I'd christen her Victory, she'd make it

[sovay]

I was having an appalling night and I am still not doing so hot, but I improved it significantly by watching Space Sweepers (승리호, 2021). I can't remember the last film I saw that remembered about Lagrange points. Or space elevators. For the grounding of old-school science fiction with twenty-first century climate justice, a complete absence of romance, and a cast who are the ever-winning combination of fantastically badass and complete bloody disaster, I will give it a lot of latitude for nanobots doing whatever the plot needs them to. Points also for a future of universal translators in which people both speak their own languages and code-switch as needed. I think it would pair very well with Pacific Rim (2013), which also leans enthusiastically into every trope of its genre except when it doesn't feel like it. I wish I'd been able to see it on a big screen at the 'Thon.

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[larryhammer]

I spent the first ten minutes on the edge of my seat, worried that it wasn’t going to commit to its ostensible genre, then finally sank back cackling, “It’s an honest to goodness live-action mecha anime! It really is!” And basically spent the rest of the movie cackling and squeeing.