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Tim Cook <z99### [at] gmail com> writes:
> On 2010-06-14 01:21, Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> I do, however, have to agree with John that compared to sci-fi
>> stories/novels, the sci-fi movie business is hopelessly behind (with
>> only very few exceptions).
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> I can sum up the reason for this in one simple word: budget.
>
> Namely, the fact that it's always going to be limited, so you can't just
> portray whatever you want, whereas in a novel...it's all just words. If
> you can find a way to describe something, even if it's "undescribable,"
> you can have it exist. You can look up some celestial mechanics
> formulas and make entirely believable situations with a single sentence
> that costs $0.00 to produce.
I quite disagree. SF is not about fancy effects.
Perhaps what bothers me is that SF movie *stories* (plot line, etc) are
fairly poor in comparison to written SF. It's rare that they're
creative. I'd be fine with low budget, low special effects SF movies if
they had a fairly good story.
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