Spotted an “article”:http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2007/07/sunshineQA on Wired News about a new sci-fi movie called _Sunshine_. I love me some science fiction, especially ones that put in doses of realism. But I wonder just how “real” this movie will be when the director can’t even get his movie release dates right…

There was a strong strain of it into the ’70s that tried to depict space realistically, but it’s been replaced. Alien, one of the great masterpieces, was quickly followed by Star Wars. And Star Wars, of course, led everyone to fantasy sci-fi, that playground where anything goes. You can imagine any creature, on any planet. And they all talk English.

As commenters pointed out and anyone who’s even dabbled in the sci-fi genre could tell you, _Alien_ was released two years after _Star Wars_. Oh… and it’s funny, but I don’t remember Jawas speaking English.

Suddenly, I’m not all that inspired to watch _Sunshine_. Maybe I’ll watch it when it gets to DVD but I’d be afraid of how much things would be “wrong” in the movie.

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