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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120201/
Aliens are sending spores to colonize Earth, but when humans send a retaliatory force to their homeworld they learn the bugs are a far more dangerous foe than anticipated.
It’s a largely flawless movie. Amazing fun for what it is, which is the sort of military movie where only one soldier runs out of ammo once in the entire movie.
Based on Starship Troopers – (1959 book), by Robert A. Heinlein
TODO – take better notes when I next re-watch this.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/
A time traveling agent chases after a terrorist bomber.
A very good movie, notable for its unique handling of issues in time travelling.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4085502/
A pair of scientists learn they can push electrons back in time and can send emails.
Calm, enthralling, and deeply moving. This movie does all the right things with science fiction and time travel. It keeps the core values of the characters, lets things make just enough sense to have the audience both engaged, confused and planning ahead, and has a romantic streak to it.
Highly recommended!
This movie is entirely in the Dutch language.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3042408/
A young, broken, man, enters an underground community of computer crackers, trying desperately to prove himself but with consequences.
An extremely good movie. While not quite mandatory, it’s definitely a proper advancement of the “hacker kid” movies that have sullied past movies. Highly recommended, even for people that “know their stuff”, as it doesn’t lay on the techno-babble which describes everything painfully wrong. Instead, it takes a reasonable middle ground, staying away from pop culture and fairly-firmly on the social side of storytelling.
See also Fight Club – (1999 movie)
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(on Wikipedia) (Summarizing it would spoil it.) Adorable and heartbreaking, this was one of the first if not the first short film which got me interested in this sub-genre.
Entertainment > Movies > https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2333508/ A princess, being chased by orcs and to be a sacrifice, passes through a gate into our world but the orcs follow her. If this movie could be considered a B-movie, it is extraordinary. It’s well-written and well-acted, and unlike Orcs! – (2011 movie) there is no comedy and I have no feeling that there is need or room for any. I easily consider this a low-budget A-movie. It was good. Very good. Not surprisingly good, actually good. I don’t know how strongly I can or should recommend this. My heart melts for Aleya, so I’m pretty sure I’m biased.
Entertainment > Movies > (on Wikipedia) Instead of being allowed to sleep in on his day off, a man is called in to work an extra shift at his convenience store job, and his day goes to complete shit. The acting is a little halted in places, since these are mostly or perhaps entirely first-timers, but the writing is spectacular. It’s got great flow and style, and is hilarious and memorable. I first rented this as a VHS tape back in the day, and was immediately impressed. I’m glad this movie, and its author, have done well.
I’ll add notes when I re-watch this.
Entertainment > Movies > (on Wikipedia) In a future Tokyo which has survived a massive explosion, a highschool student motorcycle gang stumbles into a military research program whose earlier efforts lead to that disaster, and they become embroiled in the revived project. A genre-defining movie on so many levels. It portrays a world unique to those unfamiliar with manga (a form of Japanese comics) and has both great storytelling and incredible animation. See also: –
Entertainment > Movies > (on Wikipedia) An ancient discovery in Egypt, from before the pyramids, is found to be a gateway to another world which is still kept as a slave planet by Ra, a self-appointed god who is an alien just trying to get by. A fantastic movie. Not exactly mandatory. Perhaps elements of it don’t feel like they have held up well, or maybe there has been so much excellent science fiction before, during and since its time.
Entertainment > Television > (on Wikipedia) Upon contact with aliens, humans set up a space station to promote ambassadorial relations among species. Easily among the best television I’ve seen. Everything about this series is phenomenal: acting, stories, sets, etc. Unfortunately, the graphics do appear dated in places, but it otherwise holds up very well. Mandatory viewing.
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