TURQUOISEBOAT'S BLOG
sojourns in sci-fi
Saturday, May 12, 2007 7:09 PM
I immersed myself into the sci-fi ocean in two big ways this past week. Last Saturday, I attended the sci-fi film fest at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. Plus, I came across my latest anime obsession, still being released on DVD, "Ergo Proxy".
The sci-fi fest featured the following on the big screen: Serenity, Metropolis, Forbidden Planet, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Mad Max, THX-1138 (the original student short by Lucas while at USC), La Jette (the basis for 12 Monkeys), The Terminator, and Starship Troopers. The whole day rocked. Watching most of the films all together in one day was kind of like being in a dream state. They also played loads of B movie sci-fi previews; Death Race 2000 and Zardoz among others. Hilarious.
"Ergo Proxy" is proving to be very cerebral so far. It's intense, dark, edgy, philosophical, and features one seriously hot female who wears blue eye shadow all the time; all those things I prefer in my sci-fi. It's stuffed with references to philosophers, mathemeticians, and characters from classical mythology. The animation is pretty nice. I'm sure all the die-hards could cite something better, but it's still cool - a cross between "BladeRunner", "Outbreak", and maybe "Ghost in the Shell." Comments welcome.
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