Originally posted by Nuke NixonThat's why they're more like action movies. True Sci-fi is like Space Odyssey or Star Trek: The Motion Picture, true sci-fi movies.
Megalopolis is too high brow for the American movie-goers they want their sci-fi fun and quippy with explosions and all that, political machinations and scheming are going to put them to sleep.
Originally posted by Nuke NixonAvatar isn't sci-fi, ghostbusters isn't sci-fi, Star Wars isn't sci-fi, Alien and Bladerunner aren't sci-fi, even the new Star Trek movies aren't sci-fi.
I don't think Hollywood knows what sci-fi is anymore, time travel ooh that's sci-fi even if it's 99% romance or something, they're so tedious.