Comments on: Sci-Fi Films: The Guardian’s Top 10 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/05/05/sci-fi-films-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-top-10/ Sinéad Gleeson's blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:29:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Keith http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/05/05/sci-fi-films-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-top-10/#comment-3775 Keith Tue, 09 May 2006 00:53:16 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/05/05/sci-fi-films-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-top-10/#comment-3775 @Martin: It's not just SciFi, it's all culture. Culture is always consuming and regurgitating itself, like Oruboros eating its tail. Once culture is stopped from doing that, it dies. @Martin: It’s not just SciFi, it’s all culture. Culture is always consuming and regurgitating itself, like Oruboros eating its tail. Once culture is stopped from doing that, it dies.

]]> By: potato http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/05/05/sci-fi-films-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-top-10/#comment-3684 potato Sat, 06 May 2006 23:11:39 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/05/05/sci-fi-films-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-top-10/#comment-3684 I saw the original Solaris/Solyaris recently and it was superb. Slow like 2001 but with an actual storyline. I saw the original Solaris/Solyaris recently and it was superb. Slow like 2001 but with an actual storyline.

]]> By: Martin http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/05/05/sci-fi-films-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-top-10/#comment-3679 Martin Sat, 06 May 2006 16:56:49 +0000 http://www.sineadgleeson.com/blog/2006/05/05/sci-fi-films-the-guardian%e2%80%99s-top-10/#comment-3679 You're absolutely right James, there's nothing particularly new in the Matrix but it brought all that stuff together so well you've got to love it. Of course then they made those sequels and fucked it *right* up... Still, sci-fi is always eating it's own tale. Alien is a remake of "IT! Terror from Beyond Space" but they kind of forgot to mention that. And Terminator is a classic too. Although, it owes a lot to Harlan Ellison's 'Outer Limits' episode "Soldier". So much so in fact that after legal action Ellison now has a credit in the end titles if you look... I could go on but I'll finish with a special mention for 2000ad, who've been ripped off a few times but they seem content to get revenge by borrowing back from TV & film. You’re absolutely right James, there’s nothing particularly new in the Matrix but it brought all that stuff together so well you’ve got to love it. Of course then they made those sequels and fucked it *right* up…

Still, sci-fi is always eating it’s own tale. Alien is a remake of “IT! Terror from Beyond Space” but they kind of forgot to mention that. And Terminator is a classic too. Although, it owes a lot to Harlan Ellison’s ‘Outer Limits’ episode “Soldier”. So much so in fact that after legal action Ellison now has a credit in the end titles if you look…

I could go on but I’ll finish with a special mention for 2000ad, who’ve been ripped off a few times but they seem content to get revenge by borrowing back from TV & film.

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