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David McK (3721 KP) rated Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) in Movies

Feb 22, 2025 (Updated Nov 9, 2025)

Most people pick Episode V, Empire Strike back as their favourite Star Wars movie.

While it is a close call, for me, the original *just* pips it to the post.

This is the movie that re-defined science fiction, with a young Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher all being launched to superstardom on its back (Ford in particular), and that is - as has oft been said - in many ways a modern fairy-tale, taking its form and structure from such.

It's also the movie that introduces the iconic Darth Vader, X-Wings and TIE fighters, with the final assault on the first Death Star one of the best action scenes in any movie I have ever seen, period.

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The Wild Robot (2024)

10.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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*The Wild Robot** is a 2024 animated science fiction film directed by Chris Sanders, based on Peter...

Peter Shephard (2822 KP) rated Terraforming Mars in Tabletop Games

May 28, 2019

Terraforming Mars

2016 | Business / Industrial, Economic, Environmental, Science Fiction, Territory Building

8.7

(33 Ratings)

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Quite simply, my favourite game. Being able to play from solo, to five players, with hundreds of different technologies and businesses, means you will never have the same game twice. If I go away with work, I pack this before my clothes.

While the game can be a little difficult to play in the first game, the second, third etc games will be played much quicker, easier, and more enjoyable. Every one will be different, too. It typically takes about 90mins to 2h to play, in our experience, but there have been longer games - there is an element of luck with both the cards drawn, and what everyone else does! Holding on to a card because it needs the Temperature below -8 degrees, then seeing everyone else pumping the temperature from -12 to -6 means the card is (probably) worthless.

The science is obviously science-fiction but is based heavily in reality, albeit simplified, and very interesting on it's own right.

Expansions do add further flavours and variations, but the base game is absolutely able to stand on it's own two feet.