Scifi Picks

Is the Academy avoiding the science fiction genre, imagining sci-fi movies as little more than trivial popcorn flicks devoid of all important or political themes? For example, if someone were to re-imagine Heinlein’s tale of idealistic … It’s hard to believe that in over 80 years of the Oscars being awarded, not a single science fiction movie has ever won an award for Best Picture. Even a fantasy movie managed to barge its way into this category after hundreds and …

Sigourney Weaver reacted surprised when James Cameron referred to Avatar as a science fiction movie, again highlighting sci-fi’s low status. … Friday, 5th March 2010 | Science Fiction and Fantasy Media. Is Kevin MacDonald’s “The Eagle of the Ninth” a critique of US Cultural Imperialism? By Gerard Wood Wednesday, 03 March 2010. Some movies seem compelled to arrive in pairs, a bit like the animals on Noah’s Ark. I’m sure there are many good reasons why two studios might …

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I mean how can you lose with a coming-of-age epic fantasy / sci-fi military thriller featuring hot guys and chicks fighting while riding on flying dragons? Yep, I’d pay to see that! default userpic. By Moleman on February 25, 2010 12:30 PM …. If you don’t think evolution is science fiction (and I don’t), then you don’t live where I do in Kentucky. Borrowing from Zaphod: Minesweeper – Set in Iraq during the height of the insurgency,MInesweeper features an Army bomb removal …

Fantasy can be entertaining, and instructive. Perhaps it kept our ancestors going— as they endured the bitter winters, with many dead, many sick, and spring so far away, the return of new life a promise seemingly in the realm of fantasy . … If blacks want to make a true and lasting impact on science fiction , black writers need to be creating viable black characters that stand on their own. I’m sure there are a few black scifi writers but as yet, these writers haven’t …

Martians, Go Home, a new six-issue comic book adaptation of science fiction author Fredric Brown’s classic 1955 “paranoia” Sci-Fi novel, has been shelved because of the “shitty economy.” Written by Martin Powell and illustrated by …

Scifi has been ignored and sneered at by the Academy since the award ceremony’s inception. No science fiction film has ever won best picture, and the only fantasy film to have broken the genre barrier was Return of the King, …

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I’d class Avatar as science – fantasy , not science – fiction . Being set in the future or on a different planet doesn’t automatically put it in the sci-fi bracket, any more than ‘a long time ago in a land far far away’ would. …

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