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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: Abathar

Good call.

“Firefly” was not only great sci-fi, but perhaps the single most conservative television program ever.


121 posted on 02/19/2008 11:55:40 AM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: BlazingArizona
...Because only Al Gore would fit through those doorways!

LOL! Hmmm! Now that you have mentioned it, maybe the Krell were libs. Michael Moore, Ted Kennedy and others must have those Krell doorways as well!

122 posted on 02/19/2008 11:55:52 AM PST by LRS (It's time to put Hillary on the 3:10 to Yuma...)
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To: AppyPappy

A remake of “Them” was in the planning stages, and at one time Joe Johnston was slated to direct, but it never happened.


123 posted on 02/19/2008 11:55:55 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: COBOL2Java

YES,the original Invaders from Mars!
I don’t think I have ever seen as scary a scene in a movie as when the father comes back from the sand pit and sits down in the living room.His son walks behind him and sees the X carved on his neck.
I get chills just writing about it.


124 posted on 02/19/2008 11:56:11 AM PST by Riverman94610
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To: Malacoda

:) Is that some new sort of netflix plan?


125 posted on 02/19/2008 11:57:22 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: Betis70

I’m glad someone mentioned 2001. I just didn’t like the ending. I guess I was too young to get high.


126 posted on 02/19/2008 11:57:47 AM PST by Soliton
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To: rjp2005

The TV show ‘LOST’ is a very good show with a science fiction twist to the main story line. Last week we learned that the island is 31 minutes out of sync with the rest of the world.


127 posted on 02/19/2008 11:58:20 AM PST by kidd
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To: Malacoda
I'll be in my bunk.

Ha, I forgot about that. My fav Jayne quote is this one"

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til you understand who's in ruttin' command here."
128 posted on 02/19/2008 11:59:18 AM PST by Raymann
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To: Abathar

He posted just a day or so ago...


129 posted on 02/19/2008 11:59:32 AM PST by Brian Mosely (A government is a body of people -- usually notably ungoverned)
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To: Waryone

The series felt like a feature movie with every episode.


130 posted on 02/19/2008 11:59:41 AM PST by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: rjp2005

Still waiting for a remake of “1984” since I missed it the first time, but sounds interesting-and sort of anti-liberal-big goverment!


131 posted on 02/19/2008 11:59:48 AM PST by JSDude1 (http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=56306 "MoveON McCain" To find McCain's Sorros)
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To: Empireoftheatom48
I would like to see them make Azimov's Classic The Foundation Trilogy!

That was one of my favorires, but it seems better suited to something like a mini-series. Another I would like to see as a movie is Red Mars, by Kim Stanley Robinson. A real solid sci-fi novel.
132 posted on 02/19/2008 12:00:18 PM PST by Telepathic Intruder (*-o(:^{>)
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To: rjp2005
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...

No, it will NOT be interesting. It'll suck just as bad as every remake ever.
133 posted on 02/19/2008 12:00:48 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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To: BlazingArizona
You'll have to settle for the stolen mashup version. It's called "Star Wars."

You should be fair. Star Wars stole from all of the early sci-fi classics, particularly Dune.

134 posted on 02/19/2008 12:01:33 PM PST by Soliton
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To: Live free or die

Farscape was awesome, it was like going to the movies every Friday night, great show, the final ending was terrific even.


135 posted on 02/19/2008 12:02:16 PM PST by Scythian
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Bruce Willis is at his best when he’s obviously having fun.

I dunno about that . . . from all accounts, he had a blast making this, which is possibly one of the ten worst movies made during my lifetime.


136 posted on 02/19/2008 12:03:04 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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To: rjp2005
If near-future dystopias count as Sci-Fi, you should have listed Children of Men.

Michael Flynn's Eifelheim could make a neat movie, provided the filmmaker can make the medieval science intelligible as well as Flynn did.

137 posted on 02/19/2008 12:03:23 PM PST by Dumb_Ox (http://kevinjjones.blogspot.com)
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To: SoCal Pubbie

Thanks for link! I have seen that movie a gazillon times. If they remake it, I hope some one really gives it the proper proper treatment. But, like they screwed up King Kong (again) recently, I’ll probably be stuck with only my hopes...


138 posted on 02/19/2008 12:03:35 PM PST by LRS (It's time to put Hillary on the 3:10 to Yuma...)
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To: Telepathic Intruder
Yes Red Mars is good. I think they screwed up Azimov’s I Robot, could not stand it. So was the remake of Planet of the Ape’s.
139 posted on 02/19/2008 12:03:42 PM PST by Empireoftheatom48 (My tag line is broken)
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To: dba.adabas

My husband made me sit through “They Live” not long ago. I think it was some sort of nostalgia trip for him. What a stanker!


140 posted on 02/19/2008 12:06:24 PM PST by Xenalyte (Can you count, suckas? I say the future is ours . . . if you can count.)
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