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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
4,585 views, 28 comments

Latest by n/a: What's the rationale for taking over all these worlds again? To strip mine them of all the resources that are, apparently, so much more abundant and cheaper to get to at the bottom of a gravity well than from more »

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Humans Wreck Another Planet In Terra

Bloodthirsty evil humans invade a peaceful alien planet in a new indie movie that turns all the classic alien invasion motifs on their heads. Terra, which just had its U.S. premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, goes from tense little alien invasion movie to war epic in mere moments. Full recap after the jump including spoilers and a new robot that should be adopted into your hearts. More »

10:30 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Meredith Woerner
3,029 views, 34 comments