Sunday, April 24, 2022

Hits & Misses: Hologram Man




Real Talk: It's exactly I remembered as a kid, cheesy as fuck.

Hit: Movie starts off with a police shootout.

Hit: Captain Strickland practically brought out a freaking Caster Gun!

Hit: And after that action scene we cut to a sex scene already in progress. Movie wastes no time at all.

Miss: *Decoda jumps into the driver seat and speeds away from the motorcade ambush.* Where the fuck did the limo driver go, did he get Thanos snapped between cuts?

Hit: *Slash drives the city bus through a low bridge that rips the roof of the bus right off.* Suddenly I'm getting Terminator 2 flashbacks.

Real Talk: Slash looks like Buff Bagwell with dreads.

Real Talk: And of course you can't have a dystopian future movie without some megacorporation in control of everything.

Hit: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. William Sanderson. God rest his soul.

Hit: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Tommy Lister Jr. God rest his soul.

Real Talk: Meanwhile, at a random factory shootout.

Miss: Dumbass SWAT guy stands out in the open while firing his assault rifle with one hand.

Real Talk: KURT DECODA....BADASS ACTION HERO MODE ACTIVATED!

Real Talk: *In the middle of a hostage taking situation, Decoda shoots the hostage only to be revealed that she's actually an Iron Crow member.* Guess Decoda should be lucky that woman was a gang member. Otherwise this would've got really awkward.  

Hit: As silly as the hologram effects look now, it's still pretty decent. 

Miss: Oh yes, just shoot this one guy who's a hologram instead of flesh and blood. I'm sure that'll work somehow.

Real Talk: Discount Star Trek Next Generation Holodeck.

Hit: The actor playing Slash has such campy, over the top acting, I love it.

Miss: Typical corporate police force having no regard for the innocent. 

Miss: Also have these corpos forgot that Slash's a hologram? What are they gonna do, talk him to death?

Miss: Corpo cops are getting shot despite taken cover while Slash's men are out in open without getting hit whatsoever. Just...how???

Hit/LOL: *Slash takes a shotgun and swings it like a baseball bat at a security drone.*

Miss: This one security drone doesn't attack Slash or his men. It just floats there and let's Slash swing at it.

Miss: Seriously how are these cops getting shot despite taken cover while Slash and crew are out in the open without taking a single hit? 

Hit: One Eye: "Aren't you gonna party, Slash? The men are waiting for you." Slash: "I don't feel much like celebrating tonight." One Eye: "You look like you've lost your best friend." Slash: "No... Just my best adversary." 

Hit: For a megalomaniac, Slash is such a badass. 

Hit: *Close up shot of Slash ripping off his polymer skin.* That was a cool effect.

Hit: Hologram Fight, don't think I've seen anything like this.