Notes from the Manager
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UPDATE (4/21): As explained in a comment over on the spoiler-free side, I hadn’t seen Oblivion when I first wrote this strip. Jason’s opinion was synthesized from a handful of reviews that all pretty much agreed about the film. (Multiplex is fiction, not a review comic.)
I saw the film tonight, and while I enjoyed it for the most part, it’s prettier than it is smart. The story does feel like entirely too much of a mash-up of WALL•E, Moon, The Matrix (and The Matrix: Revolutions), and 2001: A Space Odyssey, plus some smaller elements from other movies — Planet of the Apes, Solaris, Independence Day… I could go on, but it added up to a kind of frustrating experience.
Some corny scripting and thin characterization didn’t help, either, though the actors did their best, and director Joe Kosinski kept things fun to look at.
Multiplex 10 is here!
Although Multiplex 10 has ended, an animated prequel/reboot called Multiplex 10 was funded through Kickstarter in 2017 and is NOW AVAILABLE for rent or purchase on Vimeo On Demand, Amazon Video, and elsewhere! And an all-new, irregularly-updated Multiplex 10 web series (set after the short film) recently launched on YouTube! Learn more about the web series on the official Multiplex 10 website!