Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child (2016)
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Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an...
Wander Darkly (2020)
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New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship....
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LeftSideCut (3776 KP) rated X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) in Movies
Aug 5, 2019
After becoming familiar with the characters throughout the X-Men and X2, it broke my heart when the third film failed to deliver the goods, as it seems like we wouldn't see a lot of the same actors again, especially after First Class introduced all new faces for some familiar characters.
When it was announced that DOFP would include both casts, I was so genuinely excited.
And rightly so.
This is the FOX-X-men equivalent of Infinity War. All of these characters coming together to stop a threat that fans have wanted to see on the big screen since day one - The Sentinels.
The bleak future painted is truly horrifying, as mutants are on the edge of extinction after being hunted down.
Throw is a little time travel to stop this future from ever coming to pass, and we are set with Wolverine in the 70s, with the cast of First Class.
It's a great move, and makes for a really fun setting, with high stakes to boot.
The action is plentiful and thrilling (especially the future-set fight near the end - hard to watch at times), and it's a real throwback to hear the original score from the original trilogy.
It ticks all the boxes as it plays on nostalgia, whilst giving us something new simultaneously.
It's a real treat for X-Men fans, and was for a short while, my favourite entry in the franchise (then Logan came along...)
Homo Prospectus
Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister and Chandra Sripada
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Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially...
Awix (3310 KP) rated The Terminator (1984) in Movies
Feb 18, 2018 (Updated Feb 18, 2018)
Future warriors from post-apocalyptic future arrive in 1984 Los Angeles; one is intent on killing hapless young waitress, the other seeks to protect her. Time travel plot is cleverly retooled as the basis of gritty action thriller; performances are much better than you might expect, too - you can't imagine anyone being more perfectly suited to their role than Arnold Schwarzenegger is here (and I don't say that very often). Every other film and TV series in this particular franchise ultimately does nothing but diffuse the impact of this brilliant movie.
A Wealthier, Fairer Scotland: The Political Economy of Constitutional Change
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How can Scotland use its new and existing powers to create a brighter economic and social future?...
Managerial Economics
Brian McCann, Luke M. Froeb, Mike Shor and Michael Ward
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Teach today's MBA-level learners and future professionals how to use economics most effectively to...
Stirrings in the Archives: Order from Disorder
Wolfgang Ernst and Adam Siegel
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Like most of Wolfgang Ernst's work, Das Rumoren der Archiv explored the concept of archival and...
Human Universe
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Where are we? Are we alone? Who are we? Why are we here? What is our future? Human Universe tackles...