Space Sweepers

Space Sweepers. Always exciting to get to watch a sci-fi movie that's not part of some giant franchise and doesn't suck! This was a little bit Firefly, a little bit Blade Runner, a little bit Star Wars (sorry, now I'm describing it by franchises, but it's a useful shorthand). I had trouble focusing in the first half, but that could just be the kind of brain day I was having; I liked the cast and their characters (attractive leads, an adorable child, an excellent robot), the worldbuilding around language and translation was really neat and nicely done, and while basically all of the plot and action were of the "just accept that it works like that and don't think about it" variety, I recommend it if you would also like to watch a live-action spaceship cartoon.

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