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-* 2024  [14/14]                                                       :@blog:
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+** DONE Hardware (1990)
+CLOSED: [2024-02-17 Sat 19:39]
+:PROPERTIES:
+:EXPORT_FILE_NAME: hardware-1990
+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER: abstract My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller
+:EXPORT_HUGO_PAIRED_SHORTCODES: img-c
+:END:
+
+I continue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[fn:cp].
+I spent my formative years watching /Anime, art house/ and ignoring most of USA movies.
+This means I haven't watched a lot of the /cult/ movies out there.
+
+/Hardware/ is a 1990 movie about a killer robot in a post-nuclear world.
+Think of a mix of Terminator, Aliens and Short Circuit.
+
+I heard of this movie years ago, but it seemed to be noting more than a cash grab after the success of /Terminator/ - a movie which I  don't partially enjoy.
+After watching, I have to say that there was a of true in this assumption.
+But somehow I ended enjoying /Hardware/ much more.
+
+Not that the story is better - if anything, it is much simpler, or just plain /simplistic/.
+Say what you will about /Terminator/, but the basic premise was great.
+/Hardware/ on the other hand doesn't offer a great idea.
+This is a straight movie about a killer robot.
+
+However, I enjoyed it more, as it is much closer to what /Alien[fn:alien]/ achieved
+The entire action is encapsulated in only a few, closed locations.
+Half of the runtime is spent in a single apartment, where the /Mark-13/ robot shows up from to time a try to murder someone.
+Much like the /Nostromo/!
+
+This allowed the movie to be *stunning* visually.
+I loved every frame here!
+I know that most of the effect is based on fog and lighting, but I dig it!
+Just take a look at the gallery below.
+
+Another thing which reminded me of /Alien/ is how they handled the special effects of the /monster/.
+We see very little of /Mark-13/ - he is often hard to see, covered in darkness.
+From time to time we see his movements, and well.
+Hiding him was clearly a good idea... just like with the /Xenomorph/.
+
+All in all, I enjoyed the movie.
+I'm not calling it one of my favorites, but I enjoyed  every minute of its short runtime.
+
+I give it a =3.5/5=.
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0001.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Red sky of postnuclear... summer?
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0002.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+The Nomad.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0003.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0004.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+An ordiary store.
+Great vibes!
+Fun for the whole family.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0005.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Same store, different view.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0006.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+The perfect glasses.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0007.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0008.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+What posses as art now.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0009.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Computer we want but don't deserve.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0010.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0011.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Remember when spirituality was cool?
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0012.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense.
+I'm sure no one will drop it.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0013.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+UI we all want.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0014.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+What lurks in the shadows.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0015.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Yup, Jin-Roh.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0016.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Yankee-Roh.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0017.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+With some striking shadows.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0018.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0019.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Prelude...
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0020.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0021.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Yup, a hand.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0022.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Hold the presses!
+The glasses are back!
+I repeat: the glasses are back.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0023.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Mark-13 in all of its glory.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0024.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+This is only a window, but what a window it is.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0025.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+They have not used Wilhelm's scream.
+What a wasted opportunity.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0026.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0027.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+I am a sucker for this type of fish eye.
+Always reminds me of /City of Lost Children./
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0028.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0029.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Ok, it does.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0030.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+One of the few CGI moments here.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0031.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+And one of /many/ lighting shots.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0032.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Look how black it is. Classy.
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0033.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+But does it run Quake?
+#+end_img-c
+
+#+attr_shortcode: "hardware-1990-0034.jpg" 
+#+begin_img-c
+Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich.
+#+end_img-c
+
+And a few nice /gore/ sceenes which I won't show it.
+This is a family-friendly website!
+
+Links:
+- [[https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware][Hardware on TVDB]]
+- [[https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/][Director's official website]]
+
+[fn:cp] I disagree with calling those movies "cyberpunk" as they lack the "punk" element... or most of "cyber".
+No one rebels against the system, no one enters the /cyberspace/.
+But following this definition, I am not sure if we can call any movie other than /John Menomic/ a /Cyberpunk/.
+Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it.
+[fn:alien] Aka "the clearly inferior of the /Alien/ series"
+
 ** DONE STD of Apple
 CLOSED: [2024-02-16 Fri 16:29]
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@@ -198,6 +432,8 @@ This alone makes it worth it!
 
 Not the best place to start with //Discworld// (the best is, of course, /Colour of Magic/) but as n-th book in the series it's very enjoyable.
 
+I give it a =3.75/5=.
+
 *** Meta
 - Read as EPUB on Onyx Boox Note Air 2.
 - Read in Polish translation
@@ -273,6 +509,8 @@ It's a classic thriller from early days of personal computing revolution.
 I enjoyed it a lot.
 It is not a /good/ movie, but it is enjoyable.
 
+I give it a =3.25/5.=
+
 links:
 - [[https://utf.thetvdb.com/movies/ghost-in-the-machine][Ghost in the Machine on TVDB]]