Comments on: AFI top 50 SF movies http://blog.cfrq.net/chk/archives/2008/02/15/afi-top-50-sf-movies/ yet another warped perspective Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:16:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2-beta By: The Blog of Harald » catching up on movies http://blog.cfrq.net/chk/archives/2008/02/15/afi-top-50-sf-movies/#comment-40282 The Blog of Harald » catching up on movies Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:02:16 +0000 http://blog.cfrq.net/chk/archives/2008/02/15/afi-top-50-sf-movies/#comment-40282 [...] sf film canon and AFI Tpo 50 SF Movies [...] […] sf film canon and AFI Tpo 50 SF Movies […]

]]> By: Viper Pilot http://blog.cfrq.net/chk/archives/2008/02/15/afi-top-50-sf-movies/#comment-40249 Viper Pilot Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:09:03 +0000 http://blog.cfrq.net/chk/archives/2008/02/15/afi-top-50-sf-movies/#comment-40249 Clockwork Orange not science fiction? Erm, the government uses new scientific methods to curb antisocial behaviour. That's an application of technology affecting mankind. That's *pure* science fiction. You can't really have science fiction without the science, otherwise it's just fiction. Unlike, say, Star Wars which is just a western fantasy and keeps getting called science fiction simply because it's set in space and they use blasters instead of six-shooters. -Viper Pilot Clockwork Orange not science fiction?

Erm, the government uses new scientific methods to curb antisocial behaviour. That’s an application of technology affecting mankind. That’s pure science fiction. You can’t really have science fiction without the science, otherwise it’s just fiction.

Unlike, say, Star Wars which is just a western fantasy and keeps getting called science fiction simply because it’s set in space and they use blasters instead of six-shooters.

-Viper Pilot

]]> By: Helge http://blog.cfrq.net/chk/archives/2008/02/15/afi-top-50-sf-movies/#comment-40237 Helge Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:22:04 +0000 http://blog.cfrq.net/chk/archives/2008/02/15/afi-top-50-sf-movies/#comment-40237 A Clockwork Orange is not really a Sci Fi film. It a future film based on the book by Anthony Burgess about a foursome of British "droogs" or stoners who beat people for fun. Their main guy, played by Malcolm McDowell, gets caught, is sentenced and has to watch "deconditioning" film until he goes mad. The only thing fantastic in Fantastic Voyage is Rachel Welch. Soylent Green is a new food for all the world's masses of people to stop everyone from starving. Guess what it's made of? People! Westworld is very scary in which the story is that Westworld is a theme park a la Disney where you get to play gunslinger. A robot gunslinger played by Yul Brynner has one of his safety circuits blow and he becomes a real killer contrary to everything Isaac Asimov ever preached about Robots. Helge A Clockwork Orange is not really a Sci Fi film. It a future film based on the book by Anthony Burgess about a foursome of British “droogs” or stoners who beat people for fun. Their main guy, played by Malcolm McDowell, gets caught, is sentenced and has to watch “deconditioning” film until he goes mad.
The only thing fantastic in Fantastic Voyage is Rachel Welch.
Soylent Green is a new food for all the world’s masses of people to stop everyone from starving. Guess what it’s made of? People!
Westworld is very scary in which the story is that Westworld is a theme park a la Disney where you get to play gunslinger. A robot gunslinger played by Yul Brynner has one of his safety circuits blow and he becomes a real killer contrary to everything Isaac Asimov ever preached about Robots.

Helge

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