dystopian-esque movies

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There are more than seven boys.
There are more than seven boys.

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College students LARPing as revolutionaries set a hacker up, but he causes a shitstorm in an agent training prison.

This is pretty good. It’s essentially a Dutch revisitation of the concepts in the French movie La Femme Nikita – (1990 movie). It’s straightforward and so it seems fairly low budget.

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In a world where lifespan replaces currency, one man is given more than his due, upsetting the balance of powers.

Good story, pacing, and acting.


Priest - (2011 movie) poster

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A world war between mankind and vampires leaves it in ruins ruled by a holdout of humans, but vampires are not extinct.

Pretty good all around!



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Pandorum - (2009 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188729/

A colony ship faces a set of disasters that leave it both crippled and filled with a confused crew.

Better than my description.



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Franklyn - (2009 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0893402/

A mix of odd stories and fantasies that ultimately makes little sense.

Fucking weird and pointless.

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Patema Inverted - (2013 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2981768/
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/patema
was patema.jp

People live underground for reasons adults keep secret, but one child ventures out and discovers the truth..

Very quite good indeed..



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A.I. Artificial Intelligence - (2001 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212720/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/ai-artificial-intelligence

A corporation takes advantage of a grieving mother by using her to test a prototype robot in the guise of a little boy played by the actor from The Sixth Sense – (1999 movie) playing himself but in this movie.

Maybe in context it was special, but it’s pretty obvious and tedious, and the incredibly drawn-out and potentially multiple-endings fucking suck man. If you’re into robots, you should totally watch this.. once.

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  • 2023-04-28
  • I’ve seen this before, some time ago, at least once but possibly more than once.

2023-04-28

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    • The ruined world and dystopia are glossed over in just so much text.
  • 1:15 — Climate alarmism and the population lie.

    • The polar ice caps melting and the cities being drowned by the oceans, just like the 1988 predictions which totally came true.
  • 2:00 — Just like solar panels, robots need maintenance and are a horrible long-term solution.
  • 5:30 — This is exactly the right actor for exactly this presentation.
  • 6:15 — Oh, humans can love objects easily enough. Women fall in love with text.
  • 7:15 — Twenty months later.
  • 8:00 —

    • Robin Hood
    • Robin of Sherwood was a TV series.
    • Michael Morpurgo is in fact an author, but I see no reference of him writing “Robin of Sherwood”. He wrote Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood in 2012 though, but recall that this movie was from 2001.
  • 11:15 — Maybe teach the robot to blink and not see dead people..
  • 11:45 — Did he really expect a woman to know what to do?
  • 13:30 — See also Humans – (2015 show)
  • 15:15 — Are you sure this isn’t a horror movie? Any believed mother would consider it..
  • 16:30 — The mug teleported out of her hand.
  • 18:30 — Yes, married couples don’t lock the bathroom door.
  • 20:45 — Putting that thing in her son’s room would absolutely not fly in this world. I guess in their dystopic future she’s been trained and damaged enough to act like this..
  • 21:30 — So I guess the kid is in suspended animation?
  • 25:30 — So are the roles reversed now? The woman becomes a mommy (since she can’t be a parent). So the toy is a surrogate. So just like I said, women can fall in love with text.
  • 34:45 — The Adventures of Pinocchio – (1883 book), by Carlo Collodi
  • 44:30 — Good thing there are men around, since all the women are doing nothing at all.
  • 54:30 — This is exactly the right actor for exactly this scene.
  • 1:08:00 — Oh my god, is that Chris Rock? Apparently that character’s name is “Peanut Butter”.
  • 1:13:00 — Time (magazine)
  • 1:13:45 — Why the fuck would people be standing so near that?
  • 1:14:00 — White elephant
  • 1:16:00 — A play on “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” from John 8:7
  • 1:24:00 — So about getting those men hookers?
  • 1:26:30 — This is a parody of Albert Einstein.
  • 1:30:45 — That’s the voice of Robin Williams.
  • 1:31:00 — Manhattan
  • 1:46:30 —

    • Why would they all be made the same? People going outside would meet one another and see their clones.
    • Why would one of the robots move?
  • 1:47:30 — Aah yes, now I recall this stuff. This is ending #1; suicide.
  • 1:48:00 — So does he float? Are there currents? Are those mecha fishes?
  • 1:49:15 — Ending #2.
  • 1:50:00 — Ending #3.
  • 1:40:15 — Handy that it’s submersible, and that he can now pilot it. It would have been cool if it leaked, given that he doesn’t need to breathe. That would be a commentary on how this thing isn’t designed for this.
  • 1:53:00 — Ending #4; trap him and fade to black.
  • 1:54:00 — “Please make me a real actor.”
  • 1:55:30 — Ending #5; he fades away.
  • 2:06:15 — Teddy has pockets for some reason. Ending #6; just fade to black.
  • 2:07:15 — So.. what are the ethics here? Are they making an automaton? How will they make her act correctly? Is it all based on his memories of her? Eww.

2:09:30 — Given that they have many cells, I suppose they could keep some individuals alive for a thousand years of single days. Or just keep people awake for forever.

  • 2:09:45 — This is some bullshit..
  • 2:11:45 — Oh my god make this movie stop.
  • 2:12:45 — The hair had the memories up until the point it was cut, therefore she is horrified by him.
  • 2:13:15 — I’m still confused as to how the robot cries but can’t drink.
  • 2:14:15 — So she’s dumb and can’t remember anything else? Oh, she’s artificial..
  • 2:16:00 — Seven candles.
  • 2:17:00 — I guess the aliens/future robots are marionetting her.
  • 2:18:00 — But Teddy was immortal and basic human philosophies compelled him to take over the alien race and start a civil war leading to their extinction THE END.

You know what, this was a tedious movie with nothing unique to it. Maybe in it’s time I liked it, but that punchable kid and the multiple long-winded endings spoiled it.

Helix - (2015 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1764355

In a future Vancouver, a copy is swept up into politics and stuff and things..

Great effects and environment, but the writing is weak and the acting is atrocious.



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The Creation of the Humanoids - (1962 movie) poster

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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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Embers - (2015 movie) poster

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3503460/
http://www.embersmovie.com/

A few stories about everyday people in a world without memories.

Slow and moody; very good.



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