Rick Baker Promises Retro MiB3, Can't Promise Better Movie Than MiB2
by
Andy Shaw
29
Sep
Hollywood effects legend Rick Baker spoke to Shock Til You Drop about his work on Men In Black 3, showing immense pride in the retro B-movie style designs adopted for the time-travel sequel.
"The thing that's cool is there is a time travel element [to the story]. Where I had fun is that we go back to the Men in Black headquarters of the '60s. The first thing I said is that we should have retro aliens, not aliens of 2012. More based on B-movies of the '50s and '60s. So, a lot of the aliens are based on that. Space suits with fishbowl helmets and ray guns."
For a hardcore genre geek like Baker, even one who has worked on some of the most iconic designs in modern genre film, getting to riff on the films that inspired him as a young man must be a lot of fun and that certainly comes across in his comments. This means we can at least be assured the movie will have some great retro designs, even if it appears to be missing something equally awesome and retro: A finished script.
Andy Shaw
When he isn't writing for the prestigious site you currently find yourself reading, Andrew is busy either writing for EatSleepLiveFilm or posting pictures of dogs in hats on Facebook. He fell in love with movies after a double-bill of The Empire Strikes Back & Return of The Jedi at the tender age of four. His favourite film is Goodfellas, his favourite director is Martin Scorsese, his favourite actor is Paul Newman. Caught you off guard there, eh? You were expecting Robert De Niro or something.
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