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Aniquilación 2018
Película
Cuando su marido desaparece durante una misión secreta, la bióloga Lena se une a una expedición a una misteriosa región acordonada por el gobierno de Estados Unidos. El grupo, compuesto por varias mujeres científicas, investiga la Zona X, un intrigante lugar controlado por una poderosa fuerza alienígena del planeta Tierra. La Zona X es un lugar al que han ido otras expediciones, pero del que ninguna ha vuelto.
Las caras de Aniquilación
- Cinco científicas que entran en el Resplandor
- Una naturaleza que muta en otra cosa
- Un oso que grita
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la ciencia ficción que parece una pesadilla.
- te gustan los paisajes mutados de colores arcoíris.
- te gusta un final que se niega a explicarse.
Mala para ti si
- el horror corporal y una criatura aterradora son demasiado para ti.
- necesitas ritmo. La expedición avanza despacio y en silencio por el Resplandor.
Temas: la autodestrucción · el cambio · el duelo
Alien: Earth 2025
Series
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
The sides of Alien: Earth
- A research ship crashing into a city on Earth
- A child's mind inside a synthetic body
- Creatures from the ship getting loose
Good for you if
- you like the Alien creatures loose on Earth.
- you like children's minds put into artificial bodies.
- you like a dark, carefully designed science fiction world.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand bodies torn open by parasites.
- you need the creatures on screen more than the corporate scheming.
About: humanity · corporate power · childhood
Neon Genesis Evangelion 1995
Anime
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
The sides of Neon Genesis Evangelion
- A boy ordered by his father to pilot a giant robot
- Angels attacking Tokyo-3
- A final two episodes inside his head
Good for you if
- you like a series that leaves you with more questions than answers.
- you care more about the pilots' minds than the robot fights.
- you like an ending that goes somewhere no one expected.
Bad for you if
- you can't take depression and self-loathing on screen.
- you don't watch anime.
About: depression · fathers and sons · loneliness
Love, Death & Robots 2019
Series
Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
The sides of Love, Death & Robots
- Short animated stories, each in its own style
- Robots touring a world after humans
- Monsters, soldiers and spaceships
Good for you if
- you like every episode drawn or rendered in a different style.
- you like strange short stories that end before you expect.
- you like a story that turns on its last minute.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you can't stand gore, and many episodes have it.
- you'd rather not see sex and nudity, or you watch with others.
About: technology · death · humanity
Raised by Wolves 2020
Series
After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans.
The sides of Raised by Wolves
- Two androids raising human children on a far planet
- A religious war that ruined Earth
- An android mother with a deadly scream
Good for you if
- you like a strange planet full of bones and buried secrets.
- you like Ridley Scott's stark, empty landscapes.
- you can take a story where faith and atheism tear people apart.
Bad for you if
- you need answers, and the story stops after two seasons.
- you can't watch gory deaths on screen.
About: faith · parenthood · survival
Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight 2019
Anime
Second compilation movie of the TV series which covers episodes 9-13. Riko and Reg descend to the third and fourth layer where Riko has her first experience of the Curse.
The sides of Made in Abyss: Wandering Twilight
- Riko and the robot boy Reg descending a giant pit
- A curse that strikes on the way back up
- Nanachi, a survivor of cruel experiments
Good for you if
- you love the layered world of the Abyss, here in the second film cut from the series.
- you like strange creatures and forests at every new depth.
- you like the bond between Riko and Reg, and the friendship they find with Nanachi.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a child's body badly hurt on screen.
- you can't take children suffering and experimented on.
- you don't watch anime.
About: curiosity · cruelty · friendship
Prometheus 2012
Película
Un grupo de científicos y exploradores emprende un viaje espacial a un remoto planeta, en el que sus límites físicos y mentales serán puestos a prueba. El motivo de la misión es que los humanos creen que allá podrán encontrar las respuestas a las preguntas más profundas y al mayor de los misterios: el origen de la vida en la Tierra.
Las caras de Prometheus
- Científicos en busca de nuestros creadores
- Un androide con sus propios planes
- Una operación inolvidable
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las enormes ruinas alienígenas y las imágenes frías y hermosas.
- quieres grandes preguntas a gran escala.
- te gusta el terror corporal y las ideas inquietantes.
Mala para ti si
- los personajes que toman malas decisiones te sacan de quicio.
- te asustas con facilidad. Unos túneles alienígenas oscuros y una operación desesperada se te quedarán grabados.
