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Whenever Im sad, I generally pursue one of two routes.
But lately, Ive found the depressed in space alone movies to be more calming than the delightful rom-coms.
Maybe its because the rom-coms have lost even the most basic sense of achievability.
These extremely 90s fantasies feeltoofantastic.
Nothing is more relatable or more peaceful.
In fact, its quite the opposite.
(Even if it was just through the eyes ofSandra Bullock,Sam RockwellorLaurence Fishburne.)
Iopened the pod-bay doors,then closed them when I felt like it.
A few minutes into the film, a piece of space debris knocks the ship off course.
People start killing themselves in record numbers.
Cults form, followed (naturally) by orgies.
Its so futile, so meaningless.
Aniarais one of the darker entries in the depressed in space alone genre.
And quite appropriately, it isnt the only 2019 sci-fi film in which the void is its own character.
And then it’s possible for you to keep doing it (orgies) anyway.
