Have any movie directors or producer revealed themselves to be “ masters ” of science fiction in late years ? In this chart , we look at how some of the competition for SF mastery have fared .
Update : I apologize , I have n’t been online much due to the holiday . I realize that there was an erroneous data point point for Andrew Stanton in 2009 that was never supposed to be there . I miss it when I ab initio count over the graphical record , but it ’s been removed now .
As we ’ve been shine on the last ten years , we ’ve been ask ourselves whether any dependable “ superior ” of science fable and urban fantasy have emerged , especially in flick and goggle box . It ’s certainly been a decade of highs and lows , of old masters who ’ve begun to evanesce and shining fresh star topology just cresting the horizon .
To that end , I ’ve attempted to chart the comparative “ passe-partout degree ” of various director and goggle box producer over the several year . This is an utterly unscientific chart ; I looked at the labor these folks have had since 2000 and designate each one a “ lord level . ” The number reflects my understanding of the projects acclamation , its ability to attract an hearing ( i.e. box office / Nielsen numbers ) , its awards , whether it deliver the goods in something strange ( such as a comparatively popular strange language film in the font of Guillermo del Toro ’s Pan ’s Labyrinth or Dr. Horrible ’s condition as a discovery web plastic film ) , and the nebulous sense that it add or subtract from the person ’s “ geek cred . ” The numbers themselves are mostly subjective and , of course , you should find free to nitpick .
The greater use was to offer a watercolory mother wit of whether any “ masters ” have emerged from this bunch . Certainly , the last yr has bring in low some of the genres ’ promising potential . Joss Whedon entered into the decade riding luxuriously on a Buffy / Angel cocktail . Though his name was n’t enough to master Fox ’s confusing treatment of Firefly , but the show ’s eventual fad popularity led to the Serenity feature article film , and the Whedon brand help make Dr. Horrible ’s Sing - Along Blog an important moment for web - based message . Perhaps this all made Dollhouse — which has been , by turns , frustrative and brilliant — all the more unsatisfying , its block demise pretty promptly accepted , even by Whedon ’s fanbase . Similarly , Ron Moore ’s Battlestar Galactica , despite being regard by some reader as themost overrate scifi of the decade , was regarded by many as a turn point for saucy , politically savvy space opera . But a rocky final season punctuated by finale filled with dei ex machinae exit a lot of tribe false on the entire serial publication . And the Wachowskis , while doing a solid ( though Alan Moore - enraging ) piece of picture palace with V for Vendetta , never quite know up to the promise of The Matrix .
https://gizmodo.com/overrated-sf-of-the-decade-you-tell-us-5429601
But there have been flock of masterly bright spots as well . Bryan Fuller gave us some beautiful urban fantasy with shows with Dead Like Me , Wonderfalls , and Pushing Daisies , even if many of his efforts ( including the genuinely astonishing The Amazing Screw - On Head ) were untimely ax , or screw before ever flummox off the ground . Guillermo del Toro brought us to great pinnacle with Pan ’s Labyrinth , even if his other heart candy plastic film did n’t hit the same heights .
So have we see any overlord ? Peter Jackson has certainly come in near . Granted , The Lord of the Rings movies are high fantasy , but they showcased Jackson ’s power to handle a difficult epic poem in a elbow room that not only pleased JRR Tolkien ’s fans , but also won him mainstream award . And his remake of King Kong , which should have been mechanically bete noire , proved both profitable and well - reviewed . The Lovely Bones has been his blip , earning him his bad review in 20 years . But it ’s more likely that 2009 will be remembered as the year Jackson introduced the world to film maker Neill Blomkamp , demonstrate that he has a good eye for raw talent and the Hollywood memory cache to bring that talent to light . It ’s not for nothing that he madethis year ’s power list .
https://gizmodo.com/the-2009-science-fiction-power-list-5432617
Another power list member , JJ Abrams , has also give us a good spate of fun and paying attention science fiction . While he did n’t give us thedecade ’s best monster movie , he did manage to bring up the Star Trek franchise in a way that was respectful to what come before and drew in folks who never turned into the TV shows . Of course , we still have yet to see as Lost will cease and whether Fringe will last .
https://gizmodo.com/20-greatest-sf-movies-of-the-past-decade-5426147
Chris Nolan is on the listing of predict theory for eventual masterhood . Although Memento was n’t skill fiction , it read a “ what if ” concept ( here , what if a world searching for his wife ’s sea wolf had no poor term memory ) and portrayed it in a attentive , suspenseful , and ultimately heartbreaking path . And he not only inject fresh blood into the remains of the Batman dealership , he made it Oscar - worthy . And now he ’s continue the science fiction train of thought with Inception .
And , of course , there ’s the motion of whether James Cameron will prove the kind of scientific discipline fiction as much as he claim to be the king of the existence . His foray into scientific discipline fiction television , Dark Angel , never fared specially well in the ratings ; it was eventually canceled in favour of Firefly , and it never achieved the posthumous popularity of the previous show . But perhaps Avatar is the reinforcement of his former scifi successes , proof that he can still be relevant where other long - time director have started to wither away . Hopefully , we wo n’t have to wait another 12 years to see his next installment .
in person , though , after seeing the delightful Monsters Inc. followed by the superb The Incredibles and WALL - E , I have my fingers hybridise for Andrew Stanton and Pixar Studios . Here ’s hop that John Carter of Mars is something phenomenal .
Still , single out director and producer as possible masters might be drop the point entirely , even when we ’re talking about picture show and TV . Alan Moore might well be your skill fiction master , not just because he has write so many wild books , but also because those book have captured the imagination of so many manager in the last several year — albeit with diverge results . And in the coming old age we ’ll see how amusing volume author Brian K. Vaughan — who has been work on Lost as well as the Buffy Season Eight comedian — translate to the big screen when Y : The Last Man , Ex Machina , and Runaways collide with theatre .
So who , if anyone , do you see as your science fable master ? Someone from the list above ? Perhaps Russell T. Davis for reviving and expand Doctor Who ? Or maybe author like Jane Espenson , who have operate on so many of the shows we have a go at it ? And , with filmmaker like Neill Blomkamp and Duncan Jones arriving on the scene , who might prove themselves skipper of the writing style in the next ten years ?
graphical record by Steph Fox .
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