series

1692 – Travelers (TV Series 2016–2018)

Hundreds of years from now the last surviving humans have developed the technology to send their consciousnesses back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These “travelers” assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future. (rottentomatoes)

Travelers is a Canadian-American science fiction television series created by Brad Wright, starring Eric McCormackMackenzie PorterJared AbrahamsonNesta CooperReilly Dolman, and Patrick Gilmore. (wiki)

games

1670 – The Last of Us Part II (2020 video game)

timespace coordinates: 2030’s  Jackson, WyomingSeattle, WashingtonSanta Barbara, California

The Last of Us Part II is a 2020 action-adventure game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. Set five years after The Last of Us (2013), the player controls two characters in a post-apocalyptic United States whose lives intertwine: Ellie, who sets out for revenge after suffering a tragedy, and Abby, a soldier who becomes involved in a conflict with a cult. The game is played from the third-person perspective. The player can use firearms, improvised weapons, and stealth to fight human enemies and cannibalistic creatures.

Neil Druckmann returned as creative director, co-writing the story with Halley Gross. The game’s themes of revenge and retribution were inspired by Druckmann’s experiences growing up in IsraelAshley Johnson reprises her role as Ellie, while Laura Bailey was cast as Abby. Their performances included the simultaneous recording of motion and voice. (wiki)

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movies

1597 – #Alive (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2019 South Korea

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#Alive (Korean: #살아있다; RR: #Saraitda) is a 2020 South Korean zombie film directed by Cho Il-hyung. Starring Yoo Ah-in and Park Shin-hye, it is based on the 2019 script Alone by Matt Naylor, who co-adapted his script with Cho. The film revolves around a video game live streamer‘s struggle for survival as he is forced to stay alone at his apartment in Seoul during a zombie apocalypse. (wiki)

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movies

1590 – Train to Busan 2 / Peninsula (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2020  South Korea /  Hong Kong

Peninsula (Korean: 반도; Hanja: 半島; RR: Bando; marketed in the United States as Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula) is a 2020 South Korean action horror film directed by Yeon Sang-ho.

It is a standalone sequel to the 2016 film Train to Busan and follows a soldier who is sent along with his team to retrieve a truck full of money from the wastelands of the Korean peninsula now inhabited by zombies, rogue militia and a nice family. (wiki)


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1586 – Before the Fire (2020)

spacetime coordinates: 2020. family farms near the small towns of Delmont and Letcher, South Dakota.

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Before the Fire is a pandemic thriller directed by Charlie Buhler. The film follows a TV actress whose career is cut short when an influenza pandemic sends her back to the small town she fled years before. (wiki)

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1564 – Mimic (1997)

spacetime coordinates: 1990’s New York City

Mimic is a 1997 American science fiction horror film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro based on Donald A. Wollheim‘s short story of the same name, and starring Mira SorvinoJeremy NorthamJosh BrolinCharles S. DuttonGiancarlo Giannini and F. Murray Abraham. The film features Norman Reedus in his Hollywood debut. (wiki)

Originally planned as a single 30-min. short as part of a feature of sci-fi/horror/comedy shorts by Miramax. The other segments also grew into the features Impostor (2001) and Alien Love Triangle (2008).

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