In Reply to: Maybe you just don't like sci fi as a genre anymore? posted by Jazz Inmate on November 18, 2014 at 07:04:38:
It seems the American sci-fi movies have developed (some might say - degraded...) into silly monster flicks. A competition for the most revolting monster... with plenty of bodily fluids, ugly overbite and great survival skills.
I have not seen any "sci-" part in a long, long, long time...
I recently had rather dubious pleasure of watching the Prometheus and Event Horizon - both pretty much belong in that category.
Besides the endless parade of unpleasant, flesh-devouring space rats - is there anything out there worth watching in that genre? I hate to have to go back to the 2001 and Solaris times...
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- You mean - the monster movies? - Victor Khomenko 11:10:00 11/18/14 (14)
- RE: You mean - the monster movies? - pictureguy 16:08:32 11/19/14 (0)
- "with plenty of bodily fluids, ugly overbite and great survival skills. ". . . . . - Billy Wonka 15:14:41 11/18/14 (0)
- Loud. Explosive. BIGGER! Guys like Jazz (he should use METAL for his film monicker) - tinear 13:37:27 11/18/14 (2)
- Tin, all my posts regarding Interstellar and Prometheus have been about the symbolism and multilayered meaning - Jazz Inmate 09:32:06 11/19/14 (1)
- Heavy metal can have all the symbolism and meaning one would wish for - tinear 19:47:49 11/19/14 (0)
- No monsters in this one Vic. But it had a spaceship doing equivalent of wheelies. - free.ranger 12:25:53 11/18/14 (1)
- They wore leather jackets... - Victor Khomenko 14:13:29 11/18/14 (0)
- Re Solaris. . . I hate to think about the fact. . . - Chris from Lafayette 12:06:47 11/18/14 (6)
- There you go! - Victor Khomenko 12:19:01 11/18/14 (5)
- Yikes! - rlw 15:52:26 11/18/14 (4)
- Here's a better shot - Victor Khomenko 16:06:56 11/18/14 (3)
- Harpooooon that whale! - rlw 13:58:48 11/19/14 (0)
- Noooooooooooooooo!!! [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 00:32:19 11/19/14 (1)
- Even worse, she's an accomplished violinist w/intimate shots accompanying the liner notes. - tinear 07:34:21 11/19/14 (0)