Besides 'The Fly' this is the scariest movie I've ever seen. The similarities of this to Annihilation I'm sure have been done. But there's another movie from 2017 called 'Life' that made me feel similarly gross and empty if you're interested in like pervasive existential terror.
Have you ever read Peter Watts' story The Things, retelling it from the perspective of the alien? I normally roll my eyes at that sort of elevator pitch but I thought he pulled it off really, really well.
Watched this again last night and was aghast to find in my background reading that this movie was HATED at release. The explanation seemed to be that it was "boring" and "too cynical" which makes a little bit of sense in a year where ET was the biggest movie in the world, but it seems like the critical reevaluation has swung so far the other way since then. Any thoughts on what was wrong with these freaks in '82?
If you are still accepting reader questions, here is an extremely important one:
One Connor to another, what is the best way to deal with being called Connor? Is it best to tough it out, or should one try to transition into a nickname like Connie to take the heat off?
Besides 'The Fly' this is the scariest movie I've ever seen. The similarities of this to Annihilation I'm sure have been done. But there's another movie from 2017 called 'Life' that made me feel similarly gross and empty if you're interested in like pervasive existential terror.
Have you ever read Peter Watts' story The Things, retelling it from the perspective of the alien? I normally roll my eyes at that sort of elevator pitch but I thought he pulled it off really, really well.
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/
Watched this again last night and was aghast to find in my background reading that this movie was HATED at release. The explanation seemed to be that it was "boring" and "too cynical" which makes a little bit of sense in a year where ET was the biggest movie in the world, but it seems like the critical reevaluation has swung so far the other way since then. Any thoughts on what was wrong with these freaks in '82?
Connor,
If you are still accepting reader questions, here is an extremely important one:
One Connor to another, what is the best way to deal with being called Connor? Is it best to tough it out, or should one try to transition into a nickname like Connie to take the heat off?
Yours,
Another Connor