Counterpart (2016)
“In its past, a center of energy and technological competition; now, one more dead, mammoth civilization, felled by the machines.
As we enter the city, I scout for landmarks—Calgary Tower, the Glenmore Reservoir, Canada Olympic Park, the University of Calgary—all places I was briefed about ahead of time so I’d have some sense of my surroundings, should I get separated from the team. But we must be too far out, because I can’t even spot the Tower. Canada Olympic Park is the only place I recognize..., and it’s impossible to miss from our western approach into the city.
An immense ski jump overlooks the old sports complex, elevated above an overgrown field of browning grass and empty parking lots. There’s no moisture in the air, no wind to stir the flags on their ancient poles; faded colors and symbols for countries that no longer exist. The whole place feels like it’s frozen in time. Or it would, if not for the machines crawling all over the hill, navigating among the trees of the forest like ants among the quills of a shaggy porcupine.MoreLess
As we enter the city, I scout for landmarks—Calgary Tower, the Glenmore Reservoir, Canada Olympic Park, the University of Calgary—all places I was briefed about ahead of time so I’d have some sense of my surroundings, should I get separated from the team. But we must be too far out, because I can’t even spot the Tower. Canada Olympic Park is the only place I recognize..., and it’s impossible to miss from our western approach into the city.
An immense ski jump overlooks the old sports complex, elevated above an overgrown field of browning grass and empty parking lots. There’s no moisture in the air, no wind to stir the flags on their ancient poles; faded colors and symbols for countries that no longer exist. The whole place feels like it’s frozen in time. Or it would, if not for the machines crawling all over the hill, navigating among the trees of the forest like ants among the quills of a shaggy porcupine.MoreLess
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