A friend and I are planning on seeing Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow this weekend. Two things about this film intrigue me. First, the technical. The movie was shot entirely in front of a blue screen, which makes me wonder if I’ll be too distracted by the gee-whiz factor of the images to give critical attention to the plot. I have my doubts about sticking live actors in a computer-generated universe for a whole movie, but the idea is interesting. Second, the cultural. The film goes for a retro sci-fi feel that I can really dig. Anyone remember the computer role-playing game Fallout from a few years ago? I loved that game because it had a similar theme. Retro sci-fi has this rollocking, playful ambiance that is missing from modern SF. Think Buck Rogers or a lot of the B-films from the 40s and 50s. I hope this movie is successful enough to encourage the development of other retro-style stories.
I was watching Conan last night and they did a short bit where they had a camera following one of their staff, a total Stargate geek, as he did a walk-on part on the actual show. I think it’d be great fun to do a bit part on a show like Enterprise. I’m not sure how they’d write me in the script. Maybe as a hologram or the result of a medical experiment gone horribly awry. Now I just need to figure out how to get the show’s producers to see this blog.
