No namby pamby Star Trek nonsense here, people are still selfish greedy sweaty a/holes in the spacefaring future - the world portrayed could easily be a part of the Alien universe.
Very good movie, great attention to detail, I ignored it for so long on netflix because it seemed cheap and nasty.
I finally gave it a go and I'm glad I did, highly recommend.
I feel the storyline is a little flat. It would get much interesting if that local boy joins the group.
shareYeah, it was a slow burner. Pedro Pascal really nailed the part of the smooth talking rogue who leaves us with mixed emotions about him.
shareAgreed! Every so often Netflix's recommendations are actually quality.
shareBoring too!
shareBasically every other sci-fi is gritty and dark lol. I have no interest in Star Trek, but it's nice to know there's still some sci-fi with optimism in it.
shareThere's all kinds of sci fi out there - ever seen demolition man?
shareI was referring to modern sci-fi (and I should have specified Hollywood). Demolition Man is almost 30 years old. Utopian sci-fi in last 15 years is the exception to the norm.
sharetheres nothing gritty or dark like he said, about Star Trek (not saying you agree). a highly polished JJ Abrams movie with nonstop sense flares.
sharewhat was "gritty and dark" about Star Trek....... what are you talking abut...
shareYeah, I thought it was all right - a bit slow in the first 10-20 minutes, but becomes intriguing enough to see it through after that.
shareI made a list of the best science fiction films of the 2010s... This is the most recent on that list.
Cloud Atlas (2012) This is a spectacular and touching example of something I thought I would not care for—spiritual science fiction.
Robot and Frank (2012) Excellent low-key SF that makes me think of the very best of Isaac Asimov’s Robot tales.
Trudno byt Bogom - Hard to Be a God (2013) This film is difficult to understand, but since the previous filmed version (Es ist Nicht Leicht, ein Gott zu Sein – 1989) was carefully explained and totally forgettable; you should give this a chance. It is based on a novel by the Strugatskys about a scientist who is living among the human population of an alien world that seems trapped in a ghastly, filthy, ignorant dark age. He is prohibited from interference…
Europa Report (2013) A little film that is pretty good hard SF about an expedition to Europa and an encounter with what most films would simply consider another alien horror. Well, it is pretty horrifying, but it also seems real.
Ex Machina (2015) Is perhaps my favorite of contemporary AI stories. The heart of this plays out as a two-person drama—in which one of the persons may not be…
The Martian (2015) It may have flaws (Martian storms can’t pack the wallop to knock over much that is not made of styrofoam) but at its heart it is adventurous hard SF and very entertaining.
Arrival (2016) Once again (see Solaris) we have the problem of communicating with the truly alien. A worthy SF film based on an admittedly out of vogue linguistic theory.
Prospect (2018) A great low budget SF film. This is a story about a teenage girl who travels with her father to a remote planet where he hope so strike it rich with an odd form of prospecting. It plays out a bit like a space-western, and that sounds unappealing to me—but the result is very good.
Yes, it is! Somewhat unconvincing interaction between the characters, but what the hell... A true sci-fi - weird and imaginative.
But you can see even on this threat that people complain that their favorite clichés are not in the movie and chain explosions are lacking.
Humanity is in sad state.