Mass Effect 2

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Renaissance

French Near future Noir Sci Fi.

Paris 2050.

Hard bitten supercop is called in to investigate the kidnapping of a corporate scientist. Something she was researching has been getting people killed. Each step of the investigation drags the protagonists deeper into a world of sinister corporate intrigue and a secret worth dying for.

The visuals on this were stunning. In an attempt to combat the uncanny valley effect the whole film is presented in saturated black and while. Stylized with a Frank Miller comic book look, there seemed to be a mix of real, hand drawn and computer generated footage. But, the lo-fi look allowed them to blend seamlessly.

The imagination of the future Paris was fresh showing an incremental change in the urban landscape and an innocuous pervasive use of technology. The characters face's were finely chiseled shadow casting machines which allowed an almost unending exercise in positive and negative space. All together the effect was very stylish; but what else would you expect from the french, eh?

3 stars

Load-lock bake.

Six thirty friday night. Prepare plasma chamber for operation. Full power!

The Deadly Mexican

"Nacho cheese is sort of the bastard cousin of Cheeze Whiz, which is the red-headed stepchild of American cheese, which is like the white-trash member of the cheese family. So that makes nacho cheese the red-haired bastard inbred cousin/stepchild of a white trash cheese…and we still love the crap spooned over salty corn chips. Ain’t that America." --Teague Bohlen

"The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll

"There are trivial truths and the great truths. The opposite of a trivial truth is plainly false. The opposite of a great truth is also true." -- Niels Bohr