I think people did think about the future more in 1977, maybe not as much now. The hologram of Leia, the chess game made of holograms, "hyperspace" travel, the tireless land speeder. BLUE MILK. There is also something to be said about the portrayal casualness of science as part of daily life. I'm just not too sure what it is haha. SW was the first to have the "broken down" sci-fi look to it. The robots and ships were mostly used and dirty. That created authenticity. George Lucas called it a "used universe" and it inspired Aliens, Blade Runner, Mad Max etc. It was great that the characters didn't think twice about the technology around them. The characters take the technology for granted like we do. Their familiarity with the environment was made intentional by the director. It didn't have to be spoon fed. It was a genius move.
Krull *grin* Question: Where does one draw the line between Fantasy and Space i.e. DUNE - Which it definately has a lot of tech Alot of it seems very Fantasy Rocket River
No, I meant "who the heck was posting now?" It's as confusing as finals posting as moes or, even yet, vivi posting as chow_yun_fat.
Oh God, I was afraid someone was going to mention Dune... yuk Now if someone wanted to talk about a list of WORST Sci-Fi movies of all time, then Dune might have to be wayyy up on that list, it would be #2 on my list of worst sci-fi movies ever made. I can barely even bring myself to utter the name of the very worst...
I'm posting as myself. JV is posting as himself. We try not to accidently post from each others accounts. You'll have to put up with a lot of my posts while I'm stuck on bedrest for a few more weeks
nonsense, always glad to see you posting Mrs JV. Soo, my favorites been mentioned, cant bring anythign new to that..... but In this discussion over what is scifi and what isnt what say you about Star Trek?
The latest Star Trek is a really good movie. There are so many good Sci-fi', I can't think of any that would stick out as best of all-time.
Although I enjoyed the movie I was very much distracted by the birth scene at the beginning. Having already had a C Section and a VBAC and having to face at least one of those in the next few weeks, I don't understand why they didn't apply "beaming" in this most obvious of contexts. If any of you have ever had to experience or witness childbirth I'm sure it has crossed your mind that someone really should come up with an easier way to get those babies out. So I spent very little time thinking about Star Trek's merits as sci-fi. But I am inclined to think it tried a bit with issues of time travel.
OMG. That blows my mind. Yes, why wouldn't they beam babies out? That would be, like, the best or 2nd best use of beaming.
I think Star Trek has a bit more merit as sci-fi. They've got some utopianism in there; a lot of exploration of what relationships would be like with alien civilizations; what it is to be human, using the vulcans (especially) and other races as foils to accentuate certain aspects of the human nature. Oh, and they have phasers!
Some trekkie can answer that question far better than me. Perhaps you can only be beamed as a whole? I don't know. Why did you wait so long to watch these movies?
Oh now you are making my brain bleed! But no, that is not the one I am thining of, but it definitely has to be top 5, especially as for how much I loved that book and how long I was looking forward to it being made into a movie (or better a mini-series). No, the all-time worst is one that came out within the last year or so.
Whew. There for a minute, I thought you were going to say "Tron" which would have made me go cuckoo for cocoa puffs.
