The biggest difference between “Pacific Rim” and its perfunctory new sequel can be summed up in one word: expectations. When Guillermo del Toro’s original came out in July 2013, people were primed for something special. A universally beloved pop auteur mashing his love for Ray Harryhausen and otaku culture into an $190 million blockbuster about very giant monsters fighting very giant robots? It sounded like an urgent reprieve from the soulless corporate write-offs that defines the summer movie season, and not just a hollow, incoherent spectacle that felt more like an homage to Michael Bay than Ishirō Honda.
As a direct result of that disappointment, “Pacific Rim Uprising” stomps into theaters with a very different set of baggage. For one thing, del Toro is no longer in the director’s chair; still serving as a producer on the project, he’s bequeathed his seat to Steven S. DeKnight. While the first...
As a direct result of that disappointment, “Pacific Rim Uprising” stomps into theaters with a very different set of baggage. For one thing, del Toro is no longer in the director’s chair; still serving as a producer on the project, he’s bequeathed his seat to Steven S. DeKnight. While the first...
- 3/20/2018
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The latest comedy wearing its girl-power streak on its sleeve is the appropriately-titled Travel Boobs. The new web series from creator Jaime Slater follows three female friends as they look to run away from their problems with a road trip.
The main characters of Travel Boobs are all facing their own problems. Lily (Slater) is mourning a dead husband, Mel (Louise Bond) is in danger of being deported back to Britain, and Kai (Megan Heyn) harbors a dark secret. While they attempt to use their road trip as a form of escape, their respective issues cause their personalities to clash in hilarious ways.
Travel Boobs, like so many other shows featured in this space, succeeds by taking a simple premise and executing it skillfully. Its script, which, according to the series website, was "written by a chick, a fat guy and a black guy," is fantastic, and the characters are well-rounded.
The main characters of Travel Boobs are all facing their own problems. Lily (Slater) is mourning a dead husband, Mel (Louise Bond) is in danger of being deported back to Britain, and Kai (Megan Heyn) harbors a dark secret. While they attempt to use their road trip as a form of escape, their respective issues cause their personalities to clash in hilarious ways.
Travel Boobs, like so many other shows featured in this space, succeeds by taking a simple premise and executing it skillfully. Its script, which, according to the series website, was "written by a chick, a fat guy and a black guy," is fantastic, and the characters are well-rounded.
- 6/10/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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