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Poster for sci-fi noir 'RESTORE POINT' - 2041, it's now possible to bring victims of a violent crime back to life by backing up their brain every two days. (i.redd.it)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Great production design. A simple concept like a police procedural (but with the ability to restore from death) is familiar, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. At this point it's practically an entire genre trope of its own, like "aging criminal gets called in for one last job" or "extreme sports enthusiast is called upon to fight criminals." The audience already knows the layout, so it's an opportunity for the execution to shine, if it's done well.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I enjoy it since there's the aspect of interviewing the victim themselves, as well as a constant sense of danger since the killer needs to obviously finish the job and fast. It becomes a bit of a race.

Altered carbon and Hyperion by Dan Simmons come to mind as having the concept.