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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrin Drader" data-source="post: 1706651" data-attributes="member: 7394">The problem isn't that they are habitually making bad movies. The problem is that movies that are average are being panned throughout the our overly opinionated geekdome. What kind of message does that send Hollywood? It tells them that even if they do their best to make us happy, we'll dis their efforts and not spend any money (In my opinion there's something wrong if a movie like Chronicles of Riddick can't make any money). That in turn leads to what could potentially be extremely cool and original movies not being made, or made on the cheap, because the execs are afraid they'll get panned and we won't spend our money to see them. So what's their solution? Continue to make formulaic "safe" scifi movies that they believe will make money. And of course we're too smart for formulaic scripts to remain interesting, so science fiction in general starts making less money overall.  Other than Spiderman, have we seen a successful scifi on the big screen this summer? The bottom line for me is that not every science fiction movie is going to be a masterpiece, and that's OK. Some of them will be downright awful (Soldier anyone?) I can spend the $7 promoting the kind of movies I want to be made or I can spend the $7 on a trip to a fast food joint. The price of a ticket really is pretty cheap, so I've made the decision to promote the kind of movies that I want to see rather than let the jaded whining of a bunch of self righteous reviewers who take themselves and their opinions way too seriously kill the genre. If AVP really is a solid B, I'll consider $7 well spent and I might even buy it on DVD. If it comes in at a C or a D, I'll just consider it two hours of my life I'll never get back and I won't touch the DVD. In either case, I'm seeing this one. Aliens, predators and Lance Henriksen in one movie is all it takes to convince me to open up my wallet.</blockquote>

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