Comments on: Double Feature http://scrimisms.com/2007/01/17/double-feature/ Presently suffering a dearth of witticisms Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:50:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: luke http://scrimisms.com/2007/01/17/double-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-258 luke Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:42:28 +0000 http://icebox.lonelyfridge.com/?p=158#comment-258 haven't read O&C... i should sometime... haven’t read O&C… i should sometime…

]]> By: Ian http://scrimisms.com/2007/01/17/double-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Ian Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:05:55 +0000 http://icebox.lonelyfridge.com/?p=158#comment-257 You're right, it is a good book and does fall in the same realm of "fertility dystopia". Apparently it gets banned frequently. I didn't know there was a film. Another Atwood work, Oryx and Crake, falls into the broader category of "extinction dystopia", and is good as well, if terrifying. You’re right, it is a good book and does fall in the same realm of “fertility dystopia”. Apparently it gets banned frequently. I didn’t know there was a film.

Another Atwood work, Oryx and Crake, falls into the broader category of “extinction dystopia”, and is good as well, if terrifying.

]]> By: luke http://scrimisms.com/2007/01/17/double-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-256 luke Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:12:49 +0000 http://icebox.lonelyfridge.com/?p=158#comment-256 as long as you are talking about infertile sci-fi worlds/dystopias, you can't forget to mention "the handmaid's tale" (of course Mgt. Atwood's original book is better than the film, but both are good). something goes wrong in the US, and, at least in the state of gilead (its exact size/location), the few fertile women become breeding stock for the "christian" elite... well worth reading/watching as long as you are talking about infertile sci-fi worlds/dystopias, you can’t forget to mention “the handmaid’s tale” (of course Mgt. Atwood’s original book is better than the film, but both are good).

something goes wrong in the US, and, at least in the state of gilead (its exact size/location), the few fertile women become breeding stock for the “christian” elite… well worth reading/watching

]]> By: Ian http://scrimisms.com/2007/01/17/double-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Ian Thu, 25 Jan 2007 20:36:33 +0000 http://icebox.lonelyfridge.com/?p=158#comment-255 I've heard Aeon Flux is pretty bad. I liked the tone of Children of Men a lot too - great scenes of cops in riot gear standing around London and nobody batting an eye. It was also one of those movies in which simplifying the action (no Hollywood car chases here - in fact, in the only car chase I remember, neither car would start) increases the tension. Some review I read pointed out that the hero never actually picked up a gun. I’ve heard Aeon Flux is pretty bad.

I liked the tone of Children of Men a lot too – great scenes of cops in riot gear standing around London and nobody batting an eye.

It was also one of those movies in which simplifying the action (no Hollywood car chases here – in fact, in the only car chase I remember, neither car would start) increases the tension. Some review I read pointed out that the hero never actually picked up a gun.

]]> By: Rob http://scrimisms.com/2007/01/17/double-feature/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Rob Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:47:25 +0000 http://icebox.lonelyfridge.com/?p=158#comment-254 We watched Children of Men a couple of days ago, too. It was good. I think what we liked the most was the tone it was able to set. It's nice to see a proper dystopian film now and then that actually feels pessimistic. I wasn't familiar with the "human infertility" approach to the apocalypse, but it leads to some good brooding. Actually, Aeon Flux was also all about infertile future-land... but it wasn't gloomy at all, oh well! I hadn't heard about For Your Consideration, I loved Spinal Tap, but some of the other Guest movies got a little tedious and formulaic. But they're full of good moments (and better hour-and-a-half than spent with Aeon Flux :P). We watched Children of Men a couple of days ago, too. It was good. I think what we liked the most was the tone it was able to set. It’s nice to see a proper dystopian film now and then that actually feels pessimistic. I wasn’t familiar with the “human infertility” approach to the apocalypse, but it leads to some good brooding. Actually, Aeon Flux was also all about infertile future-land… but it wasn’t gloomy at all, oh well!

I hadn’t heard about For Your Consideration, I loved Spinal Tap, but some of the other Guest movies got a little tedious and formulaic. But they’re full of good moments (and better hour-and-a-half than spent with Aeon Flux :P).

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