10 Best Sci-Fi Films that Never Existed

[Mike F]

One author laments 10 sci-fi films that never were -- either because they weren't made at all or were made improperly.

I have to say that I agree with every one.

[ken0042]

The Star Wars ones make sense; I'm not that big of a fan so I have only seen 3 of the 6 movies in their entirety. And some of the reasons I had trouble sitting through Episode One were mentioned.

I have to totally agree with the Matrix ones. That is one movie that could really use a prequel. You couldn't have had the original Matirx as the second movie, because part of the fun of it was not knowing what was going to happen. Plus you would have been sitting there wondering how the sequel went from the 22nd century to the 20th.

[Frank the Tank]

Awesome read. Thanks for that. Couldn't agree more about the Star Wars 1-3 movies. 3 of the biggest piles of crap I have ever seen.

[Hack&Lube]

This line is the best because it's just so true:

"Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest mother****er 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."

[Flashpoint]

Too funny, I just found that page today (while reading about Aliens on IMDB), and was going to post about it here!

Gotta say that IMO the best quote is about why Lucas sucks so bad now:

Here's something unpleasant: all art comes from demons. Not real demons, in most cases, but demons of angst and horrible memories and sexual frustration. It works like this: you get beat up in school because, while the cool kids are putting bruises on each other on the football field, you were sitting on the steps writing your science fiction stories. That fear and tension that winds itself around your soul like steel wire as you try nervously to sneak out of the locker room before the big kids give you a Wedgie and a Tittie-Twister and a Dirty Sanchez, all that builds up into adulthood. Art is how you let it out.

I totally agree with the author on all counts. Can't wait for a StarCraft movie to come out. I hope James Cameron does it so it doesn't turn into Starship Troopers.

That site has some great articles. Check out the one on Porn addiction.

[ken0042]

What's wrong with Starship Troopers? I thought the guy was saying some of the stuff was cool; like the arm getting melted off. Yeah he did say "Imagine that film without all the political bullshinguard that nobody involved understood anyway" but I just dismissed it as the "political" parts were very subtle and easy to understand. In the future, if you want to have rights; you have to go out and earn them.

[Flashpoint]

Originally Posted by ken0042

What's wrong with Starship Troopers? I thought the guy was saying some of the stuff was cool; like the arm getting melted off. Yeah he did say "Imagine that film without all the political bullshinguard that nobody involved understood anyway" but I just dismissed it as the "political" parts were very subtle and easy to understand. In the future, if you want to have rights; you have to go out and earn them.

I would have preferred more action, and less "Space 90210". Less focus on the "romantic" aspects of the plot.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

Less focus on the "romantic" aspects of the plot.

So, in other words you were disappointed when Denise Richards wasn't in the group shower scene?

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Flashpoint

I would have preferred more action, and less "Space 90210". Less focus on the "romantic" aspects of the plot.

If you get a chance, read Heinlen's book, Starship Troopers. I thought the movie captured pulpy nature of it fairly well.

I'd like to see a much better "Dune." The original movie was truly awful although I did like the mini-series.

Cowperson

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by Frank the Tank

Awesome read. Thanks for that. Couldn't agree more about the Star Wars 1-3 movies. 3 of the biggest piles of crap I have ever seen.

Not to mention the most-anticipated piles of crap..a lot of people had been waiting since childhood for these films..honestly, how often can you say that of a film..but we waited with eager anticipation only to bear witness to 3 of the most irritatingly crappy films ever made. They didn't have to be oscar worthy, they just had to be adequate. But they were far, far, far from it. Thanks Mr. Lucus.

[Julio]

I thought Starship Troopers pandered a bit too much...Denise Richards is indeed hot, but the M.I. didn't have women in it.

[JiriHrdina]

Great piece. This rang very true:

"Everyone remembers the exact moment when they realized that their Phanom Menace sandwich was filled with sh**"

For me that moment was when Jar Jar was following some creature and it farted. A frickin fart joke in a Star Wars movie? For shame George...for shame. At that moment I remember thinking "my god - they've ruined this entire franchise". Brutal.