never desired to see avatar 1.
disney phooked star wars so bad, nope nope nope!
Avatar was a crap movie... the Visuals were stunning, the story and movie overall? Snore fest... 20 years later making a sequel? Yea, I’ll pass.
Not impressed. I love science fiction, and I don’t understand why there’s so many remakes of Classics instead of new original stores
Asimov’s Foundation came out?? Didn’t notice.
At the time Avatar was made I came to believe that the more $ was spent on producing a SciFi movie, the worse it was. At that time Dsitrict 9 was released, comparatively low budget, and kicked the crap out of Avatar. Yes Avatar’s effects were great but the story was puerile garbage aimed at 12 year old intellects. Some of the best SciFi has been low budget. Terminator. Alien. Even the original Star Wars had a budget in line with most movies and not exceptional at the time.
Crap like Godzilla vs Kong or Transformers have huge budgets. And suck.
All these Amazon shows like Lord of the Rings and Wheel of Time look like SJW crap. They may not be, but they look it. Enough I have no interest.
I’m looking forward to the Babylon V reboot.
Currently watching "Invasion" on AppleTV. It's slow but compelling enough that I always click to the next episode. I also enjoyed the first three episodes of the dystopian drama "Station Eleven" also on HBOMax. Need to get caught up.
I want to see a remake of “When Worlds Collide”.
Will the crew of the Ark be all white like the original?
Bezos can be the old man who funds the project.
I’m new to Cowboy Bebop. I watched the anime series around Thanksgiving and have been slowly catching episodes of the (now-cancelled) live-action series.
I’m enjoying the live-action series a lot more than I thougt I would, given the backlash and cancellation. I think the match between the actors and their characters are near-perfect. And I enjoy the backstories more than the original, though I understand fans of the original think that ought never to have been tampered with.
Last time I was in a movie theater was to see the remake of True Grit.
There is absolutely NOTHING I am interested today from Hollywood.
I checked out our 6 plex theater and every screen had a superhero or a fantasy film for kids. Nothing for adults.
Give me some of the good old Epics! Bridge on the River Kwai, EL CID, 55 days at Peking, Lawrence of Arabia, Khartoum, ZULU and ZULU DAWN.
AS Siskel and Ebert said years ago, “The early movie makers were raised on Great Literature and made movies of Great Literature. Today’s movie makers were raised on comic books.”
When everything became science fiction, science fiction became nothing. Discuss and give examples.
The rest is same ol- same ol no plot, no character arc, no STORY.
And while I use to give a pass to movies as long as they had guns spaceships and explosions I have gotten picky in my old age.
My entertainment time is limited. I now expect guns spaceships explosions AND something that resembles a story line.
As for Avantar...I did not see it and was skeptical of it’s typical anti science anti modern world and living primitively is good plot.
But ironically the movie was banned in China because the people saw it as a protest against the rich government allied businessmen who would confiscate your ancestral home or farm so they could build on the land.
Lots of riots in China over these confiscations that never get in the western press,
Thanks, Red Badger. I’m looping in the movie ping list since I know we have a lot of sci-fi fans.
One timely heads up. A new year is upon is, and the first of the big festivals is Sundance (January 20-30), which is going hybrid this year. The major packages went on sale a couple of weeks ago, but single film tickets go on sale January 6 for both in-person and online screenings. (I took a flyer on a Day Pass for $100, which gave me four films, which all have to be on the same day, for online viewing. Soon I’ll be a Sundance veteran. Moving into sophisticated territory ....)
Tickets are limited and are on a first-come, first-served basis, and I have no idea about availability for any particular screening. I’m sure a lot of films are sold out by now so you probably don’t want a Day Pass, but it doesn’t hurt to check on the 6th and see if a single ticket is available for something you want to watch. If there’s an upcoming movie that has caught your eye, it’s fun to get a sneak preview.
Sci-fi fans may be interested in After Yang, an AI film written and directed by Kogonada (Columbus, 2017). It’s been on my watchlist since it was announced but has been one of the films caught in COVID limbo. It debuted to good reviews in Cannes and now it’s going to Sundance. There are no trailers yet, but here’s a review:
Since we’re on sci-fi: it’s not a Sundance selection, but Everything Everywhere All At Once also looked promising. Let’s just say that multiverse theory is relatively unexplored territory. It’s a comedy so everything will depend on pacing and whether the jokes land. I’ve not seen any reviews yet; I saw the trailer yesterday when I went to see Drive My Car (recommended if you like slow, thoughtful films; the critics are going nuts over it, which is what tempted me into the theater, and the critics have good reason). All I know about it is the trailer: https://letterboxd.com/film/everything-everywhere-all-at-once/trailer/
I’m watching Invasion on Apple TV and it’s got some moments, but it’s slow, slow, slow.
I always wanted them to do a movie based on The Stainless Steel Rat books. They were a fun read when I was a kid.
I am really enjoying the Wheel of Time but the only down side is the need to create and use a mole removing Ter’angreal on Egwene Al’Vere.
I hope there is something better than the latest Matrix movie. I made it through about 10 minutes of it and turned it off.