Comments on: Fantasy vs. Science Fiction http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2003/01/fantasy-vs-science-fiction/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Mon, 21 May 2012 06:57:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Regan http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2003/01/fantasy-vs-science-fiction/#comment-42 Regan Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:42:42 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2003/01/09/fantasy-vs-science-fiction/#comment-42 Dude. <i>Krull</i> was my first sword-and-sorcery film! Do not knock <i>Krull</i>. Okay, nevermind, it is B-grade... but that's what's cool about it. And <i>Legend</i> wasn't all that bad -- the soundtrack was good, and Tim Curry. I mean, <i>Tim Curry</i>. <i>Dungeons and Dragons</i> is something I refuse to put myself through. Just so wrong. And, really, a lot of the actually good fantasy movies (like <i>City of Lost Children</i> or <i>Princess Mononoke</i>) are slightly obscure and/or foreign, though still making the top 50 listl; other top 50s include <i>Groundhog Day</i>, and the like... HP and LOTR are the first really popular sword-and-sorcery, traditional fantasy movies in a long while. More mundane, close-to-real-life movies are not so noticeably "fantasy," though they are classified as such on IMDB. Dude. Krull was my first sword-and-sorcery film! Do not knock Krull. Okay, nevermind, it is B-grade… but that’s what’s cool about it.

And Legend wasn’t all that bad — the soundtrack was good, and Tim Curry. I mean, Tim Curry. Dungeons and Dragons is something I refuse to put myself through. Just so wrong.

And, really, a lot of the actually good fantasy movies (like City of Lost Children or Princess Mononoke) are slightly obscure and/or foreign, though still making the top 50 listl; other top 50s include Groundhog Day, and the like… HP and LOTR are the first really popular sword-and-sorcery, traditional fantasy movies in a long while. More mundane, close-to-real-life movies are not so noticeably “fantasy,” though they are classified as such on IMDB.

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