Monday, April 23, 2012

Sci fi Parody and Satire

I like the idea of of using comedy for the sci fi genre is a nice change of pace. Sci fi usually has a dark, more edgy and gritty tone to it. I'm not a real big fan of the movie Idiocracy, I'm not saying it's the worst movie, it's that I can not stand the dialog of the movie. The concept and plot is creative and brings up topics about our world's future. I just find the script and the character development and digalog boring and forgetful.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Multi-Verse

Multiple universes, the idea of one person making a decision an alternate version makes the opposite decision. One particular franchise has had its share of multiple universes, that would be the DC universe.  This comic book company has a history of using the idea of multiple universe with their famous superheroes. There is one miniseries that changed the whole mythology of the DC universe and it is entitled Flashpoint. Flashpaoint centers around the flash and his adventure through a universe where the justice league and superman did not exist. What is also interesting about the whole story is how batman is actually Bruce Wayne's father in that universe which is the first time that one of the characters that are usually dead become a huge part of the story.  The ending of which the flash running through the time stream of the three universes DC, Wildstorm, and Vertigo to create the New 52 just changed the way the DC comics were usually written.