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Re: (Movie) Mission to Mars
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Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:00:22 GMT
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In lugnet.space, Todd Lehman writes:
That reminds me... :)  A few years back, there was this really cheesy (IMHO)
sci-fi movie called _Time Runner_ -- starred Mark Hamill and Rae Dawn Chong.

Didn't catch it in the theatre, but the viddy box had this to say:

  "A cut above most time travel cyborg thrillers."

I knew I had to rent it when I couldn't stop laughing as I imagined a section
in some video rental store labeled "Time Travel Cyborg Thrillers."  Boy, what
a big genre that is!

--Todd

In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Matthew Wilkins writes:
That would be a *huge* category, wouldn't it? Let's see; the 'Terminator'
movies, FreeJack... umm... Okay, I'm dry. Anyone else?

-Cheese

Well, The Matrix has people wired for computer interface travelling from a
percieved past to an actual present, does that count?

-Adam



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(...) I would say that no, The Matrix doesn't fit the description of a Time Travel Cyborg Thriller. The 'time-travel' and 'cyborg' aspects of the movie are more plot devices, rather than plot points (The Matrix could have been in a 'false- future' (...) (25 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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That would be a *huge* category, wouldn't it? Let's see; the 'Terminator' movies, FreeJack... umm... Okay, I'm dry. Anyone else? -Cheese (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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