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diff --git a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md b/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md deleted file mode 100644 index a2f07372..00000000 --- a/content/brain-rot/american-scifi-movies/hardware-1990.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,208 +0,0 @@ -+++ -title = "Hardware (1990)" -author = ["Michał Sapka"] -date = 2024-02-17T19:39:00+01:00 -categories = ["brainrot"] -draft = false -weight = 3002 -primary_menu = "brain-rot-ascifi" -abstract = "My mirco reviview of a killer-robot thriller" -aliases = ["/brain-rot/hardware-1990", "/blog/2024/hardware-1990/"] -[menu] - [menu.brain-rot-ascifi] - weight = 3002 - identifier = "hardware-1990" -+++ - -I ue my descend into American cyberpunk cinema[^fn:1]. -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:2]_ 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`. - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0001.jpg" >}} -Red sky of postnuclear... summer? -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0002.jpg" >}} -The Nomad. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0003.jpg" >}} -Nomad searching the desert for stuff for sale. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0004.jpg" >}} -An ordinary store. -Great vibes! -Fun for the whole family. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0005.jpg" >}} -Same store, different view. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0006.jpg" >}} -The perfect glasses. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0007.jpg" >}} -Seems like somene realy liked Jin-Roh. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0008.jpg" >}} -What posses as art now. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0009.jpg" >}} -Computer we want but don't deserve. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0010.jpg" >}} -An art studio. Nothing out of the ordinary. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0011.jpg" >}} -Remember when spirituality was cool? -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0012.jpg" >}} -Let's give our murder-robot eyes from a camera lense. -I'm sure no one will drop it. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0013.jpg" >}} -UI we all want. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0014.jpg" >}} -What lurks in the shadows. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0015.jpg" >}} -Yup, Jin-Roh. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0016.jpg" >}} -Yankee-Roh. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0017.jpg" >}} -With some striking shadows. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0018.jpg" >}} -I have become bread, the destroyer of worlds. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0019.jpg" >}} -Prelude... -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0020.jpg" >}} -And the (most likely) last usage of a refrigerator as a safe place which makes any sense in the history of cinema. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0021.jpg" >}} -Yup, a hand. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0022.jpg" >}} -Hold the presses! -The glasses are back! -I repeat: the glasses are back. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0023.jpg" >}} -Mark-13 in all of its glory. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0024.jpg" >}} -This is only a window, but what a window it is. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0025.jpg" >}} -They have not used Wilhelm's scream. -What a wasted opportunity. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0026.jpg" >}} -In 2024 those are rookie number when it comes to unnecessary lights inside a computer. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0027.jpg" >}} -I am a sucker for this type of fish eye. -Always reminds me of _City of Lost Children._ -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0028.jpg" >}} -It doesn't get more era-apporiate than this. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0029.jpg" >}} -Ok, it does. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0030.jpg" >}} -One of the few CGI moments here. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0031.jpg" >}} -And one of _many_ lighting shots. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0032.jpg" >}} -Look how black it is. Classy. -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0033.jpg" >}} -But does it run Quake? -{{< /img-c >}} - -{{< img-c "hardware-1990-0034.jpg" >}} -Back to the desert, like a fine sandwich. -{{< /img-c >}} - -And a few nice _gore_ sceenes which I won't show it. -This is a family-friendly website! - -Links: - -- [Hardware on TVDB](https://thetvdb.com/movies/hardware) -- [Director's official website](https://www.theofficialrichardstanley.com/) - -[^fn:1]: 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 _Johny Menomic_ a _Cyberpunk_. - Often we put all dark-sf into "cyberpunk" genre, which limits our ability to be pricks about it. -[^fn:2]: Aka "the clearly superior of the _Alien_ series" |