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10 Best S/F Films That Never Existed

Posted by Zonk on from the lament-the-loss-of-these-films dept.

Jamie mentioned (via a Metafilter discussion) a great article entitled The 10 Best Sci-Fi Films that Never Existed. From the piece: "There was a movie that perfectly captured the Douglas Adams experience, the combination of bitter sarcasm and sharp imagination, the droll British wit and whale-exploding slapstick that infused his novels. And that movie was Shaun of the Dead. That movie was not, unfortunately, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a movie that floated around Hollywood for about 20 years before it finally appeared in theaters as a flat, lifeless, americanized lump that was mostly hated by people who liked the book and loathed by people who hated the book. "

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  1. The Dialogue to this article ... by neonprimetime · · Score: 5, Funny

    A: Do you remember seeing that one?
    B: No
    A: Me neither ... but it was good
    B: Yeah, Totally

  2. In a world... by decipher_saint · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a post-apocalyptic world where websites mysteriously drop from existance, server hardware is reduced to mere slag and ISP lawyers roam the shattered earth a hero shall rise.

    Coming this summer from Forks Searchlight Entertainment:
    ths slashdotting

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  3. Re:As an independent filmmaker... by radish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two suggestions:

    (a) Move to Germany
    (b) Change your name to Uwe Boll

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  4. Re:As an independent filmmaker... by dex22 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but I just:

    a) moved to Austin, TX, from England
    b) changed my name to Robert Rodriguez!

  5. Google Cache by netfool · · Score: 5, Funny

    Google Cache

    Plus, I just have to copy and paste this quote for Snow Crash, I think it's hilarious because it's completely true:

    "Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live,devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad."

    So true, so true.

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  6. Best quote from the article by s20451 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everyone remembers the exact moment when they realized that their Phanom Menace sandwich was filled with shit.

    I think that would make a good Slashdot poll. When did you realize that George Lucas had defecated on your childhood memories?

    - Opening sequence: "The taxation of trade routes to outlying systems is in dispute."
    - First appearance of Jar Jar
    - First mention of midi-chlorians
    - The creepy virgin birth thingy
    - First appearance of the annoying brat who played young Anikin
    - First appearance of the wooden teen-aged brat who played older Anikin
    - ???

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