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The Creation of the Humanoids - (1962 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055872/

In a ruined future, a struggling humanity bolsters it’s surviving population with humanoid robots.

Stiff, but quite good.



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The Day the Earth Stood Still - (2008 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/the-day-the-earth-stood-still
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0970416/

Aliens return to Earth to save it.

Great pacing and straightforward plot. Features Keanu Reeves as himself.



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Terra Nova - (2011 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1641349/

Following a colony in prehistoric times founded by people from the future.

Kinda okay I guess; the people are pretty.

  • Abandoned: Although successful, only one season was produced.

    • I bet it was cancelled because that first season ended weak.



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Outcasts - (2011 show) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1697793/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x8fw4

Colonists from a ruined Earth struggle to survive on a distant world.

I don’t like the characters, and it’s boring..

  • Abandoned – Only one season was produced.



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Babylon Berlin - (2017 show) poster

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4378376/
https://www.babylon-berlin.com/en/

Intrigue about pre-WWII Germany.

Slow, tense, and boring.



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Big Trouble in Little China (1986) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090728/

A man’s fiancĂ© is kidnapped, and he and his friend move to rescue her from what turns out to be ancient Chinese mystical forces.

A phenomenal movie. Fun and interesting. The acting is great, the story is great, the setting is great. I easily consider this mandatory viewing, and I think it holds up even after all these years.



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