Different approaches to science fiction. BitTorrent and file sharing. Why some people just can’t watch sci-fi. Jumping the Shark. Tricks of low budget film making. The effect of living forever (the vampire myth). Film cliques and skepticism. The Man From Earth as an exercise in skepticism. The Fifth Element: A failure on paper. On screen, the greatest sci-fi adventure of all time. Leeloo Minai Lekarariba-Laminai-Tchai Ekbat De Sebat. A look into the future!
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Also referenced: Tank Girl, Schindler’s List, Gattaca, Star Trek, Star Wars, DOA: Dead or Alive, Steal this Film, Dial M for Murder, Rope, Phone Booth, Total Recall, Happy Days, Lost, Monster Man, THe Hills Have Eyes, Interview with the Vampire, Expelled, Hatchet, Blade Runner, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, Dark City, Leprechaun
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The Man From Earth
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Director: Richard Schenkman
Writer: Jerome Bixby
Starring: David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Grawford
An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation.
The Fifth Element
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Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Starring: Bruce WIllis, Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker
In the colorful future, a cab driver unwittingly becomes the central figure in the search for a legendary cosmic weapon to keep Evil and Mr Zorg at bay.
