With the new
film of the space opera saga finally on the big screen and the release of Battlefront's new sequel, both after a decade overdue, it is definitely the best time to be a Star Wars fan.
Not exact matches
The
film, which will be released on Dec. 15
of this year, will pick up after the action
of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the franchise's huge 2015 release that shattered box office records and marked the
space opera's return to theaters for the first time in a decade.
The world
of «Thor» has changed a bit, steering away from the glittering
space opera of the first
film in favor
of a...
But what really separates this
space opera sequel from the rest
of Marvel's
films is Gunn and his cast's willingness to abandon the Marvel cinematic universe's more polished and formulaic veneer and drill into the heart
of what makes this movie and the Guardians franchise so impossibly irresistible: pure fun.
Each
film has been salted with elements
of a larger plot, which is finally tied together in this epic
space opera.
Based on the screenplay
of the eagerly anticipated final
film in George Lucas's epic saga, bestselling Star Wars author Matthew Stover's novel crackles with action, captures the iconic characters in all their complexity, and brings a
space opera masterpiece full circle in stunning style.
He did tell us his band were from Mars... In a lot
of ways this rambling, rich psychodrama feels like the last real sci - fi
film of the»70s, before the pendulum swung to heroic
space opera and stuck.
Battle in Outer
Space (1959) is a visually splendid and narratively pedestrian space opera, short on character and plot but full of great miniatures and dramatic effects in a film packed with spect
Space (1959) is a visually splendid and narratively pedestrian
space opera, short on character and plot but full of great miniatures and dramatic effects in a film packed with spect
space opera, short on character and plot but full
of great miniatures and dramatic effects in a
film packed with spectacle.
Because the comic book studio has put a genre twist on their standard formula for nearly every
film: Captain America: The Winter Soldier was a political thriller, Guardians
of the Galaxy flaunted its trippy
space opera inspirations, Spider - Man: Homecoming recalled John Hughes teen comedies.
Through intimate and honest conversations with Jodorowsky,
filmed over the span
of three years, plus interviews with legends and luminaries including H.R. Giger (artist, ALIEN), Gary Kurtz (producer, STAR WARS) and Nicolas Winding Refn (director, DRIVE and THE NEON DEMON), as well as never - before - seen realizations
of Jodo's mind - blowing psychedelic
space opera, director Pavich's
film finally unearths the full saga
of «THE GREATEST MOVIE NEVER MADE».
Rogue One, a new standalone Star Wars
film that ends around the point where the original movie began, doesn't exactly subvert the light - and - dark mythos
of that nearly 40 - year - old multimedia franchise, but it does find the fatalism buried in its
space -
opera heroics.
Expanding on that
film's opening crawl («Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon»), Rogue One looks to perhaps strip away the
space opera pomp and circumstance
of the main
films and revel a bit more in distinct genre filmmaking, in this case a good old fashioned heist picture.
* I've been a big fan
of the sci - fi
film style comparison to the Mass Effect series: 1 is the ideological, 70's
space -
opera, 2 is the stripped - down but actioned up 80's sci - fi thriller, and 3 is your apocalyptic 90's sci - fi action movie.
A seminal figure in the field
of video art, he has been creating installations, video /
films, sound environments, flat panel video pieces and works for concerts,
opera and sacred
spaces for over four decades.
A seminal figure in the field
of video art, he has been creating installations,
films, sound environments, flat panel video pieces, and works for concerts,
opera, and sacred
spaces for over four decades.
The latest episode
of the epic
space opera film...