James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018

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  • 1
7.9| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 29 April 2018 Ended
Producted By: AMC Studios
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: http://www.amc.com/shows/james-camerons-story-of-science-fiction
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Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In each episode, James Cameron introduces one of the “Big Questions” that humankind has contemplated throughout the ages and reaches back into sci-fi’s past to better understand how our favorite films, TV shows, books, and video games were born.

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Lawbolisted Powerful
FeistyUpper If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
UnowPriceless hyped garbage
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
shiftyburn This really is your favourite directors talking about your favourite films with a little insight into the thinking of some of their decisions
csample2008 If you take the root of the word fan & i want you to, then maybe you can follow where i i'm coming/going from/to with my review. today, especially when considering the things covered in the 1st few episodes you need to go deep with your grok of the genre. it's metaphor demonstrating the imaginings of universes where humanity is inserted & has to deal with his environment, foreign though it may look/feel there's a human dropped in there who only deal wit they use the situation with the tools his/her humanity has given them. if you are one of those that's wondered things like "why am i here?" or, "what is the/my purpose in life?" then you may have taken it to a more personal/deeper level. i never asked the questions & they used to confuse me but upon this kind of deep meditation/consideration i have come to a place of comfort/understanding re: sci-fi, which is & has become sci-actual. so, i took in all of the stuff presented up to ep. 6 so far. obviously i'm enjoying it. i was pondering symbology & how it is so useful if you can decode it, but also annoying because, what?, i have to learn another communication form? but things today of sci-actual is unearthing long lost worlds and hidden secrets where we need to use or comms skills to decode the symbology of ultimately,us. great venue to see us and finally, to spare us this mr. Cameron names thing easily understandably. re: unobtainium, and a terminator. clear as water, eh?
adamwarlock I found some of this interesting, some of it a set up for Cameron's Avatar sequels. They concentrate on movies & TV shows from the last 40 years and very little on the literature that bore science-fiction as a genre. This is the tip of the iceberg and showing older movies with effects that the younger generation can't take cause it "looks bad" are out except for some quick clips. Some nice philosophical discussions with directors, writers and actors.
Dime-Baggins Seems like all episodes so far inevitably boil down to self-aggrandizing directors and actors virtue signalling about why their movies are great for mostly politically correct reasons. For example, Aliens is great because of feminism; Star Wars because of diversity; etc... If you like watching award shows like the Oscars where the actors and directors talk about how great they are, and giving each other awards, then this is for you.