Three Micro Reviews (no spoilers)
Dec. 16th, 2007 07:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalTrying to catch up here, since I've fallen behind on making reviews.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Point One: Best Transhuman Space game ever.
Point Two: Which I realized when they spent 3/4 of an episode letting cute-widdle sentient tanks argue over the meaning of the term "soul" and whether they had one. Which got especially confusing since they shared memories and couldn't figure out whether they'd have a single one or one for each individual unit.
Point Three: I Heart Mr. Batou.
The Specials
This is the first film I've rented from NetFlix that I sent back without bothering to finish. I don't care how cute and quirky the premise is, if you can't show me a likable (or at least engaging) character in the first ten minutes, you've lost me.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
If a movie attempts to make a comedy by making a parody of a b-grade 50's sci-fi horror movie, but does the parody so note perfect that you can't actually tell whether it's supposed to be deliberately funny or not, should you laugh?
I admire the effort, but I'm still trying to figure out the motivation.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Point One: Best Transhuman Space game ever.
Point Two: Which I realized when they spent 3/4 of an episode letting cute-widdle sentient tanks argue over the meaning of the term "soul" and whether they had one. Which got especially confusing since they shared memories and couldn't figure out whether they'd have a single one or one for each individual unit.
Point Three: I Heart Mr. Batou.
The Specials
This is the first film I've rented from NetFlix that I sent back without bothering to finish. I don't care how cute and quirky the premise is, if you can't show me a likable (or at least engaging) character in the first ten minutes, you've lost me.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra
If a movie attempts to make a comedy by making a parody of a b-grade 50's sci-fi horror movie, but does the parody so note perfect that you can't actually tell whether it's supposed to be deliberately funny or not, should you laugh?
I admire the effort, but I'm still trying to figure out the motivation.
