The movie that kicked it all off. Once the admittedly superior sequel came and the rush of comic books developed this somehow started to take a beating, but initially it was well-liked as a solid comics-to-film adaptation and proof it could be done well.

For being the first indie movie to masterfully leverage the newly-cool Internet for marketing, generating word-of-mouth, and providing intriguing "bonus materials," and for being a terrifically scary little "found footage" gem (before the genre got beaten to death with its own GoPro hardcase), people are wont to dis…

Fucking Frozen and Let it fucking go. I loved it when it came out. Everyone loved it when it came out. The internet was flooded with anything about it and even my Subway used that song on its station. A year later everyone lash against it and say is such a bad movie and song.

I'll take The Matrix over Avatar in a heartbeat.

Everything Disney.

I'm not one of them, but there are people who resent Firefly because of how strongly the fans advocate the show. In fact, I would argue that a lot of the most unfair backlashes against works of science fiction and fantasy are actually backlashes against the fans rather than the work itself because science fiction and…

Avatar barrowed heavly? It straight up stole everything from Fernguly the last rainforest.

Lord of the Rings film trilogy.

Wasn't the Galactica purposely filled with obsolete technology (wired phones, no network, etc.) so it would be impervious to the Cylons hacking? Or are you referring to some other tech?

I don't know, we still ave 5 years between now and the setting of Blade Runner. Maybe the NSA or China release a worm on the cellular infrastructure of their enemies only to have it bring down world wide wireless service forever. No more cell phones and the payphone industry would reemerge like herpes on steroids.

Star Trek and Alien still make sense to me. Star Trek because how lazy do you have to be not to walk that pad over to the captain? I still show people my phone when I can just email them a pic. This is why people in the 24th century are so in shape. That, and sports in the holodeck.

I'm a biologist and I work for the (US) federal government. In my free time I lift weights and throw in highland games. I mostly read urban fantasy and I watch too much tv. I prefer action and comedic movies to dramas and my new favorite movie of all time is GotG.

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