Comments on: Wall-E Wins Hugo Award as Best Science-Fiction Film of 2008

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:54:40 +0000

By the way, did I mention that anyone who hates on WALL-E is a soulless moron? Nope? Okay, I will now. Which I guess makes Shut-Up Ed King of the Morons.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:53:10 +0000

You’re an idiot. WALL-E *was* the best Sci-Fi film of the year and it’s because it was a BRILLIANT film. One of the best Sci-Fi films in years, in fact. What would’ve been disappointing? If The Overraated Knight won. No, WALL-E winning was justified and simple truth, period.

By: Shut-Up Ed

Shut-Up Ed — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:17:14 +0000

Wait a second – you mean to tell me that ultra-lib Hollywood has been recycling the same old “save the Earth and stop global warming now” propaganda theme over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over?

That is too crazy to be true! Next you’re going to tell me that Hollywood has been intentionally portraying the US military and any corporation as inherently evil over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over-and-over!

Preposterous!

Why, it’s not as if Americans have been so beaten down and brainwashed by liberal elites that we would prefer illiterate, child-molesting, Nazi death camp guards as our protagonists!

I mean, come on!

By: Sharon E. Dreyer

Sharon E. Dreyer — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:27:10 +0000

Wall-E didn’t impress me very much with the way that humans were portrayed as opposed to robots. I thought this was another “save the Earth and stop global warming now” propaganda movie. Iron Man was a better adaptation of a comic into a movie. Guess the award was based on box office earnings. Go figure.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:25:15 +0000

No matter which other Sci-Fi films should’ve got nominated over action films like TDK and Iron Man, WALL-E was still by far the best Sci-Fi film last year, so congrats to Pixar and the WALL-E team!

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:17:15 +0000

hey look what just went up:

http://chud.com/articles/articles/20455/1/CHUD-QUICK-LIST-10-GREAT-NON-BLOCKBUSTER-SCIENCE-FICTION-FILMS-OF-THE-21ST-CENTURY/Page1.html

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:44:53 +0000

I think Synecdoche should count, and I’m not sure if Sleep Dealer is 2008 or 2009, but it deserves consideration as well (although I haven’t seen it).

This is the full list of nominations… nice to see Benjamin Button on there:

WALL-E Pixar 285
Iron Man Marvel 212
The Dark Knight Warner Bros. 166
METAtropolis J. Scalzi editor 45
Hellboy II: Dark Horse 43
The Golden Army
Cloverfield Bad Robot 40
Let the Right One In 32
The Curious Case of 25
Benjamin Button
Indiana Jones and the Paramount 18
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Colour of Magic RHI Entertainment 16
The Chronicles of 15
Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Incredible Hulk Marvel Enterprises 12
Kung Fu Panda 12
Speed Racer Warner Brothers 11
City of Ember Playtone 11
Hancock Sony 9
Bolt Disney 8
Wanted Universal Pictures 8
The Orphanage New Line Cinema 7
The Fall Absolute Entertainment 7
Stargate: Continuum MGM 7
The Forbidden Kingdom Casey Silver Productions 6
Jumper 6
Twilight Maverick Films 6
Repo! The Genetic Opera Lionâ€™s Gate 5

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:12:54 +0000

What about Synechode, NY? Do you think that counts?

By: Matt Gamble

Matt Gamble — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:09:54 +0000

The awards typically are based on when they are released in the US, so I would guess Time Crimes will be up for consideration for next year’s awards.

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:06:09 +0000

What about Time Crimes? Was that last year?

By: Rusty James

Rusty James — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:05:33 +0000

Of the nominees Wall E is definitely the most inclined towards “real” scifi. I love Dark Knight but it’s not a scifi movie. It’s a pulp crime movie.

Wall E tackles some great scifi concepts. Not just robots and post-apocalyptic worlds. But also the direction in which human beings are headed.
I just watched Visioneers and I think that would’ve been a good nominee as well.