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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
3,858 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 »

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Planet 51 Continues Scifi's Invasion Of Animation

The trend of animated movies swinging from fantasy to science fiction (with Wall-E and Space Chimps) continues with Planet 51, starring the Rock as a human astronaut who lands on a planet of xenophobic aliens who regard him as an invader. Written by Shrek scribe Joe Stillman, Planet 51 is a "reverse E.T.," the Rock says. He gave away some new plot details for Planet, which he says is coming November 2009. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Apr 25 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
1,692 views, 12 comments

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The Rock In Alien Bondage

Be very afraid: Science Fiction is about to be invaded by cute, generic computer-generated animation. The family-friendly cast of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Jessica Biel and Justin Long will provide the voices for New Line Cinema's first 3D CGI-movie, Planet 51. With a script written by the man behind the first two Shrek movies, could this movie sound any more unappealing? Learn more, and decide for yourself, after the jump. More »

7:20 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Graeme McMillan
1,045 views, 15 comments

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A Planet of Cute, Human-Hating Aliens


New Line Cinema announced today that it will be distributing Planet 51, Europe's biggest CGI film ever, in 2009. The $60 million dollar film features astronaut Captain Chuck Baker landing on a planet filled with 1950s-era aliens who live in complete fear of aliens, namely Chuck himself. Gallery of cute aliens after the jump. More »

10:30 AM on Tue Nov 27 2007
By Kevin Kelly
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