De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Objet : Epic is now mundane. (Laid back rant) >Just expect that no matter how spectacular or how close to the book the movie >Startide Rising is going to be, someone you know is going to say, "It was OK. >What's next?"
The only way to avoid this would be to make a movie which has excellent an excellent scenario, fun dialogues, great acting, a hint of symbolism. If the quality of the movie depends on the effects, of course it won't take long for it to be outdated. I guess the best example of a science fiction movie that won't die is _2001 : A Space Odyssey_. It has an original storyline, good acting, a fantastic soundtrack, and a finale that makes you go "What the ?!?" Honestly, I don't believe that _Startide Rising_ can give birth to that kind of a movie. The story is too action driven. It could be, however, a movie on par with _Star Wars_. Basically a good action movie with believable characters. What makes the original _Star Wars_ so good and the new ones so bland isn't the special effects: it's the characters themselves. Each main character has flaws : Luke is a somewhat gullible idealist, Leia is a bit snobby and Han is arrogant. Even the droids are quirky. We love them because of that. _Star Wars_ is at its best in _The Empire Strikes Back_ when Han is about to be frozen and Leia admits to loving him: Han answers "I know." Neither we or Leia would love him as much if he had answered anything else. I haven't read _Startide Rising_ in a long time, so I won't go into detail about the characters. I just think that there is a need to establish that the clients of humanity should appear to be a bit inferior to the humans, except for the truly exceptional like Credeiki and the chimp. Even they, and the humans, need their flaws so that the public can identify with them and truly feel the tragedy of losing Credeiki and the heroicness of the crew in general. Jean-Louis Couturier _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
