1999 Directed by Kenneth Johnson
Zenon Kar, a 13-year-old girl who lives on a space station in the year 2049, gets into some trouble and is banished to Earth. With help from some Earth friends she must find her way back.
Zenon, a Garota do Século 21, Zenon - Pigen fra det ydre rum, Zenon: Die kleine Heldin des 21. Jahrhunderts, Zenon: Dokhtare Gharne 21, Dziewczyna XXI-go wieku, Zenon: Uma Rapariga do Século 21, Ксенон: Девушка 21 века, Flickan från yttre rymden
Put this on to have something playing in the background that wouldn't distract me as I wrote. On that front it was catastrophic failure. Lost an entire morning fascinated by the visual language of what people thought the future would look like two years before 9/11.
Probably around eight years ago I was doing a show in an elementary school with somebody who referenced this movie by saying "Zetus Lapetus." The audience, who were all born years after this Disney Channel Original Movie came out had no idea what she was talking about. One of the teachers thought she said "Jesus's penis" and it was almost a huge problem. Luckily the kids weren't paying enough attention for it to matter either way.
How come Zenon is on Earth for one day and finds a boyfriend while the rest of us are riding the struggle bus?
I heard that this was the main inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
"What is she, new to the galaxy?" - Zenon,
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"You belong to Disney, which means you stay busy, Cranking out magic and assembly line whimsy!" - Fake Walt Disney (epic rap battles)
IF YOU MENTION A HOVER LIMO YOU BETTER SHOW ME THE FUCKING HOVER LIMO! Minus half star
From the weaponizers of cuteness, Disney, comes a movie about the power of snarkyness, capitalism and the spirit of pettyness. It's the year 2049 and tweens are still unfunny assholes. On a space station a young rambunctious girl named Zenon is worried about having to go back to earth when a consultant might shut down her parents space research. These rich assholes think that the earth is a horrible disgusting…
Comprehensive list of people who have used iced tips for good:
1. Guy Fieri
2. Proto Zoa
Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century feels like a movie for machines. Not in a bad way, just the dialogue is hilariously robotic with its slang that sounds like what teenage a C-3PO would say. "Stellenarious", "Cetus-Lupeedus", "you're gonna go nova", etc. It feels like an odd world of AI-infused valley-girl dialect, and the extremely-basic CGI gives it an extremely-specific old-school feel like you've played it on your Windows 95 laptop.
"ONE sin minor and my life is a living black hole!"
But that is kind of cool and I really like these quirks, as they give this otherwise-generic story a lot of cool flavor. The aforementioned CGI is so cheap and lo-fi that it actually loops back-around into interesting and artful. Like a piece of ironic Internet art in the 21st-century, Zenon unintentionally incorporates a lot of modern-retro sensibilities. The outmoded and distasteful 90's-era of Internet aesthetic is back in and I will always (un)ironically love this sensibility.
my own personal hell is a disney channel conference room full of adults trying to come up with futuristic space slang for pre teens
I'm convinced this was my wife’s way of getting back at me for all the garbage she watches on account of me.
The worst part is, I didn't even hate it.
Who am I? What have I become?
