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What will the summer's best SpecFic movie be?

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Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Thu, 06/01/2006 - 8:59pm
X-Men 3
0% (0 votes)
Superman Returns
17% (1 vote)
Ghost Rider
0% (0 votes)
Lady in the Water
0% (0 votes)
Pirates: Dead Man's Chest
67% (4 votes)
Other
17% (1 vote)
Total votes: 6
Zarggg said,

Mon, 07/24/2006 - 7:17pm

I voted for Pirates, because it was my favorite movie of the choices... But I don't think it's really Speculative Fiction. Fantasy, perhaps, but not truly SpecFic.

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Kenneth Newquist said,

Mon, 07/24/2006 - 7:27pm

Definitions vary I guess. I personally define speculative fiction as a catch-all for the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror, and everything in between.

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Count_Zero said,

Fri, 07/14/2006 - 12:35pm

On the one hand, considering that Nicholas Cage is a big fan of Marvel comics and of Ghost Rider (in fact, his tatoo of Ghost Rider had to be digitally covered up for the movie), I would think that he'd bring his A-Game to the role, because he wants to do it justice.

On the other hand, Ben Affleck is a big Daredevil fan, and we know how that film turned out (though, in all fairness, he tried pretty hard, and the R-Rated Director's Cut was much better then the theatrical cut).

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Kenneth Newquist said,

Mon, 07/17/2006 - 10:26am

I have no strong feelings for or against Ghost Rider; I was never really that into the comic book, I don't go in with any expectations as to how they could screw it up. To be honest, it'll probably be a DVD rental for me ... Pirates, and possibly Clerks 2, will probably be the last movies I see in the theatre this summer.

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Kenneth Newquist said,

Thu, 07/06/2006 - 7:15am

... that this summers movies haven't really been thrilling me just yet. X3 was ... blah. Superman Returns was a fun nostalgia ride, but I'm having increasing trouble getting past our hero's on/off susceptibility to Kryptonite.

I'm counting on Pirates' natural exhuberance to power it past mediocrity, but there's not much else out this summer that's says "wow". An exception to that statement may be A Scanner Darkly, based on the Phillip K. Dick story. The movie was shot using rotoscoping (in which artists draw over live action footage, creating something that looks disconcertingly human) and from everything I've read, it promises to be loyal to Dick's work.

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Zarggg said,

Mon, 07/24/2006 - 7:18pm

I heard about ASD on WDIY a couple weeks ago. Sounds interesting.

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Kenneth Newquist said,

Mon, 07/24/2006 - 7:29pm

Yeah -- it's got potential but I expect it'll be a DVD watch for me, what with time, babies and all.

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