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    Torley: I'd include Gattaca, too. more »
    Cozmic: Just wait, with the popularity of (blech) twilight and (blech) true blood, some studio will turn Laurell K. Hamilton's Romance pretending to be F/SF "... more »
    rachaeljean: Aww, c'mon now... I really liked The Fountain! Yes, it was not a major blockbuster, but it was very well done and had a fantastic, unique, complex plot! more »
    ZalmanLucullus: Wasn't the entire point of "The Fifth Element" that our #1 defense against Gary Oldman's hairpiece is love? more »
    geesejuggler: Graeme, thank you for point out "a love interest shoehorned in to give the audience a hot girl to gawk at and something to distract the hero from savi... more »
    KinoEscalate: Filmmakers seemed to have forgotten that romance is a big part of adventure stories. The fantasy is to kill the bad guy, save the world and get the gi... more »
    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear: Best sci-fi love story ever: "Paul and Chani's love grew." more »
    Purple Dave: I think the whole concept got largely killed by a combination of two things: 1. Luke kissed his sister. On the lips. 2. Marty's mother tried to pull a... more »
    B: Wall-E a love story? It's all about Wall-E pestering Eve for "hand holding" despite her clear and persistent rebuffs of his advances. Then when she ... more »
    davidcoates: What about that The Time Traveller's Wife that's out soon (or I'm assuming it will be, how the hell long has that been in production/post-production/w... more »
    Lassus: I think the simplest explanation is that the sci-fi aspect turns away the mainstream male audience and the romance aspect turns away the mainstream fe... more »
  • #rant

    Where Are The Sci-Fi Movie Love Stories?

    With this summer's movies offering giant robots, franchise reboots and X-Men Origins, we can't help but wonder, today of all days: Where's the love? Why aren't there any sci-fi romances in our cinematic future? More »
  • #triviagasm

    Love In The Time Of Carbonite, or the Best Couples from Star Wars

    Star Wars may be an epic struggle between good and evil, but all that moral drama is just a vain attempt to hide all the love stories in the franchise that burned hotter than the sands of Tatooine. You've got brothers and sisters making out, robot on robot love, bestiality, bondage, phallic sabers, weird little microscopic life forms imbued with the power of the Force getting women pregnant, and plenty of inter-species sexual tension. It's a miracle that it all got past the ratings board. Check out our list of the hottest couples in the original Star Wars trilogy. More »
  • #poll

    What Kind of Futuristic Love Will Be Legal By 2050?