It has been an exceptionally disappointing year for smart, serious science fiction on the screen. In a short period, we had the crash and burn of Ad Astra and Lucy in the Sky, the latter of which has been made available for streaming by Fox Home Entertainment ahead of its inevitable release on disc.
Where Noah Hawley’s Legion was a surreal character study that got you involved with the characters, this film, co-written with Brian C Brown and Elliott Diguiseppi, keeps every character at arm’s length. We open with mission specialist Lucy Cola in space and follow her re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
Clearly, like so many real-world astronauts, the experience was deeply affecting, but unlike the others, she is now forever altered and no one notices. Those closest to her, such as her husband Drew (Dan Stevens) and grandmother Nana Holbrook (Ellen Burstyn), seem oblivious.
At Nasa,...
Where Noah Hawley’s Legion was a surreal character study that got you involved with the characters, this film, co-written with Brian C Brown and Elliott Diguiseppi, keeps every character at arm’s length. We open with mission specialist Lucy Cola in space and follow her re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
Clearly, like so many real-world astronauts, the experience was deeply affecting, but unlike the others, she is now forever altered and no one notices. Those closest to her, such as her husband Drew (Dan Stevens) and grandmother Nana Holbrook (Ellen Burstyn), seem oblivious.
At Nasa,...
- 12/24/2019
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Remember Lisa Marie Nowak? She’s the love-crazed astronaut who, in 2007, drove from Texas to Florida armed with a Bb gun, plastic gloves, a steel mallet, a can of pepper spray, and six feet of rubber tubing to confront another female astronaut, her rival in a romantic triangle. While nobody was harmed in what the police assessed as an attempted kidnapping, what made the story a late-night comic’s punchline was the (disputed) tidbit that Ms. Nowak was wearing a Nasa-issued diaper on her road trip of fury to avoid potty breaks. The new film Lucy In The Sky starring Natalie Portman as Nowak (her name changed to Lucy Cola) takes some major liberties with the story, omitting the memorable detail about the diaper. Nowak’s story was the kind of bizarre tabloid headline ripe for juicy satire like I, Tonya, a fascinating subject and a deliciously strange story...
- 10/10/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It’s always a downer when talented artists pour everything they’ve got into a film that stubbornly refuses to come to life. That’s the case with Lucy in the Sky, an astronaut drama from a female perspective that argues space travel can seriously screw with your perceptions of life on earth. Take Lucy Cola, for example: She’s an astronaut with a Texas drawl and a can-do attitude that makes her a formidable competitor for the alpha males at Nasa. As played by an ardent, adventurous Natalie Portman,...
- 10/4/2019
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
After “Ad Astra” and now “Lucy in the Sky,” there should probably be some kind of psychological study done on astronauts who trek to outer space only to find they can no longer function among other human beings when they return to Earth.
While the former film strives to understand its protagonist, the latter, the latest from director Noah Hawley (creator of TV’s “Fargo” and “Legion”), portrays its lead character as an “erratic,” “spiraling” woman whose rapid descent into madness is somehow connected with her deep-rooted feminism. The results are, as you might expect, negative.
Astronaut Lucy Cola (Natalie Portman) has just returned home after a particularly remarkable trip to space where she, as she puts it, was even able to spot her own house. To the credit of cinematographer Polly Morgan (“The Intervention”) and sound mixer Jaya Jayaraja, outer space looks and sounds both spectacular and disturbingly serene...
While the former film strives to understand its protagonist, the latter, the latest from director Noah Hawley (creator of TV’s “Fargo” and “Legion”), portrays its lead character as an “erratic,” “spiraling” woman whose rapid descent into madness is somehow connected with her deep-rooted feminism. The results are, as you might expect, negative.
Astronaut Lucy Cola (Natalie Portman) has just returned home after a particularly remarkable trip to space where she, as she puts it, was even able to spot her own house. To the credit of cinematographer Polly Morgan (“The Intervention”) and sound mixer Jaya Jayaraja, outer space looks and sounds both spectacular and disturbingly serene...
- 10/2/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
Despite a committed performance by Natalie Portman, Noah Hawley's debut as a movie director never gets into orbit.
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In 2007, astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak was arrested in Florida. She was charged with attempting to kidnap an Air Force captain due to an apparent love triangle involving another astronaut. She became an instant media sensation due to these sordid details eclipsed the fact that just seven months earlier she flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery and operated robotic arms on the International Space Station. Apparently false claims of her wearing an astronaut garment designed for space travel in order to reach her destination without stopping for even a bathroom break led to her being dubbed “the diaper astronaut” on late night talk shows. It was the end of her career and a black mark on Nasa’s image.
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In 2007, astronaut and U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak was arrested in Florida. She was charged with attempting to kidnap an Air Force captain due to an apparent love triangle involving another astronaut. She became an instant media sensation due to these sordid details eclipsed the fact that just seven months earlier she flew on the Space Shuttle Discovery and operated robotic arms on the International Space Station. Apparently false claims of her wearing an astronaut garment designed for space travel in order to reach her destination without stopping for even a bathroom break led to her being dubbed “the diaper astronaut” on late night talk shows. It was the end of her career and a black mark on Nasa’s image.
These are the basic details that inspire...
