![]() ![]() The problem with the movie is its failure of nerve. In any case, if you’re going to risk failure, I say do it boldly, with conviction. It’s possible to make good unconventional films it’s also very hard. I’m not naive about the realities of making unconventional films in the arena of “mass entertainment”. Presuming to know what an audience wants to see and tailoring the product to fit is a method that sucks all the drive I’d have to ever create anything. It’s a circular argument which attempts to shift responsibility away from the individuals who make the film to the presumed audience. It would not have made money, ergo there’s no impetus for the studio to make it. The argument for the Catherine Goodchild movie is that an accurate live-action version of the Aeon Flux would have been too inaccessible for a mainstream audience. No, they will soften it for the public, which isn’t hip enough to appreciate the raw, pure, unadulterated source like they do. They claim to love the original version yet they do not extend that faith to their audience. ![]() ![]() Maybe the makers didn’t understand the source material and thought they were being true to it or they understood it, but didn’t think it would appeal to a wide enough audience and altered it to suit their presumed target. I didn’t when I read the script, and there are definitely some things I’m glad WERE cut– like Catherine’s pregnancy. Since my main problems are with the portrayal of Aeon and Trevor, I doubt that I’d have liked the longer version much better. Most of the cuts concerned further development of the secondary characters. I know that the studio made a lot of cuts against the wishes of the writers and director. I know it’s bad form for me to voice my disapproval in a public forum, but it’s silly for me, of all people, to continue playing dumb, considering most of the critics have voiced their disapproval using every mocking and condescending expression possible. I was unhappy when I read the script four years ago seeing it projected larger than life in a crowded theatre made me feel helpless, humiliated and sad. With apologies to both Phil and Matt– who have publicly been effusive in their praise for the show– the movie is a travesty. Q: How do you REALLY feel about the movie Aeon Flux? Considering it couldn’t really ever touch upon how effective the cartoon is. I wondered what Peter Chung might think of the live action version of his creation and lucky for me I found an interview at ‘Monican Spies’ from which I have pulled this excerpt: *As is always the case, Hollywood took what was a pure and raw principle and dumb it down so people would not be challenged and leave the theatre feeling fluffy and warm. If I had to use one word to describe Aeon Flux, it would be ‘abstract’ and that is perhaps why, after so many years, Aeon Flux holds its own in the animated series realm. As the backbone of the story arc it’s about as complex as it needs to be but it’s within this ‘simple’ premise that Peter Chung (the series creator) manages to interweave the most twisted and complex stories one could imagine. Whatever the true situation, it’s made pretty clear that both sides’ core aim is to dominate and control its populace. It’s never obvious as to who is right and who is wrong in this ‘fight’, many of the scenarios leave you thinking Aeon herself is every bit as self obsessed as Trevor. From the outside, in a Cold War, Berlin Wall style, protagonist Aeon Flux and the Monican resistance attempt to overthrow him and ‘free’ the Bregnaians. But as she goes deeper into her mission, Aeon uncovers some shocking secrets that jeopardize the mission - and her life.The premise of Aeon Flux is pretty basic – self obsessed (and rather twisted) Trevor Goodchild takes over as Chairman of Bregna to ‘better’ the lives of its population. Charlize Theron stars as Aeon Flux, a secret agent/assassin/warrior whose mission is to bring down the regime. Ruled by the Goodchild dynasty, it is a perfect society of peace and prosperity - except that it's citizens keep mysteriously disappearing. But while on assignment to gun down the government's leader, Aeon uncovers a web of startling secrets that could completely change the world's future in the gripping sci-fi action thriller based on the ground breaking MTV animated series.*Actress in a leading role, Monster, 2003 (English), 400 years in the future, after a virus decimates the world population, only one city on Earth remains. Aeon is the rebels' best hope of overthrowing the oppressively sterile, "perfect" society. Academy Award®-winner* Charlize Theron stars as Aeon Flux, the underground operative fighting totalitarian rule in the 25th-century Earth's last living city. ![]()
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