Here's something you might be interested in.
Chalk another one up to Hollywood Synchronicity - you know, the force that brought us Deep Impact and Armageddon, Dante's Peak and Volcano, etc. Cuz here come two films starring weirdly ageless A-listers (Tom Cruise and Will Smith) about space dudes returning to Earth at some future date and finding a whole mess of trouble when they do. It ain't quite Planet of the Apes, but it's something. And there's a certain degree to which it's the same thing.
Folks plummet to the surface from high above it:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36865/
They see animals:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36866/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36867/
They get shot at by spaceship thingies:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36868/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36869/
They have spaceship troubles:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36870/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36871/
They get eyeball-tight closeups:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36872/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36873/
They brandish weapons:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36875/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36876/
They enter dark places:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36877/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36878/
They even touch plants:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36879/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36880/
Yes, yes, this is much more a noting of similar camera work than it is a laying out of similar plotlines, since Oblivion looks a lot like Wall-E and After Earth looks more like Avatar. But still.
Chalk another one up to Hollywood Synchronicity - you know, the force that brought us Deep Impact and Armageddon, Dante's Peak and Volcano, etc. Cuz here come two films starring weirdly ageless A-listers (Tom Cruise and Will Smith) about space dudes returning to Earth at some future date and finding a whole mess of trouble when they do. It ain't quite Planet of the Apes, but it's something. And there's a certain degree to which it's the same thing.
Folks plummet to the surface from high above it:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36865/
They see animals:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36866/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36867/
They get shot at by spaceship thingies:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36868/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36869/
They have spaceship troubles:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36870/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36871/
They get eyeball-tight closeups:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36872/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36873/
They brandish weapons:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36875/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36876/
They enter dark places:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36877/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36878/
They even touch plants:
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36879/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/dec/12/36880/
Yes, yes, this is much more a noting of similar camera work than it is a laying out of similar plotlines, since Oblivion looks a lot like Wall-E and After Earth looks more like Avatar. But still.