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What is a movie that "looks like" it would suck, but actually is well written and acted and a good time? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5308322/

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[-] lichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Disney's "The Black Hole". It came from a time just after Walt Disney had died and they were still figuring out their shit.

So they made an extremely dark SciFi flick with a cute robot that appeals to children which is such a weird combination, but I liked it a lot. I can't even say why.

The U.S.S. Cygnus looks fucking badass, too. One of the best ship designs in a SciFi movie, change my mind.

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

Disney writer #1: Let's make a Tower of Babel parable, but set it space!

Disney writer #2: Are we going to end the movie with the antagonist being sent to actual-factual Hell?

Disney writer #1: You fucking know it!

[-] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 6 points 16 hours ago

They were trying for their Star Wars.

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 12 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

A space-ship that’s 60% glass, 20% stiffener bars and 20% normal space-ship stuff,

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Perhaps that was transparent aluminum, and not glass.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Then throw an air traffic control tower on top.

[-] kalpol@lemmy.zip 7 points 15 hours ago

Yeah I can only imagine the number of untraceable air leaks in that thing, especially as it ages and the DAP around the glass starts to crack

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

Smallest of crack in the glass? Flex-Seal

[-] Etterra@discuss.online 5 points 23 hours ago

Oh yeah that thing is a classic.

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