Looking for a quality science fiction movie, and only have an hour and a half to spare?
We’ve got you covered…
Perhaps more than any other genre, sci-fi leans towards an epic run-time.
Perhaps its because of all the ideas, themes, and awe-inspiring imagery that sci-fi contains?
Maybe those drawn to sci-fi just like long stories?
Which isnt bad for a 16 minute stick animation film.
It lives up to the hype.
In it a little girl called Emily gets a video call from her future self.
What follows is a tour through this future world, and Emily 3Gs life.
Some are kept as pets, while others roam wild and face slaughter to keep numbers down.
Psychedelic imagery abounds, as the film explores themes of racism, violence, and war.
Well thenJurassic Worldhappened, and he did briefly get theStar Warsgig, but no one was happy.
Still, think back to the happy halcyon days ofSafety Not Guaranteed.
In the future, an underground city has been built to help humans escape a catastrophe on the surface.
First Joe Cornish was snapped up by Hollywood, going onto gain writing credits forTintinandAnt-Man.
It leads to crazed behaviour, nail-biting stress, and a truly superb ending.
Space Is The Place (1974) 85 minutes
And now for something completely different.
Its low-budget fun for sure, but with some serious points hidden in there.
James Woods is Max Renn, president of a Toronto television station which specialises in sensational programming.
Fearing his programming is becoming stale however, a colleague shows him a pirate signal theyve picked up.
A show calledVideodromefeaturing staged snuff films.
Long live the new flesh.
Beginning in 1959, three aliens are engaged in a fight aboard a spacecraft.
Cue an alien slug leaping into the boys mouth just before he is killed.
Why, you ask?
Fifty years after a devastating nuclear apocalypse, humanity has finally decided war is a terrible idea.
To settle their differences, they get giant robots piloted by humans to fight in gladiatorial combat.
Cloverfield (2008) 85 minutes
What an amazing shelf-lifeCloverfieldhas proven to have.
With semi-sequels announced out of nowhere, the original should be revisited and found to be pretty damn good.
Simply put, its one of the finest animated films of all time.
Its just done to perfection here.
In the 00s, director Richard Shenkman took up the baton and finally completed the film.
To a disbelieving crowd, he narrates his life to date.
Its comically absurd, especially with the drivers outlandish personas, but also horrifyingly plausible.
Two brothers are born to the Queen of the Faeries, one good one evil.
With that as your starting point, you know this isnt your average sci-fi fantasy, cartoon or not.
The design of the robots is second to none, with a wide variety of machines to delight.
What the film sadly falls down in though, is a really great story.
Instead remember how you felt when you first watchedChronicle.
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