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1846 – Æon Flux

timespace coordinates: Æon Flux (imdb) is set in a surreal German Expressionist style futuristic universe of the year 7698 AD. Æon Flux is comprised of a bizarre post-apocalyptic dystopian world of a barren wasteland, mutant creatures, clones, and robots within the last two border wall cities of Monica and Bregna (similar to the Berlin wall) somewhere in former Eastern Europe after an environmental catastrophe occured that wiped out 99 percent of the global population. The title character is a tall, sexy, dominatrix scantily-clad secret agent from the city of Monica, skilled in espionage, assassination and acrobatics. Her mission is to infiltrate the strongholds of the city of Bregna, which is led by her sworn enemy, and sometimes lover, Trevor Goodchild, the technocratic dictator of Bregna. The two sister cities engage in a futile never ending war for ideological supremacy; while Monica represents a dynamic nihilistic anarchist society where rules don’t exist, Bregna embodies a centralized scientific planned Orwellian police state. The names of their respective characters reflect this: Flux as the self-directed agent from Monica and Goodchild as the self-appointed leader of Bregna.

The term Æon comes from the Gnostic notion of Æons as emanations of the God, who come in male/female pairs (here Flux and Goodchild).

Æon Flux /ˌɒn ˈflʌks/ is an American avant-garde science fiction animated television series that aired on MTV from November 30, 1991 until October 10, 1995, with film, comic book, and video game adaptations following thereafter. It premiered on MTV’s Liquid Television experimental animation show, as a six-part serial of short films, followed in 1992 by five individual short episodes. In 1995, a season of ten half-hour episodes aired as a stand-alone series.  Æon Flux was created by American animator Peter Chung. Each Episode plots have elements of social science fictionbiopunkallegorydystopian fictionspy fictionpsychological dramapostmodern visual, psychedelic imagery and Gnostic symbolism.


timespace coordinates: In 2011, a deadly pathogenic virus has killed 99% of the Earth’s population, forcing the survivors to regroup and scatter across the Earth. 404 years later, in late 2415, all of the survivors inhabit Bregna, a dystopian walled futuristic city-state, which is ruled by a congress of scientists.

The live-action movie Æon Flux (imdb), loosely based upon the series and starring Charlize Theron, was released in theaters on December 2, 2005, preceded in November of that year by a tie-in video game of the same name (Gameplay) based mostly on the movie but containing some elements of the original TV series. (wiki)


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1845 – The Animatrix (2003)

timespace coordinates: The Second Renaissance and Machine War – 2090s / around 2199 or perhaps 500 years later. (relative timeline of The Matrix series)

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The Animatrix (Japanese: アニマトリックス, Hepburn: Animatorikkusu) is a 2003 animated science fiction anthology film produced by the Wachowskis. It is a compilation of nine animated short films based on The Matrix trilogy.

The film details the backstory of The Matrix series, including the original war between humankind and machines which led to the creation of the titular Matrix. (wiki)

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movies

1841 – Voyagers (2021)

timespace coordinates: ~2080’s on a generation ship in search of a new home

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Voyagers is a 2021 American science fiction film written and directed by Neil Burger. The film stars Tye SheridanLily-Rose DeppFionn Whitehead and Colin Farrell. The film was described as being “Lord of the Flies in space”. (wiki)

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animation

1839 – Justice Society: World War II (2021)

timespace coordinates:  Metropolis >> early 1940s  France, the Bermuda Triangle,  AtlantisManhattan.

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Justice Society: World War II is an American animated direct-to-video superhero film produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. It is the 41st film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies line.


The Justice Society of America (JSA) is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team was conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox during the Golden Age of Comic Books. The JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940–1941), making it the first team of superheroes in comic books.

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1838 – The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

timespace coordinates: 2019 robot uprising  / cross-country road trip  Michigan > West Coast

The Mitchells vs the Machines (formerly called Connected) is a 2021 American computer-animated road science fiction comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation. The film was directed by Mike Rianda (in his feature directorial debut), co-directed by Jeff Rowe, and written by Rianda and Rowe.

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series

1837 – Snowpiercer: Season 2 (2021)

timespace coordinates: 2021, seven years after the world becomes a frozen wasteland 

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Snowpiercer (TV Series 2020-)

Snowpiercer (2013)

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movies

1835 – Mortal Kombat (2021)

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Mortal Kombat is a 2021 American martial arts fantasy film directed by Simon McQuoid (in his feature directorial debut). It is based on the video game franchise of the same name created by Ed Boon and John Tobias, serving as a reboot to the Mortal Kombat film series.

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The film stars Lewis TanJessica McNameeJosh LawsonTadanobu AsanoMehcad BrooksLudi LinChin HanJoe Taslim, and Hiroyuki Sanada. (wiki)

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