lor_
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The mission was simple: come up with an entertaining followup to The Matrix in particular, of interest to a loyal following, at least those fans not feeling burned by the two inferior sequels. But half of the Wachowski team of so-called "visionaries" ended up shooting storyboard content that makes little to no sense, alienating those fans.
The general outline of the movie is there, but the connections between the "real" characters of Neo and Trinity, with their representations in The Matrix, are confused and very confusing. So one sits watching lugubrious soul-searching, melodramatically sentimental "the power of love" scenes, punctuated by busy SPFX and action scenes that are so typical of the public's acquiescence in recent decades to mindless superhero/comic strip fantasy and violent visuals.
The general outline of the movie is there, but the connections between the "real" characters of Neo and Trinity, with their representations in The Matrix, are confused and very confusing. So one sits watching lugubrious soul-searching, melodramatically sentimental "the power of love" scenes, punctuated by busy SPFX and action scenes that are so typical of the public's acquiescence in recent decades to mindless superhero/comic strip fantasy and violent visuals.
Bill Shatner would feel right at home in "Civilization", an Enterprise segment that faithfully captures the feel and story line of a vintage Star Trek episode.
Interacting with a woman on a distant planet that is not as advanced as Earth gives Bakula an opportunity for romance with a charming alien. Actress Diane DiLascio is a demure beauty who I'm glad to see is working again several decades later, looking almost unchanged by the passage of time.
Bakula doesn't have much trouble defeating a heartless guy who is secretly stealing mineral wealth from the planet without caring about harming its inhabitants, and while hardly earthshaking the tale of Contact is effective using a familiar storyline.
Interacting with a woman on a distant planet that is not as advanced as Earth gives Bakula an opportunity for romance with a charming alien. Actress Diane DiLascio is a demure beauty who I'm glad to see is working again several decades later, looking almost unchanged by the passage of time.
Bakula doesn't have much trouble defeating a heartless guy who is secretly stealing mineral wealth from the planet without caring about harming its inhabitants, and while hardly earthshaking the tale of Contact is effective using a familiar storyline.
One of my sci-fi/horror/fantasy reviews written 50 years ago: Directed by Noriyaki Yuasa; Produced by Hidemasa Nagata for Daiei Studios, released in America by American-International TV. Screenplay by Niisan Takahashi; Photography by Akira Kitazaki; Music by Shunsuke Kikuchi; American version directed by Bret Morrison. Starring: Tsutomu Takakuwa, Kelly Varis and Katherine Murphy.
Campy Gamera epic with "the children's friend" going up against a huge armored lizard who comes up out of the ground and threatens to destroy Expo '70 when the mystical statue that kept him down under the ground is unearthed and taken to the exposition. Neat stuff: injected by X, Gamera seems to die halfway through the movie; narrator has a teenage boy's voice; the music is delightful -alternating the joyous "Gamera theme" when he shows up, with a stately, solemn overture when he marches to battle. "Gamera, stay well, return again", cries a little girl at the end. Zingy, zingy!
Campy Gamera epic with "the children's friend" going up against a huge armored lizard who comes up out of the ground and threatens to destroy Expo '70 when the mystical statue that kept him down under the ground is unearthed and taken to the exposition. Neat stuff: injected by X, Gamera seems to die halfway through the movie; narrator has a teenage boy's voice; the music is delightful -alternating the joyous "Gamera theme" when he shows up, with a stately, solemn overture when he marches to battle. "Gamera, stay well, return again", cries a little girl at the end. Zingy, zingy!