Two of this this weekend’s new releases are based on popular mythology. One of them takes its chosen myth completely seriously, doubling down on it all the way to the end, and never leaving anybody convinced. The other one throws stones at its myth for pretty much the whole movie, but at the end you really want to believe. Continue reading Lucy and Hercules
Behind the scenes on the set of LUCY
This actually* (*should have) happened on the set of LUCY:
MORGAN FREEMAN: It has been estimated that human beings only use 100% of their brains.
LUC BESSON: CUT! Mister Freeman, it says 10%.
MF: But… that’s ridiculous. Nobody still believes that.
LB: The script says 10%.
MF: I’m not sure I can sell that line. I rather doubt anyone can sell that line. Perhaps 90%, but ten?
LB: How’s this? Your pay goes up by 10% for every 10% below 100% you’re able to sell me.
MF: …
LB: I’m serious.
MORGAN FREEMAN: It has been estimated, and subsequently proven through rigorous experimentation, that human beings use NEGATIVE ONE THOUSAND PERCENT of their brains…
(By Howard Tayler, originally posted to Facebook. Now it has a permanent home.)
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I’m a week late with this one. Sorry! The Schlock Mercenary colorist, Travis Walton, is heading to San Diego Comic Con, and I needed to restore the buffer a bit so he could color far enough ahead to get a vacation. Yes, the depth of my buffer dictates the maximum depth of HIS buffer. This is what tyranny looks like…
Moving on.
I loved this film. It had a big hurdle to clear, because I’m familiar with the television series, and if that is canon in this setting, the humans eventually lose and they all become slaves. That meant that I sat down expecting a war in which the humans lose, laying groundwork for the setting us old-timers are familiar with.
I don’t mean to suggest that this is where the film makers have to go. They can do their own thing. Maybe they’re planning to eventually create a serial called “Planet of the Apes, Moon of the Humans” or some such. Or maybe they’re going to do a crossover with H.G. Wells’ “The Time Machine,” and the apes all evolve into hairless, toga-clad wimps while the humans retreat underground and become morlochs. Seriously, they can do what they want. But I brought baggage to this movie, and they knew it, and folks, they were totally ready for me. Saw me coming, even. Continue reading Dawn of the Planet of the Apes