{"id":3677,"date":"2006-01-26T17:32:29","date_gmt":"2006-01-27T01:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/26\/ultraviolet\/"},"modified":"2019-12-19T16:20:05","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T00:20:05","slug":"ultraviolet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/26\/ultraviolet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultraviolet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' 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href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/sony_pictures\/ultraviolet\/\" title=\"Apple: Trailers: Ultraviolet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/graphics\/2006\/01\/graphics\/ultraviolet.jpg\" height=\"174\" width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" alt=\"Ultraviolet\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m trying to figure out what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/trailers\/sony_pictures\/ultraviolet\/\" title=\"Apple: Trailers: Ultraviolet\">this movie<\/a>&#8216;s about, or why it&#8217;s been made. I can only come up with a few possibilities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000295\/\" title=\"IMDB: Kate Beckinsale\">Kate Beckinsale<\/a>&#8216;s roles as <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?q=%22kate+beckinsale%22+selene+underworld&amp;hl=en&amp;btnG=Search+Images\" title=\"Google Image Search for ''kate beckinsale' selene underworld'\">Selene<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B0001WTUH6%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B0001WTUH6%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Len Wiseman, David Grabias: Underworld (2-Disc Unrated Extended Cut)\">Underworld<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/title\/tt0401855\/\" title=\"IMDB: Underworld: Evolution\">Underworld: Evolution<\/a> have upped the ante for the &#8220;Dangerous Hot Girl in Tight Outfits&#8221; category (which Kate herself took over from <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005251\/\" title=\"IMDB: Carrie-Anne Moss\">Carrie-Anne Moss<\/a> as <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?svnum=10&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=off&amp;q=%22carrie-anne+moss%22+trinity+matrix&amp;btnG=Search\" title=\"Google Image Search for ''carrie-anne moss' trinity matrix'\">Trinity<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B0002Y69NG%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B0002Y69NG%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Warner Home Video: The Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix \/ Reloaded \/ Revolutions \/ Revisited \/ The Animatrix)\">the Matrix trilogy<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Underworld and Underworld: Evolution, while pretty, were so dark it was hard to see much of the eye candy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000234\/\" title=\"IMDB: Charlize Theron\">Charlize Theron<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/title\/tt0402022\/\" title=\"IMDB: Aeon Flux\">big screen translation<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B000B8I9XQ%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B000B8I9XQ%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Howard E. Baker, Peter Chung: Aeon Flux - The Complete Animated Collection\">Aeon Flux<\/a> appears to have bombed (plus, she lost her chance to take the &#8220;DHGiTO&#8221; crown when she <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?svnum=10&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=off&amp;q=%22charlize+theron%22+aeon+flux&amp;btnG=Search\" title=\"Google Image Search for ''charlize theron' aeon flux'\">got squeamish<\/a> and wouldn&#8217;t wear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdes.ch\/images\/pics\/b_1000118666.jpg\" title=\"Aeon Flux: Operative Terminus cover\">Aeon Flux&#8217;s <em>real<\/em> outfits<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Someone really wanted to attempt to update the &uuml;ber-flashy Matrix fight scenes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/us.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000170\/\" title=\"IMDB: Milla Jovovich\">Milla Jovovich<\/a> has, in the past, proved herself as a serious contender for the &#8220;DHGiTO&#8221; crown (specifically, as <a href=\"http:\/\/images.google.com\/images?svnum=10&amp;hl=en&amp;lr=&amp;safe=off&amp;q=%22milla+jovovich%22+%22fifth+element%22&amp;btnG=Search\" title=\"Google Image Search for ''milla jovovich' 'fifth element''\">Leeloo<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/redirect?tag=djwudicom-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%253fASIN=B0006GVJE4%2526tag=djwudicom-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=\/o\/ASIN\/B0006GVJE4%25253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"Luc Besson: The Fifth Element (Ultimate Edition)\">The Fifth Element<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So: Leeloo + Trinity + Selene = Violet?<\/p>\n<p>Or, to put it another way: Milla Jovovich + tight outfits + promising effects + promising action = my ass is in the theatre. ;)<\/p>\n<p>(Random, only semi-related trivia: In The Fifth Element, Leeloo&#8217;s full name is Leelouminai Lakatari Bali Minouchai Ekbat de Sabat [the spelling may not be precise, but I&#8217;ve done my best]. I actually took the time to learn that, so that at any given moment, I can let Leeloo&#8217;s full name come rolling off my tongue. Why? Why not?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or, to put it another way: Milla Jovovich + tight outfits + promising effects + promising action = my ass is in the theatre. ;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,3256],"class_list":["post-3677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-ultraviolet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}