Harry here with a wee little agent in the microverse named Baron Karza, and he's just about to take us on a journey into the world of PITCH BLACK, yeah, that project from yesterday with the groovy Wayne Barlowe looking imagery. I received one email from a person that really felt it blew, but Baron Karza is a more well known (to me) spy than this other fella, but take that into account. Here we go...
BARON KARZA speaking up from between your own molecules,
You want info on Pitch Black? Well, you've got a lot already. The PR agent who zipped you the picture of the aliens and the synopsis has done a damn detailed job.
How is the script? It's pretty good. Not great. Not bad. It will all be in the execution. For its concept, this is basically Twelve Little Indians in space--marooned space ship passengers land on an alien planet, and die one-by- one. Is Twohy spectacular at characterization? He's okay. Is the dialogue good? Sure. Is the plotting original? Let's just say this one is formulaic enough to make Joe Hallenback erupt with bitter vitriol. But then he won't be expecting much.
Certainly ALIEN was like this twenty years ago--"Jaws in space" was the pitch, and it was essentially a slasher pic with a cool alien, but Ridley Scott managed to direct it into classic status. Will Twohy do that with this? Seems doubtful. But on the other hand, I doubt it will totally and completely suck. It seems this one has potential to be a very fun popcorn sci-fi thriller, good for a few hallmark moments, but otherwise pretty familiar. This one's essentially ALIEN with a more creatures, on a planet's surface.
Oh, and those aliens use "echo-location" as their sight, and they have POV shots that are ripped right out of PREDATOR. Yawn.
Anyway, here's hoping Twohy figures out how to inject this thing with lots of adrenaline to make it a rip-snorting good time. There's enough in the script to raise an eyebrow, but it's nothing to celebrate.
That's all the news fit to print from the Microverse.
--Baron Karza
