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− | '''ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (vt. BATTLE ANGEL ALITA). Robert Rodriguez, director, co-script.''' James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis, Robert Rodriguez, script. Based on the graphic novel series ''[[Gunnm]]'' by Yukito Kishiro. Canada, Argentina, USA: Twentieth Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios, in association with TSG Entertainment (production) / Twentieth Century Fox (US and most places, distribution), 2019.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co] Not to be confused with AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS (1924).[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014646/?ref_=tt_urv] | + | '''ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (vt. BATTLE ANGEL ALITA). Robert Rodriguez, director, co-script.''' James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis, Robert Rodriguez, script. Based on the graphic novel series ''[[Gunnm]]'' by Yukito Kishiro. Canada, Argentina, USA: Twentieth Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios, in association with TSG Entertainment (production) / Twentieth Century Fox (US and most places, distribution), 2019.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co] Caylah Eddleblute and Steve Joyner, production design. Not to be confused with AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS (1924).[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014646/?ref_=tt_urv] |
Post-apocalypse cyberpunk movie, featuring a female-gendered cyborg. | Post-apocalypse cyberpunk movie, featuring a female-gendered cyborg. | ||
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In the year 2563, a catastrophic war known as "The Fall" has left the Earth devastated. While scouting the junkyard metropolis of Iron City, cyborg scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with a fully intact human brain. Ido rebuilds the cyborg, who doesn't have any recollections of her past, and names her "Alita" after his deceased daughter. | In the year 2563, a catastrophic war known as "The Fall" has left the Earth devastated. While scouting the junkyard metropolis of Iron City, cyborg scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with a fully intact human brain. Ido rebuilds the cyborg, who doesn't have any recollections of her past, and names her "Alita" after his deceased daughter. | ||
Alita befriends a teenage boy named Hugo, who dreams of moving to the wealthy sky city of Zalem. Hugo introduces her to the competitive sport of Motorball, a battle royale race wherein cyborgs fight to the death.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alita:_Battle_Angel#Plot] | Alita befriends a teenage boy named Hugo, who dreams of moving to the wealthy sky city of Zalem. Hugo introduces her to the competitive sport of Motorball, a battle royale race wherein cyborgs fight to the death.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alita:_Battle_Angel#Plot] | ||
− | The players also try to score goals in the manner of | + | The players also try to score goals in the manner of Rollerball, very much in the manner of Rollerball, as a kind of cinematic citation. |
− | Whatever is happening in the graphic-novel ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL is "recombinant cinema" For Motorball, cf. and contrast [[ROLLERBALL (1975)]] and its source story "[[Roller Ball Murder (story)|Roll Ball Murder]]" (1973). For Alita as female-gendered construct, note tradition going back to Robot Maria in [[METROPOLIS]] (1926) through the female terminator T-X in [[TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES]] (2003).[https://tinyurl.com/y4kerjtg] | + | Whatever is happening in the graphic-novel ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL is "recombinant cinema," putting together a number of relevant motifs and referencing a range for earlier works. |
+ | For Motorball, cf. and contrast [[ROLLERBALL (1975)]] and its source story "[[Roller Ball Murder (story)|Roll Ball Murder]]" (1973). | ||
+ | For Alita as female-gendered construct, note tradition going back to Robot Maria in [[METROPOLIS]] (1926) through the female terminator T-X in [[TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES]] (2003).[https://tinyurl.com/y4kerjtg] | ||
RDE, Initial Compiler, 13Feb19 f. | RDE, Initial Compiler, 13Feb19 f. | ||
[[Category: Drama]] | [[Category: Drama]] |
Revision as of 20:04, 17 February 2019
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (vt. BATTLE ANGEL ALITA). Robert Rodriguez, director, co-script. James Cameron, Laeta Kalogridis, Robert Rodriguez, script. Based on the graphic novel series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro. Canada, Argentina, USA: Twentieth Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios, in association with TSG Entertainment (production) / Twentieth Century Fox (US and most places, distribution), 2019.[1] Caylah Eddleblute and Steve Joyner, production design. Not to be confused with AELITA: QUEEN OF MARS (1924).[2]
Post-apocalypse cyberpunk movie, featuring a female-gendered cyborg.
For IMDb Storyline: here[3]
Opening of plot summary from Wikipedia:
In the year 2563, a catastrophic war known as "The Fall" has left the Earth devastated. While scouting the junkyard metropolis of Iron City, cyborg scientist Dr. Dyson Ido discovers a disembodied female cyborg with a fully intact human brain. Ido rebuilds the cyborg, who doesn't have any recollections of her past, and names her "Alita" after his deceased daughter. Alita befriends a teenage boy named Hugo, who dreams of moving to the wealthy sky city of Zalem. Hugo introduces her to the competitive sport of Motorball, a battle royale race wherein cyborgs fight to the death.[4]
The players also try to score goals in the manner of Rollerball, very much in the manner of Rollerball, as a kind of cinematic citation.
Whatever is happening in the graphic-novel ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL is "recombinant cinema," putting together a number of relevant motifs and referencing a range for earlier works.
For Motorball, cf. and contrast ROLLERBALL (1975) and its source story "Roll Ball Murder" (1973). For Alita as female-gendered construct, note tradition going back to Robot Maria in METROPOLIS (1926) through the female terminator T-X in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES (2003).[5]
RDE, Initial Compiler, 13Feb19 f.