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Michael Half-Life (2014)
Over 15 Years in the Making...and Worth the Wait!
Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. So, when Michael Hafman leads a lackluster life in a mundane office job, his alternate life is full of action, suspense, and superhuman feats. But that was a time long ago. Now, he is in a world in a higher position at work with more responsibility and more stress. But a single phone call changes his outlook on his life and reminds him of the heroics he once performed that made him who he is today, and how Michael Hafman is still Michael Half-Life to those who truly matter: his wife and his son.
A labor of love for over 15 years, "Michael Half-Life" is comical, fantastical, and endearing. Director and writer, David Maddox, smoothly transitions between formats: from color to black and white, from "talking pictures" to silent film, and back again. Beautifully executed, Maddox doesn't miss a step. With music brilliantly provided by Sam Rogers and Lina Hayek, "Michael Half-Life" is as original as it is inventive.
Enterprise: Broken Bow, Part 1 (2001)
Star Trek like you've never seen before.
Before I start, I would like to say to all those hard-core Star Trek fans out there that unlearn what you have learned. Okay, I got that from Yoda, but it still holds true here. When watching and critiquing (if you're a nit-picker), one must approach the new series with an open mind.
Expectations aside, I thoroughly enjoyed Enterprise. The fifth installment into the Star Trek series franchise peaked my interest months ago when I first heard about it. I was skeptical at first, I will admit to that. I just didn't want another Star Trek: Voyager, which I spent that last 7 years faithfully watching the show with little to no satisfaction when it came to an end. But when Scott Bakula signed on, Dr. Sam Beckett himself, I denounced all skepticism and it sparked my enthusiasm for the new series. Right off the bat, Enterprise threw us into the thick of things: the Klingon, Klaang, evading the Suliban, the Vulcan/Human conflict, the problematic temporal cold war, and the cameo by James Cromwell. Okay, those are more like intriguing features than throwing us into the thick of things. What can I say? I was impressed. The matter of the title song is quite a controversy among friends. Many thought it should go. I say, keep it. It's different and in a way sentimental, paying homage to exploration and discovery. I took me five viewings of the pilot to get used to it. Enterprise delivers in every way possible that a Star Trek series should: a bold captain, a diverse crew, technobabble, transporters, phasers, shuttlepods, warp drive, and humor. For all those who don't like Enterprise, I say this to you: give the show some time. It's still a newborn, finding its own way to be unique, exciting, and most of all appealing. Remember, many people didn't get into Deep Space Nine when it first came on. It grew to be a fantastic series. It might not have rated well with the hard-core fans, but there are more than plenty enough serious fans who think so. Enterprise may very well become the best Star Trek series since The Next Generation.
The X Files (1998)
A Transition from Television to Movie Done Right
The X-Files has been many things during is highly-successful television run: part mythological, part horror, part thriller, part sci-fi comedy, and mostly confusing. Despite the complexities of this series, the movie delivers all that was expected of it. Answers were given, more questions were revealed. Visual, it covers the grand scope of the X-Files better than television could ever accomplish without sight of the fundamental feeling of what makes the X-Files the X-Files. Familiar faces and familiar characters add an at-home quality to the film while the spectular visual effects and the action sequences, as well as the stunt sequences, helps you never forget that the stakes are up for both Mulder and Scully. For fans of the X-Files, the movie was a jewel of a treat.