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 ;)
Ameristan” could be that movie. Download the $6.00 novel. There’s also a screenplay online.
Ameristan is a novel and a motion picture political thriller premised on the unthinkable: The United States of America becomes a conservative Muslim state where Islamic Sharia is the law of the land. You still can’t post the Ten Commandments in public schools, but Allah help you if you don’t pray toward Mecca five times a day in the public schools.
“The Mote In God’s Eye.”
Great book, still one of my favorite alien names for a scientific concept - “The Crazy Eddie Point!”
Yes, it is a great book. And the aliens and their culture are so well thought out, and well presented. I haven’t gone to the bookstore yet for the sequel, “The Gripping Hand.”
Is it a dearth period or a quality dearth or what?
Maybe . . . it’s a lull before the real drama breaks out in the open?
Hellboy 2 is coming out soon and I thought the Mist was pretty good
80s
ET
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
I kinda liked UFO
you left out serenity, which was great
“I was actually hoping the writer’s strike would have killed permanently the left wing fantasy fest of the re-envisioned Galactica.”
RDM is anything but left wing
I liked the 4400
That is correct. In of his blogs he wrote that He Likes Ike... When was the last time that you heard a left wing person likes Ike??? He also dissed Edwards in the last season.
I never saw it so I can’t comment on the show.
Check out “Torchwood” on BBC America.
GATEWAY by FREDERIK POHL
Just wait, it's called the Obama administration.
I agree. Seriously, Bruce Willis is a Republican. I don't know how conservative he is, but I'm sure he would have made one hell of a good candidate.
One of my favorite all-timers. “I came here to kick ass, and chew bubble gum. And I’m all out of bubble gum.” (In fact, there’s a freeper who uses that as his tagline.)
Or the Hillary Admin, or the Gang of 14’s admin...
A gramme is worth a damme, FRiend!
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