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Adam-Troy Castro. Fantastic Stories of the Imagination #220
Introduction: Welcome to the new Fantastic Stories by Warren Lapine
Reviews: The Fan: Backtracking, Dislocations, Learning Curves, and Getting One’s Bearings by Carole McDonnell
Reviews: The Magic Lantern: To Start With by Adam-Troy Castro
Roots of Spec Fic: The Greater Evil of H.P. Lovecraft by Jay O'Connell
Original Novella: Invisible Friends Too (Or, I have no bananas and Ice must cream) by Steven Sawiki
Short Story: The Big Guy by Mike Resnick
Novelette: Planting Walnuts by Linda Tiernan Kepner
Short Story: Time Slip by Hannah Kollef
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I related to the character’s journey, even if Cage — or was it Cruise — felt somewhat distant. But don’t look for heart in this film. Yes, the aliens are deadly, and yes, the film depicts warfare well. But because there are no character backstories, this film is a mental exercise. Where this film excels is in the execution; the first half is expositional perfection. The act of learning and the toils of puzzling through has never been shown so perfectly. “Trial and error” and muddling through was never this deadly.
But then the second part of the film arrives. It’s plain old linear storytelling once Cage finally learns the “secret” and has escaped the death loop. So the second half of Edge of Tomorrow lacks something. This is also where we should see how terrifying real death is. After all, Cage has been dying a lot, but he knew all his other deaths would cause him to a return to life. One would think the screenwriter would differentiate between the new realization of “death without hope of rebooting” and Cage’s previous deaths. But nooooooo. Then the WTF-ending arrives, an ending which seems like fan service for HEA-loving Americans.
