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1815 – Tribes of Europa (TV Series 2021–)

timespace coordinates: 2074, Europe (after a global catastrophe that causes the continent to fracture into dystopian warring tribal microstates)

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Tribes of Europa is a German sci-fi television series created by Philip Koch that premiered on Netflix on 19 February 2021. Cast: Henriette Confurius as Liv, Emilio Sakraya as Kiano, David Ali Rashed as Elja, Melika Foroutan as Varvara, Oliver Masucci as Moses, Robert Finster as David, Benjamin Sadler as Jakob, Ana Ularu as Grieta. (wiki)

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1814 – Doors (2021)

Doors is a 2021 american sci-fi anthology movie consisting of three segments by  Jeff Desom … (segment “Lockdown”) Saman Kesh … (segment “Knockers”/interstitials”, also creative director) Dugan O’Neal … (segment “Lamaj”)

Without warning, millions of mysterious alien “doors” suddenly appear around the globe. In a rush to determine the reason for their arrival, mankind must work together to understand the purpose of these cosmic anomalies. Bizarre incidences occurring around the sentient doors leads humanity to question their own existence and an altered reality as they attempt to enter them.

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movies, video essay

1805

Black Widow (2021)

spacetime coordinates: 1995 Ohio / 2016  Budapest Norway Morocco Saint Petersburg

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Black Widow is a 2021 American superhero film based on Marvel Comics featuring the character of the same name. Set promptly after the events of Captain America: Civil War (2016), the film sees Romanoff on the run and forced to confront a conspiracy tied to her past. (wiki)

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Martin Scorsese About Marvel Movies (Thomas Flight video essay 2019)

Martin Scorsese: I Said Marvel Movies Aren’t Cinema. Let Me Explain.

animation, manga

1803 – Children of the Sea (2019)

Children of the Sea (Japanese: 海獣の子供, Hepburn: Kaijū no Kodomo) is a 2019 Japanese animated film directed by Ayumu Watanabe and produced by Eiko Tanaka, with animation production by Studio 4°C. It is based on the manga of the same title by Daisuke Igarashi, who also wrote the film’s screenplay.

It is Watanabe’s first theatrically released film since Space Brothers #0 (2014), and the first animated film adaptation of an Igarashi manga. The film stars the voices of Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi and Seishū Uragami. Set by and in the ocean and themed on the mysteries of life, it depicts the connections between humanity and nature. (wiki)


The “kaiju” in the Japanese title is the Japanese term for a marine mammal (“sea beast”), but is written with Japanese characters that mean literally “strange beast” (referring to monsters like Gojira (1954) and/or Mosura (1961)).

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games

1801

Black Myth: Wukong is an upcoming action role-playing game by Chinese indie developer Game Science, based on the classical 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West. (wiki)

movies

1798 – Come True (2020)

Come True is a Canadian science fiction horror film written, directed and filmed by Anthony Scott Burns. The film stars Julia Sarah StoneLandon Liboiron and Carlee Ryski.

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Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone) submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she’s become the conduit to a frightening new discovery. Dreams twist and nightmares come true in this mind-altering new work of science-fiction from Anthony Scott Burns that haunts the space between wakefulness and sleep. COME TRUE is an unforgettable cinematic dream well worth the submersion. (rt)

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