Temas: la creación · la fe · la soberbia
2001. Una odisea del espacio 1968
Película
Mientras investigan la aparición de misteriosos monolitos en el universo, dos astronautas luchan contra la inteligencia artificial de su nave.
Las caras de 2001. Una odisea del espacio
- Simios que descubren las herramientas
- Una computadora que no abre las puertas
- Un viaje más allá del infinito
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las naves que bailan un vals al ritmo de El Danubio azul, en planos perfectamente compuestos.
- te gusta una película que avanza como una sinfonía.
- quieres sentirte pequeño ante el universo.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas personajes con los que conectar. Dave y Frank siguen fríos y tranquilos, y la computadora HAL es la que muestra más sentimiento.
- quieres que pase algo. Hay tramos largos en silencio.
- quieres una explicación clara del final.
Temas: la evolución · la tecnología · lo desconocido
9 2009
Film
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world. All humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good.
The sides of 9
- Rag dolls with numbers for names
- A world with no humans left
- Machines hunting the last survivors
Good for you if
- you like a ruined world seen from the height of a small rag doll.
- you like a steampunk wasteland full of strange machines.
- you want chases and fights packed into under eighty minutes.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated films.
- you need some hope, and a world where every human is dead weighs on you.
About: hope · courage · what makes us human
7SEEDS 2019
Anime
Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
The sides of 7SEEDS
- Young people waking up after the end of the world
- Shy Natsu learning to survive
- A changed Earth full of strange creatures
Good for you if
- you like strangers learning to stay alive on a wild Earth.
- you like danger around every corner.
- you like several survivor groups and their stories.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need a story that ends with every answer.
About: survival · fear · trust
La vida de Pi 2012
Película
Pi Patel es un muchacho cuyo padre es el dueño del zoológico de la ciudad de la India en la que viven. Su familia decide marcharse a Canadá, pero una tormenta hace naufragar el barco en el que viajan. Pi consigue salvarse gracias a una barcaza en la que también hay otro "pasajero", un tigre de Bengala al que el joven intentará domar para poder sobrevivir.
Las caras de La vida de Pi
- Un chico en un bote salvavidas con un tigre
- Un océano que brilla de noche
- ¿Qué historia crees?
Buena para ti si
- te gusta una historia de supervivencia que parece una fábula.
- te gusta un mar que se convierte en cielo.
- te gusta un final que te deja elegir qué creer.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas ritmo. Casi todo es un chico y un tigre a la deriva en un bote durante meses.
- necesitas que una historia de supervivencia sea realista. Pi encuentra una isla de suricatas que se vuelve carnívora de noche.
Temas: la fe · la supervivencia · contar historias
Lost in Space 2018
Series
After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
The sides of Lost in Space
- A family stranded on an alien planet
- A robot that bonds with a boy
- A con woman hiding among the colonists
Good for you if
- you like a family that fights hard to stay together.
- you like a crash landing where every day is a new danger.
- you want a space adventure you can watch with your kids.
Bad for you if
- you need the science of a space colony to hold up.
- you roll your eyes at big family speeches about sticking together.
About: family · survival · trust
Farscape 1999
Series
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
The sides of Farscape
- An astronaut thrown across the galaxy
- A living ship full of escaped prisoners
- Puppet aliens from the Jim Henson Company
Good for you if
- you like a galaxy full of strange alien races and their politics.
- you like science fiction that gets strange and silly.
- you like John Crichton, Aeryn Sun and a crew of fugitives learning to trust each other.
Bad for you if
- you need science fiction that holds up scientifically.
- you find puppets and nineties effects dated.
About: home · belonging · trust
Alien: El octavo pasajero 1979
Película
De regreso a la Tierra, la nave de carga Nostromo interrumpe su viaje y despierta a sus siete tripulantes. El ordenador central, MADRE, ha detectado la misteriosa transmisión de una forma de vida desconocida, procedente de un planeta cercano aparentemente deshabitado. La nave se dirige entonces al extraño planeta para investigar el origen de la comunicación.
Las caras de Alien: El octavo pasajero
- Una tripulación que responde a una señal de socorro
- Algo a bordo
- Una heroína que mantiene la cabeza fría
Buena para ti si
- quieres una criatura que apenas se ve y que nunca olvidas.
- te gusta una larga y silenciosa tensión creciente antes de que empiece el horror.
