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Potentially Great Sci-fi Films Still Due In 2011
brumgrunt writes "With Source Code already attracting strong reviews, the signs are good that 2011 will be a solid year for sci-fi. Den Of Geek has tracked down 10 upcoming sci-fi movies worth keeping an eye on" The nice thing about this write up is that it's not about the summer blockbuster brand of sci-fi, but mostly about the (somewhat) more traditional stuff. Here's hoping there's a few gems worth getting a babysitter for.
I always considered myself a geek, so like the sci-fi genre. But that list... wow. That's enough to turn me off going to the movies forever. It's like "Remakes meet Bad Plotlines", to paraphrase the article.
Apollo 18 - some made up crap about something that never flew (see U-571).
Attack The Block - gangsters take on aliens with baseball bats in London (Left4Dead in a movie, badly).
Cowboys & Aliens - "When aliens invade the 19th century West," - 'nuff said.
Super 8 - kids see alien walk away from train crash.
Real Steel - regurgitated Twilight Zone crap with fighting robots.
Contagion - disease-killing-everyone movie.
The Thing (a prequel) - dear God, no!
Now - vaguely interesting "live forever" soap opera.
Rise Of The Apes - dear God, no!
The Divide - apocalyptic survival movie.
Serious, the sci-fi genre has become this pile of trash? God. Yeah, once in a while maybe, as a light relief, but that's not "sci-fi".