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Week of March 30, 2018
Science fiction is more entertaining than
math fiction. First up…
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The upside to being the last Jedi is that
you no longer have to use the brown lightsaber.
Sadly, the final hope found in this sci-fi
film doesn’t even know how to wield her weapon…yet.
While her friends in the Resistance (Carrie
Fisher, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Laura Dern) attempt to deactivate a First
Order device that can track their diminutive fleet through hyperspace, neophyte
Rey (Daisy Ridley) seeks out exiled Jedi master Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill)
for training.
Her path eventually leads to her rival Kylo
Ren (Adam Driver) and his master (Andy Serkis).
Although it comes embedded with
embarrassing one-liners, questionable character arcs and a number of absurd
scenes, this divisive - yet action-packed and expansive - installment in the
space opera franchise is still far superior to its predecessor, The Force
Awakens.
Incidentally, like all endangered species
the last Jedi should be in a space zoo.
Yellow Light
Downsizing
The upside to company downsizing is the
sudden availability of prime parking spots at the office.
However, this sci-fi comedy is applying the
corporate buzzword to shrinking humans.
Scientists in an overpopulated future
invent a way of decreasing mass to a diminutive stature so that tiny humans can
live on less food. Down-on-his-luck Paul (Matt Damon) and his wife (Kristen
Wiig) sign up for the irreversible procedure.
But when his wife backs out at the last
minute and files for divorce, the pintsized Paul is left to languish with the
other single little people (Christoph Waltz, Udo Kier).
Highbrow director Alexander Payne’s sci-fi
satire on the current state of our social, environmental and economical woes,
this wonderfully rendered lampoon lacks decent laughs and a sufficient climax
to justify its politicalized POV or its pricey SPFX.
Lastly, even though you’re relatively the
same height as one, never date a praying mantis. Red Light
***In Human***
Fantastic Voyage
Never store your shrink ray next to your
groin area.
Smartly, the scientists in this sci-fi film
are miniaturizing their entire anatomy.
During the Cold War, the US helps the
inventor of a shrinking formula escape Soviet internment only to have him
sustain a blood clot amid the getaway.
A team of surgeons (Donald Pleasence,
Arthur Kennedy), their assistant (Raquel Welch), a pilot (William Redfield) and
an agent (Stephen Boyd) must be reduced to microbial size and injected into the
comatose man to save him.
With only an hour, the crew must defeat the
body’s immune system and a saboteur before they embiggen.
With an inventive plot that's supported by
extravagant set pieces of microscopic worlds and the weird organisms within,
this visual landmark from 1966 also serves as a makeshift biology lesson thanks
to its detailed designs.
Incidentally, Raquel Welch inside you is
the opposite of most men’s fantasy.
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