When the hook of a particular movie or TV show directly involves instant/Act One amnesia, you know you're in for a bit of a slow burn. Things will get revealed, but slowly. Dangers will preset themselves, but with purposefully fuzzy context. Puzzle parts will need to be pieced together and investability won't come easy.
Now let's talk about six amnesiacs. Space travelers who emerge from cryo-sleep with no recollection of who they are, where they are, or why they're all together. And yet, each member of the group begins to sort of flop and mold into a particular space crew trope. Normally, this Saw-type scenario might make you think along the lines of a meta-genre tale like The Cabin in the Woods. This person's the do-gooder hero, this one's the tough chick, this one's the spacey River Tam surrogate, and this guy's the a-hole. Oh, and I'll let you guess (from the image at the top of the page) which one doesn't talk much and is great with swords and martial arts.
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Now let's talk about six amnesiacs. Space travelers who emerge from cryo-sleep with no recollection of who they are, where they are, or why they're all together. And yet, each member of the group begins to sort of flop and mold into a particular space crew trope. Normally, this Saw-type scenario might make you think along the lines of a meta-genre tale like The Cabin in the Woods. This person's the do-gooder hero, this one's the tough chick, this one's the spacey River Tam surrogate, and this guy's the a-hole. Oh, and I'll let you guess (from the image at the top of the page) which one doesn't talk much and is great with swords and martial arts.
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