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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 ;)


TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: sciencefiction; scifi; sfreference
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To: rjp2005

Ameristan” could be that movie. Download the $6.00 novel. There’s also a screenplay online.

Ameristan is a novel and a motion picture political thriller premised on the unthinkable: The United States of America becomes a conservative Muslim state where Islamic Sharia is the law of the land. You still can’t post the Ten Commandments in public schools, but Allah help you if you don’t pray toward Mecca five times a day in the public schools.

http://ameristan.net/


401 posted on 02/22/2008 5:05:08 PM PST by enviros_kill
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

“The Mote In God’s Eye.”

Great book, still one of my favorite alien names for a scientific concept - “The Crazy Eddie Point!”


402 posted on 02/23/2008 12:48:55 PM PST by Go_Raiders ("Being able to catch well in a crowd just means you can't get open, that's all." -- James Lofton)
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To: Go_Raiders

Yes, it is a great book. And the aliens and their culture are so well thought out, and well presented. I haven’t gone to the bookstore yet for the sequel, “The Gripping Hand.”


403 posted on 02/23/2008 12:51:56 PM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: rjp2005

Is it a dearth period or a quality dearth or what?

Maybe . . . it’s a lull before the real drama breaks out in the open?


404 posted on 02/23/2008 12:52:40 PM PST by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: gary_b_UK; Truth29; NonValueAdded; MizSterious; GreenLanternCorps; Kangaroo Court; prous; ...

405 posted on 02/24/2008 6:41:04 PM PST by KevinDavis (I will support John McCain..)
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To: rjp2005

406 posted on 02/24/2008 6:46:00 PM PST by Tribune7 (How is inflicting pain and death on an innocent, helpless human being for profit, moral?)
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To: rjp2005

Hellboy 2 is coming out soon and I thought the Mist was pretty good


407 posted on 02/24/2008 7:02:42 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

80s
ET
Close Encounters of the Third Kind


408 posted on 02/24/2008 7:03:47 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: Raymann

I kinda liked UFO


409 posted on 02/24/2008 7:05:55 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: rjp2005

you left out serenity, which was great


410 posted on 02/24/2008 7:07:01 PM PST by beebuster2000 (choice is not not peace or war, but small war now, or big war later masquerading as peace now.)
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To: longtermmemmory

“I was actually hoping the writer’s strike would have killed permanently the left wing fantasy fest of the re-envisioned Galactica.”

RDM is anything but left wing


411 posted on 02/24/2008 7:20:47 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: KevinDavis

I liked the 4400


412 posted on 02/24/2008 7:27:48 PM PST by marajade (Yes, I'm a SW freak!)
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To: marajade; longtermmemmory; All

That is correct. In of his blogs he wrote that He Likes Ike... When was the last time that you heard a left wing person likes Ike??? He also dissed Edwards in the last season.


413 posted on 02/24/2008 7:47:46 PM PST by KevinDavis (I will support John McCain..)
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To: marajade; All

I never saw it so I can’t comment on the show.


414 posted on 02/24/2008 7:48:22 PM PST by KevinDavis (I will support John McCain..)
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To: Raymann

Check out “Torchwood” on BBC America.


415 posted on 02/24/2008 7:55:08 PM PST by reg45
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To: bruinbirdman

GATEWAY by FREDERIK POHL


416 posted on 02/24/2008 8:00:31 PM PST by reg45
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To: DBrow
“I’d really like to see someone make a good budget version of “Brave New World.””

Just wait, it's called the Obama administration.

417 posted on 02/24/2008 8:03:06 PM PST by reg45
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
"Well then, let's elect him President!"

I agree. Seriously, Bruce Willis is a Republican. I don't know how conservative he is, but I'm sure he would have made one hell of a good candidate.

418 posted on 02/24/2008 8:07:09 PM PST by KoRn (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: dba.adabas

One of my favorite all-timers. “I came here to kick ass, and chew bubble gum. And I’m all out of bubble gum.” (In fact, there’s a freeper who uses that as his tagline.)


419 posted on 02/24/2008 8:07:24 PM PST by Bat_Chemist (The devil has already outsmarted every "Bright".)
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To: reg45

Or the Hillary Admin, or the Gang of 14’s admin...

A gramme is worth a damme, FRiend!


420 posted on 02/24/2008 9:19:09 PM PST by DBrow
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