Posted on 05/19/2013 10:21:41 AM PDT by EveningStar
The Earth is a pretty bleak place for humans in the new science fiction movie, "After Earth."
Set 1,000 years in the future, "After Earth" depicts a future in which humanity is forced to abandon Earth in search of a new home. The remnants of the human race travel to and resettle on Nova Prime — a fictional planet located light-years away from Earth.
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Because people buy tickets to see them. Follow the Benjamins.
That’s what I thought from the trailer and brief description.
Well we have the example of Cuba where pre revolution 1950s vehicles last almost forever because that is pretty much all they have.
Some people love to go for political interpretations. For example, flying saucer and alien monster movies in the 1950s were a result of anxieties about the atom bomb and the Cold War. The poor economy now stimulates lots of end of the world movies.
But other factors may play a role as well. Right now, digital technology pulls the film industry mightily in the direction of fantasy, and post-apocalyptic scenarios are a familiar type of fantasy film. I suppose they also have an ability to attract male viewers that romcoms and vampire movies don't.
That is the rumor. Harrison died last year, so he won’t be suing. Don’t know about the heirs.
I never did get the notion that people would willingly subject themselves to a life of constraint just so their g’g’g’g’g’g’g’g’grandchildren might have a better life.
You’d sacrifice for your children or grandchildren. Distant descendants, not so much.
BTW, there are at least two ways to get around the generation ship bit, all of which have been well hashed out in SF.
Faster than light travel, which might actually be possible if some of the weirder “theories of everything” pan out. It wouldn’t involve so much going faster as taking a shortcut through some of the dimensions we can’t directly perceive.
Cold sleep. This would allow the ship to transport a much larger number of passengers and would avoid problems with the supplies needed. Active crew members could be put on a rotation basis.
They'll find a colony already well established by people who left Earth hundreds of years after they did, but travelled much more quickly due to new technology.
May the Stainless Steel Rat rest in piece
R.I.P. Harry Harrison, creator of the Stainless Steel Rat, Bill the Galactic Hero, and Soylent Green
Many Thanks.
Why do we have to go all “skin color” in the title? “Dark future”? Seriously?
I’m stunned!
/sarc, in case anyone didn’t realize it.
yeah i was laughing i had an alternate title the will smith family vacation
I cannot remember the article’s source, but it talked about the two nuclear wars Earth had in the Star Trek cannon, the horrific trials and executions without true justice as we see in the Far Point episode of “The Next Generation”. Yet Paris is intact, as is San Francisco. North America seemed relatively safe for Zefrom Cochran to build a warp drive.
The premise of the article was that the wars were in Asia, because Europe and North America seem relatively untouched, while the death toll is hundreds of millions and the Far Point court was distinctly Mandarin.
Given the fact that half of Earth’s population is in a small circle containing India, East China and Indonesia, you easily come to the conclusion that the horrific and repeated nuclear wars of the Star Trek timeline and violent massacres of the irradiated took place in Asia. Which may also explain why you see so few Muslims and Indians in those shows.
Older models also have simpler mechanical parts that could be replaced with machined items or parts for similar vehicles. Like the Cubans keeping 50 year old cars going with tractor parts and diesel parts.
It could be playing into the 2012 end of the world hype. The “post-apoc” comedies like “Warm Bodies” and “World’s End” along with “After Earth” either make the end of the world look like something we can laugh at or see that we do, indeed, survive if not as we like.
Great reply.
The storyline is absurd. Somehow, after 1000 years of humanity's absence, every species evolves to kill people. Magically, tropical rainforests freeze solid at a moment's notice. The character's accents are laugh-out-loud funny.
Shaymalan jumped the shark many movies ago. Apparently, he landed right in the mouth. He passed through the digestive tract and emerged with this chunk of excrement.
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