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Erika (17788 KP) rated Alien Worlds in TV

Apr 17, 2021  
Alien Worlds
Alien Worlds
2020 | Documentary, Sci-Fi
9
7.7 (3 Ratings)
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This pseudo-documentary is really hard to define. It utilizes science, and science-fiction to great these different worlds with their our different flora, fauna, animals and landscape. Each episode is a new planet. It was definitely thought provoking.
I'm torn on the VFXs, I felt like they helped, but in some ways, hurt the program. At some points, it was a little shoddy, but at other times, it was great and visually appealing. It was definitely worth watching, and I would be willing to watch another season.
Forgot to mention, I loved Sophie Okonedo as the narrator. I've been a fan of hers since Aeon Flux, and her voice was amazing for this program.
  
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Tigs85 (21 KP) rated The End of the World Running Club in Books

Jun 5, 2017  
The End of the World Running Club
The End of the World Running Club
Adrian J. Walker | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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The concept behind the story (1 more)
The descriptive elements of the landscape
The main character is that likeable (0 more)
Interesting and believable concept
Although I'm not a big fan of science-fiction, I thought I would give this a try on a friends recommendation. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the plot, though I found the main character a bit hard to like. I loved the descriptive elements of the book, particularly when describing Edinburgh, one of my favourite cities. With today's global warming fears, this vision of the apocalypse, isn't too far-fetched!
  
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Chris Parnell recommended Dune (1984) in Movies (curated)

 
Dune (1984)
Dune (1984)
1984 | Sci-Fi
7.8 (13 Ratings)
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"Dune, directed by David Lynch. I just love that movie. It’s so weird. It’s such a great combination of the book that Frank Herbert wrote, and then David Lynch’s sort of take on that and spin on that. It’s so otherworldly, but you know, so human obviously. I love Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart; it’s an amazing cast. I love science fiction, and it’s just so weird in so many ways. It’s so different than any other science fiction film that I know. I saw it (in the theater), I can’t even remember how old I was. I was a teenager maybe. But I remember when you went in to see it, they gave you a one-page glossary of terms used in the movie, because I guess they felt like that was going to be necessary for you to get what was going on. Of course, you get in there, it’s kind of hard to read this in the dark. But I enjoyed it. And I kind of rediscovered it. Later on at some point I watched it and I was like, “Oh my God, this really is so good.” I mean, there’s a few cheesy aspects to it, but it’s just awesome to me."

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Ande Thomas (69 KP) rated Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse, #3) in Books

May 30, 2019  
Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse, #3)
James S.A. Corey | 2013 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I've said it before, I'll say it again. The Expanse is hands down the best SF series this side of Frank Herbert. The story is so tight, the characters so real, and the plot threads so engaging, it blows my mind that the show adaptation was hanging by a thread. Not that the show should have any bearing on the books. The Expanse is <i>exactly</i> what I've been wanting out of a science fiction universe for years. It hits all the buttons for me and hits them hard.

In this installment, every conflict seems dire. The villains are sinister and competent, the protomolecule is apathetically devastating, and humanity is unsurprisingly shortsighted and self-centered. What could go wrong?

All hail JSAC.
  
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Tim Burton recommended War of the Gargantuas (1970) in Movies (curated)

 
War of the Gargantuas (1970)
War of the Gargantuas (1970)
1970 | Sci-Fi
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"One of my favorites. It’s my two-year-old daughter’s favorite movie. She’s the green gargantua and my other son is the brown one, and she loves being the bad green gargantua. She’s obsessed with it, as I was. I grew up watching Japanese science fiction movies and I particularly, unlike most hard core film people, like dubbed movies — there’s something about that language and the translation that somehow fits into the movie; it’s like a weird poetry. There’s a beauty to these films, the Japanese character designs — there’s a human kind of quality to these things, which I love. Monsters were always the most soulful characters. I don’t know if it’s because the actors were so bad, but the monsters were always the emotional focal point"

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