Mar. 6th, 2009
Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Mar. 6th, 2009 10:08 pmThis was a summer movie last year, so I am assuming the statute of limitations on spoilers has run out.
- Imhotep is a vastly better villain than the Dragon Emperor. Mostly because the Dragon Emperor is just "grrrr, evil" rather than "I loved this woman, and I killed my lord for her and tried to raise her from the dead 'cause I loved her so much".
Also the prologue explaining the Dragon Emperor was way too long. I'm not honestly sure how they could have shortened it, but I do think it should have been shorter.
(Also, also, the Dragon Emperor makes a good evil Avatar.)
- On the up side, the effects were awesome. Especially when he was riding around Chinatown in his terracotta chariot with his terracotta horses. Also, the way he would regenerate his terracotta body every now and then was very cool. Loved the effects they used in this movie.
Especially the Yetis. Puck, the yetis look very excellent. May see if you could use them in any future DegSep videos.
- The chase scene when the Emperor awoke. Oh god. So painfully over-the-top.
Some of the jokes were also painfully over-the-top.
- Not using Evie's previous actress was really jarring. The new one was quite good, and her voice and accent were singularly excellent, but I just kept going "that's not Evie" whenever I actually looked at her.
- We end the movie with Jonathan leaving behind his club in Shanghai to take this epic blue diamond and move to a place far away from mummies - Peru. (The last bit of the movie is a placard saying 'shortly thereafter, mummies were discovered in Peru'.) Hee!
- Alex O'Connell raised his mother from the dead in The Mummy Returns. In Tomb of the Dragon-Emperor, he raises his father from the dead.
Separation issues much?
(I think, if there is a fourth movie, it should involve the mummies in Peru and Jonathan should get raised from the dead.)
- Imhotep is a vastly better villain than the Dragon Emperor. Mostly because the Dragon Emperor is just "grrrr, evil" rather than "I loved this woman, and I killed my lord for her and tried to raise her from the dead 'cause I loved her so much".
Also the prologue explaining the Dragon Emperor was way too long. I'm not honestly sure how they could have shortened it, but I do think it should have been shorter.
(Also, also, the Dragon Emperor makes a good evil Avatar.)
- On the up side, the effects were awesome. Especially when he was riding around Chinatown in his terracotta chariot with his terracotta horses. Also, the way he would regenerate his terracotta body every now and then was very cool. Loved the effects they used in this movie.
Especially the Yetis. Puck, the yetis look very excellent. May see if you could use them in any future DegSep videos.
- The chase scene when the Emperor awoke. Oh god. So painfully over-the-top.
Some of the jokes were also painfully over-the-top.
- Not using Evie's previous actress was really jarring. The new one was quite good, and her voice and accent were singularly excellent, but I just kept going "that's not Evie" whenever I actually looked at her.
- We end the movie with Jonathan leaving behind his club in Shanghai to take this epic blue diamond and move to a place far away from mummies - Peru. (The last bit of the movie is a placard saying 'shortly thereafter, mummies were discovered in Peru'.) Hee!
- Alex O'Connell raised his mother from the dead in The Mummy Returns. In Tomb of the Dragon-Emperor, he raises his father from the dead.
Separation issues much?
(I think, if there is a fourth movie, it should involve the mummies in Peru and Jonathan should get raised from the dead.)
My Ideas are Crazy
Mar. 6th, 2009 11:23 pmFor planning purposes:
Who all has working microphones that might be interested in recording lines for aradio podcast drama? Nothing specific on hand at right now, but I might experiment with putting something together.
I'm really falling in love with sound and video editing.
Who all has working microphones that might be interested in recording lines for a
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