Some recent telly I've seen.
Sphere: an underwater sci-fi flick from donkeys years ago, I saw it back then and I'm pretty sure I read the novel on holiday. The film was produced by Michael Crichton, so I assume he wrote the novel. It's not one of his theme parks but it is a destination.
The film reminds me a lot of ALIEN. I don't know if that was intentional. The crew mess scenes where they sit around drinking coffee could be from Ridley's Nostromo.
I like the central conceit, that whatever the main protagonist dreams actually happens. It's made clear that the dreams are heavily influenced by his reading of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, including a giant squid attack no less!
There's echoes of Event Horizon too, but I guess any film about first contact with an alien intelligence will touch on gradual human madness.
Arrow: my personal quest to watch all 180 episodes of this DC series about the Green Arrow goes on unabated. I'm about half-way. Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) has just become Ra's Al Gul, after being handed the title by the Green Arrow himself. You'll recall that in the Dark Knight films Liam Neeson played Ra's, a curiously compelling character with a passion for levelling cities.
The Flash has made another appearance and it's all building up to a DC Arrow/ Flash crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earths I think it's called, which itself spawns an adjacent 180 episodes of the Flash! I'm unsure yet if I can keep up with the Speedster. I'll stick with the Bowman for now.
Anyone else seen Arrow?
What are you watching or have you watched of late?
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