Does anyone know if Blizzard helped the conceptual artists on this one? No, no-- But seriously, did anyone get Diablo II deja vu' while watching The Mummy Returns? I mean, it's deeper than the 2nd-world’s Egyptian theme... To be perfectly honest, it was the "Fetish" creatures in the move that convinced of the movie’s ties to DII. I wonder if they were specifically told not to make the Army of Anubis/Scorpion King look deader than they did --- They might look too much like the Greater Mummies -- Oh yes... Something is rotten in the state of Universal. (And it might not be the Rock’s/Digital Rock’s 3 min. cameo.) I just want to know when someone is going to make a Diablo II to Mummy II total conversion. Please give me your conspiracy theories on this subject.

      On the subject of the movie, I’ll give it D+. Ludicrous action and great one-liners are complemented by the oh-so-too-digital look of the special effects in this over-the-top, over-budgeted B-Movie. (Those are the good points.) It would have gotten a better score if the story line wasn’t, well… in a word, bad. Action-oriented B-Grade movies like this shouldn’t need a map. Here’s point A, lets go to point B. Only on rare occasions is there need for a point C. There shouldn’t be any need for points X, Y, or Q… A-B-End-Roll Credits. The whole past life thing simply didn’t work for me, and while the movie did have ties to the first movie, I found myself thinking marketing ploy. Whose Idea was it to have the Big-Bad Mummy back? It was supposed to be DEAD and gone! Surely there are other nefarious mummies writers can make up (hell, why not just the “Scorpion King”). Anyway, even with all of its giant potholes, I got through it, and no, I won’t buy it on DVD.

     Did The Mummy live in two bodies? Or did I miss something? I know they dug something up--like a shard of amber--Where’d they get the second body? And where’d they get his girl friend? (Next time-- Here’s point A, lets go to point B- End, please.) And who were those bad guys opposing the Magi? I have the feeling they’re already into production on the third installment- D’oh! Why did I like this picture? Hmm… No mediclorians! (Please forgive me on that spelling… I’m no Star Wars aficionado after Ep. I) And I love those crazy one-liners!

-Vesper