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Message: [QUOTE="nwhoopfan, post: 3702904, member: 7894"] I'd seen a thumbnail for "Archive" quite a while ago on Redbox's coming soon list and was mildly curious. I lost track of it, I think it's been available from the Box for a while. Now it's streaming on Prime. Not exactly original, many movies have probed at similar material. Robotics, A.I., transferring consciousness/memory, the ethics of all above. When it comes to sci fi, of course you want a good story to be told, but I think the look of a movie is also important. That doesn't mean it needs to be big budget. This definitely succeeded with the look. As I mentioned it probably will evoke many other films, but the two that I kept thinking of (because of the visuals as much as the story) were "Ex Machina" and "I Am Mother." Stars Theo James, who I've seen in a few other movies, and Stacy Martin who I wasn't familiar with. Also Rhona Mitra and Toby Jones (never trust that guy!) in small roles. Slow paced, need to suspend disbelief, but I rather enjoyed it. YMMV. The stark beauty of the setting was almost it's own character, that aspect was quite similar to "Ex Machina." [/QUOTE]