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Quick Review: Skyline
Based on the poor reviews I waited until Skyline came out on video to watch it, would not have seen it at all if it hadn’t been available instantly on Netflix, and even then I wasn’t expecting to get through … Continue reading
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Tagged alien invasion, Aliens, Catastrophe, motion picture, Netflix, plot, premise, review, Science Fiction, Skyline, Space, technology
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Quick Review: Battle: Los Angeles
Battle: Los Angeles is a fun alien invasion yarn based on a typically bad premise and a plot centered on poor logic. The combat feels realistic, the acting is decent enough and the visual effects are great. But the key … Continue reading
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Quick Review: Fiasco by Stanislaw Lem
Fiasco is the second novel by Stanislaw Lem I have read and overall the third work of his to which I have been exposed. The first was the US film version of Solaris, and while that was not particularly great, I have to assume the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, Catastrophe, Cold War, First Contact, Lem, Science Fiction, Space, Stanislaw Lem
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