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I think for me it's alien: covenant. I was really interested in the ideas explored in prometheus and covenant just expanded on them. I don't get much into the details of why it is or isn't a good movie.

Luckily, though, HBO ran raised by wolves which really delved into ideals about AI and planet seeding etc. So that itch got way scratched even if the run was cut short.

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[–] singletona 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait what? Big trouble in little china got- Pardon I'm gonna need to process that for a moment as that's one of the few things me and my stepdad will call time out on arguments on. It's a great carpenter adventure movie. It's literally a sendup of the modenr john wayne archatype. Hell, jack isn't even stupid, he's just, to borrow a tv tropes term, wrong genre savvy. Also I recommend the boom comics when/if you can.

it contextualizes him refusing to kiss Grace Law at the end and... it is utter heartache in the best way.

Dredd ... needed a netflix mega city one police proceedural followup. with Urban's Dread showing up a couple times when thigns get above everyone's heads both to prevent his overuse and to remind everyone WHY he is feared.

I'm gonna admit i saw the Dune novels as overrated, but i liked that the 80's movie tried to have fun while telling the story.

Well at the point red dawn was made, we were starting to thaw on the russians, even as Regan kept juicing the Empire of Evil rhetoric. The message 'war destroys everyone' is a good one.

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I really do not know why Dredd didn't get a sequel. I thought it did pretty well in theaters.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

It didn't. It cost them $30-40M to make, and only grossed $41.5M at the box office. Studios don't make sequels for break-even films.

It got good reviews, fans liked it - even John Wagner, the guy who created the character, liked it. I don't know why it did so poorly at the theaters.

They filmed it in 3D, a BluRay of which I'm a proud owner, and it's fantastic in 3D. It also explains some of the framing of many of the shots, even though (I think) they also work fine in 2D.