Future shock: the death of serious science fiction


The serious science fiction film genre is dead. 

OK, maybe not actually deceased, but definitely on cinematic life support. With exceptions that are becoming rarer and rarer as the new millennium marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath. 

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