An old blog with a new purpose
Unknown Stars never made it anywhere. I had all the intentions of creating a new and cool science fiction setting (for no particular RPG system), but other projects just seemed to… catch my attention. Does this mean that I will never make a science fiction/cyberpunk setting? No. I have every intention of creating at least one of these before I pass on to the next world. But only time will tell when the chance presents itself.
Unknown Stars has been dormant for years, but I think I might have found a new purpose for the blog. I recently acquired a small book called the rough guide to Sci-Fi movies. It is just that… a rough guide to science fiction movies. The book even go as far as presenting a canon of the 50 most important science fiction movies. This got me wondering. I certainly agree with a lot of their canon choices, and most of their movies I haven’t even seen (which makes them hard to comment on), however… the canon is mostly concerned with english and american movies. I think this is sad since I’ve seen a lot of really awesome science fiction movies from other countries. It may just be that the author didn’t think they had enough of an impact on the world of sci-fi movies or maybe they just slipped under the radar.
So this is the new purpose: to present my own personal science fiction movie canon. As the rough guide to Sci-Fi movies, I too will limit myself to 50 movies. I will try and explore movies outside the english-speaking world and I will also look to the most recent movies. The rough guide was written in 2005, which also limits their choices.
Every time I watch a science fiction movie, I will try and make an in-depth review of it here. I am no student of science fiction movies, so this will be the work of an amateur, a science fiction loving amateur. I will also try an place the movie in the big scope of things and comment on certain references that I’ve caught while watching.
Feel free to comment on my reviews as I make them, perhaps you can even help me create the canon.
