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David McK (3425 KP) rated Dragonflight in Books

Apr 11, 2021  
Dragonflight
Dragonflight
Anne McCaffrey | 1968 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
4
7.8 (13 Ratings)
Book Rating
OK, so first things first: this novel is older than I am (by about 10 years or so)

First published in 1968, I believe.

As such, it's of a very different time than today.

It's also undoubtedly a strange amalgam of science fiction (they're on a different planet, people!) and fantasy, leaning - I felt - more towards the latter than the former.

It also has, I believe, a strong following of people who thoroughly enjoyed it.

Unfortunately, I'm not one of them, finding it to be dull, boring and (mostly) bland, despite the initially intriguing setting. It also doesn't help that I didn't find any of the main characters to be all that interesting or even engaging - a cardinal sin, in my opinion. Characters don't necessarily have to be 'good' (see: Marvel's 'Loki'), but they do need to hold your attention!

Sorry, Ms McCaffrey - this just didn't really work for me.
  
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Tim McGuire (301 KP) rated The Endless (2018) in Movies

Oct 7, 2019  
The Endless (2018)
The Endless (2018)
2018 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
10
7.9 (11 Ratings)
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277. The Endless. So this has to be one of the cooler films I've seen recently. Its about two brothers Aaron and Justin, that escaped from a cult that believed a UFO was coming to take them away, and knowing how these things usually turn out, Justin decides to take his little bro away and escape. Now a decade later, life hasn't been easy, and after receiving an eerie message in the mail from a member they used to know, speaking of 'the end' the brothers decide to see whats been happening or changed. And what they find is pretty incredible. One of those flicks I'd rather not spoil to much because it was really really good. A pretty awesome sci fi story, with great writing and directing, by the stars themselves: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead! Lovers of science fiction and good story telling watch this movie! Filmbufftim on FB
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Space: 1999 in TV

Oct 10, 2019 (Updated Oct 10, 2019)  
Space: 1999
Space: 1999
1975 | Sci-Fi
5
7.8 (15 Ratings)
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It's easy to mock Space: 1999, so let's get started. But which Space 1999? The nobly-intentioned, philosophical science-fiction drama of the first series, which somehow still ends up resembling a rip-off of 2001: A Space Odyssey made by lemurs? Or the second series, with laser-gun runarounds and rubber monsters turning up on a weekly basis?

Neither of them is honestly what you could call much good (the usual outstanding Anderson model effects excepted), but at least the first series tries hard and does have the odd pretty decent episode (Earthbound, guest starring Christopher Lee in a very strange wig, has a memorably creepy ending), even if it is mostly po-faced and turgid. The second series is brighter, more colourful, and seems to have eaten too much sugar; it's mostly just daft. All still highly enjoyable, though, even if not in quite the way the makers intended.