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  • Where have all the good sci-fi films gone (vanity)?

    02/19/2008 11:03:14 AM PST · by rjp2005 · 442 replies · 882+ views
    Yours truly
    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...