The Beyond (2017)

watched this today.
yeah, kindof interesting. More of a thought experiment/what if, then a traditional movie. A number of 70's movies did this with disasters, and the like. It trys to take a very grounded "realistic" take on a first contact scenario, and transhumanism.

Main issues:
It takes a fairly MASSIVE Leap with cybernetics. 2019? yeah no... A big problem as its a what if we had firstcontact wormhole tomorrow with current tech...then pulls out cybernetic tech 50-100 years away from being realized as a solution..

hurr durr, military is bad. Very frustrating, the military astronaut isn't even given a fucking name. lol. I'll never understand this idea from sci fi writers. The universe is a cold uncaring place. no species can evolve or expand without a fierce sense of self preservation, as well as a drive to fight against the a universe trying to kill them constantly. any super advanced peaceful civilization would 100% understand a species need to show their willingness to defend themselves from any external threat.
The idea that an advanced species lending aide via planetary defense shield, or the like, would be 100% misunderstood by the local primitive populace is very sound. theres even a solid outerlimits about it. (sun shifting radiation, aliens send a musical signal to the Earth, which children can hear, and causes a DNA shift, mutating skin and eyes to be able to survive the sun's change.)

its very dry. Like The martian is a similar idea, but written to be dramatic and fun. This is written as a bunch of interviews with scientists. this is REALLY not for everyone.

I didn't like it. I can't stand a Friday Night Lights camera style (camera's always moving around slightly) and it was really boring.

I do appreciate the story they told and I liked the ending.