animation

1748 – WolfWalkers (2020)

timespace coordinates: Kilkenny, Ireland 1650

Wolfwalkers is a 2020 animated fantasy adventure film directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. The film is the third installment in Moore’s “Irish Folklore Trilogy”, following his previous films The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014). The film is an international co-production led by Cartoon Saloon and Mélusine Productions,

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The Art of WolfwalkersCR: Abram Books
The Art of Wolfwalkers CR: Abram Books

released digitally on Apple TV+ on December 11 (wiki)

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music, series, Uncategorized

1730 – Dark (TV Series 2017–2020)

timespace coordinates: German small town Winden

The first season takes place primarily in 2019 but expands to include stories set in 1986, 1953, and – in the final scene of the first season – 2052, with several characters portrayed at various ages by multiple actors.

The second season takes place several months after the first, depicting the initial stories in 2020, 1987, and 1954, respectively, while continuing the future-set storyline into 2053, and adding a fifth storyline, set in 1921. The third season introduces a storyline based in 1888 and a parallel reality featuring alternate versions of many main characters.

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Dark is a German science fiction thriller streaming television series co-created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. It ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020.

In the aftermath of a child’s disappearance, Dark follows characters from the fictional German town of Winden as they pursue the truth. They follow connections between four estranged families to unravel a sinister time travel conspiracy which spans several generations. The series explores the existential implications of time, and its effect on human nature. (wiki)

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Nena – Irgendwie Irgendwo Irgendwann (Original 1984)

A journey through time – ben frost

movies

1645 – Spell (2020)

timespace coordinates: 2010’s rural Appalachia

Spell is a 2020 American horror film directed by Mark Tonderai about a wealthy father who miraculously survives a private plane crash and becomes trapped by a traditional Hoodoo practitioner who claims she can nurse him back to health with a Boogity figure.

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books, series

1640 – Tales from the Loop (TV Series 2020-)

timespace coordinates: 1955 > early 1980s Mercer, Ohio. Mercer is home to the Mercer Center for Experimental Physics, an underground facility known as the Loop. It is there where researchers attempt to “make the impossible possible”.

Tales from the Loop is an American science fiction drama web television series based on the art book of the same name by Swedish artist Simon Stålenhag (536). The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 3, 2020. All eight episodes of the first season were released simultaneously. (wiki)

David Baird from the B.C. Catholic characterizes the series as “a set of loosely interrelated meditations upon ephemerality, the impact of technology, and human vulnerability infused with a mild science fiction savour” and considers it “a beguiling fusion of forward-looking nostalgia”.

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movies

1599 – The Devil All the Time (2020)

timespace coordinates: 1945, 1950, 1957, 1965 rural southern Ohio and West Virginia

The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Donald Ray Pollock, who also voiced the narration in the film. Directed and co-written by Antonio Campos and produced by Jake Gyllenhaal and Randall Poster, the film stars an ensemble cast comprising Tom HollandBill SkarsgårdRiley KeoughJason ClarkeSebastian StanHaley BennettEliza ScanlenMia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson.  (wiki)

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games

1585 – Cat Quest (2017 video game)

spacetime coordinates: post-apocalyptic/ medieval Felingard

Cat Quest is an action role-playing video game developed by Singapore based team The Gentlebros and published by PQube.

Cat Quest is an open world RPG set in the pawsome world of cats!
Leap into a grand adventure in purrsuit of the evil Drakoth and your catnapped sister! Explore Felingard’s huge overworld map, risk life and limb delving into dungeons for epic loot, and lend a paw to a furry cast of characters in a flurry of side quests.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows 7 / Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.1GHz / Memory: 4 GB RAM / Graphics: Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 / Storage: 250 MB available space

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movies

1567 – Archive (2020)

spacetime coordinates: 2038.  halfway up a snow-capped mountain near Kyoto at a secret facility codenamed ‘The Garden’

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