Have you ever been on the road less travelled?

The other answers are better but I will put in my two cents. I think Sci Fi films ran their course as they came up against the technical barrier. What I mean by that is that we as audiences became inured to the false flame coming out of Buck Rogers ship all those years ago.

It was near comedy when it reached it's end whatever that was. But with the advent of such amazing innovation as we are seeing now they, the new movies, are becoming more and more beyond what we could expect when our expectations are very high. Avatar is simply a beginning.

I think we have just begun to see what is coming and will be past Total Recall before we even know it was here. I think this iteration of 3D is just the tip.

I don't really think so. Avatar was running in Australia for the first four months this year as well and it's become the highest selling film in the history of this country. For me, I care more about the plot and the story lines rather than special effects.

A good movie is based on original and creativity. Having dazzling special effects might sell it initially but ultimately it's the heart and soul of the movie that people will either remember or want to forget it by. Whilst I liked Avatar, the storyline is not that original as it's based on other stories like Pocahontas, Dances With Wolves and Once We Were Warriors.

But the acting is still quite good and the special effects are awesome. Whether the sequels will be just as well received remains to be seen. I wonder if science-fiction films will be just as popular 50 to 100 years from now?

By then, technology will have most likely evolved to the stage of what it's like in most films that are out now that people will see them as rather quaint and probably want to watch the vintage ones that came out in the 50's and 60's for something REALLY different in their lives.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.