It looks pretty promising. I’ll want to get a feel for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets from the reviews and everything, but it certainly appears spectacular. As I’ve noted before I’ve never read the comics, but I can see the appeal:
It comes out July 21st.
Could be good, but parts of it give a Sky Captain vibe of too much green-screen; I was thinking of the bit where they jumped from the bus to the ship in particular.
Hopefully the green-screen won’t look so bad on the big screen. I seem to remember that about Sky Captain (which my wife liked, because they got the robots to walk properly).
I have never successfully stayed awake through that entire movie. I don’t know what it is about it, but halfway through I start drifting, and next thing I know, I’m watching the end credits.
I don’t have any bad feelings toward the movie at all. I just can’t remain conscious while viewing it.
My only issue is that Valerian looks nothing like his comic counterpart. He’s supposed to be a stereotypical square jawed space hero like Flash Gordon, not some emo boy.
Not sure if they are going to explain that his partner Laureline is a medieval French peasant that he picked up on previous mission.
Fair points, but if that’s the worst they do to the original, well… Hollywood has a name for some awful butcheries, in that line.
Amazon is giving away the first volume “The City of Shifting Waters” for free on Kindle.
Just grabbed it, thanks.