I won tickets to see it tomorrow in Portland.

electricspacegirl | February 09, 06:56 CET

That looks like such a good movie.

Astonishing_Chaos | February 09, 08:47 CET

I am surprisingly optimistic about this movie. It could easily turn out to be Twilight-cash in tripe, but everything I've seen just makes me hopeful that it's good.

Love Marti, Dianna Agron and I'll see anything with Timothy Olyphant. One of the best actors in the business.

Wyndam_ | February 09, 09:00 CET

Wyndam_, I completely agree with you. I'm only seeing it because of the three you mentioned :)

Valentyn | February 09, 16:21 CET

My wife and I burst out laughing when we saw an ad for this last night, as a hot blonde woman says "I'm Number Six". What a coincidence....

CaptainB | February 09, 16:47 CET

Isaiah Mustafa (the Old Spice guy) tweeted, "It's like a really good episode of Buffy." :D

electricspacegirl | February 09, 20:29 CET

Funny that Mr. Mustafa would say so since... the next one who should play a character so-named is in this very film. And does not go by a numeric alias, for clarity.

KingofCretins | February 09, 21:00 CET

KoC, huh?

IrrationaliTV | February 09, 22:20 CET

I was clear as mud! Agron for Warner reboot would be the message there, and actually reason enough for me to go see this on her own.

KingofCretins | February 09, 22:45 CET

KingofCretins, are you talking about the Buffy reboot? All feelings about a reboot w/o Joss aside, that could be really good casting I think.

electricspacegirl | February 09, 22:57 CET

Anybody else see the movie tonight? I need some Buffy fans to discuss it with. Anyone?

electricspacegirl | February 10, 06:54 CET

Was it any good?

Kaan | February 10, 07:01 CET

All in all, yes it was a good movie. It had some issues, and I did have some misgivings at first, but it turned out to be a pretty decent superhero origin film. It had several elements that tickled my fancy a bit, and one thing in particular that made me *need* to see it again just so I can get an answer to a question. And if I am correct in what I thought I heard, Buffy fans will be squeeing up a storm. Just saying.

I really liked the Sarah character played by Dianna Agron. She reminded me of one of my own protagonists, and it inspired me to work on my own story. Both characters are photographers. I loved the photography projects Sarah was working on.

Don't know if this is a spoiler, so I'll invisitext it. It's just a mild spoiler about a Buffy archetype in the movie. There was a moment in the introduction of a character when I went, "Hey, that's the Willow character." It was kind of amusing. :)

I'd recommend this movie to any superhero/sci-fi fan, and any fan of Roswell, Buffy, or Smallville. I've seen the comparison to Buffy, but to me this was much more Roswell-y than anything else. Roswell was definitely an influence in the creation of the story.

Oh, and it's based on a series of books, I found out.

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electricspacegirl | February 10, 07:48 CET

I saw it last night also, and thought it was very enjoyable. It took time to establish and develop the characters, and saved most of the big action scenes for late in the movie, which I appreciated. There were a few aspects that annoyed me: the idea that the aliens could only fall in love once in their lifetimes struck me as extremely cheesy. I didn't think a that a douchey ex (who happened to be the quarterback) was an adequate explanation for Sarah being entirely friendless. I mean, she was pretty, sweet, and just an overall nice person--in real life, she would have friends. And along those lines, I was disappointed that the movie entirely failed the Bechdel test. Oh, and the boyfriend's change of heart seemed a little sudden.

Despite those things though, I really enjoyed it overall. And it has a light touch that reminded me of Buffy. It's a movie that takes the characters seriously, but is aware that there's a certain amount of humor in the premise and the situations.

erendis | February 10, 15:39 CET

I agree with you, erendis about most of your criticism. Though it was a cheesy, I actually liked the aliens being monogamous. It reminded me a lot of Roswell and how those aliens had a romantic destiny they were constantly struggling for control over.

However, a rule like that only paints the narrative into a corner. It limits any love triangle tension between Number 4, Sarah, and Number 6. Because who didn't see potential sparks between 4 and 6 when 6 came on the scene at the end? But now we know 4 won't even be interested in her. Unless they throw in new information that changes that established rule. We shall see about that.

Erendis, I'm about to email you to ask you a specific Q about the movie.

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electricspacegirl | February 10, 18:03 CET