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FilmPG-132017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Directed by Luc Besson
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which… From TMDB
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a 2017 adventure science fiction action film, directed by Luc Besson, starring Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne and Clive Owen.
- 179 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
- posts span May 25, 2017 to Oct 27, 2026
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60 of 208 · most liked firstRewatching Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets but just the opening and the Rihanna dance.
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was released 8 years ago today. I love the prologue.
positive · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017): Gravity ship, concept design by Olivier Martin
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017): These cute mushroom guys, art by @kemar74.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →I like the world building in *Fifth Element* and *Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets*. But Luc Besson is probably a rapist and certainly a sexual assaulter. I'll watch his old stuff I already own but won't put any more money towards it nor support any new projects. Edit: oh, also he's not "cancelled". He came out with another movie this year or last, if I recall. 9 times our of 10, celebrities that say they were "cancelled" just had their feefees hurt by people on social media.
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017): The Intruder, XB982 astroship, art by Patrice Garcia↙️ "I believe that my real victory on this film is to have encouraged Besson to keep the original design of Laureline's ship and her sidekick… It is superb."
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Amazing world building and visuals that was destroyed by terrible casting and wooden acting.
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was released 7 years ago yesterday. I love the prologue. tinyurl.com/mr47hpmb
positive · AI labelView post →Passenger Craft from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets #conceptart #spaceshipart #scifiart #scifi #illustration
neutral · AI labelView post →"Harvester" a robot I did for "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" These guys would crawl all over the massive groups of storage containers in the docks on Alpha Station. Sadly they weren't showcased in the film. #scifi #conceptart #robots
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets by the great Luc Besson. Looks amazing, awful awful movie
negative · AI labelView post →Shots of Alpha Station from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. #scifiart #scifi #conceptart #illustration
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. And it's not close.
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Absolutely stunning visually with writing that, even if it had been good would never have succeeded because its stars had exactly zero chemistry.
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Or really any manga/comic adaptation where they strip all the interesting stuff to make a paint by numbers plot. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen probably qualifies too
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017): Alpha docks' Police charger, art by Deak Ferrand
neutral · AI labelView post →i absolutely do not believe for even one second that Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is the #3 most streamed movie on Max right now, as the app currently claims
neutral · AI labelView post →"Jupiter Ascending" and "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets." Just absolute neon space nonsense in both cases. Not "good," not even "coherent," but magnificent in the way that the movie "Purple Rain" is magnificent.
neutral · AI labelView post →I actually liked Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Both main actors were objectively terrible, but I still liked the movie 🤷♂️
positive · AI labelView post →"Luc Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is great actually."
positive · AI labelView post →I went on a tinder date to the cinema to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. My date hated the film so much she got up and left halfway through but i stayed to the end.
neutral · AI labelView post →I liked: - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (48%) - Jupiter Ascending (28%)
positive · AI labelView post →I’m rewatching Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and man this shit is wacky. Not only do Valerian and Laureline look like siblings, severely undercutting any (purely theoretical) sexy chemistry, but for some reason they gave said universe-trotting bad boy the Dwight Schrute haircut
negative · AI labelView post →[Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2239822/reference/) is one big plot hole riddled with plot holes and cheesy-ness to boot but I find it mildly enjoyable (yes, I know it is much panned and generally disliked).
neutral · AI labelView post →When my wife and I went to see Baby Driver, she said the most amazing thing ever: How did this guy get a job playing Han Solo? He was terrible in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets!
neutral · AI labelView post →The opening sequence for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is so fucking perfect and then the rest of the movie runs right into a brick wall while also doing RiRi so fucking dirty.
neutral · AI labelView post →At this point I’m not sure if The Mandalorian and Grogu will ultimately outgross Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets ($225 million)
neutral · AI labelView post →The only real fun part of Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets is how baroque and Frenchily officious the uniforms get for the Space!EU. Everyone has ten thousand badges and stars and oak leagues and medals.
positive · AI labelView post →*Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets* One of the best movies intros I've ever seen. Too bad the rest of the movie sucked.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies I can enjoy almost anytime just for myself and I don’t care about hot takes. 🗡️ Assassin’s Creed 💊 Matrix Resurrections 🔺 Ghost In the Shell (live-action) ⛽️ Solo: A Star Wars Story 🤝 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 🪪 Fifth Element
positive · AI labelView post →the opening of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is really good but, uh, I don't know if the people making it actually *listened* to the lyrics of Space Oddity
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets today and I am DEMANDING to know where the rights to Saga are. Who has them. Who do I need to call upon to get this made
positive · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (made my the same guy) is similar. The story is such a huge mess, but if you let go of expectations it's still entertaining. Not quite as good, but still entertaining.
