All of this is entirely reminiscent of
a scene out of Planet of the Apes.
Not exact matches
A SCIENCE - FICTION
scene could be playing
out for real about 4900 light years from Earth, where astronomers have spotted the first known pair
of planets jointly orbiting a binary star system (Science, doi.org/h8h).
Evidence left at the crime
scene is abundant and global: Fossil remains show that sometime around 252 million years ago, about 90 percent
of all species on Earth were suddenly wiped
out — by far the largest
of this
planet's five known mass extinctions.
They add scope to the film, though additional
scenes of Perry White (Laurence Fishburne) calling
out Clark Kent for failing to meet his deadlines actually weaken any pretense
of The Daily
Planet as a professional organization.
The same can be said for director Rupert Wyatt («Rise
of the
Planet of the Apes») and his the lengthy, drawn -
out scenes of Bennett lecturing his students at school.
Schrader has a knack for taking an audience
out of its comfort zone, as with a surreal
scene in which Toller and Mary fly above our endangered
planet like all - seeing souls on a magic carpet ride to doom.
As one would expect from the filmmakers behind «The Matrix» and «Speed Racer,» the film is colorful and filled with top - notch special effects and action
scenes; a chase through the skies
of Chicago moves so fast that it's a wonder
of construction, and it doesn't wear
out its welcome like a few other set pieces, including a climactic showdown on Jupiter (the
planet).
In one
scene, players maneuver through a version
of a simulated reality in the far past that resembles a carbon - rich
planet surface straight
out of Hello Games» No Man's Sky.