Stories are one of the few true magics. Using the right words in the right order can evoke emotions in your audience and influence how they think. If you do that to enough people, you can change the public consciousness and even change the course of the future. There is no genre more imaginative for such stories than science fiction. It is there that we first envision future technologies and their potential consequences. Science fiction is a mirror through which we can glimpse possible futures, aiming at them, avoiding mistakes, and trying to plan the best course possible. It’s also a lot of fun.
We love science fiction and it’s the only name we have, not just a middle name. Check out your favorite future possibilities streaming on SYFY.
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When a successful young artist learns he has a terminal brain tumor, he makes the biggest and last gamble of his life. Instead of rolling the dice with cure, he rolls the dice with technology and freezes his body in cryostasis in hopes of reviving when his body heals. The movie picks up 70 years later when he becomes the first to be resurrected. Explores the question of what happens when you get exactly what you wanted, only to discover it wasn’t what you wanted? And when you can’t go back, what do you know? do you want?
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In the not too distant future, climate change will plunge North America into a persistent drought. As agricultural land shrinks and food production declines, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Worse, a mysterious and deadly disease is causing a dramatic increase in assisted suicide. Mankind’s only hope is his Vastgrow company. Vastgrow not only provides seeds and farm equipment, but also the drones needed for crop production. However, things in this dystopian future aren’t exactly what they seem, and what you think will save you may actually be what saves you.
i am frankenstein
Mary Shelley frankenstein is often cited as the original sci-fi story, but this adaptation adds to the mythology by showing part of the story of a creature never seen before. The premise of building monsters out of human body parts will be familiar to readers of the book, but that’s just the beginning. The novel ends with the good doctor dying in the North Pole and the creature deciding to set himself alive in a crematorium he made. That’s where the movie comes in.of i am frankenstein, monsters do not end their lives. Instead, he will bring the Doctor’s body back home and bury it, so we can see what new adventures he has.
lost land
It is loosely based on the TV series of the same name, lost land It stars comedy stalwarts Will Ferrell and Danny McBride, with Jorma Taccone (The Lonely Island) as Chaka. When paleontologist Rick Marshall (Ferrell) appears on a television show advocating the use of Time for his warp in paleontological research, he leaves academia to find Blair his tar at an entry level in his pit. gig. Years later, he’s on a run-down amusement park ride…has he been proven right when he’s gone in the past? Different dimension? I don’t know for sure, but it’s pretty funny!
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Based on the Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill comic book of the same name, Extraordinary Gentlemen’s League It’s basically what you get if you try to build a crime-fighting superhero team out of Universal’s classic monsters. Along with Invisible Man and other sci-fi past characters, you are on a mission to save the world from a terrorist group intent on sparking World War III. Despite receiving mixed reviews upon release (which Moore categorically denied), it’s one of those movies that’s close to being a time capsule of the moment it was made, and it just got better and better as time went on.
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Throwing a dart at Nicolas Cage’s filmography doesn’t tell you if it’s going to be a heartwarmingly serious movie or the weirdest cinematic experience of your life. One thing you can be sure of is that you will have a great time. know We see him playing a mathematician who falls somewhere in the cage camp continuum and discovers a number sequence that accurately predicts catastrophes. I found myself identifying the dates, planetary coordinates, and death tolls of all the catastrophes over the centuries. There are only a few dates left by the end of the sequence, and with it the end of the world.
Prestige
Christopher Nolan’s Prestige It has a cast that is as impressive as the movie itself. The film stars both Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, with additional appearances by Michael Caine, Scarlett Johansson, Andy Serkis, and David Bowie as Nikola Tesla. At the end of the 19th century, rival magicians Robert Angers (Jackman) and Alfred Boden (Bale) compete to create the best version of a new trick called The Teleported Man. Their attempts to lift or hold each other down create tensions, and by the time the credits roll, there’s been either a ton of murders, or just two, depending on your perspective. .
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