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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: NonValueAdded

“Tin Man” got hosed by the critics, but I enjoyed it enough that I may poop for the DVD next month.


61 posted on 02/19/2008 11:32:33 AM PST by Malacoda (A day without a pi$$ed-off muslim is like a day without sunshine.)
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To: Empireoftheatom48

Childhood’s End


62 posted on 02/19/2008 11:32:37 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
I would like to see them make Azimov’s Classic The Foundation Trilogy!

Great choice! I would also like to see Burroughs' John Carter on Mars series, but the biggest money maker would be "Space Willies" and Bruce Willis would make the perfect hero.

63 posted on 02/19/2008 11:33:10 AM PST by Soliton
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To: LRS

If it was done right, I’d love it. That’s a great story.


64 posted on 02/19/2008 11:33:34 AM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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To: rjp2005
Anything from Toho Studios, for example this one:

http://www.tohokingdom.com/movies/battle_in_outer_space.htm

65 posted on 02/19/2008 11:33:49 AM PST by OKSooner
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To: TNCMAXQ

I agree. Sci-Fi has become the Fangoria channel. BTW, MST3K is available on YouTube. :-)


66 posted on 02/19/2008 11:33:50 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: rjp2005

What about Cloverfield?


67 posted on 02/19/2008 11:34:31 AM PST by SwankyC (McCain is the wrong liberal for the job.)
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To: AppyPappy

“I was hoping for a remake of “THEM””

Only if you make me a Sargent and charge the booze.

Did you ever notice in the old films from the 50s-60s, that at the first sign of trouble, one or more of the characters will pull a gun from his pocket or glove box? This says to me that it wasn’t unusual for men to walk around like that in those days.


68 posted on 02/19/2008 11:35:29 AM PST by Hacklehead (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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To: LRS

I’d really like to see someone make a good budget version of “Brave New World.”

I’d also like to see a good budget version of Asimov’s first 3 Foundation books (or maybe split into 3 movies).


69 posted on 02/19/2008 11:35:42 AM PST by Secret Agent Man
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To: COBOL2Java
Blade Runner is on my list of best films, period. The combination of the cinematography and the score by Vangelis is hypnotic.
70 posted on 02/19/2008 11:35:57 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: rjp2005

Sci-fi suffers from a lack of writers of the caliber of Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and a score of others.


71 posted on 02/19/2008 11:36:22 AM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: Abathar

Never saw the show.. the movie was rather entertaining though.


72 posted on 02/19/2008 11:36:28 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: COBOL2Java

Forbidden Planet
The Day the Earth Stood Still
War of the Worlds
Robinson Caruso on Mars
Fantastic Voyage
ET
Starman


73 posted on 02/19/2008 11:36:37 AM PST by Soliton
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Still waiting for a sequel to:

LOL!

74 posted on 02/19/2008 11:36:57 AM PST by RabidBartender
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To: hoagy62

I loved Babylon 5 until the Vorgon solution. I sat there for 10 minutes with an empty feeling in my stomach. I could never sit through another episode. I spent years watching the series, getting pulled in deeper and deeper then....... I was so disappointed.

SG1
Farscape.
Star trek TOS.

In that order IMO. Firefly would be on that list if they had more episodes.


75 posted on 02/19/2008 11:37:01 AM PST by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: COBOL2Java

“Invaders from Mars. I first saw this 1953 movie when I was a child, and it scared the Bejeezus out of me. Implants in the back of the head? And that creature in the globe!”

That one gave me nightmares when I was young. Another one that scared me to death as a child was Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. I first saw the previews at the drive in, and it scared me so bad my parents refused to take me to see the movie!


76 posted on 02/19/2008 11:37:02 AM PST by LRS (It's time to put Hillary on the 3:10 to Yuma...)
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To: Malacoda
“Tin Man” got hosed by the critics, but I enjoyed it enough that I may poop for the DVD next month.

You don't have to poop for them anymore. You can just buy 'em now.

77 posted on 02/19/2008 11:38:15 AM PST by JennysCool (They all say they want change, but they’re really after folding money.)
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To: Abathar

I never saw Firefly when it was on Fox as a series, but my son dragged me to see the movie Serenity. It was the most unusual yet entertaining show I have seen in many years. The characters were outstanding. The story was inventive. The dialog was hilarious. A space western, who could have imagined it would be so good. Too bad Fox had to pull the trigger so quickly.


78 posted on 02/19/2008 11:39:00 AM PST by Waryone
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To: rjp2005
The movie "Primer" from 2004 is a good hard Science Fiction movie.

If you ever wanted to see a "time-travel" story done right, this is it.

It was made on a 7,000 dollar budget.

79 posted on 02/19/2008 11:39:17 AM PST by avg_freeper (Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
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To: rjp2005

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

starring the Air Blaster by Whammo!


80 posted on 02/19/2008 11:39:24 AM PST by JZelle
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