that is): immersive space action and desperate, human drama – even romance – set against an apocalyptic backdrop. The original cartoon series (released in US and Australia as “Star Blazers”) predates both the originalBSGandStar Wars, but many of ...
MTSBWY: Star Wars orchestra flash-mob October 18, 2012September 14, 2020Soeren Kamper Now here is something you don’t’ see every day: An orchestra flash mob in the Wallrafplatz, in the center of Cologne in Germany. I have always been a huge fan of flashmobs, but I have never seen...
In the winter of 1999,Star Trekfans were at a crossroads.Deep Space Ninehad ended that June and a newStar Trekfilm was still several years away. In the year whenStar Warsmade a massive comeback and the sci-fi world was rocked byThe Matrix, the world ofStar Trekhad, briefly, gotten a...
I agree, the side quest is kind of clunky, particularly in the whole "enslaved animals need to be freed but fuck the slave kids" angle. It is also pointless in terms of achieving the characters' goals. But it isn't pointless in terms of theming, and hitting on the lessons RJ was try...
But this is going to be a different sort ofStar Warsretrospective then is perhaps the expected norm. Because I really find all the major things that can be said about this movie to be not only obvious, but commonly accepted knowledge. And ultimately because, one or two points notwithstanding...