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The Aurora was on the border of being really great and being really bad. The story, involving a digging team's search for oil could very well one day be reality based. The Earth is running out of oil, so a team digs for oil far into the Earth's crust. One woman tries to stop them before they unearth six million year old bacteria that will sap the planet's oxygen supply.
The story is extremely well done, containing such complicated elements as cloning, organ transplants and loneliness. A cutesy young girl adds humor to the story, which also contains mystery and some emotional scenes that would rival any non-animated tearjerker. The artwork is fantastic, using 3D CGI graphics, but without a major villain other than the bacteria, this story moves rather slowly, leaving the watcher wondering when it will end.
The Aurora could have been one of the movies of the night, but it missed in several areas that made some of the other movies of the night kick ass. And one of those movies that kicked ass was Blood: The Last Vampire. While most people were looking forward to the two feature events, Escaflowne in the day and Vampire Hunter D 2000 that night, it was Blood that nearly stole the show.
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