Return: The Returning 2K10
by Daniel Swensen on Jul.20, 2010, under Site News
After a gruesomely long hiatus, I’ve decided to start updating dimfuture.net again. You heard me! Be on the lookout for more insouciance presently. In the meantime, try not to mind the usual clutter, nor the embarrassingly old content. Wow, how about that Sarah Jane Adventures, huh guys?
The Godzilla Project: A Few Thoughts on the Matter of Cloverfield
by Reverend Matt on Jan.31, 2008, under Godzilla Project
Tired of the jokes, the French take the Statue of Liberty back, slowwwwly
Cloverfield is an excellent horror movie.
It really works on a number of levels. The acting and dialogue are intelligent and believable; the pacing is gripping and speedy, without overdoing it; the camerawork, with its Blair Witch-like conceit, is very nicely done. Moreover, it is scary, and uses a wide variety of methods to achieve this scariness; indeed, virtually every method in the book, apart, thank Christ, from the something-jumps-out-suddenly method. There’s a scene in the darkness that is viscerally frightening, that hits you in the reptile brain. Then there’s the much-vaunted Statue of Liberty head, which really is marvelously effective, absolutely horrifying in a broad, conceptual sort of way. It is a very enjoyable movie, which succeeds in virtually everything it hopes to accomplish, and it is highly recommended.
What it is not is an especially good giant-monster movie.
Resident Evil: Extinction (Russel Mulcahy, 2007)
by Daniel Swensen on Jan.14, 2008, under Movies, Reviews
Perhaps the funniest moment in Resident Evil: Extinction appears in the extras, where Paul W.S. Anderson, a true god among hacks, claims that he single-handedly reinvented the zombie film . “No one made a zombie film for fifteen years before Resident Evil,” he boasts, a claim which even a cursory glance at any list of zombie films will quickly debunk. Bold pioneer that he is Anderson claims goes on to brag about his daring choice to shoot a zombie in the daylight… ground well-tread not only in Romero’s Dawn of the Dead twenty-nine years previous, but also in the 2004 Zack Snyder remake. Yeah, Paul. You’re a real ground-breaker.
Where, Frankly, Thousands Have Gone Before…
by Bill on Jan.05, 2008, under Television
The first thing I should probably note is that I am not a “trekkie”, although I have enjoyed watching Star Trek in almost every iteration. My fondest memories are of the original series, which I used to watch in reruns as a kid. Along with Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Robotech it was a show I would go out of the way to make sure I caught. That being said, I never went out of the way to obtain an encyclopedic knowledge of the Star Trek universe. In fact, for a long while I was much more of a partisan (as far as these things become divisive) of George Lucas’ Star Wars universe. But as I’ve grown older and watched more and more Star Trek, I’ve come to appreciate Roddenberry’s vision and those of his creative followers.
Wheel of Time Author Robert Jordan Dies
by Daniel Swensen on Sep.17, 2007, under Books and Comics
From Cinemablend:
Sad news from the world of fantasy literature. Robert Jordan, known best as the author of the “Wheel of Time” series of books, died on the afternoon of Sunday September 16th after more than a year battling cardiac amyloidosis. The news comes from a message left on the author’s blog.
The site says, “It is with great sadness that I tell you that the Dragon is gone. RJ left us today at 2:45 PM. He fought a valiant fight against this most horrid disease. In the end, he left peacefully and in no pain.” Funeral arrangements will be posted later on the blog, and for fans interesting in sending his family their best wishes, the comments section on Jordan’s there seems to be the place to do it.
While I never got past the first chapter of the first Wheel of Time book, I know he was beloved by many, and having such a lengthy series left unfinished has to be quite a blow to his many fans. No doubt another author or a family member will step up to round off the series, but it’s still a sad day for fantasy literature. RIP.
