And why do they all need to be so incurably uninteresting and stereotypical anyway? With this kind of budget, Apple could have given a serious shot to writers who truly understand science fiction, instead of these wannabe novelists. Of course protagonists should be given a background, but not if that's all we get. 10.) 'Spacelords' from Human Giant (2007) An extra-dimensional despot and his crew. There's basically every overused trope from the past 20-30 years in here, and none of them is told with any originality: there's marital infidelity, fear of becoming old, schoolyard bullying, parental homophobia, offhand racism, everything *except* the invasion that gives the series its title. These are ten of the best alien-themed sketches this side of the Crab Nebula (and no, Coneheads is not 1). In-between those brief moments, there's a metric ton of banal daytime drama, that introduces a framework of tedious characters, plus lots of annoying children. Seriously, what is this? Every episode is 95% anemic exposition, and only each last scene finally reveals a science fiction-y cliffhanger. Attention' she yelled in a giddy high-pitched voice. As such, I’m gonna go ahead and give this poster a so-so “B-“.Īfter checking out the full one-sheet below, be sure to weigh in with your own letter grade (you can do so by clicking “Rate It” at top left).Great trick, slapping a sci-fi label on a cluttered hodgepodge of mundane life stories and hope the viewers won't recognize the deception too quickly. Next, Fineman was asked to do an impersonation of Barrymore as an Army general who was about to fight an alien invasion. Now, with Christmas Day fast approaching and the promotional campaign for the film ramping up, a new one-sheet for the movie has been released – and while I could’ve done without the insipid tagline (“Survive the Holidays”?), it’s nevertheless an eye-catching piece of artwork featuring an empty Moscow street (the invisible alien invaders’ power is to make living beings disintegrate) that’s been ravaged in the wake of the extraterrestrial attack.Īt the same time, I’m not sure the imagery is different enough from other apocalyptic thrillers to successfully sell the film – particularly given the fact that there are no big-name stars in the cast. SNL’s President Trump, faced with an apocalyptic alien invasion of planet earth, pledges to ‘bring coal back’ By Chris Sommerfeldt New York Daily News at 4:21 am In the. So will the holiday counter-programming work? There’s no telling at this point, although the previously-released trailer was at least intriguing enough to keep the film – about four Americans who become trapped in Moscow after a devastating alien invasion – on my radar. Nevertheless, the Sundance sensation (“Door” was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in 2006 before being picked up by Lionsgate for $3 million) garnered the former art director enough attention to land him a job at the helm of the big-studio sci-fi/action film “The Darkest Hour” starring Emile Hirsch and Max Minghella (and produced by “Wanted” director Timur Bekmambetov), which after being pushed back from its original August release date is now hitting theaters on Christmas Day. If you aren’t familiar with the name Chris Gorak, that’s because the writer/director’s first film, 2007 dirty-bomb thriller “Right at Your Door”, wasn’t seen all that many people.
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