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Are You Ready To Be An Evil Colonist?

Humans are a plague, shredding across the galaxy and destroying other peace-loving creatures. At least, that seems to be the theme of a number of movies that are coming out in the next few years. I've been wondering what would replace the post-apocalyptic-Earth as the stock plot for "dark" science fiction movies, and the evil-humans-in-space plot seems increasingly likely to rule. Among others, James Cameron's Avatar and the new animated film Terra seem to be exploring this theme, which is a standard plot in written science fiction, but is fairly new to the movies. Click through for details. More »

4:30 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
3,862 views, 27 comments

Latest by muteboy: See also 'Jem' by Frederick Pohl ([www.frederikpohl.com]) where the 3 warring factions on Earth take their war to a new planet and forge allegiances with the 3 races there - all to the new planets detriment, of course. [www.amazon.co.uk] more »