Science Fiction (18)

Nick Koriagin

Destiny 2 (Curse of Osiris + Warmind + Forsaken + Shadowkeep) Review

It's XXVIII century. Humanity has long settled in the near space, met other races, divided into species and experienced the most important event in its history: a meeting with the Wanderer, an inanimate object wandering from star to star, invisibly changing life around him. A giant whitish ball hovering over the Earth saved people from death, and the Golden Age of history began, full of incredible discoveries and achievements. To protect itself from the darkness…

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Nick Koriagin

Alita: Battle Angel Review (2019)

A cheerful, rather original and at the same time simple, naive and rather even a childish film about a robot girl with incredibly large and touching eyes, which the mechanical scientist Dr. Ido found in the trash heap, repaired and helped to get back on her feet - and then she discovered, which can easily distribute lula to traveling cyborg drug addicts. Alita meets and falls in love with a completely ordinary guy who has…

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Nick Koriagin

Marvel's Spider-Man: Far From Home Review (2019)

Spider-Man: Far From Home is a cool and fun one-shot film that concludes the story of The Avengers and brings the evolution of Peter Parker in the world of Marvel to its logical conclusion. My wife and I do not regret that we went, it seems, it will be even more interesting further.

I especially liked the villain and his concept …

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Nick Koriagin

Star Wars: Battlefront II Review (2017)

A series of scattered episodes, almost unrelated to each other, led by a new heroine, a stormtrooper girl of the Empire, and her relationship with the members of the squad. Visually, everything looks very good, the story cutscenes are made almost like a movie, and in some episodes they allow such famous heroes of the saga as Princess Leia, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian and Luke Skywalker himself to play, but there is no deep and…

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Nick Koriagin

Love, Death, Robots Review (Season One, Netflix, 2019)

… is a collection of 18 animated short stories from top studios, including major game commercials, produced by online rental giant Netflix and directed by Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club "). As I understand it, the idea of ​​creating the anthology was to bring together the works of the strongest animation artists and directors under one cover, united by the theme of passion, love, loneliness and despair, as well as futurism…

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Nick Koriagin

Altered Carbon (Season One Review, Netflix, 2018)

On the Earth of the XXV century, there are still the poor and the rich, only the rich, thanks to downloading and copying of consciousness, can live almost forever, and the poor - well, that's how lucky you are. Criminals are deprived of bodies and stored on "hard drives", investigators interrogate suspects in virtual reality, and the minds of deceased people are resurrected to find out the circumstances of death (if they are not neo-Catholics…

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Nick Koriagin

Life is Strange Review (2015)

Max is a quiet and thoughtful girl who does not part with her old Polaroid. Five years ago, she left her small town Arcadia Bay to move to Seattle, but is now returning to attend the elite Blackwell Art School, a famous photographer's class. One day she witnesses a skirmish between a local major and some rude punk, during which a psycho pulls out a pistol and accidentally kills a girl. Max tries to help…

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