Bring on the Forbidden Moon Dancers!
Indie film, Monarch of the Moon, with it's square-jawed Rocketeerish hero, sinister Asian villianess, and ultra-cheesy special defects, looks like a fun tribute to old Republic film serials like Commando Cody and Phantom Empire. In fact, the film's distributor, Dark Horse Comics, even tried briefly to pass it off as a long-lost matinee classic. Here's the official website and trailer, but there's no word on whether it's coming to a theater near you.
[Link: Monarch of the Moon][via O Zombie Comeu O Meu]
Comments
Gotta love the obvious Queen Amidala ripoff...
Posted by: rone | July 16, 2006 8:53 PM
I completely missed that. Yes, seems pretty obvious in retrospect.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | July 16, 2006 10:05 PM
It was playing at the FanTasia Festival (the "premiere genre movie festival in North America"), which is still on until Monday.
If you don't know about this festival, check out the web site, I'm sure you'll find lots that you'd enjoy! www.fantasiafest.com
Posted by: muse | July 21, 2006 1:39 PM
Thanks! I really need to get up to Montreal one of these days.
Posted by: MrBaliHai | July 21, 2006 4:46 PM