Mythopoeika
I am a meat popsicle
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- Sep 18, 2001
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- Inside a starship, watching puny humans from afar
They're planning a 4th Matrix film...
I didn't mind ad Astra but it didn't blow my mind. I like a space movie and I liked the way it depicted space. A lot of people I know have complained about it being 'another Moody guy in space with Daddy issues' though, and I get that.
I rather enjoyed the first episode of Nightflyers but then I read the reviews and they're so poor that they prejudiced me against the rest of the series. I'll keep going and see if it gets worse.
The whole plot sounds kinda familiar, although I'm sure I haven't seen that film.Replicas: It's the old Frankenstein tale retold again with Keanu Reeves as Dr Frankenstein (Dr Foster) and Thomas Middleditch as Egor (Dr Whittle). Foster is working on transferring human consciousness to artificial brains, basically uploading the minds of recently deceased soldiers. But the artificial brain is in a robot and when the latest test subject reaches consciousness (a break through) he can't handle it, mutilates his robot face and attacks people. Foster heads off on short break with his family but the car crashes and he's the only survivor. The lab he works in has a sideline in producing clones, consciousness transferal has worked on animal clones but has never been tested on humans. Whittle helps him to transport clone growing Pods (so suggestive of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, will they be the same?) to Foster's home. But their company is in danger of being shut down if the consciousness to robot transfer doesn't succeed! All may be discovered! Oh,and they're one Pod short so it's bye-bye to one off his kids.
It's all a bit far-fetched and more than a little suspension of disbelief is required but apart from a few plot holes it is entertaining. Good performance from Alice Eve as Mona, Foster's wife who is a medical doctor and not that easy to fool. There are also various conspiracies going on at the company Foster works for. Some really violent scenes and a few shocks. All in all an OK SF/Thriller but could have been better. Directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff. 6/10. On Netflix.
Does he shit himself repeatedly and have to play in his own filth? I demand realism.