Forthcoming sci-fi flicks.
Pacific Rim: A dimensional rift at the bottom of the Pacific is letting Giant Monsters From Beyond onto the surface of the Earth. How to fight them? Giant robots, of course. A truly silly premise, straight out of 1960’s Japanese animation, but since it’s being helmed by Guillermo Del Toro (“Hellboy”), I ain’t voting against it being far more awesome than it has any right to be.
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After Earth: Will Smith and his son (played by Will Smiths son) crash land on Earth. Apparently humans have abandoned Earth at this point, and the ecosystem has gone bugnuts and turned kinda dangerous.
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Oblivion: Aliens attacked Earth and apparently trashed the joint. Sixty years later: apparently humans have abandoned Earth at this point, and the ecosystem has gone bugnuts and turned kinda dangerous.
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Oz The Great And Powerful: A Disney take on a flim-flam man from Kansas who gets sent to Oz and apparently takes over the joint. It actually looks pretty good, though not, obviously, a sci-fi flick. Of course, if you have a fantasy realm with evil, magical villains… what better foe than a con man?
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Warm Bodies: Because, you know, zombies.
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World War Z: Because, you know, zombies.
This *should* have been the ultimate zombie movie, but it’s clear that the makers have *really* mangled the plot. Still looks fairly good, though.
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Dark Skies: Apparently no relation to the 1990’s TV series, apart from dealing with alien abduction. Perhaps oddly, it seems to be done for horrific effect rather than as a screwball buddy comedy.
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