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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5519340/
https://www.netflix.com/title/80119234
Yet another buddy cop movie, but this time instead of <random race> it is an Orc, and instead of </random><random drugs> it’s magic.
An adequate movie.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5651844/
was showcase.ca/travelers
Hundreds of years from now, surviving humans discover how to send consciousness back through time, into people of the 21st century, while attempting to change the path of humanity.
Kinda not bad.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/
www.irobotdvd.com (not archived)
An anti-robot cop investigates the death of the father of contemporary artificial intelligence-enabled robots.
A great movie through and through. Highly recommended and a welcome addition to my science fiction movie catalog.
based on I, Robot – (1940-1950 short stories), by Isaac Asimov
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954347/
was showcase.ca/continuum
A cop from an authoritarian future is caught up in a daring time-travel jail-break, to become stranded in present-day Vancouver Canada.
Overall this is adequate, but with several plot points and character traits which are difficult to believe. The biggest problem I have is the various brushes against citizen-terrorism apologetics. My takeaway is that this show is “safe”, with some edginess fabricated for the kids.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102562/
An evil scientist constructs a robot surrogate and transfers his consciousness into it to carry out his plans for global domination by kidnapping a very wealthy sheikh’s son.
A watchable moderate-budget movie which somehow still falls into an 80s-cheese style. It’s rare to find such a bold movie, even with it being unashamedly graphic to the point of dark comedy. I think that’s why I like it.
It’s worth watching once.
See also RoboCop – (1987 movie)
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0300902/
In a world where everyone must take a daily suppressant to survive a deadly plague, one cop is put on the case of a string of murders targeting its researchers.
As usual, Christopher Lambert is a terrible actor. I just realized he’s another Keanu Reeves, where if you like the guy you’ll be just fine.. and you’ll also know how each of his characters will look and feel.
Kelly Brook is a work of art.
Released 2003-12-16
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3036654/
Something about a rape-murder and police that care a bunch about stuff and things.
This is just an extended tv episode, and a bad one at that.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602/
https://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist
A bad guy blackmails the good guys because he likes this one good girl.
My impression from the first few episodes was:
Seems “ok”. Unless this has a more interesting story-arc, I won’t consider this particularly good. The predictable and episodic nature of television bores the shit out of me. It makes a series only valuable only the course of multiple episodes and individual episodes become the shit I have to slog through.
My later impression, from the end of the second season:
Characters were slow and stiff until they were developed more fully. When they were, a broader story arc took hold, making this show quite a bit more interesting.
My final impression:
It gets repetitive and annoying.
Avoid cliffhangers: Watch more when it’s part way into the next season.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4258440/
A detective is haunted with hallucinations that include his dead partner, who was killed under mysterious circumstances.
I think some would find this movie slow and boring, and I did at first, but it very quickly revealed a depth and character that I haven’t seen in any television show before and I doubt I will again.
This isn’t a classic cop-and-mystery show. All I can say is give this a good chance, at least until the end of the second episode.
