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  • Engineer at the Movies – Reviews – “Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers"

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    (Image credit: Jeremy Corbell via Vimeo) Forewarning, there are spoilers ahead. Here it is, the biggest spoiler: If you plan to watch the documentary, you won’t get that hour and a half back, or your money either. Granted, I’m dubious when it comes to…
    • over 7 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

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    Valerian's poster. Looks like tons of fun to me... (via EuropaCorp) You don't have permission to edit metadata of this video. Edit media …
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Spider-Man: Homecoming

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    Two movie posters. I love the drawn one most. (via Marvel Entertainment) Spoilers ahead! The Peter Parker of this film is a nerd… but he’s OK with the label. I love this. No longer is he a sad sack or tortured soul superhero. It’s implied the strife in…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews… Alien: Covenant

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    (Images via and TM of Twentieth Century Fox) It’s hard not to feel letdown by sci-fi these days. Ghost in the Shell , Life , Passengers , Transformers The Last Knight , all glorious looking wastes of time. To add to that, these films are some of the longest…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews… Transformers The Last Knight (2017)

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    (Spoilers ahead) It’s nonstop angry people in this film. The Autobots are angry. The military is angry. Science people are angry. Every main human character is angry. The Decepticons are, of course, angry. Even a new polite-butler robot character has…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... LIFE (2017)

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    Life, the movie, is a let down. Been done, cliché, a non-science science fiction monster movie. Predictable to the end. One thing I learned from watching… “life” is precious, don’t waste it watching Life (2017). That said, allow me to explain with a bunch…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... The Wave (2016)

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    It’s another science-hero movie, and it’s a good one. Spoilers, be warned.... Geologist Kristian Eikjord is about to leave picturesque Geirangerfjorden for the much flatter Stavanger… but on last days of anything, does that day ever go as planned? He…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Deepwater Horizon (2016)

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    Deepwater Horizon: Why Corporate Greed, Ineptitude and Shortcuts are Hazardous to Your Health. Shoddy cement job, failed equipment and erupting methane gas, what could go wrong? (Image credit Summit Entertainment) Deepwater Horizon is about as accurate…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Ghost in the Shell (2017)

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    Maybe the One Movie Where a Live Action Adaptation isn’t Horrible. This image of a robotic Geisha is one of the incredible props designed by the Weta Workshop that is featured in the Ghost in the Shell. (Image credit DreamWorks) Why does it seem like…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews… Shin Godzilla (2016) – Science vs. the Beast

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    I avoided Shin Godzilla (Godzilla Resurgence ) for looking silly. But a bored, trapped audience will watch anything. I had no choice. Either this or stare at a wall. I’ve watched the wall too much, so… I’m glad I did watch this Godzilla movie. I was transported…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... Logan (2017)

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    Logan: Why Kids and Telepaths are Nothing but Problems. Image credit 20 TH Century Fox. Yes, I am a fan of Marvel comics and have an extensive collection of X-Men and Wolverine issues dating back to the mid 80’s and some going back a decade earlier, so…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: Reviews... The Railway Man: When a Simple Radio can bring Salvation or a World of Hurt

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    Image credit Lionsgate. Spoilers Ahead ─ At the beginning of time the clock struck one- Then dropped the dew and the clock struck two- From the dew grew a tree and the clock struck three- The tree made a door and the clock struck four- Man came alive…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Snowden (2016) & kind-of Citizenfour (2014)

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    LEFT - Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Edward Snowden from Snowden (2016) RIGHT - The real Edward Snowden from Citizenfour (2014) In my opinion, Snowden is a dramatized prequel/sequel to Citizenfour (2014), the real life documentary of Edward Snowden’s life-defining…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Star Trek Beyond - Or Why the USS Yorktown Needs its Own Movie

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    All image courtesy of Paramount Pictures. A misunderstanding is how it begins, revenge is what’s sought, and the adventure continues- that’s Star Trek Beyond in a nutshell. Obviously, there will be some Spoilers ahead, so stop now if you haven’t yet seen…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Hidden Figures (2016)

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    You don't have permission to edit metadata of this video. Edit media Dimensions x Small Medium Large Custom Subject (required) Brief Description…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions (2017) - aka, crazy engineer plays a card game

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    Released in 2016, but Jan 27, 2017 inside the USA. (Poster and all images/video via Konami & Screenvision Media) An anime film review? What’s this have to do with engineering? Well… It features one of the most egotistical genius-engineers in film - of…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Arrival (2016)

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    Arrival Ship concept art. (via Conceptartworld ) Arrival is one of those films where people are going to say, “Well, you have to read the noooovella it’s based on. EYEEEE... read it. It’s far superior to the fiiiilm.” It’s true, though, but only in a…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews The Theory of Everything (2014)

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    Catwell
    Actors portraying Stephen and Jane Hawking early in their relationship. --- Big spoilers below! --- I teared up at the movie, I’ll admit. Early on too. Right around when Stephen Hawking, played by Eddie Redmayne, was in an early relationship with his…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews… Sherlock season 4 the FINAL episode (2017)

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    Catwell
    Nice move, brother. (image via BBS) Since it is rumored that season 4 was the last for Sherlock, I thought I would expand a bit more on the last episode. If you want, you can read my thoughts on the previous two episodes after this link … not let’s proceed…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: SHERLOCK Season 4 Has An Appointment in Samarra (2017)

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    (Sherlock and a friend's dog in Season 4 - via Hartswood Films/BBC) SHERLOCK, starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson, is an event. When a new season is released, it’s three episodes where each feels like…
    • over 8 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews the film.. Kill Command (2016)

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    Catwell
    Fausto De Martini created the concept art for the SARs in the film Kill Command. (via Fausto Design ) Kill Command is set at some unspecified point in the near future (Future UK?). It opens with a synthesizer generated “SciFi drone of doom”. You know…
    • over 9 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews... Spectral 2016 - a Netflix Original Movie

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    Catwell
    Concept art of a key scene in Spectral (via conceptworld) Spectral is a 93-minute feature length Netflix Original movie , and part of their aggressively expanding output of self-produced content. Starring actor James Badge Dale as DARPA engineer/scientist…
    • over 9 years ago
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  • Engineer at the Movies: reviews Rogue One – A Star Wars Story (2016)

    Catwell
    Catwell
    Above, Rogue One visual story guide page.... (All images courtesy of Disney and Lucas Film) Spoilers Spoilers, below! Spoilers Spoilers You’ve been warned! Spoilers, ahead! Rogue One suffers, like the other films, from a lack of realistic complexity in…
    • over 9 years ago
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