by Sujoy on January 9, 2012
January will be the month when I will be rolling out plenty of lists of the best movies of 2011, and also probably looking forward to the great movies to be hitting screens in 2012. First up on the list is my favourite genre, unsurprisingly, SciFi. 2011 was a great year for SciFi, as we saw plenty of offerings – from the alien comedy Paul, which involved a lot of swearing and pot smoking, to the lovey dovey Adjustment Bureau chemistry of Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. We saw Justin Timberlake getting all barcoded, and even Bollywood had its fair share of spandex. And yes, the Thing prequel came and went. It is easier to just point out the garbage ones, as these keep hitting the screens with an alarming regularity. But at 9e3k, only the best make it through. So behold, as we announce the..
TOP 5 SciFi Movies of 2011.
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by Sujoy on December 19, 2011
Charlie Brooker’s final episode closes the Black Mirror trilogy in epic fashion. Episode 1 dealt with the power and reach of non-traditional media, and how it could even lead to bully the most powerful person in the nation. After all, it managed to organise revolutions in the real world. Episode 2, was a bleak look at a future ruled and governed by entertainment, sans any attachment and emotions. And with Episode 3, The Entire History of You, we get a taster of another dystopian future, and shows us what the next level of personal video sharing or redo-memory could lead us into. Would Tivo-ing your memories be a gift, or a curse?
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by Sujoy on December 14, 2011
After a cracking Episode 1, which left us with a sense of awe, Black Mirror returned with a second episode. This time around, we switch gears to enter the world of reality TV in a dystopian futuristic society – an age where iPad and Kinect have taken over our lives, and consumerism has become omnipotent, almost to the level of a totalitarian government. With sleek visuals and a claustrophic environment surrounding the entire episode, this dark face of our not-so-distant future, might probably be the best of genre television of the year. But it is not just the scifi elements which stand out in this episode. There’s pretty much everything for every one – a doomed love story, a clear villain, and even that annoying sidekick which we want to get killed. Read on, as I discuss the key points of Episode 2 of Black Mirror – Fifteen Million Merits. Needless to mention – SPOILERS ALERT.
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by Sujoy on October 2, 2011
The much delayed and highly anticipated, Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park – the TV series”, named – Terra Nova is finally here. Recording a budget of almost $ 20 million, just for the pilot episode, it pulls out all the strings to visually arrest our attention. There’s plenty to account for that amount – the future hypercity of 2149, covered in layers of polluted air almost resembling the deserted ground layers of The Fifth Element, and neon lights and zooming train-lines which remind me of Blade Runner. And then, there’s the 85 million years flashback (of sorts), when the dinosaurs ruled the world. There’s dodgy scifi theories, a timecrack, a very likeable Commander Taylor, a rebel alliance, and a “Swiss Family Robinson”.
I have seen the pilot, and even with the budget it shows off, I must say, that I am hoping that it gets much better than it is. Hit the jump below to join the discussion of the pilot episode of Terra Nova Episode 1 – Genesis.
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