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Safety Not Guaranteed
2012 · Film · 86 min
Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.
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Does this ytmnd predate the movie 'safety not guaranteed'?
This thread contains references to a film called "Safety Not Guaranteed" [1]. ;)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_Not_Guaranteed
I really like The One I Love (2014), the same guy stars in my favourite time travel movie Safety Not Guaranteed (2012).
You could argue that Star Trek is an 'space soap opera' haha ;)
But I agree, there are some pretty bad films being made under the science fiction genre. I want movies referencing hard science fiction (was wondering the other day what an adaption of 'The Three-Body Problem' might be like) and space operas too (Culture series is dying for a film adaption).
But in terms of science fiction, I think it's great seeing non-space material being made too. Stuff like 'Dark Mirror', 'The Man from Earth', and 'Safety Not Guaranteed' are pretty good indicators to me that good science fiction has gone mainstream.
The two you need to watch:
- Get the Gringo
- Grabbers
The rest:
- Cloud Atlas was...interesting.
- Pitch Perfect was the absolute worst, but hilarious. In a similar vein: For a Good Time, Call.
- Argo and Beast of the Southern Wild are overhyped in my opinion.
- Life of Pi was great (make sure to read the book at some point).
- End of Watch was better than advertised.
- Dark Knight Rises was a solid conclusion to the series.
- Ted was funny, but doesn't work so well on repeat views.
- Other movies you should watch: The new Total Recall. Safety Not Guaranteed. Lawless. The Amazing Spiderman (awesome series reboot)
* Spoiler *
So - I had no issues with most of the criticisms in the article, and, I could put down the odd behavior by the scientists and the scary snake alien, as more human failing than anything else. Indeed, most of the scientists contacts said they'd do pretty much what the scientists in the movie did - maybe a bit more cautiously, but what kind of movie would that make.
The one issue that _did_ drive me crazy, to the point of distracting me from the entire movie - was the suggestion that Human DNA descended from some random alien who jumped into a waterfall. Forget about "Ignoring Darwinism for 200 years" (as they tried to address this gaping lot hole in the movie) - How do you account for an almost flawless Genetic Tree that shows the relationship between Humans and basically all other animals on the planet?
The worst part, is they could have handled it with a bit of care (I.E. In the way that the "slab" in 2001 provided the spark of intellect for the apes, jumpstarting humanity) - they could have shown Apes (or some other hominid) interacting with the DNA and being altered.
Anyways - I still think it's probably the best SciFi movie of the year, so far. (Not that there was a lot of Competition - MIB? Avengers? Cabin in the woods? I have hopes for "Safety not guaranteed")