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Where have all the good sci-fi films gone (vanity)?
Yours truly

Posted on 02/19/2008 11:03:14 AM PST by rjp2005

Where have all the sci-fi films gone?

Those simple, thought-provoking speculative tales about how people respond to something new, what kind of moral choices they make, keeping traditions in the face of technological change. Essentially, the kind of films that were thought provoking and story/character driven - Day the Earth Stood Still, Planet of Apes, 12 Monkeys, Minority Report (more action though but good), etc.

The "Superhero and Fantasy Genre Craze" since Spiderman and LOTR has really eaten up a lot of support for original sci-fi works to film...

For 2008, we have two horror/slasher types "I Am Legend" (Omega Man remake) and "Death Race" (revisiting the 70's version), another superhero film in "Jumper", "Iron Man", which could be a treat, and maybe the only true sci-fi attempt, "Babylon A.D.". There was also "Sunshine", a late 90's disaster film leftover, possibly funded by Global Warming-mongers ;)


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KEYWORDS: sciencefiction; scifi; sfreference
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To: Empireoftheatom48
I would like to see them make Asimov’s Classic The Foundation Trilogy!

You'll have to settle for the stolen mashup version. It's called "Star Wars."

101 posted on 02/19/2008 11:49:00 AM PST by BlazingArizona
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To: Malacoda

LOL!


102 posted on 02/19/2008 11:49:30 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: stanz

What about Wizards from the mid 70’s?


103 posted on 02/19/2008 11:49:31 AM PST by Taylor42
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To: rjp2005
There's been a lot of great sci-fi movies mentioned, but I think one of the most overlooked and under-rated sci-fi movies is "The Island". Great plot line, thought-provoking, great action. Can't understand why it didn't do better. Perhaps because Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt didn't play the lead role.

Anyone agree?
104 posted on 02/19/2008 11:49:54 AM PST by GLDNGUN
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To: Abathar

For all us Browncoats, there’s always fan fiction. Steven Brust has finished a good one...

http://dreamcafe.com/firefly.html


105 posted on 02/19/2008 11:50:11 AM PST by Brian Mosely (A government is a body of people -- usually notably ungoverned)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
I would like to see them make Azimov’s Classic The Foundation Trilogy!

No sure it could be done justice on any sized screen

106 posted on 02/19/2008 11:50:24 AM PST by Starwolf
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To: LRS
[ I am surprised that no one has tried to screw up one of my all time favorites with a remake: Forbidden Planet. ]

You too?.. One of the all time greats.. be hard to match let alone equal it.. all without the current technology it was made..

Have not seen it(Forbidden Planet) on TV for years, some bright programmer could make points by showing it.. also 1,000,000 B.C. might be appreciated in re-show-INGS.. ABC or NBC could get more viewers by advertising its show date for a couple of weeks..

107 posted on 02/19/2008 11:51:00 AM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: HamiltonJay

The season is on DVD at walmarts and such, it is well worth the price instead of renting them to see it if you like well written Sci-Fi.


108 posted on 02/19/2008 11:51:14 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: LRS
A remake today would probably have the Krell going extinct because of global warming, or some other such nonsense

...Because only Al Gore would fit through those doorways!

109 posted on 02/19/2008 11:51:20 AM PST by BlazingArizona
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To: Empireoftheatom48

“I would like to see them make Azimov’s Classic The Foundation Trilogy!”

Six hours of people talking? As much as I enjoyed them myself, I’m hard-pressed to see how you’d get a decent movie out of them. OTOH, in the 8 or 9 editions of “The Year’s Best Science Fiction” that I have I could find seveal dozen short stories that would make excellent sci-fi movies, with plots that wouldn’t require 6 hours to explore, or overly tax the viewer to follow. But judging by what gets made in Hollywood these days, anything more sophisticated than a comic book aimed at 9 year olds isn’t going to get made into a movie.


110 posted on 02/19/2008 11:52:17 AM PST by -YYZ- (Strong like bull, smart like ox.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Ugh, I hated TinMan. Everything Sci-Fi channel does is soooo disappointing because every “world” they create appears to have about 200 residents on them. They are throwing out neon signs and buicks in the “OZ” without any hope of an actual manufacturing facility because there are a total of 200 people in the entire land. If you are going to have have some traveling salesman’s car in the TinMan miniseries for a good 1/2 hour, put in more than 1/2 hour effort to make it look at least a little other worldly.

Maybe it’s just me, but it’s soooo annoying.


111 posted on 02/19/2008 11:52:25 AM PST by SengirV
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To: new cruelty

pinger


112 posted on 02/19/2008 11:52:35 AM PST by wallcrawlr
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Yeah, Alien was good too.


113 posted on 02/19/2008 11:52:46 AM PST by Soliton
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To: rjp2005

I watch an online copy of the new Stargate Ark of Truth a couple of weeks ago. What a stinker! My hope of a successful Stargate movie run was destroyed after watching that.


114 posted on 02/19/2008 11:52:47 AM PST by Rb ver. 2.0 (Global warming is the new Marxism.)
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To: Brian Mosely

Hey, I didn’t know Brust did that, I have every book he wrote - Waiting for the next Vlad story that is suppose to be out soon. Thanks!


115 posted on 02/19/2008 11:53:20 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: rjp2005
AI, and Existenz, are both good.

Serenity was excellent.

I think there are a bunch of made-for-TV science fiction that is good.

If there were a short-story vehicle similar to Twilight Zone or its follow ons, it would encourage more writers to work in the genre.

As for remakes, Hollywood should give them all up. Remake Day the Earth Stood Still? I’d rather see “Farewell to the Master”, the original by Harry Bates, without the antinuke propaganda.

A remake of Forbidden Planet? Lindsay Lohan as Altera and Johny Depp as Dr Morbius? I’d stay home and watch Full Metal Alchemist dvds instead.

116 posted on 02/19/2008 11:53:43 AM PST by DBrow
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To: Betis70

Yes, and you usually don’t expect to wade through the complete Blue Danube Waltz in a movie.


117 posted on 02/19/2008 11:54:01 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder (*-o(:^{>)
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To: TNCMAXQ
Pepe, says, "hi, and remember, Gamera has a good heart and is a friend to all children".
118 posted on 02/19/2008 11:54:33 AM PST by WildcatClan (The epitome of irony is that few entities exist, less common, than common-sense.)
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To: LRS

They’ve been working on it, but I guess it didn’t go anywhere:

http://www.forbidden-planet.org/forbidden-planet/

Look at the bottom of the page.


119 posted on 02/19/2008 11:54:46 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: LRS
Invaders from Mars

I forgot the name of that one! Scared the pants off of me particularly when my older brother pretended to be one of them.

120 posted on 02/19/2008 11:55:12 AM PST by Soliton
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