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Review Summaries
"An astronaut in the year 2009 dies when his space vessel suffers an accident, and he awakens in a bulbous structure beneath a magnificent, vast river. A mysterious hooded being punctures the bulbous structure containing him, and he is forced to swim to the surface. Moments later, hundreds of others are emerging from the river. They are provided with clothing, apparently from the same beings. They are from all over the world and from all different times, and came to this new world when they died, carried by the hooded beings, who occasionally intervene in the functions of the new human society but whose motives remain an enigma. The humans transported to the new world have established tribal fiefdoms, and the group is quickly captured and imprisoned by a local warlord. The astronaut and some of his friends escape to the coastline of the vast river which coarses through the length of the world, and discover that a former steamboat captain named Samuel Clements (aka Mark Twain) has a steamboat to explore the river. One of the captives, who happens to be the Emporer Nero, challenges and defeats the tribal chief in combat, and vows to rebuild the glory of Rome on this new world. And all he needs to put his designs into action is the steamboat that Clements and his friends are planning to use to explore the wondrous new world."
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 40% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- fantasy story on another world/distant past
Explore/1st contact
Yes
Explore plotlet:
- colonizing/homesteading another planet
- fighting across a fantasy world
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- explorer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- Very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
Eccentric:
Yes
- deluded
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average (man)
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity
- White
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition
- very athletic
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- spiritual
If this isn't a movie...
- Episode of TV show
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X
- exploding vehicles
- exotic alien landscape
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Modern rock/pop
Is this movie based on a
- book
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