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stealth science fiction

15 Great Movies You Didn't Know Were Science Fiction

The greatest science fiction movies sometimes aren't labeled as science fiction at all. As with literary novels like The Road and The Confessions of Max Tivoli, some classic movies explore alternate or futuristic worlds, even as they slip under the radar of mainstream (or alternative) audiences. Call them slipstream, or "stealth science fiction." Here's our list of 15 great movies you may be familiar with, but didn't know were science fiction. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
141,492 views, 87 comments

Latest by Loserface: @MajorMattMason: I got that it was satire, but that still didn't make it a good film. I think its a lot more interesting and creative to write a plausible and completely divergent history that reflect our world. What they did more »

synecdoche, new york

Neuro-Tourism In Charlie Kaufman's Movies

The movie we're most eager to see this spring may well be Synecdoche, New York, the directorial debut of Charlie Kaufman, who wrote Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Will it be science fiction? We don't know yet. But we do know it'll be mind-bending, and judging from the synopses we've read, it'll explore a theme dear to Kaufman's heart: physical locations as reflections for places in the mind. Spoilers ahead. More »

4:00 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
4,106 views, 8 comments

Latest by n/a: The premise actually sounds a lot like this debate in the mental imagery literature, which centers around the following question: is mental imagery spatial or propositional? In other words, when we look at the world, do we have a more »

dear god no

Marvel Working On 'Power Pack' Movie

Stan Lee had a lot to talk about earlier this week when he accepted his Jules Verne Lifetime Achievement award, and one of those things was the fact that Marvel has been seriously considering doing a movie based on their Power Pack comic book. You can't chalk this one up to senility, because Lee definitely has all his marbles with him, but dear god in heaven please send a packet of smelling salts to the bigwigs over there before it's too late. More »

8:00 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Kevin Kelly
940 views, 1 comment

Latest by n/a: I have been reading io9 pretty much from the start (and Gawker blogs far longer), and while there's been plenty that I've been tempted to comment upon, entropy and attention have kept me from registering to do so. This more »

alan moore

Watchmen Comic-Within-A-Comic Becomes Its Own Movie

The movie version of Alan Moore's classic dysfunctional superhero comic book Watchmen continues to move forward, although one key element might be coming to your DVD player before the film comes out. More »

12:30 PM on Tue Nov 20 2007
By Kevin Kelly
221 views, Comment

logan's run

Logan's Run Remake Finally Happening ... Maybe

Logan's Run is one the only few films that was firmly rooted in the science fiction genre and wasn't titled Star Wars to come out of the 1970s. It's also been stuck running in place in Hollywood's favorite prison: development hell. Will the remake actually happen this time? More »

10:01 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Kevin Kelly
162 views, Comment