Because the movie adaptation of award-winning author Cixin Liu’s
short story, The Wandering Earth, is a disaster sci fi film I
would see it on the big screen rather than wait for it to come out on
DVD or to streaming video. And, when I say “disaster sci fi film”,
I mean as in natural and not box office disaster. It’s far
from that. At least it is in it’s native China. In fact, the movie
did so well there ever since its February 5th release that
it is considered the country’s first science fiction blockbuster.
Unfortunately, I
probably won’t be seeing Wandering Earth on
the big screen because it’s had a limited run in the U.S. It is
showing in my home region of Sacramento but it’s at a movie theatre
opposite of the part I live in and I take public transportation. If I
tried taking a a bus there it would probably take me half a day to
get there and then half a day to get back to my house! That’s how
complicated the bus system can be here in the Sacramento region. So,
why don’t I drive? Well, among other reasons, I take public transit
in order to help prevent things from happening like in this film,
which is a total climate change disaster caused by the sun. In
Wandering Earth, the sun threatens to destroy the earth by the
next century and so scientists use gigantic rocket engines to try to
move the planet to another star system.
If you’re like me
and have too hard of a time getting to the nearest theatre that’s
playing Wandering Earth, the good news is that it’s coming
to Netflix. The video service giant has bought the rights to stream the sci fi film. This will help the movie reach a wider audience throughout the world
since Netflix services to several countries. If the movie’s
received well enough it may reach other venues such as DVD or paid
per view. The Wandering Earth is directed and written
by Frant Gwo. It’s one more sci fi film I can do a Book-To-Movie review on, so expect one here!
Have you read or
seen Cixin Liu’s The Wandering Earth? If so, what did you
think? Feel free to leave your answers in the box below, but please
no spoilers!
Also, in case you
missed my first post for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group
(IWSG), which I posted this past Wednesday, you can catch it here.
I will be posting for IWSG every first Wednesday of the
month. IWSG’s posts emphasises the writing process, the challenges
it brings and how to over come them.
Until next time. . .
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