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Guardians – (2017 movie)

2017-07-25

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4600952/

An evil scientist works to realize his vision, but his previous superhero creations are assembled to go against him.

Russia’s answer to Marvel, I guess. High-budget and shockingly-poorly executed. Odd and badly-written, it’s not bad enough to be fun and funny. I recommend this movie for people who are tired of all the superhero movies.. it is like a vegetable cleanse.

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- The song in the trailer is a clip from Защитники by Юлия Терещенко (on YouTube)
previously titled “Zaschitniki”
aka “The Guardians”
early rumours of this movie mis-titled it “Defenders”

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Dark Star – (1974 movie)

2017-07-23

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069945/

In the far reaches of space, a small crew, 20 years into their solitary mission, find things beginning to go hilariously wrong.

Not bad, and it might have been good in the era it was made in but it’s mediocre now.

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High and Low – (1963 movie)

2017-07-23

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057565/

An executive of a Yokohama shoe company becomes a victim of extortion when his chauffeur’s son is kidnapped by mistake and held for ransom.

Not bad, but not a keeper.

Original title: Tengoku to jigoku
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Asterix Conquers America – (1994 movie)

2017-07-23

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Asterix Conquers America - (1994 movie) image

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109162/

What a bunch of crap. Our heroes are a bunch of Vikings with English accents playing as Gauls.

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The Time Machine – (2002 movie)

2017-07-23

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268695/

Ends before it begins. Not very good. =/

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Based on The Time Machine – (1895 book, by H. G. Wells)

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Assassin’s Creed – (2016 movie)

2017-07-08

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2094766/
https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/assassins-creed

A murderer is saved from death only to be used in an experiment to explore his ancestry.

It’s an awkward combination of slowness with action. I suspect it could have been quite good, as it has the elements for it.. but the writing is shit in enough significant places that it can’t recover. It has an abysmal resolution, making the whole experience regrettable.

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Geneshift – (2017 game)

2017-06-27

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Entertainment > Games >

https://store.steampowered.com/app/308600/
https://geneshift.net/

A top-down shooter with superpowers.

An awkward and unforgiving game that’s zoomed in too far to be fun.

2020-06-30 — The forum seems to have been dead since 2017-08 or later.
- No announcement was archived, and no replacement was found on a cursory look.

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Defiance – (2013 show)

2017-06-17

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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2189221/
was defiance.com/en/series/

In a world ruined by an alien invasion and terraforming, an ex-military turned scavenger and his alien adopted daughter take refuge in one of the few reasonable settlements: Defiance.

Although it has elements I like, it doesn’t have anything that actually grabs me. In a world where there is so much else of better quality, this is not recommended. There are a couple of characters who are really well acted, but again.. it’s not worth the trouble.

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Fringe – (2008 show)

2017-06-11

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644/
https://www.facebook.com/Fringe

When investigating unusual crimes, a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agent is brought into a United States Department of Homeland Security task force that investigates such things.

It took a while to like it at all, but ultimately it was lacking an aggressively-pursued over-arching story arc. It was so damned episodic and boring. Also, the lead actor’s constant grimace is incredibly disturbing.

I gave this a good long shot, and by the half-way point of season two, I just had to abandon it.

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