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Sorry, I liked it. Visually it was stunning but for me the hoot was picking out the old serials and movies that were homaged by the creator. There was everything from Don Winslow of the Navy to Raymond Massey as Wings over the World in The Shape of Things to Come. I can say that i found it more entertaining than either of the two sequels to Indiana jones,though I liked them both.

There was another movie that featured the "futuristic world of 1980" that was made in 1929. It was set in New Work City and people flew around in autogyros (like helicopters) although the future world seemed to be dominated by beaurcrats. I believe the story was about a man who was frozen in 1930 and woke up to the new world 50 years later. Also for that feel, there was a German film called "Metropolis" made in 1926, I'd love to see that one and there was also another interesting film made in the Soviet Union called "Aletia" in the 1920's. The story was where the members of a Soviet mission to Mars end up bringing the "benefits" of Communism to the Martians. Although the goal of the film leaves much to be desired, there was an Art Deco/Gothic look about it from the clips I've seen.

There was another movie that featured the "futuristic world of 1980" that was made in 1929. It was set in New Work City and people flew around in autogyros (like helicopters) although the future world seemed to be dominated by beaurcrats. I believe the story was about a man who was frozen in 1930 and woke up to the new world 50 years later.

The movie ( sci-fi musical!) was "Just Imagine", starring Swedish dialect comic El Brendle. I've seen it a couple of times - very cool visually, but El Brendle will have you wishing for Dr. Kevorkian to end your suffering.

Yes, I really do need to get a life!