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Everyone knows that the number of pages per book in the famous series by J.K. Rowlings increased over time, but was this increase steady? Was it consistent? The answer seems to be no.
Joe Carter has a post where he lists the 100 most overrated and underrated movies of all time, by arbitrary category.
Back in May, we here at ScienceBlogs got an offer to get an advance screener copy of Randy Olson's new movie, "Sizzle", if we promised to review it.
Has the person ranking Sci-Fi movies ever even seen a real sci-fi, or do they just chew their bubble gum and listen to their Brittney cd's? Good grief...
GATTACA and the Truman show are in my favorite movies list. The only problem I have with GATTACA is that much of the second-classing of "natural" kids happens through the mechanism of privatized health care and the "Pre-existing condition", which are somewhatr alien concepts to universal health care systems. Still powerful as a defense of the disabled in our own culture, and a harrowing look at second-class status of all people in general.
There was also a link in the comments there to "Cracked" magazine's list of 8 sci-fi movies that have already been disproven.
On that list Robocop was rightfully added. However, it has a rather precient prediction: The prevalence of a massive inefficient gas-guzzling car marketed purely on jingoistic pride and named after a blowjob.
In the movie, it was the 6000 SUX. In reality, it's the Hummer.
Also before Bush, I would have thought Death Race 2000's president blaming France for America's ills was preposterous. Then came the run-up to the iraq war... Freedom Fries, anyone?