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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
From an effects standpoint, they keep topping eachother, StarWars, Empire, T2, Matrix. Has an action movie in the last 5 years been released that hasn't borrowed significantly from the effects used in the Matrix?
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After screenplay, the most important aspect of a sci-fi movie is its art direction. This being the case, and putting the rather soapy screenplay to one side, Star Wars wins hands down. Instead of presenting the future* as being better, cleaner, and more technological than the present, it was dirty and unreliable. When the Millenium Falcon broke down, you could imagine from the sets and art direction that it wasn't because its basic technology was too complicated (as in 2001, which also had good art direction in its own way), but because it was a busted piece of crap.
Star Wars gave the future the right to be dirty, noisy and chaotic after 2001. It made the art direction of Blade Runner possible.
*Yeah, yeah, I know.
