Is classic & innovative SF dead in the movies???
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Saturday, July 24, 2010 19:13
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Inception.
Great reviews. Want to see.
That's ONE.
Avatar.
Nice predictable Cameron blockbuster.
That's two.
Serenity.
Excellence.
Moon.
Innovative.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Wonderous.
That's five.
Predators- derivative retro pastiche. Still want to see.
AVP: Requiem- not terrible; not very great either.
Terminator: Salvation; see above.
AVP- suckfest.
Solaris- nice version; but missed something that would have made it classic.
Matrix: Revulsions- sad. Just sad.
Star Trek- pretty, fun & nicely cast tripe.
& more that are much, much worse.
Okay- I'm not gonna research this too much, but it seems to me that SF is suffering terribly in this century.
Is it CGI making story superfluous?
Is it the economy forcing reboots & continuations of franchises to more or less guarantee ticket sales?
Did 9-11 steal our intrepidity?
Are superhero flicks getting all the green-lights instead?
Please, tell me I'm not correct in this observation...
I need to be stand-corrected.
The laughing Chrisisall
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I thought "The Man from Earth" http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi479396121/ was a good example of how SF can be done without any special effects. I think it's cool that it's just a group of people sitting around talking about things that get your own imagination going. This type of story could be done with an infinite number of subjects and never get old.
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Quote:I will hunt it down.
Originally posted by Kirkules:
I thought "The Man from Earth" http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi479396121/ was a good example of how SF can be done without any special effects. I think it's cool that it's just a group of people sitting around talking about things that get your own imagination going. This type of story could be done with an infinite number of subjects and never get old.
ETA, and it's on the way, thanks, Kirk!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Just wait, everytime they say Broadway is stale a couple of killer shows come along examples, "Million Dollar Quartet", "American Idiot".
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You also missed District 9.
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Quote:Honestly, except for what they achieved on the low budget, I was not all that impressed.
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
You also missed District 9.
The laughing Chrisisall
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What about
The Fountain
District 9
Cloverfield
Sunshine
Pitch Black
Slither
Minority Report
Children of Men
Wall-E
edit: Damn, got beaten about District 9. I thought it was a decent film. Didn't live up to the hype, but it was an interesting one, and for the budget, it was pretty amazing.
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The Fountain- good film, but was it SF or fantasy?
Cloverfield- Monster shaky-cam-fest. SF? Kinda.
Sunshine- horror with no science in evidence IMO.
Pitch Black- EXCELLENT horror flick.
Slither- Horror again.
Minority Report- Nice production; trite script.
Children of Men, Wall-E- okay, great!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Really, it seems the same as it ever was. 95% of anything is crap. This century is only a decade old. Go back and compare another decade, and I'll bet you'll find an equal number of shit films hat came out, and have just been forgotten about. Besides, what makes a great Sci-Fi film varies. You didn't care for District 9 and others that I and many more thought were great. And you have a bit of a rep for standing up for really weak films from time to time yourself. It's all subjective.
Just as the good films coming out now will be remembered, and the crap will slowly fade into obscurity. And mediocre, well-made crap, or near misses will settle somewhere in-between.
You're just getting old and nostalgic.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:
you have a bit of a rep for standing up for really weak films
You're just getting old
Wanna have a duel?
The laughing Chrisisall
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