I know lots of Hollywood product is more than a bit lame these days but whats happening to sci fi is a real disappointment. I'm a sci fi nut going back to Day the Earth Stood Still & Forbidden Planet but the past year has seen a succession of dregs.Star Wars the Phantom Menace? - 7 year old demographic targeting, product placement rich, brainless drivel, lead actor(?, munchkin?, mannequin?) who couldnt act his was out of a thin paper bag with a machete.
Supernova? - Derivative, plotless, aimless and insipid. And those are its strong points.
Pitch Black? - overrated, lifeless characters, actors and audience as morons plot devices to advance the story.
Mission to Mars? - the scientific credibility of a three Stooges short, plot holes you could drive a semi through, the silliest ending in recent memory.
And whats next? At this point even another Star Trek movie would be a welcome relief...
joe
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Topic - Tough times for sci fi fans... - Joe S 19:25:06 04/18/00 (54)
- Re: What about 'Welcome to Gattica' & 'Screamers'? (nt) - Jeff (from Kora) 00:52:26 04/21/00 (2)
- Re: What about 'Welcome to Gattica' & 'Screamers'? (nt) - Joe S 08:52:52 04/21/00 (0)
- Gattaca - late 05:13:33 04/21/00 (0)
- Re: Tough times for sci fi fans... - edta 19:02:24 04/19/00 (1)
- Ah yes... - Joe S 17:35:22 04/20/00 (0)
- Unfortunately, I don't know of any better times either ... - Mart 15:37:04 04/19/00 (26)
- forgot ID4 & Abyss <nt> - Mart 23:34:26 04/19/00 (4)
- What, no pictures? - Joe S 06:48:05 04/20/00 (3)
- here you go - Mart 17:29:35 04/20/00 (2)
- And here I thought... - Joe S 09:11:13 04/21/00 (1)
- "there you go" ... - Mart 19:07:24 04/21/00 (0)
- Well there were a few... - Joe S 16:01:40 04/19/00 (20)
- Achtung!! Contact! - late 18:16:22 04/19/00 (19)
- Re: Achtung!! Contact! - Scott 08:54:04 04/20/00 (4)
- you may well be right... - late 18:23:49 04/20/00 (3)
- then here's a suggestion... - Scott 08:09:10 04/21/00 (2)
- wasn't that a Carl Sagan project? - late 09:12:39 04/21/00 (1)
- Correct-a-mundo! (nt) - Scott 10:50:50 04/21/00 (0)
- forgot to include Galaxy Quest - late 06:58:26 04/20/00 (0)
- Re: "Contact"? - Mart 23:32:58 04/19/00 (12)
- Huh??? - Scott 12:52:22 04/20/00 (10)
- Re: CONTACT - Mart 17:46:05 04/20/00 (0)
- Re: Huh??? - Mart 17:27:20 04/20/00 (8)
- Re: Huh??? - Scott 08:14:18 04/21/00 (1)
- as opposed to which other silly movie? - Mart 08:42:26 04/21/00 (0)
- Ahhhh - late 18:40:47 04/20/00 (5)
- favs - Mart 23:38:52 04/20/00 (4)
- Personal fav... - Joe S 09:04:23 04/21/00 (3)
- It must be the BLACK HOILE phenomenon... - Mart 13:14:33 04/21/00 (0)
- Re: Personal fav... - Tom §. 09:49:26 04/21/00 (0)
- that was the Bjoran Ro Laren running.... - late 09:25:07 04/21/00 (0)
- Contact!! - late 01:38:02 04/20/00 (0)
- Anybody seen the DVD of Man Who Fell to Earth? - Stephen Hayes 12:49:16 04/19/00 (0)
- Try Mars Attacks... - Rod M 08:55:42 04/19/00 (3)
- Re: Try Mars Attacks... - Joe S 09:03:28 04/19/00 (2)
- Re: Try Mars Attacks... - Rod M 09:27:32 04/19/00 (1)
- Beyond lame... - Joe S 10:04:32 04/19/00 (0)
- Re: Tough times for sci fi fans... - Ran 05:00:07 04/19/00 (14)
- But those plot holes seem to get longer...... - Joe S 08:23:56 04/19/00 (13)
- Re: But those plot holes seem to get longer...... - Ran 06:00:39 04/20/00 (9)
- You know, its kind of fun...... - Joe S 06:45:20 04/20/00 (8)
- Re: You know, its kind of fun...... - Ran 10:04:57 04/20/00 (7)
- Re: You know, its kind of fun...... - Joe S 17:29:09 04/20/00 (6)
- funny you should say that ...... - Mart 00:39:14 04/21/00 (5)
- Re: funny you should say that ...... - Joe S 08:45:12 04/21/00 (4)
- symptom v. disease - late 09:29:27 04/21/00 (3)
- So I guess that means... - Joe S 15:30:06 04/21/00 (2)
- or ... - Mart 19:05:16 04/21/00 (1)
- Re: or ... - Ran 11:22:39 04/22/00 (0)
- Reminds me of the hope I held out for ... - Mart 15:25:10 04/19/00 (2)
- Re: Reminds me of the hope I held out for ... - Ran 06:02:15 04/20/00 (1)
- Re: Reminds me of the hope I held out for ... - Mart 23:58:16 04/20/00 (0)
- It's been so bad . . . - Mart 22:46:52 04/18/00 (1)
- Interesting you would mention FarScape. . . - Joe S 08:15:55 04/19/00 (0)