It will be interesting where they go with re-making The Day the Earth Stood still next December. The "peace in our time" theme will probably be very strong if Hollywood has a say...
Surely they can do better. What about a film depicting a resistance movement in post-war Islamicized Europe? Or a time traveler returning to help stop a nuclear terrorism disaster? Or an elite team responding to a cyber-attack on the electrical grid? Or a scientist accidentally goes in hibernation in Southwest, awakens to see Mexico/China controlling parts of the US. Or a future oil rush in the arctic, with mega companies scrambling for outposts and making claims in the glaciers. Just some ideas.
Well - the X-files 2 movie is coming out this year I think. That should be more on the “thought-provoking” scheme of things.
I was hoping for a remake of “THEM”
The same as where the chidren gone
Gone long time ago...
as for depth, nothing beats Babylon 5 TOS.
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We can read about that resistance movement right now on Free Republic.
I liked Tim Man although its mini-series presentation probably knocks it out of your category. I do think the wealth of channels available means the innovative stuff gets targeted there, Sarah Connor Chronicles being an example.
I am surprised that no one has tried to screw up one of my all time favorites with a remake: Forbidden Planet.
Plot and substance sacrificed to special effects grandstanding. Everything is too slick, I like a bit of grittiness.
Among my favorites:
70’s
Soylent Green
Rollerball
Star Wars
80’s
Road Warrior
Blade Runner
I heard they were redoing the first Star Trek - not excited about it, though.
I hope Iron Man is good.
All the good sci-fi writing is on television these days. Lost, Heroes, Jericho, Battlestar Galactica, etc. Sci-Fi and FX channels make their own movies and series, some are pretty good.
Movies are junk, but I liked Cloverfield and Transformers.
Those shows are playing nightly in the skies above Stephensville, Texas. Live performances for those willing to watch...
I was deeply saddened when this was canceled, it really could have had legs if given a chance.
I'm not really looking forward to any movies, but I am getting a kick out of the Terminator-Sarah Connor Chronicles show. Last night was an interesting twist - John is actually turning out to be resourcefull and daring - completely unlike T-3. Much better character than T-2, even. Not hard to beat Furlong, though.
They are still around. Why don’t you try An Inconvenient Truth? I heard that is great science fiction!
Yeah, good luck seeing that plot come out of Hollywood. ;)
Even "Sunshine" turned out to be more of a horror movie, with a supernatural twist that ruined it as a legitimate SciFi work. There hasn't been anything good since "Serenity", and it's past time for Hollywood to get Joss Whedon back to work.
You forgot Cloverfield.
There’s also a lot of sci-fi on TV: Heroes, Lost, Battlestar-Galactica.
Hey, even though Tom Cruise was in it, I thought War of the Worlds was pretty good. Pretty faithful to the original concept, too (just modernized).