Tomorrow War

[Stalker0]

Definately just a popcorn flick. At the end of the day, it was pretty generic. Plot was ultimately generic, aliens were neat but generic, action was just ok.

all and all just a barely average movie.

I had two things that really did not work for the movie:

1) ultimately the toxin didn’t matter to the plot. They could have just blown up the ship earlier or just shot up all the aliens. The toxin literally did nothing…and considering how easy it was to find the aliens…research pinpointing their original location would have been much better time spent. Also why the hell was the toxin injected, this would have had to be airborne if it had any actual chance of working.

2) the whole thing at the end where “we can’t contact the world governments they will just bicker”

I might have bought that except you have already spent time convincing me that these are the same world governments that have worked together on a global military draft based on just the word of these time travelers. You can’t have it both ways…the world governments as set up would leap at the chance to blow up the enemy once and for all…and they would make it as Public as possible to stop all the rioting “look everyone we did it…earth is going to be ok get back to your damn lives”

 

[Morrus]

It was…. OK. Watchable if there’s nothing else on. I’m glad I didn’t pay for it at a cinema, but on a Sunday evening with nothing else to watch it was… well, watchable.

The aliens are basically animals. I don’t understand how they managed to build a spaceship (maybe I missed some exposition about somebody else sending them?) They also suffer from the Aliens/Ninja problem: one is basically invulnerable. But a hundred can be mowed down with ease.

 

[Storyteller Hero]

The aliens are basically animals. I don’t understand how they managed to build a spaceship (maybe I missed some exposition about somebody else sending them?) They also suffer from the Aliens/Ninja problem: one is basically invulnerable. But a hundred can be mowed down with ease.

There was exposition about how the aliens were actually cargo -- a biological weapon being delivered before the ship ran into trouble -- basically the screenwriter ripped off the ALIEN series.

 

[Thomas Shey]

There was exposition about how the aliens were actually cargo -- a biological weapon being delivered before the ship ran into trouble -- basically the screenwriter ripped off the ALIEN series.

I'd argue there are a number of things that are less "ripped off" than callbacks. Besides Alien, you can see ones to The Thing, ID4 and even Them!

 

[payn]

Dayum, I just read a review that said TW is Starship Troopers for dummies...

 

[Ryujin]

Dayum, I just read a review that said TW is Starship Troopers for dummies...

Some might say that "Starship Troopers" (the movie) was "Starship Troopers" (the novel) for dummies.

"Would you like to know more?"

 

[payn]

Some might say that "Starship Troopers" (the movie) was "Starship Troopers" (the novel) for dummies.

"Would you like to know more?"

Yeah, I guess this is a taste thing because I thought the novel was terrible. Im so glad Verhoeven agreed

 

[Aeson]

I'd argue there are a number of things that are less "ripped off" than callbacks. Besides Alien, you can see ones to The Thing, ID4 and even Them!

Oblivion was the same way. You could pick out the points that were borrowed or an homage to other movies.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Dayum, I just read a review that said TW is Starship Troopers for dummies...

Haters gonna hate.

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah, I guess this is a taste thing because I thought the novel was terrible. Im so glad Verhoeven agreed

Heinlein wrote "Starship Troopers" and got called a Fascist. He wrote "Stranger in a Strange Land" and got called a Commie. He told stories