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The plot kicks off with a prologue set thirty years earlier on the planet Mul. We witness a serene, technologically advanced species called the Pearls—translucent, humanoid creatures who live in harmony with a giant, energy-producing creature called the Converter. Suddenly, a catastrophic battle erupts overhead in space, raining debris down on Mul. The Pearls’ homeworld is destroyed, and their Converter is lost. The attacker? Unknowingly, human forces fighting an enemy warship.

The dialogue is often clunky. Valerian’s attempts at romantic banter sound like they were translated directly from French to English without adaptation. Lines like "I have a feeling about you, Laureline. I think you are going to be very important in my life" are meant to be charming but come off as self-absorbed. Valerian.and.The.City.of.A.Thousand.Planets.201...

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Additionally, the villain is weak. Commander Filitt has a compelling backstory (he was the commander of the ship that bombed Mul), but he is reduced to a shrieking, one-note antagonist delivering exposition dumps. The real threat—radiation and time—is abstract, making the final confrontation feel anticlimactic.

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If Valerian has an undisputed triumph, it is its production design. Besson and his team, including supervising art director Hugues Tissandier, constructed something unprecedented. Instead of building a few sets and relying on green screens, Besson built over 400 separate sets on nine soundstages in France. The result is a tactile, immersive universe.