Wayhomer Review #28: The Sorcerer's Apprentice

By Widge - posted 07.15.10 @ 4:34 am

Nicolas Cage from The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Episode #28 for The Sorcerer's Apprentice, in which our protagonist talks about the Bruckheimer machine, postulates as to how the film was written, and gets a bit more ranty about the words "suggested by" than he intended to.

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That movie is totally what Goethe had in mind.

Comment by Dom — July 15, 2010 @ 6:29 am

They actually said the film was 'suggested by' the original short? That's hilarious. I can't even tell if that's a case of obfuscation or an inability to understand the meaning of the word.

Comment by Karl Johnson — July 15, 2010 @ 10:33 am

Wayhomer, are you in the Kansas City area? I'm asking because some of the background on your ride home looks really familiar.

Comment by Warpcrafter — July 15, 2010 @ 5:50 pm

Warpcrafter: In the Atlanta area, actually. And please, my friends call me Widge. "Wayhomer" sounds like I'm a character in Crisis on Infinite Earths or something. :-)

Comment by Widge — July 15, 2010 @ 6:47 pm

I hate to break it to you, but girls have the same dream...at least a bunch of us do.

My big quibble (and it is a major quibble) is not CGIing the Twin Towers in during the one flashback scene set in 2000. But, I enjoyed the film aside from that and the occasional continuity gaffe.

Comment by Karina — July 16, 2010 @ 10:52 am

Well, I'm sure the dreams cross genders, but with boys it has--traditionally--been they are a "hero" while girls fantasize about being secret royalty. Especially these days that can lead to princesses who kick some ass, but those are the two deep-seated fantasies. Which is why Harry Potter works, because it combines both into a single character. He is not only the secret protagonist but secret royalty as well, "The Boy Who Lived."

Comment by Widge — July 17, 2010 @ 12:11 am

True. I guess really just wanted the spaceship to come and take me on a grand adventure back to my real planet and didn't actually care about my specific role on it.

Comment by Karina — July 17, 2010 @ 12:18 am

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