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1. The idiotic existence of two editions/versions of the movie: one is the "Theatrical version (88 minutes)" & the other is the "Unrated Extended edition (94 minutes)." The extra minutes give Violet more context on why she is doing this & things about the virus, which is good for the understanding of the story (despite many plotholes). But (as far as I know) Sony decided that the extra few minutes might make the movie less action-oriented.

2. About the hemoglophagia virus: The results of being infected by the virus are 2 longer teeth (vampiric), sharper eyesight, more acute hearing, stronger bones, faster healing, sensitivity to light (they see better in the dark; I guess that's what it means), & A LOT SHORTER LIFE SPAN. Despite the advantages, one would "naturally think" that "Hey, the shorter life span & it being easy & fast-spreading is bad for humanity. And we should find a cure fast & meanwhile we should use protective gear to keep others & ourselves safe from the virus." BUT NO. Instead, some people infected with the virus form "resistance groups" 😒 to stand against the murder of the people infected with the virus & those who are probably trying to find a cure for their "race"...

I wouldn't really call it woke. I was going to mention the obese female black police chief but I think it's trying to be a joke stereotype of the woke casting maybe? It's really hard to tell what the hell this movie is going for. It completely missed the point of the originals. First you simply can't replace Nielson, his style and delivery can't be replicated and it's obvious it doesn't work here. Then there's the humor, where the originals were parody's of existing movies and shows at the time showing exaggerated and comedic scenarios this one just seems random all over the place. The originals had the humor as absurd and exaggerated but yet still played it straight, here it's over the top stupid and all seems so forced and strained. There are some amusing moments but nothing laugh out loud like the originals. Several times the jokes could of been funny but they ruin it with poor delivery or bad setup that just comes off as stupid or cringe instead of funny. It's not terrible but the actual funny jokes are too few to make it worth it in my opinion. Best to just watch the originals and pretend this didn't happen.

Interstellar wannabe, Amazon propaganda

Interstellar wannabe, delivery medium for Amazon’s propaganda. Save yourself from the insult to your time, protect children from its messaging.

Power positions:
- Top power position occupied by girlboss female
- Black security guard with decision-making and financial authority over protagonist
- White male protagonist lowest in hierarchy; not taken much seriously by a forcedly diverse cast of scientists; more or less a clown

Emasculated white male protagonist:
- Clumsy
- Unsuccessful career
- Cowardly
- SPOILER: The morality, bravery, and sacrifice the white male protagonist had shown during the entire movie so far was undermined in the last act and he was portrayed as a coward in a flashback

Gender politics:
- Grace: The white male protagonist is referred by this feminine (last-) name throughout the entire movie, despite being certainly in very friendly terms/first-name basis with the main interaction partner. The symbolism of the name (Grace, Mary) could have been conveyed without the continuously forced usage.
- They/Them pronoun usage (01:24:21)
- SPOILER: Giving the male name “Adrian” to an alien’s partner (01:33:28), despite the alien having (chosen) a male voice earlier. Effectively making the alien the gay character in the movie.

Environmentalist messaging:
- End of the world coming in 30+ years due to climate change is the main premise of the movie

watch the old stuff

"watchable" untill Season 26ish - remember it's german acting from one of the puplic broadcasters

a good chuckle

just a nice series that does not take itself too serious.

to make it easy - everything produced by ARD or ZDF is shit

to be concise - they are the german version of PBS - everyone has to pay for it in germany - and for years all they do is tell you lies and propaganda.

it does not matter what program it is - even the nature documentaries are woke and full of DEI and white male bashing.

as a german, never understood how this PoS is so popular

Rotating Cities and Stories actually a nice idea... But since late 2000s more and more propaganda and woke elements.

Nowadays watching a cow produce manure is more enjoyable than spotting a couple of minutes of this show when you visit friends or family and it's on TV...
It's indoctrination and propaganda that would rival the 1930s....

In the animated series, Sithandra was white/brownish, but in the movie she's black.
Although the animated series barely has a connection with each of their episodes & Aeon died multiple times in the series, so I don't know what to think about this "change" in the movie. And I don't think the series is connected to the movie for lots of changes happening and new characters' appearances in the movie, like Aeon's original name being "Katherine," which never happened in the series. Trevor has a brother, etc.
And Marton Csokas's acting during action sequences was not that good.

Watch Seasons 1 & 2 - then it becomes unbarable

Overall rating is only for season 1! cut 25% for Season 2 and 50% for Season 3. didn't Bother much with S3E3 onward.

Season 1 especially is worth your time - it has some woke elements (being Gay in the 60s and 70s) but that is History appropriate.
Season 2 you notice the BAD BITCH BOSS routine creeping in harder but still watchable and it closes the Arc.

it becomes unbarable in Season 3 so don't waste your time since more and more in Men kinda get relegated to second class beings ....

Small female lead with her hands tied fighting off, outsmarting and escaping from a large group of men and at one point catches a man leaping at her and throws him over her head like it's nothing. She's the usual feminist type, angry, aggressive, unlikable and invincible, able to overpower all men even with handcuffs on. This same small female is able to free herself by breaking the handcuffs apart by placing them over a spear and pulling like it was a weak rope. It's pretty clear early on what direction this was going in. The lead males voice acting is grating and the character is annoying. Actually all the characters are annoying, and the voice acting is not very good. The dialogue and jokes are corny as hell and not funny at all. The animation is ok but nothing special. I don't really know who this is meant for. It's way to cringe and stupid for adults yet a bit too dark for young kids. No surprise this was cancelled in one season. 1 episode was enough for me.

Warning: In season 3 episode 4, Aeon kissed her clone (made by Trevor) 2 times for ABSOLUTELY UNKNOWN REASON. She kissed her clone, that's like kissing your own child🤮 (not in a good way).
Although none of the episodes are connected with each other. Even if Aeon dies in a episode she will just come back in the next one without any explanation. But according to episode 7 they are connected/same events happened with this Aeon or the memories have been transferred to this version of Aeon.
THERE ARE LOTS OF UNEXPLAINED MOMENTS.

The main characters consist of 3 white girls and 1 black male who is of course dating one of the white females. There's general DEI casting
everywhere. Despite being set in the U.S. it is clearly not an American movie with all the actors obviously European. The lone possibly American white male on the small plane is naturally an asshole. Another movie where every single character is as unlikable as they can make them. The acting, dialogue and dollar store FX are terrible. The editing and quick camera cuts and movements look like a student film school project. This actually reminds me of those super low budget movies they used to make for the SYFY channel in the early 2000's, but without any of the fun those had.