Oblivion (2013 film)
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Oblivion is a post‐apocalyptic Science Fiction film starring Tom Cruise.
After an alien race called the Scavs destroyed the Moon, mankind fought back and won, but Earth was laid waste in the process. The human race fled to the Tet, a space station orbiting the earth, in preparation for an eventual colonization of Titan. Only two people remain—Jack and Victoria, two technicians (and lovers) who have been left behind to maintain the Tet’s earth‐based fusion generators until they’ve generated enough to make the journey possible. Despite having had his memory wiped for security purposes, Jack is haunted by fragments of impossible dreams. When a spacecraft containing a woman he recognizes crash lands nearby, things start to fall apart.
- After the End: Of the Alien Invasion variety.
- Detonation Moon: Destroyed by the Scavs sixty years before the events of the movie, in order to lay waste to Earth through earthquakes and tidal waves. Actually done by the Tet, for the same reasons, a fact that’s hidden from Jack and Vika.
- Machine Monotone: Sally from Mission Control speaks in a delightful Southern twang, until she’s revealed to be Not Even Human—once she starts talking to Jack, her audio starts glitching out and you can hear the synthesized voice underneath.
- Shout-Out: Clearly takes inspiration from lots of other sci‐fi—Moon, 2001, Planet of the Apes, The Matrix, WALL-E… Visually it also bears strong similarity to Tron: Legacy (by the same director) and Prometheus.
- Sunglasses at Night: Beech, clearly inspired by Morpheus. Wears his shades even underground and in fights. He’s never shown without them until after he’s been critically injured in the final firefight.
- Sinister Geometry: The Tet, though it’s not sinister. Except to the Genre Savvy.