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The Magnificent Seven - (2016 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404435/

7 gunmen, for approximately 2.5 reasons, fight on behalf of a town they don't actually care about.

Fair. I mean.. it's just fair. Why bother with a remake if it's not going to even attempt to be better? It's a knockoff of the 1960 version set in California United States. Recommended for fans of westerns, but only so you can say that you saw it..



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Stargate Origins - (2018 show) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7161862/
https://www.stargatecommand.co/

This goes back in time to the original finding of the stargate, and stars a character we all know lives and so cannot be in any danger at all ever.

This just comes across like short-episode fan fiction.



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R.I.P.D. - (2013 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0790736/

A cop is saved from death but brought into a supernatural police department.

A fair movie. It has some fairly amusing moments but is overall an engaging bubblegum movie.



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WEAPONiZED - (2016 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4776564/

A new warfare technology is developed, but catches a former-military police officer in the crossfire of its activities.

It had hope, but it ended so badly.



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Kill Switch - (2017 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5464234/

An alternate energy generator is invented, and a test pilot goes through as a fail-safe.

It might have been good, but the perspective was awful and it amplified already-poor writing. The secondary perspective of hopping around in time was aggravating.

  • See also TODO for this same point-of-view movie.
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Terra Formars - (2016 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4433646/

Criminals are sent to Mars to fight super-cockroaches.

Oh my god this is so Japanese and so bad. I couldn't finish it..



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The Recall - (2017 movie) poster

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5669936/
was http://therecallmovie.com/

Young adults go on a vacation on Labor Day weekend, but their neighbor has an abduction story.

Overall a decent enough movie with a weak ending. It could have had a lot more subtlety and explanation woven throughout to create a more complete movie-universe.



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To "port" is to bring things over from elsewhere. They will become either new pages or major updates. Small pages and minor updates are not noted.

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  • Ported articles are given a timestamp of 00:00.
  • The dates from the oldest articles (2005 or so) are likely wrong, as they were ported from a still-older content management system.

    • Just as this "five things" process exists, I had an earlier series of notes tracking a still-earlier porting process. In due time, I'll go through that list and correct dates as best I can.

1,717 articles left to process..