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TOKYO GHOST [Image Comics – Rick Remender & Sean Murphy, Matt Hollingsworth 2015]
“Look I didn’t create the problem. Robotics did the farming, mining, manufacturing, construction… Everything. Left an unemployed population with a lot of free time. So I keep them entertained. I make them comfortable. So I gave them each their own channel. When human life became worthless I gave it Value” – Mr Flak founder of
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PARALLELS 2015
Parallels is a recent sci-fi movie based on a story by Leona and Laura Harkom. It is by all means a minor movie, maybe the least one to attract attention or enter the competition for the most innovative indie science fiction movie of the year. Nevertheless, I want to thank V Leac for pointing this
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Air 2015
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent and two engineers (Norman Reedus and Djimon Hounsou) tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind struggle to preserve their own lives while administering to their vital task at hand. A little low budget sci-fi b-movie with a Fallout type vibe and with a great
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The Rover (2014)
I’ve rarely watched Australian movies, but most of those that I did, left a strong impression on me. The Rover by David Michod is one of those movies, one of the best made in 2014 as far as I’m concerned. Set in a post-apocalyptic landscape, the film is about Eric (played by Guy Pearce) who follows a band of dangerous
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PHASE IV (Saul Bass 1974)
PHASE IV starts like a demo tape of biological control & invasive species, but ends up unveiling the next evolutionary step of eusocial life on earth. PHASE IV is an incredible kult science fiction docu- /apocalyptic mocku- mentary / burnout movie with a tinge of western spaghetti dealing with hive mind dynamics, ant/human relations, game/number
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DIE GSTETTENSAGA: The Rise of Echsenfriedl [a postapocalyptic TV movie by Johannes Grenzfurthner 2014]
I recently had the rare satisfaction to watch a preview of a steaming fresh postapocalyptic feature film + a directorial debut, that premiered on Austria’s ORF in March this year. What I was asking myself this time was to try and appreciate an entirely different kind of algorithmic force that was once again set loose
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“There Will Come Soft Rains” – Budet Laskovyj Dozhd (1987)
This is one of my favorite short stories by Ray Bradbury