Hi
do you know about good space sci fi films which combines film noir?
thanks
do you know about good space sci fi films which combines film noir?
thanks
space + film noir?
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Most sci fi noir I know is earth-bound, like "Blade Runner" or "Ghost in the Shell". I guess you could make a case for Paul Verhoeven's "Total Recall" having noir elements in it.
Not a movie but The Expanse should fit the bill.
Going with TV shows, I'd say "Dark Matter" also qualifies, as does "Blake's 7" to some extent.
There were also some Garibaldi-centric episodes of "Babylon 5" which emulated the noir style, as did some episodes of DS9 (mostly Odo episodes, as well as that one with O'Brien going undercover).
There were also some Garibaldi-centric episodes of "Babylon 5" which emulated the noir style, as did some episodes of DS9 (mostly Odo episodes, as well as that one with O'Brien going undercover).
I agree with this. It's the closest thing out now that could be space noir.
It's been a long time since I've seen it, I believe Outland with Sean Connery would fit into this category.
Outland, yes. thanks.
any more films?
tv is cool but the post is about films
any more films?
tv is cool but the post is about films
Although it's actually inspired by a western ("High Noon") rather than a classic film noir.
I've actually seen "High Noon" itself described as western noir before. Can't quite remember where, though. Feels about right all the same.
12 Monkeys, Sans Soleil, Alphaville, Brazil, The Terminator, Soylent Green, Logan's Run, & Alien are all movies that have noir elements....depends on how strict you're being...the definition of "noir" is itself, maleable
Dark City.
Also La Jetée (1962) from which 12 Monkeys derives.
I gather that the blended genre is usually termed Tech-noir. The linked Wikipedia article mentions other examples such as Gattaca, The Thirteenth Floor, The City of Lost Children, Minority Report, and the Matrix short animation A Detective Story.
I gather that the blended genre is usually termed Tech-noir. The linked Wikipedia article mentions other examples such as Gattaca, The Thirteenth Floor, The City of Lost Children, Minority Report, and the Matrix short animation A Detective Story.
guys... i didn't ask just for scifi noir, but scifi space noir
Yeah, those aren't really intersecting sets. There's not a lot of film noir set outside gravity wells.
Honestly, The Expanse is probably the only thing that qualifies. And even then, the noir elements are related to one particular character's subplot.guys... i didn't ask just for scifi noir, but scifi space noir
Though it's TV rather than film, in a way I'd say nuBSG was quite noir--not in the mystery sense, but certainly in terms of character motivations and consequences. Nobody in that series is clean, at least for long. (I was going to say "except Helo," but even he commits a for-the-greater-good crime.)
No, Dark City definitely qualifies.
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