An Island of Words
June 26th, 2005
Hitting stands right about now is the July edition of Wired Magazine — and within it, yet another piece by yours truly.
This month, my piece is titled Island of Lost Souls and looks at Michael Bay’s upcoming “clones on the run” flick The Island and how, for good or for bad, a lot of the themes and elements in the film feel as though we’ve seen them before. That, these elements have been, for all intents and purposes cloned from other movies to make his.
I compare The Island to movies like THX 1138, Logan’s Run, The Truman Show and The Matrix and interview the man on what he thinks about those movies and sci-fi in general.
If you get a chance, be sure to check it out!
yay, pauly d!
Comment by sassylittlepunkin — June 26, 2005 @ 9:28 am
Guess we agree here, Pauly. I read that script about a year ago (as a writing sample, since the film was presumably already in production) and basically said exactly the saem thing. The most frequently used wprd in my coverage of it (other than words like “the,” “a,” and “and”) was derivative. Had some nice details in the plot points, but conceptually boring and too familiar!
Congrats on the article!
Comment by Fun Joel — June 26, 2005 @ 10:07 am
I will say this though, Joel. Even though the movie does have it’s derivate moments, I’m sure it will have some great “Michael Bay moments.”
In interviewing him for the piece, I have to say that Michael Bay is nothing, if not extremely passionate about the movies he makes and is very directed and sure of what he wants to put out there. Funny guy, too. Was a kick to talk to the guy.
Comment by Pauly D — June 26, 2005 @ 10:19 am
Dude, you’ve got one cool blog. Love your writing!
Comment by Darcie — June 26, 2005 @ 10:34 am