K09 Phase IV

K09 Phase IV: Something that I've noticed throughout these early episodes was Crow's evolution. In the earlier episodes Crow had a very artificial sounding voice, he only called Joel by his full name (he had yet to take the Robinson surname), and he felt more reserved than the other cast members. Ironically, he acted very robotic, which is a stark difference from the sarcastic, energetic, and somewhat childlike Crow that we would come to know and love in the later seasons. Well, at least while Trace was in the role.

Not a lot of people like this movie from what I've seen/read. I've heard that it's boring and/or pretentious, but I really liked it. Yeah, the idea of a huge colony of super smart ants is a bit silly, but the film makes it pretty interesting. The cinematography was also pretty impressive. But, I had a mixed reaction to the ending.
Verdict: 4/4-Fun! the premise was silly, and there are some kinda dumb parts, but it's well made and overall pretty interesting.

Joel and the bots have a lot of fun with the idea of super smart ants, which results in some good laughs in the theater. There is a lot of cute wordplay involving ants and Josh seemed to have  fun with the "Math is the universal language" idea that the film seems to love so much.

Opener  the mads talking about needing a huge amount of money so they sold Joel's car, which actually had $30,000 in it!
Seg1: Joel and the bots discuss Asimov's three robotic laws.
Seg2: Joel and the bot talking about what they'll do when/if they ever get on earth.
Seg3 the boys play I Spy and Joel "sings" "Whipeout".
End: Crow and Gypsy reciting Joel's fourth robotic law.
Overall: I liked the opener, and the end of seg 2 gave me a good laugh. The rest where meh.

Verdict: 3/6-Fine! There where some pretty funny moments, but the dead spots kept it from being really funny.