1739 – Soul (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2010’s New York City, the Great Beyond / the Great Before

Soul is a 2020 American computer-animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for distribution by Walt Disney Pictures. It is directed by Pete Docter and co-directed by Kemp Powers, The film stars the voices of Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Questlove, Phylicia Rashad, Daveed Diggs, and Angela Bassett. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross composed the film’s score, while Jon Batiste wrote the jazz songs for the film. (wiki)

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1726 – The Infinite Man (2014)

timespace coordinates: 1980’s (?) deserted—closed for business—motel, South Australia

The Infinite Man is a 2014 Australian science fiction film directed by Hugh Sullivan. It stars Josh McConville as Dean, a scientist who wants to relive a romantic weekend with his girlfriend, Lana (Hannah Marshall). After they are interrupted by Lana’s ex-boyfriend, Terry (Alex Dimitriades), Dean tries to fix things by going back in time. (wiki)

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1706 – Erased (TV Mini-Series 2016)

timespace coordinates: 2006 Chiba, Japan >> 1988 Hokkaido

Erased, known in Japan as Boku dake ga Inai Machi (僕だけがいない街, lit. “The Town Where Only I Am Missing”) is a 2016 anime mini-series by A-1 Pictures based on Kei Sanbe‘s manga series of the same title. The anime adapts the full story of the manga, though it condenses and alters the events that take place in volumes 6 to 8.

A live-action movie adaptation was released in Japan on March 19, 2016 which also featured an alternate ending. A live-action Netflix TV series was released on December 15, 2017. (myanimelist)

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1699 – Groundhog Day (1993)

timespace coordinates: February 2, 1992  Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Groundhog Day is a 1993 American fantasy comedy film directed by Harold Ramis. It stars Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, and Chris Elliott. Murray portrays Phil Connors, a cynical TV weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who becomes trapped in a time loop forcing him to relive February 2 repeatedly.

In the years since its release, the film has grown in esteem and is often considered to be among the greatest films of the 1990s and one of the greatest comedy films of all time. The film has been analyzed as a religious allegory by Buddhists, Christians, and Jews, who each see a deeper philosophical meaning in the film’s story. (wiki)

An exquisite bas-relief of Bodhisattva (probably Padmapani or Avalokiteshvara) adorning the outer wall of Candi Plaosan Lor southern main temple. A fine example of the 9th century classical Javanese Buddhist Sailendran art, Plaosan, Klaten Regency, Central Java.

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1696 – Tigtone (2019 – animation series)

Tigtone is an American adult animated fantasy comedy television series that premiered on Adult Swim on January 13, 2019. It is based on the original characters of an independent short, The Begun of Tigtone, created by Andrew Koehler, Benjamin Martian, and Zack Wallenfang. They produced it through their own company Babyhemyth Productions.

The TV series is instead created by Andrew Koehler and Benjamin Martian — Zack Wallenfang isn’t involved — and produced by Babyhemyth Productions with other two companies, Titmouse, Inc. and Williams Street. The setting is a parody of clichés and tropes from the medieval fantasy genre, with occasional steampunk references.

In a medieval world, Tigtone is an intense and high-strung adventurer with a penchant for the over-dramatic and a murderous obsession for quests. He resides in the surreal, medieval kingdom of Propecia, ruled by its two-headed conjoined twin monarchs, King-Queen, who is regularly flanked by their effeminate man-child son Prince Lavender and their frequently put-upon attendant Command-Or Mathis. Joined by his trusty and expendable companion Helpy, Tigtone regularly accepts tasks and assignments that take him to various locations in Propecia, slaughtering numerous enemies along the way. (Wikipedia)

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1662 – The New Mutants (2020)

The New Mutants is a 2020 American horror film in the superhero genre, based on the Marvel Comics team of the same name and distributed by 20th Century Studios. It is the thirteenth and final installment in the X-Men film series.

The film was directed by Josh Boone and stars Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice Braga, Blu Hunt, and Henry Zaga. In the film, a group of young mutants held in a secret facility fight to save themselves. (wiki)

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