Netflix.
A Chinese movie with the crazy sci-fi idea that since the sun is collapsing, let's build 10k giant thrusters and move the Earth to the next star over.
Hilarity ensues around Jupiter.
I'm not sure what to say about this one. The science is "wut?" but it's so out there that it's... almost enjoyable? I dunno. But at least a couple teenagers save the world.
Tough call.
The Wandering Earth
The Wandering Earth
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
The Wandering Earth
This made Armageddon look like a documentary.
I was entertained, but barely.
I was entertained, but barely.
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
The Wandering Earth
That's a perfect review.
It actually took me three sittings to get through it.
It actually took me three sittings to get through it.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
The Wandering Earth
DO you think if global humanity banded together, they could build even one of those giant thrusters/cities, much less ten thousand of them?
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
The Wandering Earth
I think they could, yes.
I don't think there was even remotely enough mass on the planet to fuel them for 2500 years. Not at the rate they were digging.
And how the hell do you burn rocks?
And how are they picking up that habitat ring?
I don't think there was even remotely enough mass on the planet to fuel them for 2500 years. Not at the rate they were digging.
And how the hell do you burn rocks?
And how are they picking up that habitat ring?
“Every record been destroyed or falsified, books rewritten, pictures repainted, statues, street building renamed, every date altered. The process is continuing day by day. History stops. Nothing exists except endless present in which the Party is right.”
The Wandering Earth
Rock burn rate... yeah. I was picturing like a baseball-sized cinder arriving at the next star.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
The Wandering Earth
I heard this movie was a monster in China, making almost a billion in theaters.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
The Wandering Earth
Haven't seen this yet but the original novella was written by the guy who wrote the 3 Body Problem trilogy, Liu Cixin.
Seems like this one follows the rest of his science fiction:
Grand scale
Way darker than its science fiction peers
Characters and society make really weird decisions (as viewed through the Western lens, anyway)
Huuuuge human body counts
The Wandering Earth
China will ruin our movies.
"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
The Wandering Earth
These guys make fun of it for ten minutes.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."