Best Films Never Made
February 15th, 2006
The Top Ten Sci-Fi Films That Were Never Made
I’m not a fan of sci-fi any more than other genres, but it got me thinking of all the lost opportunities here. Great ideas, lousy execution. Kind of like Paul Graham’s theory on the value of ideas in startups — that they’re basically worthless.
Couple notes:
- I vividly remember watching the Aliens 3 trailer in high school, the one that announced the whole “earth” angle. Then, when I actually went to go see it, I was crushed to discover the story took place on some random planet that nobody cared about. Some advance notice would have been nice! I’m really glad somebody called the studio on that trailer.
- I need to put Shawn of the Dead on my Netflix queue.
- I watched RoboCop on HBO a few months ago, the first time I caught the uncensored version in probably a decade. If you haven’t seen it recently, go watch it again. Not only is the vision of the future so tied into 80’s pop culture, but the blatant f-bombing and needless violence is nothing short of hilarious. Plus, I still get a chuckle seeing Boddicker, the vicious gang leader in
New ChicagoDetroit, now playing the dad from That 70’s Show.
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