- 9/26/2019
- Den of Geek
The term “space case” may as well have been invented for Lucy Cola, a fictional astronaut loosely inspired by Lisa Nowak, who famously (if not entirely factually) donned adult diapers and powered her way cross-country to confront a romantic rival at the Orlando airport, where she was arrested for what amounted to attempted kidnapping and battery. When the story broke — this was a dozen years back, in 2007 — news outlets and tabloids alike treated it as a kind of pathetic “Fatal Attraction” scenario, in which a jealous Nasa engineer couldn’t handle being dumped by one of her colleagues and went berserk.
Now, Natalie Portman offers an alternate interpretation. In its oddly understanding and stylistically ambitious way, “Lucy in the Sky” suggests that maybe outer space was to blame for Nowak’s actions. You see, as an astronaut, Nowak belonged to a very small club of super-achievers who have actually touched the heavens,...
Now, Natalie Portman offers an alternate interpretation. In its oddly understanding and stylistically ambitious way, “Lucy in the Sky” suggests that maybe outer space was to blame for Nowak’s actions. You see, as an astronaut, Nowak belonged to a very small club of super-achievers who have actually touched the heavens,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The Pantone Color Institute has dubbed "Tangerine Tango" the 2012 Color of the Year, describing it as a "vivacious, enticing hue ... a bit exotic, but in a very friendly, non-threatening way" and "a spirited reddish orange."
We think they might right, it is kind of an awesome color. But how does it stack up to the past Colors of the Year? And do you think they should've gone with something different?
All the past COTYs are pictured below - (from the top), Tangerine Tango, 2011's Honeysuckle, 2010's Turquoise, 2009's Mimosa, 2008's Blue Iris, 2007's Chili Pepper, 2006's Sand Dollar, 2005's Blue Turquoise, 2004's Tigerlily, 2003's Aqua Sky, 2002's True Red, 2001's Fuchsia Rose and 2000's Cerulean. Vote now in our two polls below to weigh in on the Color of the Year for 2012.
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We think they might right, it is kind of an awesome color. But how does it stack up to the past Colors of the Year? And do you think they should've gone with something different?
All the past COTYs are pictured below - (from the top), Tangerine Tango, 2011's Honeysuckle, 2010's Turquoise, 2009's Mimosa, 2008's Blue Iris, 2007's Chili Pepper, 2006's Sand Dollar, 2005's Blue Turquoise, 2004's Tigerlily, 2003's Aqua Sky, 2002's True Red, 2001's Fuchsia Rose and 2000's Cerulean. Vote now in our two polls below to weigh in on the Color of the Year for 2012.
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- 12/9/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
We know -- you've been waiting with bated breath to find out what Pantone's Color of the Year will be for 2012
Get off the edge of your seat! Pantone has dubbed "Tangerine Tango" -- also known as Pantone 17-463 -- to be the hottest color trend for 2012.
The La Times says that Pantone describes the color as a "vivacious, enticing hue," "a provocative go-getter" that's "a bit exotic, but in a very friendly, non-threatening way" and "a spirited reddish orange ... [s]ophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive."
Who knew a color could be all that!?
The Pantone Color Institute also describes it as "reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset."
We're obviously not that sophisticated, because it reminds us of... a tangerine.
How do you think that Tangerine Tango matches up to some of the other recent Color of the Year picks? They're all pictured here, with...
Get off the edge of your seat! Pantone has dubbed "Tangerine Tango" -- also known as Pantone 17-463 -- to be the hottest color trend for 2012.
The La Times says that Pantone describes the color as a "vivacious, enticing hue," "a provocative go-getter" that's "a bit exotic, but in a very friendly, non-threatening way" and "a spirited reddish orange ... [s]ophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive."
Who knew a color could be all that!?
The Pantone Color Institute also describes it as "reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset."
We're obviously not that sophisticated, because it reminds us of... a tangerine.
How do you think that Tangerine Tango matches up to some of the other recent Color of the Year picks? They're all pictured here, with...
- 12/9/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Pantone's 2010 hue brings to mind Sante Fe, tacky upholstery, New Age-y design, and the 1980s.
Relax, you can buy those drapes now. Pantone has officially announced 2010's color of the year: turquoise. Executive director Leatrice Eiseman says good ol' 15-5519 is not only "a protective talisman," but it also "represents an escape to many--taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting, even if only a fantasy." By what magic, science, or art did the Wizards of Pantone reach this great conclusion? "Through years of color word-association studies." Oh.
So turquoise makes us think of Aruba travel posters because we say it does.
Regardless, it marks a definite trend in Pantone color-of-the-year choices: colors that, basically, keep us from going nuts with fear and depression. 2009 was mimosa, because, dammit, we all needed one. "In a time of economic uncertainty and political change, optimism is paramount and no other...
Relax, you can buy those drapes now. Pantone has officially announced 2010's color of the year: turquoise. Executive director Leatrice Eiseman says good ol' 15-5519 is not only "a protective talisman," but it also "represents an escape to many--taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting, even if only a fantasy." By what magic, science, or art did the Wizards of Pantone reach this great conclusion? "Through years of color word-association studies." Oh.
So turquoise makes us think of Aruba travel posters because we say it does.
Regardless, it marks a definite trend in Pantone color-of-the-year choices: colors that, basically, keep us from going nuts with fear and depression. 2009 was mimosa, because, dammit, we all needed one. "In a time of economic uncertainty and political change, optimism is paramount and no other...
- 12/9/2009
- by Cliff Kuang
- Fast Company
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