https://vo.rs/tags/sci-fi/Latest from the Sci-Fi desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/animes-live-action-curse/<p>There is a graveyard at the edge of the film industry, and it is full of live-action anime adaptations. <em>Dragonball Evolution</em> (2009) lies there, a name spoken in whispers, so reviled that a screenwriter later apologised to fans in public. Nearby rest the 2017 <em>Ghost in the Shell</em>, the 2017 Netflix <em>Death Note</em>, and the swiftly cancelled <em>Cowboy Bebop</em> series of 2021. The curse is real, it is remarkably consistent, and it is worth understanding, because the reasons a great anime turns to ash in live action reveal something precise about what each medium can and cannot do.</p>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/time-loop-cinema-rules-cheats-and-the-ones-worth-watching/<p>The time-loop film is the most honest genre there is, because it grades its own maker in public. Set your hero reliving the same day and you have made a promise to the audience: there are rules here, and I will keep them. Break the rules for convenience and the whole contraption collapses into mush, because the loop&rsquo;s only source of tension is the logic you agreed to. This is a genre that cannot hide a lazy script behind atmosphere. The machinery is the show.</p>Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000