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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3399896/
Meteors fall to earth, one of which survives and is seen to house a living creature by a local yokel.
Meh. For science fiction it’s barely okay, and as an actual movie it’s less than that. Good enough to recommend to bored half-fans of science fiction who want less science and more fiction.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2049543/
http://magnetreleasing.com/synchronicity/
A physicist works in secret to build a wormhole generator, but its failure leads to surprising consequences.
While I don’t regret watching this, it’s only fair at best in my mind. While it does get tangled up in some of the more interesting themes of time travel fiction, it dances around things and is generally too fluffy for me to keep the tough stuff in my mind.
Synchronicity is a concept in psychology.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4699514/
A pair of semi-friends get entangled in parallel universes.
Mild British humour. Does not have anywhere near the intellectual weight of actual science fiction. Bubblegum British.
Though I watched the entire thing through, I didn’t really like it. Not recommended for anyone who isn’t a serious fan of British humour enough to be okay with a really weak version of it.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/
https://www.startrek.com/database_article/star-trek-2009
While the primary fleet is away, fresh-recruits are sent to investigate a distress call from an allied planet.
A reboot and alternate-timeline of the series. It’s “good”, but is also the bubblegum one ought to expect these days.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402022/
https://www.rifftrax.com/aeon-flux
A comedic commentary of Aeon Flux – (2005 movie).
Although amusing and with a few laugh-out-loud moments, this is mostly a waste of time. The RiffTrax concept might be nice for either fans or haters of a film, but this RiffTrax of this movie was not particularly entertaining to me. I’ll likely get into other RiffTrax’s later, so perhaps my opinion will change, but for now I don’t recommend this.
2007-02-23
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402022/
was www.aeonflux.com
In a ruined world, the last remaining city is revealed to be populated by clones, the need of which the lead scientist hopes to cure but his brother works to persist.
Overall a decent flick, but with great music that quickly becomes over-the-top with its loud pervasiveness. It starts strong, but its big ending action sequence looks cheesy as all hell. I can tentatively say I like this movie. I have, after all, seen it multiple times. Something in me is saddened somehow, as though this movie should have been better but I can’t put my finger on it. I’m not familiar with its source material, but I expect those who are would have more grounds to find fault with this movie.
See also Aeon Flux RiffTrax – (2007 movie)
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082509/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/heavymetal
A girl kills her father, blows up her house to hide the evidence and flees the scene.
While this might have been good at the time, and particularly notable because of the nudity, it’s only vaguely entertaining like a sort of late-night TV-movie. It’s too low-brow compared to science f
iction movies, too adult compared to fantasy movies and too childish for grownups.
Based on Heavy Metal (magazine)
I’ll add notes when I re-watch this.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094625/
https://v-storage.jp/sp-site/akira/
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.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111282/
https://www.mgm.com/movies/stargate
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.
If you like this movie, see Stargate viewing order for the viewing order of other shows.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374455/
https://mgm.com/television/stargate-atlantis
A stargate is shown to connect to another galaxy, but the trip proves to be one-way and fraught with new evils.
Fairly good, I guess. It’s definitely not as good as Stargate SG-1 – (1997-2007 show) but is a mandatory view if you like that show.
