While watching the latest Hollywood excuse for not paying scriptwriters
(cliched dialogue, some cool FX, some mediocre), I caught a glimpse of
what looked like a ripoff of the FSOL Hydra (you know, the tentacled orb
that graces much of their cover art). At first I thought they were
ripping off Buggy. Then, as I sat through the overlong end credits (some
of the credits FX were better than the movie), listening to the sad excuse
for electronica (crystal method, propellerheads, fatboy slim - need I say
more?) that they didn't play during the movie (fear of alienating the
parents?), but instead played over the end credits to give lamers an
excuse to buy the soundtrack (otherwise your usual pseudo-classical
schmaltz), when lo, I spotted Buggy G. Riphead being given credit for
visual design of the Jupiter 2 Brain and the some of the Proteus. Fitting
that it would be an electronic brain, upon which violence was visited
upon...
Che