I saw 1917 today.
What a powerful movie.
This is not an uplifting movie by any means. It is similar in some ways to Saving Private Ryan.
We don't hear much about WW1 and this movie is an excellent reminder of what war was like 100 years ago.
A lot has changed in 100 years. A lot hasn't.
Change the country. Change the types of weapons. Change the mission. It is still the same.
We need to be so much better than this. What is it we haven't learned by now and why haven't we learned it yet?
There is something wrong with me. I don't care that people get killed in movies, because they have a chose, but I don't like to see animals hurt. That is why I have only seen King Kong once, same with The Yearling, Bambi, Turner and Houch, and a few others I can't remember right now. I saw a western on TCM a while back, and I know they killed a horse when they tripped it as it was going down hill. In the movie "The Charge Of the Light Brigade, they killed 25 horses. [Graphic content removed.]
To all my light working friends,
I enjoy sci-fi movies and series. During the pandemic I liked to watch futuristic shows as a fun way to escape.
my list:
The Expanse- 300 plus years into the future, humans have colonized planets and asteroids.
Altered Carbon - 360 years future. Wealthy people are able to live long into the future by transferring their consciousness into new bodies.
Star Trek Next Generation - fun to watch old TV series, also original Star Trek
To all my light working friends,
I enjoy sci-fi movies and series. During the pandemic I liked to watch futuristic shows as a fun way to escape.
I also like SF, and SF/Fantasy.
Original Star Trek was groundbreaking in its vision of a multicultural society relying on mutual cooperation to explore and do good . As for Star Trek movies, IMO nothing beats "The Journey Home" (the "Save the Whales" movie. )
And my favorite of the newer Star Trek TV series was "Deep Space Nine". Most people like that one the least, but I thought it had the most depth of character. It was a little darker than the others, but gave one more to think about.
Others:
Babylon 5---- A freakin' masterpiece and gorgeous to look at. Star Trek crossed with Star Wars and Game of Thrones with a fair amount of mysticism built in (e.g., the Minbari people...).
Blakes' Seven-- This is an old British series that my husband won't watch because it doesn't have "good production values". I think it is a great one, though. Many of the characters fall in morally "gray" areas and must struggle with themselves on that account. The character Avon is fascinating in this regard.
Red Dwarf: Another old British series. This one is just plain stupid fun.
I will stop there. ?
To all my light working friends,
I enjoy sci-fi movies and series. During the pandemic I liked to watch futuristic shows as a fun way to escape.
I will stop there. ?
On second thought here's another-
if you want your mind completely blown by the most bizarre holiday movie ever made, check out the Mexican production "Santa Claus" made in 1959. It has many SF elements because Santa Claus lives in space. This abomination was shown in theaters every Christmas for YEARS during the 60's .Parents would drop their kids off at the movies while they went shopping. I think it caused brain damage.
It's free on You Tube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVO4ZRpTiaw . There's also a Mystery Science Theater version on Amazon. (If you want to risk brain damage, that is.)
If you can find the MST3K channel on one of your apps (I get it on Pluto) they were featuring Santa Claus vs. the Martians all week, with the full MST3K treatment.
In my house we binged The Mandalorian season 2 the last few nights. It was SO good!! So funny - the writing is awesome. I don't want to spoil anything but the character played by comedian Bill Barr has the funniest line EVER - he's trying to get Mando to leave a cafeteria at the imperial mining center and he says "C'mon, we gotta go file those TPS reports" I DIED.
We are also enjoying Discovery on CBS All Access, although Sinaqua Green Martin has developed the bad acting habit of stage whispering constantly. Enough that I find myself screaming "Sing out Louise!!" to the screen regularly. Then Michelle Yeoh comes on to kick some butt and that makes me so happy.
Last night we watched Radioactive - about Marie Curie - very well done even if not technically science fiction.
Last year we rewatched Battlestar Galactica, and my husband has Firefly on his playlist forever. He's rewatching Fringe right now as I type this LOL.
On Amazon they have Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams - each one is a stand alone mini film and very high production values.