tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post406348587841156860..comments2024-02-16T03:35:27.972-05:00Comments on The World According to Quinn: Movie Review: "Skyline" (SPOILERS)Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-23493473331516354372010-11-19T19:25:53.261-05:002010-11-19T19:25:53.261-05:00Given the size of the alien mothership, a tactical...Given the size of the alien mothership, a tactical nuclear weapon might not have been enough to kill it.<br /><br />The blast hollowed it out, but it left much of the superstructure intact. Enough of the ship survived that it could be repaired with local materials.<br /><br />Life lesson: When dealing with predatory planet-eating swarms, use bigger bombs.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-6168773955733416252010-11-18T02:08:39.468-05:002010-11-18T02:08:39.468-05:00Looking past me being tricked into seeing this mov...Looking past me being tricked into seeing this movie where the only set is an apartment building, boring characters and the terrible 'red brain' crap.. I couldn't deal with the warfare failures.<br /><br />Even if you are some sort of supernatural regenerating biological entity.. you die when a thermonuclear fusion reaction of that magnitude goes off in your face. you can't regenerate when there is nothing left to regenerate! you don't recover from 50 million degrees F up in your balls. that is hotter than the core of the sun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-26436326363397498142010-11-16T09:38:03.047-05:002010-11-16T09:38:03.047-05:00That would be a good reason to use the drones for ...That would be a good reason to use the drones for close-in work, but a manned fighter could engage the alien fleet at beyond visual range (due to radars and the like) and would be unaffected by the aliens' lures.<br /><br />About the lures, I think the analogy the creators used is an anglerfish using its lights to lure other fish, but the lights appear to have a physiological effect on humans exposed to them (the purpling veins and cataracting eyes in the short run; apparent genetic mutation due to repeated exposure in Jarrod).<br /><br />Maybe that'll be explained in the sequel. :)<br /><br />About propellors, I guess maybe jets look cooler, or the goal is to make the military appear more "futuristic"?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-4654130809551447782010-11-15T22:23:41.021-05:002010-11-15T22:23:41.021-05:00I thought the military was using drones to attack ...I thought the military was using drones to attack the alien ships because the whoever was in charge of the operation thought pilots would see the hypnotic lights and crash their planes into the ground trying to get them.<br />By the way what were the lights anyway? Where they some kind of giant flare or something; they never do explain what physical structure is emitting the lights. <br /><br />One thing that buged me about the military drones though. I've seen this in the "Transformers" films, "The Day The Earth Stood Still" and couple of others. The the drones are based on the Predator and Global Hawks but they have jet engines despite being based on propeller-driven planes! Are propeller-driven drones not cool in Hollywood or something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-63104123708250883782010-11-14T16:01:06.662-05:002010-11-14T16:01:06.662-05:00That is possible, but IIRC the non-effcts portions...That is possible, but IIRC the non-effcts portions of the film were done for $500,000-ish and the rest of the $10 million budget was spent on the SFX.<br /><br />Replacing the F-22 strafing the alien ground-beast attacking Jarrod and Elaine on the roof with an Apache helicopter or an A-10 would be doable, I think. Especially the latter, since another airplane would require less SFX work (and thus money) than a helicopter.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-8492354443294988412010-11-14T15:53:40.712-05:002010-11-14T15:53:40.712-05:00I wonder if the lack of diversity in military hard...I wonder if the lack of diversity in military hardware had anything to do with money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-62161281469863750512010-11-14T15:05:14.240-05:002010-11-14T15:05:14.240-05:00You're welcome. I hope you enjoy it.You're welcome. I hope you enjoy it.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-63701327917141608782010-11-14T14:10:55.157-05:002010-11-14T14:10:55.157-05:00Thanks for the review, I may just go see this now....Thanks for the review, I may just go see this now.Korsgaardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443395238567257553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4000895280655907241.post-78889970778434585102010-11-14T09:42:46.466-05:002010-11-14T09:42:46.466-05:00Thanks. I'll take a look at your blog.Thanks. I'll take a look at your blog.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04691270309993277160noreply@blogger.com