• this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Only reason why I like this movie. Tom Cruise dies a lot… Like a lot. Like a crazy amount of over and over it is just to good he’s so squishy. Only redeeming quality of this movie

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      10 hours ago

      The monsters were kinda hype.

      I remember they made an entire physics engine on how they glitch around the battlefield.

      But other than that… The movie breaks its own rules too many times, and for a movie playing it straight, that’s kinda Sci-fi sin #1.

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    1 day ago

    Glad to see this film getting the recognition it deserves. I never understood why it flopped. Really good, fun, competent sci-fi.

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            21 hours ago

            Aight I haven’t seen those threads but I’m guessing it’s about how he resets to a day or two before he was given the power by the alpha?

            That’s a very fair thing to wonder. I wouldn’t expect the power to work if the omega was dead. I assumed plot convenience but maybe others were more curious.

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      1 day ago

      It’s a light novel, as stated in the Wikipedia article you linked.
      It also seems to have a manga adaptation and a graphic novel adaptation, which I didn’t know.

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    2 days ago

    Such a cool action flick. Up there with Fury Road for how rewatchable it is for me.

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      22 hours ago

      Great for Cruise fans because he’s in it.

      Great for people who hate Cruise because he dies over and over again.

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    22 hours ago

    The action Groundhog Day. I liked both, and Retroactive, Palm Springs, Map of Tiny Perfect Things, Meet Cute, and Stargate SG-1 S04E06 “Window of Opportunity”. Who invented the time loop plot the first time around?

    Check out the similarly plotted Star Trek TNG S05E18 “Cause and Effect”, and its equivalent Outer Limits 1995 S05E16 “Deja vu”.

    An earlier discussion about time loop movies: https://lemmy.world/post/21997704

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    2 days ago

    I watched this movie without knowing anything about it ahead of time. Just loved it!