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Tonight's Movie!

El Eternauta (2025) is a live-action Netflix adaptation of the Argentinian alien-invasion comic book written by . From the Wikipedia article:

The Eternaut (Spanish: El Eternauta) is an Argentine science fiction comic created by Héctor Germán Oesterheld with artwork by Francisco Solano López. It was first published in Hora Cero Semanal between 1957 and 1959, initially as a serialized comic strip. The story is focused on a handful of survivors of a deadly alien invasion in Buenos Aires.

After other failed attempts to continue the story, Oesterheld remade it in 1969, with art by Alberto Breccia and a more overt political tone. Oesterheld became the spokesman of the Montoneros guerrillas by the time he started the sequel, El Eternauta: segunda parte, again with Solano López. The Dirty War against guerrilla groups forced Oesterheld to go into hiding, but he completed the story nonetheless. He was a victim of an enforced disappearance shortly after that. His widow Elsa Oesterheld sold the rights of the character to the publisher Ediciones Record, and tried later to annul the contract, leading to a lengthy copyright dispute.

The story had many sequels in later years, sometimes with conflicting canonicity. A television miniseries adaptation by Netflix, The Eternaut, premiered on April 30, 2025, starring Ricardo Darín as the lead character.

Héctor Germán Oesterheld is an interesting guy. Here's a couple versions of the comic version of El Eternauta. If you haven't read it, it's worth reading.

• Fantastic English translation with an explanation of the rules of Truco: https://annas-archive.gl/md5/1bda9c1b7581204d7d131d39811c7aef
• Original Spanish-language version: https://annas-archive.gl/md5/2cd319c9676cbd43f8845839bcbd3539
• German translation: https://annas-archive.gl/md5/f42634bfef0f5ea326c74e50b589baed

El Eternauta (2025)

We'll be watching the Netflix live-action adaptation, which is set in contemporary Buenos Aires. Dudes are rocking, playing Truco, and then it starts snowing. I'll try and provide some context for how Truco works and other Argentine things.

• Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-eternaut/
• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27740241/

CWs

• Argentinian insults like "pelotudo", "boludo" and "conchudo" can be heard along with other insults through the series.
• Smoking/Drinking
• dead prop dogs
• a parent dies
• other family members die. there are a lot of dead people. none of it is graphic.
• insects
• dead bodies
• self-sacrifice
• jump scares
• possession
• natural bodies of water
• people are eaten (off screen)
• PTSD
• dissociation/derealization/depersonalization
• somebody has a meltdown
• somebody struggles to breathe
• loud noises
• screaming
• babies
• suicide (attempted and completed)
• homelessnes
• car crashes
• honking/squeaking
• violence/guns
• stabbing
• death by falling
• unconsciousness

tankie.tube links:

• El Eternauta S1E1 "A Night of Cards": https://tankie.tube/w/baJJ9qeDRbBDnJrf3b7i3j
• El Eternauta S1E2 "Step Into the Sun": https://tankie.tube/w/bm8WVbTM8FoGqRMfAKLBj6
• El Eternauta S1E3 "Magnetism": https://tankie.tube/w/kkKnhWXrXm9raWBZxan4Y7