neutral · AI labelView post →Mars Attacks Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - The opening sequence is pretty amazing actually. Sex Drive (esp the directors cut) This is harder than I thought it would be. I was also surprised at the ratings for Mars Attacks and Sex Drive. Mars Attacks is a legit great movie but admittedly very odd. Sex Drive is just stupid fun.. Kinda peak teen sex comedy. Not perfect but funny in it's own way.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Chronicles of Riddick Yeah I know they made 'Riddick', it's okay and a nice step back into more of what Pitch Black was. But I wanted to know more about the Elementals, the Necromongers, other races that were extinguished, or like the Furyan.. thought to have been purged. Edit: Tossing in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets as a bonus. Another cool world I wanted to see more of.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have they tried making Funkos of characters nobody knows or cares about like Doghan Daguis from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, which then fill the discount aisles of TK Maxx and CEX? That'll probably turn things around.
neutral · AI labelView post →- Hudson Hawk - Treasure Planet - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - Jupiter Rising (If you notices a theme of these movies that bombed it’s that they are excellent)
positive · AI labelView post →Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets Oh wait, that's a movie that *nobody* loves except me. 😅
positive · AI labelView post →Name your fav non-franchise science fiction film. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets 2017 I won't argue it is a good movie overall, but I love the visuals.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MovieMadness #MovieChallenge Day 2: Movie with the greatest opening scene - Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017). Greatest opening? Perhaps not, but it tells hundreds of years of backstory in a perfectly edited montage. Shame the rest wasn't as good. youtu.be/xeXCQX0zw6I?...
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨 This week, we're talking about Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Luc Besson tried to launch the French version of an MCU, but he made (at least) one fatal mistake: casting the two least likable leads ever put on film. Join us, won't you?
neutral · AI labelView post →I went on a tinder date to see Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets and my date hated it so much she walked out halfway through but i stayed until the end
positive · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was beautiful but combined just a really rough script with two leads who seemed engineered to be unlikable.
negative · AI labelView post →I quote the shit out of this movie. It's definitely one of my favorites. I was hoping Besson's Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets would have the same vibe. I liked it well enough, but it was no Fifth Element.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks for all the advice! I added some movies to my own to watch list, and here is the complete list of this thread (Sorted old to new). - [Forbidden Planet (1956) ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223) - [The Twilight Zone (1959) ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052520) - [2001 Space Odyssey (1968) ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062622) - [Silent Running (1972) ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067756) - [Solaris (1972) ](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069293) - [Star Wars: Episode IV - A New…
neutral · AI labelView post →if you ask the movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets has an absolutely wonderful opening and it's a shame the movie that follows is so unwatchable that I've never been able to finish it www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGy...
negative · AI labelView post →There's lots of them but one that hasn't been mentioned is Sucker Punch. It's 6.1 on IMDB and 22% on Rotten Tomatoes and I loved the visuals. Also, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is terrible but everyone needs to watch the [opening sequence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeXCQX0zw6I)
negative · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets I like the movie and have watched it three times, now.
positive · AI labelView post →I Eat Your Skinamarink Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets of the Apes Avatár I Spit on Your Grave of the Fireflies Project Hail Mary Poppins
neutral · AI labelView post →"Post a movie you like with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score"? What does NOT?! Aside from the ones I RT'ed (Daredevil, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Punisher: War Zone), these four are within arm's reach: The Warrior's Way, Windtalkers, Hardcore Henry, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
neutral · AI labelView post →Like... as in a proper "movie" film? I did a re-watch of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets a few months ago. Don't judge, it's one of my guilty pleasures. 😅
positive · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was like that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Absolute snoozefest with possibly the worst cast leads in modern history.
negative · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is a beautiful title and a beautiful looking movie that needed severe rewrites.
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming this Sunday, it's Episode 121: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets featuring AP!
neutral · AI labelView post →My standard answer is Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. But for today I’ll say it was Rihanna in Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. She should have won an Oscar for this scene alone.
neutral · AI labelView post →Gonna say it. I really enjoyed "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets".
positive · AI labelView post →Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.
neutral · AI labelView post →Rutger Hauer as the President of the World State Federation in “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets.” 🎬 🎥 #rutgerhauer #filmsky #moviesky #actorsky #scifisky #valerian
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