Cowboys And Aliens
Aug. 1st, 2011 05:33 pmWhat I said on Facebook last night: --A typical DOCTOR WHO plotline with a typical DREAMWORKS budget. Meaning that the aliens are rendered to the point that they don't have to be portrayed by Shakespearean-trained human cast members, and that the dog is a real one and not a chrome puppet. (Not that I have a problem with chrome puppet dogs, per se.)
Further thoughts:
Emma is a Time Lady. She "regenerated", tho' it was a far more powerful regeneration than most of the ones we've seen, although the Master's in the FOX Doctor Who TV movie comes close. She is somewhat telepathic and can speak any language she needs to. Fanfic, anyone?
Harrison Ford rocked a role that John Wayne would have probably gotten if this movie was made fifty years ago. Hmm. Can we have a Western movie in which Ford and Jeff Bridges play archrivals?
I feel sorry for the designers of the alien villain race. I'm sure they felt the need to outdo the dozens of villain species (no pun intended) going back over dozens of movies. But do their features make biological, structural sense? To me, they didn't.
Further thoughts:
Emma is a Time Lady. She "regenerated", tho' it was a far more powerful regeneration than most of the ones we've seen, although the Master's in the FOX Doctor Who TV movie comes close. She is somewhat telepathic and can speak any language she needs to. Fanfic, anyone?
Harrison Ford rocked a role that John Wayne would have probably gotten if this movie was made fifty years ago. Hmm. Can we have a Western movie in which Ford and Jeff Bridges play archrivals?
I feel sorry for the designers of the alien villain race. I'm sure they felt the need to outdo the dozens of villain species (no pun intended) going back over dozens of movies. But do their features make biological, structural sense? To me, they didn't.