Badass Sci Fi Best of the ’90s- #11-20
First, let’s recognize the also-rans, #21-50, in chronological order. #20 SPECIES (1995) Species, directed by Roger Donaldson (Dante’s Peak, Cocktail), just beat out Guillermo Del Toro’s Mimic (1997), and Peter Hyams’ The Relic (1997) in the mid-’90s creature feature explosion category. First, it’s got a great cast, including Ben...
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Troping Balls: Why Badass Sci Fi Loves Tropes
“A trope, particularly in cinema, since neither of you give off the impression of being well-read, is a widely recognized storytelling convention containing several layers of contextual meaning for the intended audience, thus creating an identifiable visual upon which said observer can relate based on prior knowledge. Examples include...
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