A good sci-fi movie must be rated R...

[strredwolf]

An intresting discussion came out of an IRC channel.

For a Sci-Fi movie to be good, it must be rated R.

Take a look at these movies, they're all rated R:
Blade Runner
Total Recall
Terminator
The Matrix
Alien (and it's sequils)

...all good movies, because they didn't hold back. Now, look at the bombs.

Star Trek: Nemisis -- PG-13, was a tired genre, and had bad release timing.
Lost in Space -- PG-13.
Planet of the Apes -- PG-13.
Mars Attacks -- PG-13 (and too campy to boot!!!)

The only exception which could be found is the live action Lord of the Rings. PG-13, yes, but everything else overcomes it. Besides, from what I hear, Tolkein would of talked the nudity to death in the books.

Comments

[richvstone.livejournal.com]

Lord of the Rings Sci-Fi? Uhhh.......

[xilimyth.livejournal.com]

As strange as it sounds, it does fit as SciFi.... because officially for some dumb reason, Fantasy is SciFi.

Go Figure :)

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

Actually, there was a bit in part of the first of the Lord of the Rings books- fairly casual, not really over done, and largely nonsexual. The director cut that entire section for the movie, though, as it was judged not really central to the later plot.

(No, you don't know me, just passing through after reading the comic, and couldn't resist the chance to ramble on about something irrelevant and interfere in soemone else's life)