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octothorp · 06-07-2013, 07:22 PM

Just occurred to me that nobody mentioned will smith for best sci-fi actor. And you look at the sheer number of sci-fi films he's been in: the men in black movies, I robot, Independence Day, after earth, even wild Wild West and I am legend, if you include techno fantasy and post apocalyptic movies in the genre. That's nearly one sci-fi movie every two years over about 18 years. Maybe it's the fact that none of these are really respected as science-fiction films, instead mostly being action movies in a sci-fi setting.

Oh, and as for sci-fi films I'd rather watch than the Matrix sequels... I can easily come up with 10 just from 2010 onward: Star Trek Into Darkness, Prometheus, Looper, Super 8, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, In Time, Tron, Inception, Another Earth, Source Code. And there's about another dozen or so that I haven't seen that I'd chose over either Matrix sequel if both were on TV. If I were to go back to 2003, I'd probably have a list of 30 or 40 sci-fi movies I'd rather watch than a Matrix sequel.

And there's even a pretty big drop off between the second and third Matrix films. If you asked which sci-fi film I'd rather see than Matrix Revolutions, the answer would be 'just about every science fiction movie ever made'. Reloaded doesn't totally suck, but there are a lot of better sci-fi films out there.

06-07-2013, 07:22 PM	#71
octothorp Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: not lurking Exp:	Just occurred to me that nobody mentioned will smith for best sci-fi actor. And you look at the sheer number of sci-fi films he's been in: the men in black movies, I robot, Independence Day, after earth, even wild Wild West and I am legend, if you include techno fantasy and post apocalyptic movies in the genre. That's nearly one sci-fi movie every two years over about 18 years. Maybe it's the fact that none of these are really respected as science-fiction films, instead mostly being action movies in a sci-fi setting. Oh, and as for sci-fi films I'd rather watch than the Matrix sequels... I can easily come up with 10 just from 2010 onward: Star Trek Into Darkness, Prometheus, Looper, Super 8, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, In Time, Tron, Inception, Another Earth, Source Code. And there's about another dozen or so that I haven't seen that I'd chose over either Matrix sequel if both were on TV. If I were to go back to 2003, I'd probably have a list of 30 or 40 sci-fi movies I'd rather watch than a Matrix sequel. And there's even a pretty big drop off between the second and third Matrix films. If you asked which sci-fi film I'd rather see than Matrix Revolutions, the answer would be 'just about every science fiction movie ever made'. Reloaded doesn't totally suck, but there are a lot of better sci-fi films out there. Last edited by octothorp; 06-07-2013 at 07:56 PM.