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Another Life (2019)
I really wanted to like this, I really did
But I just couldn't. The first episode was already a giant red flag: Jersey Shore in Space. OK I can live with some young adult-ey space opera. But the more I watched, the more I realized I was making a big mistake.
Most comments here trash the very first episode, and some comments say it gets better after the 4th episode. IT DOESN'T. The story just doesn't develop, and the writing is utter trash. Some examples:
Ship sensors Engineer: (to AI) You always talk about how you "feel", they certainly did a good job at making you seem like you do feel.
Ship AI: "Cogito ergo sum"
Ship sensors Engineer: What is that, Italian?
Or what about Katee Sackhoff, a veteran captain, aiming at an alien 3 meters away from her and complaining she can't get a shot?
Avoid like the plague. Watch Dark Matter instead.
The Call Up (2016)
Bland, boring.
The movie started as what could have been an awesome Gamer + Cube mix. You can actually see it's a low budget film since the very beginning, but it makes extremely good efforts to disguise it, specially with CGI and SFX.
** SPOILERS BEGIN HERE **
20 minutes into the movie it still hasn't built up. The characters have still not been properly introduced and their personalities are hollow and bland. Action feels anti-climatic and the whole movie feels empty.
The only reason why I didn't stop it halfway through is because, deep inside of me, I really really wanted to like the movie. I waited until the end for that "bling" moment, but there's none.