Post-finals movie night came down to watching Dune or rewatching Space Sweepers. So of course I picked Space Sweepers because the best science fiction 1. Doesn’t take itself too seriously and 2. Has a cute robot.
I want to watch/read more classic science fiction so I’ll probably eventually watch Dune. I’m sure it has an interesting plot I just don’t find it visually interesting.
It's been two years but I'm still thinking about Space Sweepers. It had everything. Spaceships. Found family. Futuristic clubbing scene. A transfem robot. Thorin Oakenshield.
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overall i really like that space sweepers has next-to-no romance in it; like, even the grieving father never had a partner, he was a single dad. bubs isn't boy-crazy, just super girly, and we know nothing whatsoever about tiger's romantic history (i think he's gay, specifically in a belligerent 'whaddaya got, a problem? a brutally violent cartel hitter can't be gay? get off my ass' way). and i think this opens a lot of room up for other interesting kinds of relationships. but i also love that the only person with what MIGHT be a sexual history is captain jang, with a stereotype of a Lovelorn French Man who she POSSIBLY had a one-night stand with and he's still thinking about it years later while she behaves as if she's never even heard of him to such a doth-protest-too-much degree she is almost certainly also, sometimes, thinking about it. it's a very minor subplot but at the same time i got the distinct impression that jang doesn't really hate him per se, he's just, like, her embarrassing ex-friends-with-benefits who she wishes wasn't actually a pretty nice guy