Wednesday, November 29, 2006
SCI-FI FILMS: FROM MEATY TO TWINKIE
The Fountain: A serious submission into the sci-fi genre, hailed by critics but not by movie-goers, apparently. The movie pulled in only $5 million over the Thanksgiving weekend. Jason Silverman of Wired.com says that's a bad sign for Warner Brothers and "another grievous wound for serious- minded sci-fi."
The Mailbox agrees, and feels the Matrix trilogy is to blame. The Matrix was wildly popular because of the special effects and compelling story involving self-awareness and Gnostic philosophy. But then the Wachowski brothers had to mess it up by making two more movies that focused a lot more on the special effects and turned their intriguing philosophical take into a religious wank-fest. And other movies copied the stylistic visual images of the Matrix without paying attention to the quality of their stories.
Look at this year's sci-fi offerings: The two blockbusters over the summer were Superman Returns and X3: The Last Stand. While the movies were successful, they didn't offer sci-fi purists much. It may be a while before we see a sci-fi like Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Brazil or Contact again. At least Silverman gives hope to true sci-fi fans by saying the genre is dormant, not dead. The Mailbox is excited to go see The Fountain, but not about the long drought of any good sci-fi movies.
Why won't they bring Firefly back?
The Fountain: A serious submission into the sci-fi genre, hailed by critics but not by movie-goers, apparently. The movie pulled in only $5 million over the Thanksgiving weekend. Jason Silverman of Wired.com says that's a bad sign for Warner Brothers and "another grievous wound for serious- minded sci-fi."
The Mailbox agrees, and feels the Matrix trilogy is to blame. The Matrix was wildly popular because of the special effects and compelling story involving self-awareness and Gnostic philosophy. But then the Wachowski brothers had to mess it up by making two more movies that focused a lot more on the special effects and turned their intriguing philosophical take into a religious wank-fest. And other movies copied the stylistic visual images of the Matrix without paying attention to the quality of their stories.
Look at this year's sci-fi offerings: The two blockbusters over the summer were Superman Returns and X3: The Last Stand. While the movies were successful, they didn't offer sci-fi purists much. It may be a while before we see a sci-fi like Blade Runner, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Brazil or Contact again. At least Silverman gives hope to true sci-fi fans by saying the genre is dormant, not dead. The Mailbox is excited to go see The Fountain, but not about the long drought of any good sci-fi movies.
Why won't they bring Firefly back?
// posted by MoJoe @ 12:13 
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The short and painful as to why they won't bring Firefly back is that it is simply too good and too smart for network TV ... I really wish Sci-FI could convince Whedon to do it, but I think he's probably still too scarred by TV
Wouldn't doubt that. I thought Wonder Woman was going to be a steaming pile of dumb until I found out he was going to be executive producers.
Speaking of Firefly...see Nathan Fillion's role in Lost?
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Speaking of Firefly...see Nathan Fillion's role in Lost?
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