I liked Europa Report. I haven't even seen TLDoM yet, so I can't trash it but once again, two movies similar in plot come out at the same time. Anyone one to explain that one to me?
So life-like...
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They're not similar movies as you claim. I enjoyed both, but would give the edge to The Last Days on Mars.
shareEuropa Report is a really bad sci-fi aswell but its slightly better than this plot hole galore fest.
~If the realistic details fails, the movie fails~
Europa Report had the advantage it didn't degenerate into complete stupidity 1/3 of the way into the movie.
Sorry, but that's pretty much how I felt about how it wound up.
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Europa Report is a very nice movie, and I can not say the same thing about The last days on Mars...
shareTo answer your question about why two movies similar in plot come out at the same time, I always assumed it was due to a progression of events similar to this:
1. Story creators pitch their idea to Studio A.
2. Studio A generally likes the idea but wants to make some changes (i.e. "let's make it more of a comedy" or "how about we give it a horror vibe by adding space zombies").
3. Story creators don't want to change their idea and decide to pitch it to Studio B instead.
4. Studio B likes the idea as is and decides to make the movie.
5. Studio A, now inspired to create their own story, decides to produce a similar movie with their desired adjustments to Story creators' original idea.
6. Studio A and Studio B produce movies similar in plot that come out at the same time.
I have no proof or evidence that this is really why it happens, but it makes sense to me.
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