Yes, forgot about Inception. I suppose I don't view it as a traditional sic-fi film, for it certainly is! Again, I think it will take an auteur like Nolan to get something like this out. I am afraid Ridley Scott is past his prime. He still's got the eye but there is some filter missing somewhere in his storytelling ability.
$100 mil or not, it can be done. Look at the success of LOTR. This film has something transcendental about it - it goes beyond the genre to appeal to a very wide audience. Same with Star Wars, the Matrix, The Blade Runner, Aliens. And I think that something is that those films treat philosophical questions seriously and not on the level of children's comic books. Ironically, these days Pixar takes their audience more seriously than most science fiction movies do.
$100 mil or not, it can be done. Look at the success of LOTR. This film has something transcendental about it - it goes beyond the genre to appeal to a very wide audience. Same with Star Wars, the Matrix, The Blade Runner, Aliens. And I think that something is that those films treat philosophical questions seriously and not on the level of children's comic books. Ironically, these days Pixar takes their audience more seriously than most science fiction movies do.
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