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Aniara
2019 · Film · 106 min
Directed by Hugo Lilja, Pella Kågerman
A ship carrying settlers to a new home on Mars after Earth is rendered uninhabitable is knocked off-course, causing the passengers to consider their place in the universe.
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Aniara is a wonderful take on these issues with humans on board.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7589524/
Without the benefit of large special effects budgets, I found it incredibly effective, and left me nostalgic and reflective for days.
I think there are a few movies that made me realize how much the space is vast, empty and adverse to life.
I think it would be nice for people to take a look at them:
- Aniara (2018)
- High Life (2018)
and maybe in a less artistic view:
- Powers of Ten (1977) yt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0
Anyone enamoured with this type of stuff should watch the movie Aniara. It's a great movie that illustrates what a delusional fantasy interstellar space travel of this form is.
I am a big space exploration fan, but beyond our solar system, it's probably best thought of as a fantasy entertainment genre.
It always surprises me that more people haven't heard of Aniara (2018) [1][2].
I get it's not the kind of movie that appeals to mass tastes: it's admittedly bleak and a slow burn, and requires subtitles if you don't speak French. Still, when I recommend it to people who I think would like it, no one's even heard of it.
There are reasons to recommend it. It's tense, has decent production values, and I liked the characters and themes. With a 106 minute runtime it tells the story it wants to tell without out-staying its welcome.
If you're interested in something different, you could do worse than giving it a look.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aniara_(film) [2] Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3426859545/?playlistId=tt7589524&ref_=tt_pr_ov_vi
This one I believe:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascension_(miniseries)
You have to rate a show like this relatively if you are watching on a network filled with crap. It was not bad for a SyFy show!
> Could be a good murder mystery, if it were not ruined by the whole fake ship idea.
Not quite what you are thinking, but you may enjoy Aniara:
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt7589524/
If one's spacecraft missed the skyhook on arrival, it could not decelerate and would fly off into space. The thought is terrifying. The film Aniara deals with this scenario. Spacecraft relying on skyhooks for deceleration would need lifeboats that can decelerate and return to the destination after a missed skyhook rendezvous.
There's a really cool movie called Aniara that explores this a bit. It's pretty dark, though.