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Why is Sci-Fi associated with cheesy Space-Operas and children's movies, and cerebral Sci-Fi films don't make it unless they are adulterated into 'Action' flicks? [via /.]

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alakazam
March 24, 2007, 10:14 a.m.
I have noticed this as well. Take a look at "I, Robot". Did that movie have anything to do with the Asimov story? Aside from having robots in it.
I hate to hear that about "The Last Mimzy" though, I had high hopes. " Mimsy were the Borogoves" is one of the best SF short stories ever written. Leave it to some idiot in Hollywood to decide it needed sprucing up.
I always wondered what Emma and Scott did when they got to the other side.
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alakazam
March 24, 2007, 10:17 a.m.
I have noticed this as well. Take a look at "I, Robot". Did that movie have anything to do with the Asimov story? Aside from having robots in it.
I hate to hear that about "The Last Mimzy" though, I had high hopes. " All mimsy were the Borogoves" is one of the best SF short stories ever written. Leave it to some idiot in Hollywood to decide it needed sprucing up.
I always wondered what Emma and Scott did when they got to the other side.
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truthiness
March 24, 2007, 11:03 a.m.
I love sci fi, so much that I have become a sci fi writer. the thing that always intrigued me the most was the conceptualization of humanity versus the nature of the universe and versus the way we treat each other.
the books were always more fascinating due to the ability to delve more deeply into the themes concieved by the author, but who doesnt love watching a scantily clad female hiding behind the hero as he fires a laser blast into the enemy ship causing a multi colored hiroshima sized explosion, eh?
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Blue7
March 24, 2007, 2:02 p.m.
The 'thinking' type of scifi book does not translate well into a movie unless there is a level of action woven in.
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truthiness
March 24, 2007, 9:02 p.m.
the firefly tv series by joss whedon managed to utilize wit, intellect, sociopolitical metaphore, and still utilize the occasional special effect for fun. the camera work was truly astounding. of course it was cancelled first season, he should have known better than to be smart on fox.