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Michael Crichton loved writing books on this trope. e.x. Jurassic Park - Stuck on an island full of dinosaurs Congo - Stuck in a lost city full of deadly int
by ben7799 5y ago
Michael Crichton loved writing books on this trope.
e.x.
Jurassic Park - Stuck on an island full of dinosaurs
Congo - Stuck in a lost city full of deadly intelligent apes
Sphere - Stuck in an alien ship on the bottom of the ocean
- cratermoon 5y agoAndromeda Strain - stuck in a high-security bio-research facility with a deadly alien pathogen.
- ben7799 5y agoI struggled with whether or not to include that one.. haven't actually read it and wasn't sure. The whole genre is "Lost World" and goes all the way back to King Solomon's Mines in the 1800s.
- cratermoon 5y agoIn Andromeda Strain, there's a bit of a twist in that as the situation with the pathogen in the lab deteriorates, the automatic safety systems start locking it down even more tightly. The lab is made up of multiple levels, with the lowest level (underground) being the most controlled. For plot reasons, one of the researchers has to try to get from the lowest level to an upper one and the security systems actively try to stop him.
- daveslash 5y agoWestworld, stuck in a theme park with a killer robot (the 1973 movie, I haven't seen the new show)
- folli 5y agoFirst season is worth a watch IMO. It handles topics addressed by the movie in greater depth (sentient robots, a bit like the story of Pinocchio). The other seasons are made confusing seemingly on purpose without adding to the story.
- samplatt 5y agoFrustratingly, the subsequent seasons try to address different issues and questions without answering any of the quests raised in the previous seasons. It's almost like they want to jump from topic to topic so as not to spoil the potential of what's worked on so far.