world of tomorrow include: an immense, silvery zeppelin docking at the Empire State Building; an elephant that fits in the palm of your hand; a troop of giant robots marching down Sixth Avenue and the carpet at Radio City Music Hall. None of these things actually exist, though. Rather, they are computer images, built and animated in a virtual 3-D environment, or stitched together from photographs, which are then draped around the flesh-and-blood actors, who have been shot separately on an empty set in front of a blank "blue-screen" background, along with those few minimal props with which they actually interact (a ray gun, a robot blueprint, a bottle of milk of magnesia). — John Hodgman, The New York Times<br /><br />Many a happy saterday mornng, watching Tarzan, and Flash Gorden. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />I will go watch it, just to see the Dirigable<br />

 

[avaunt]

Heres what a certain newspaper had about it.<br /><br />Set in 1939, "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" stars Jude Law as the daring flying ace Sky Captain, who teams up with his former flame, the intrepid reporter Polly Perkins, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, as they track down a mysterious mad scientist named Totenkopf. It is in part a nostalgic homage to the movies of the 1930's and 40's: the hammy fisticuffs and golly-inspiring proto-technology of sci-fi cliffhangers like "Flash Gordon" alongside the snappy patter (and even snappier clothes) of the era's noir thrillers. But like the old serials it emulates, "Sky Captain" is mainly preoccupied with the strange promises of the future. The astonishing things you will see in the world of tomorrow include: an immense, silvery zeppelin docking at the Empire State Building; an elephant that fits in the palm of your hand; a troop of giant robots marching down Sixth Avenue and the carpet at Radio City Music Hall. None of these things actually exist, though. Rather, they are computer images, built and animated in a virtual 3-D environment, or stitched together from photographs, which are then draped around the flesh-and-blood actors, who have been shot separately on an empty set in front of a blank "blue-screen" background, along with those few minimal props with which they actually interact (a ray gun, a robot blueprint, a bottle of milk of magnesia). — John Hodgman, The New York Times<br /><br />

 

[jcdenton]

This movie sort of looks like <i>League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 2</i>. Can't say I'm looking forward to it.<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[flynn]

As I said I think people will probably love it or hate it.<br /><br />Try saying the title of the film without sounding like the guy at the cryogenic centre in Futurama. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#800080">"All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring" - <strong>Chuck Palahniuk</strong>.</font> </div>

 

[chip5541]

I am actually looking forward to the movie. Kind of a cheezy retro B movie type thing in the vein of the old serials like Buck Rogers (B&W..not the one from the 80's)<br /><br />Jude Law as the main character is ok but for the type of character portrail I think they would have been better picking Bruce Campbell... Groovy

 

[Leovinus]

I also look forward to it. If it is successful, I wonder how it will be imitated. It seems like every successful film breeds clones. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[chip5541]

Hopefully they will use the style in inovative ways instead of just rehashing styles.... like the Matrix.<br /><br />Or a film style that no one seems to be able to duplicate like Sam Raimis action sequences.