Vandelay
Life is absurd. Lean into it.
2001: A Space Odyssey
Terminator 2
Jurassic Park
The “aged like wine” movie trinity. Add The Empire Strikes Back for mt rushmore.
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I'm cool on Empire Strikes Back, but that's because i generally don't like Star Wars. Maybe swap Matrix OR star Trek 2 up in there...but that is the Holy Trinity of Sci-fi.