Sputnik (2020)

My Top 199 Favorite Sci-Fi Movies... Of Like, Ever (199 movies items)

"   Remember back when Sputnik was just a simple satellite that was a symbol of Mother Russia's victory in the space race and its only function was to simply circle the globe and send beeping signals down from Earth's orbit? It was a harmless piece of machinery that in the end, demonstrated that when it came to ingenuity of humankind, the sky was truly the limit.  More than six decades later, the Russkies send out another Sputnik, but this time, it's in the form of a motion picture. And it ma"

My Top 199 Favorite Sci-Fi Movies... Of Like, Ever (199 movies items)

"   Remember back when Sputnik was just a simple satellite that was a symbol of Mother Russia's victory in the space race and its only function was to simply circle the globe and send beeping signals down from Earth's orbit? It was a harmless piece of machinery that in the end, demonstrated that when it came to ingenuity of humankind, the sky was truly the limit.  More than six decades later, the Russkies send out another Sputnik, but this time, it's in the form of a motion picture. And it ma"

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"Anyone familiar with the history of space exploration knows that Sputnik was the very first man made object that was placed in Earth's orbit. Built and set off to space by the Russians, and , it was symbol of mankind's lofty aspirations to fly outside of the planet's atmosphere and beyond, despite the Cold War rivalry of the great space race. Sputnik's only function was to circle the globe and send continual beeping transmissions down to Earth. It was a harmless piece of machinery that in the en"

My Top 275 Favorite Horror Movies of All Time (275 movies items)

"  The original Sputnik from 1957 had only two functions....  First, circle the globe and send continual beeping transmissions down to Earth.   Second, as a symbol that the Russians were ahead in the space race. Sputnik the movie, was also created by the Russians but in 2020, long after the thaw of the Cold War. But in this film, the "Sputnik" in question is not a space satellite but instead a "cute" alien parasite with a taste for human flesh. And with its ability to control its host to meet"

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"Anyone familiar with the history of space exploration knows that Sputnik was the very first man made object that was placed in Earth's orbit. Built and set off to space by the Russians, and , it was symbol of mankind's lofty aspirations to fly outside of the planet's atmosphere and beyond, despite the Cold War rivalry of the great space race. Sputnik's only function was to circle the globe and send continual beeping transmissions down to Earth. It was a harmless piece of machinery that in the en"