- te gustan los pasillos oscuros y un detector de movimiento que pita.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas el horror corporal. La criatura usa cuerpos humanos, y la película lo muestra.
- quieres ciencia ficción con armas y batallas. La Nostromo es un carguero y su tripulación no tiene armas de verdad.
Temas: la supervivencia · lo desconocido · la codicia
The Sandman 2022
Series
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.
The sides of The Sandman
- The King of Dreams held captive for a century
- A journey to take back his stolen tools
- Nightmares that walk among humans
Good for you if
- you like a mythology of dreams, Hell and endless beings.
- you like stories that drift from a diner to a dream to Hell.
- you want the Dreaming to look like a world of its own.
Bad for you if
- you want fights. Morpheus mostly talks, bargains and remembers.
- a cruel night in a diner and bloody nightmares ruin it for you.
About: dreams · change · responsibility
Samurai Jack 2001
Series
A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".
The sides of Samurai Jack
- A samurai thrown into the future by a demon
- A long search for a way back home
- Robots, bounty hunters and silent duels
Good for you if
- you like every frame drawn like a painting.
- you like sword fights against armies of robots.
- you like long silences before a duel.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you can't stand blood, and the last season gets much more violent.
About: exile · duty · revenge
Wolf's Rain 2003
Anime
Paradise—a legend, a myth, and a hopeless dream in a world that has become a wasteland. It is not meant for everyone, only the wolves thought to be extinct yet still roam the lands. When the Flower Maiden awakens, the path to the end will open. Kiba, a lone white wolf, wanders into a poverty stricken city on a quest. The scent of Lunar Flowers and the will to find Paradise is all he has. Along the way, he runs into other outcast wolves—Tsume, Hige, and Toboe, each with their own story and troubles. Fate bringing them together, they seek out the Flower Maiden, Cheza, and their way to Paradise. But, doing so is no simple matter. Up against a world that fears them and a man with mysterious abilities, their journey is overrun with challenges and worse—sacrifices. With limited time, they must fight to protect Cheza against everyone who seeks her and discover the hidden path to their destiny.
The sides of Wolf's Rain
- Wolves hiding in human form
- A girl born from a flower
- A search for Paradise across a wasteland
Good for you if
- you can take a dark road trip across a dying, frozen wasteland.
- you like Yoko Kanno's score carrying a wandering story.
- you like four lone wolves slowly becoming a pack.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch anime.
- you need momentum, and the journey takes its time.
About: hope · sacrifice · belonging
The Wild Blue Yonder 2005
Documentary
An alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans to live on.
The sides of The Wild Blue Yonder
- An alien narrator from a dying planet
- Real astronauts in orbit
- Footage from under the Antarctic ice
Good for you if
- you like Werner Herzog turning real footage into a science fiction tale.
- you like the feeling of drifting through space and ice.
- you love dreamlike images of divers under the ice.
Bad for you if
- you need science fiction where the science holds up.
- you need momentum. Herzog lingers for minutes on astronauts floating in orbit.
About: exile · the end of a world · the search for a home
Alien: Resurrección 1997
Película
Más de doscientos años después de su muerte, Ellen Ripley vuelve a la vida gracias al empleo de técnicas avanzadas de clonación. Pero, durante el proceso, el ADN de Ripley se ha mezclado con el de la Reina Alien, por lo que Ripley empieza a desarrollar ciertas características de la peligrosa alienígena.
Las caras de Alien: Resurrección
- Ripley devuelta a la vida como clon
- Una tripulación de contrabandistas espaciales
- Alienígenas criados en una nave militar
Buena para ti si
- te gustan los alienígenas sueltos por los pasillos de una nave laboratorio.
- te gustan una persecución bajo el agua y los lanzallamas.
- te gustan las ideas extrañas y viscosas de un Alien muy particular.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas el gore ni los cuerpos desgarrados.
- necesitas que la ciencia de la clonación sea creíble.
Temas: la identidad · lo que nos hace humanos · la supervivencia
Under the Skin 2014
Film
A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
The sides of Under the Skin
- An alien in a woman's body driving around Glasgow
- Men lured into a black liquid void
- Hidden cameras on real Scottish streets
Good for you if
- you like Scarlett Johansson as an alien studying humans from a van.
- you like a film that explains almost nothing.
- you like images of men sinking into black liquid, under a strange score.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum and can't sit through long silences.
- you'd rather avoid a lot of nudity.
About: humanity · the body · loneliness