5 minutes
Fiction
Abdullah Al Qamzi
Abdulla.AlQamzi@emaratalyoum.com
September 19, 2021
The roots of science fiction reach the era of silent cinema, and the most famous films at that time were “A Journey to the Moon” in 1902 and “Metropolis” in 1927, and this is evidence of the human passion for science fiction.
Branching out from science fiction a group of trends, including:
Space travel: The most famous examples are the films “Star Wars”, “Star Trek” and “Battle Star Galactica”, and these films are inspired by the scientific revolution that occurred after World War II, when satellites reached space, and man came out of the limits of the planet and landed on The surface of the moon.
These films have been renewed in the 21st century with the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers, and the development of visual and sound special effects in an unprecedented way.
Time Travel: “Doctor Who,” “Back to the Future,” “12 Monkeys,” and “Lupper.” This trend is so fluid that a director the size of Christopher Nolan can make a captivating epic blockbuster about space and time travel, on a budget. At over $160 million, an ordinary person like Shane Carruth, a mathematician turned filmmaker, can make a time-machine sci-fi primer on a budget of only $7,000.
Traveling through the human mind: This trend has captivated science fiction lovers because it connects realism and fantasy, the most famous examples of dream adventures: "The Matrix", "Eternal Chinchasian of the Spotless Mind" and "Inception".
Robots and Monsters: These films are related to politics and hatred of others, or they are open to several interpretations, or they mean nothing but action and special effects, from “Transformers” to “Jurassic Park” and “Godzilla”.
The invasion of aliens and disasters: the two most famous examples in the 20th century were Alien and Terminator, and the most famous example in the 21st century is Cloverfield, and the arrival of the invasion of aliens may symbolize political conquest and schisms, or expose humans to the threat of extinction, or it may be a study of character behavior in the form of science fiction , as seen on "10 Cloverfield Lane."
Horror of the bodies: These films deal with man’s tampering with the machine, or trying to discover something, and the attempt fails, and his body is severely harmed or turns into a terrified creature. Among the most famous films are “Frankenstein” 1931, “The Fly” 1958, and the updated version of “The Fly” 1986 by a horror pioneer. Bodies, Canadian David Cronenberg.
Attitude:
Many around the world thought that the 2015 movie The Martian was a true story, despite the inability of man to live on Mars, or at least that it was not scientifically proven, but when the cinematic treatment is high-end behind it by a director the size of Ridley Scott, the imagination becomes a reality.
Attitude:
Sundance fans came out shocked by the 2004 movie Primer, because its maker Shane Carruth simplified the idea of time travel, but put it in a complex mold, when the character discovered that time inside the time machine is different from outside, when the man decided to try the machine addicted to it, and saw Horrors he did not understand even though he traveled six hours into the past, and repeated them many times over several days.
• The Sundance Film fans were shocked by the movie Primer, 2004, because its maker Shane Carruth simplified the idea of time travel, but put it in a complex mold.
Abdulla.AlQamzi@emaratalyoum.com
Abdulla.AlQamzi@emaratalyoum.com