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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow:

Best.


Movie.


Ever.

Date: 2004-09-17 11:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azzybat.livejournal.com
Ack! Don't ruin it, I'm going to see it tomorrow :)

Date: 2004-09-18 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] edhyena.livejournal.com
*switches that last 'e' with an 'a'" Evar!
Seriously, it was pretty darn spiffy good. I dunno about the best movie ever, but it's definately something I wouldn't mind seeing again.

Date: 2004-09-18 12:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tealfox.livejournal.com
Childern of Ether worldwide all have simulatanous geek gasms while viewing said film.

Date: 2004-09-18 01:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] r-caton.livejournal.com
Seen the stills and read the reviews in SFX magazine....
wanna see! wanna see! wanna see! wanna see! wanna see! wanna see!
Certainly has the "pulp illustration" feel to it...instant nostalgia!

Date: 2004-09-18 04:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] velvetpage.livejournal.com
We're going Sunday. I only heard about this movie maybe four days ago, and I'm starting to get psyched about it.

Date: 2004-09-18 03:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hafoc.livejournal.com
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Star Wars
Metropolis
The Wizard of Oz (twice)
THX-1138
Flash Gordon
Jurassic Park
Forbidden Planet
His Girl Friday
Titanic
and Whatever Old Film they got the Lawrence Oliver clips from

(Does anyone know an old movie which features a ship named Venture?)

Date: 2004-09-18 03:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] r-caton.livejournal.com
Wasn't the Venture the "Motion Picture ship" in King Kong?

Date: 2004-09-18 04:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hafoc.livejournal.com
If so, it's lost on me since I don't know what that ship was. It's just that when the cinematographers go to so much trouble to lovingly scan past the name of a ship painted on its side, it must have SOME significance for them.

Date: 2004-09-18 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athelind.livejournal.com
War of the Worlds (not just the George Pal version, but any number of classic illustrations)
The Max Fleischer Superman cartoons, especially "The Mechanical Monsters"
Zombies of the Stratosphere
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Blackhawk (yes, they made a Republic serial out of Blackhawk)

Date: 2004-09-18 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hafoc.livejournal.com
Not just the War of the Worlds movie, or any of the classic illustrations. I believe there is a direct lift of dialog from the 1939 War of the Worlds radio broadcast that Orson Welles used to scare the bejesus out of the whole country. To go into detail would be a spoiler, but when you see somebody in a phone booth, listen to what that person says.

Date: 2004-09-18 04:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grevydude.livejournal.com
Aint seen it yet, but I'm sure it's better than the new Star Wars!

Emergency Protocol 90206!

Date: 2004-09-18 05:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] drakegrey.livejournal.com
I'm with you, Athelind, this is a great picture. On the DVD's to buy list, to be sure.

Confirmed that the Venture is from King Kong, and note huge cage on its deck....

As noted in one of my posts before, note that the British aviators wear the classic Wally Wood space helmet...

The 30's style montages and graphics are wonderful...

And check out the novel. They embellish the Flying Legion a bit and suggest a few things about their previous exploits... apparently, Manhattan gets attacked all the time, in this world. :)

--Drake

Date: 2004-09-18 07:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hafoc.livejournal.com
Teph observed a very large lizzardy thing on the front page of the Tokyo newspaper they showed. "Right-hand side of the front page photo."

Date: 2004-09-18 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yasha-taur.livejournal.com
Yep, I saw it too. Definatly the big G....

Also the radio tower during the news montage was a lift from the old RKO logo.

I saw two direct lifts from Star Wars.

I /really/ wonder is all of these 'lifts and/or tribs' were the directors idea, or if some of them were just put in by the FX crews.

The only big question I have now is, does this director have anything left? Is he going to be a 'one hit wonder', or can he do other projects?

Date: 2004-09-18 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athelind.livejournal.com
The director IS the SFX crew. This movie didn't have a few "lifts and tributes" here and there. It was a whole, conscious recreation of period and era.

And as for his next project...

A Princess of Mars.

Date: 2004-09-20 06:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] r-caton.livejournal.com
Let's hope he lifts Leia's outfit from "Return of the Jedi" for that...
voof!

Date: 2004-09-19 09:41 am (UTC)
tephra: Photo portrait of a doll with shaggy, dark orange and copper hair, wearing a pink slouchy hat and sky blue glasses. (Default)
From: [personal profile] tephra
I have another nod to add: Big O

To avoid as much spoilage as possible, around the same time you should be listening to the person in the phone booth pay attention to the sky. :)

Date: 2004-09-25 01:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] araquan.livejournal.com
I've just finally seen it, now that friendage has become available for the seeing-of. And I agree. Fraggin' excellent.

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