Avatar is a 2009 American science fiction picture written and directed by James Cameron, and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Stephen Lang.In the year 2154, the RDA firm is mining Pandora, the blooming, Earthlike moon of the planet Polyphemus, in the Alpha Centauri system. Parker Selfridge, (Giovanni Ribisi), the administrator, hires...
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Movie Review – Avatar(2009) An American Science Fiction Movie
What is Science Fiction?
Science fiction is a genre of fiction where the stories often deal with elements of science or technology and many of these imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature. In many of these stories some of the scientific elements, or most of it, are still pure imaginative speculation. Science...
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The Ender Saga: a Noteworthy Science Fiction Series
January 1985 marks the beginning of America’s love affair with Ender Wiggin. It was that month that Ender’s Game was published, becoming an instant blockbuster, and “probably the most popular science fiction novel published in the last twenty years” (John Kessel). The child prodigy and ultimate savior of the earth, Ender Wiggin, had appeared...
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Science Fiction’s Influence on Society
Accordingly, the borderline between fantasy and science fiction is blurred, and many bookstores shelve science fiction and fantasy together. The science fiction genre has a strong fan community of readers and viewers, of which many authors are a part. In reading science fiction books, abstract concepts such as mutations, radiation, space travel and...
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Identity Theft Is Not Science Fiction
With the staggering proliferation of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) in recent years, a wide range of computer users have found themselves owning one or more of those “miracle” portable electronic systems that contain important files as well as personal information. Belonging to the same category, desktops and laptops also known as notebooks have been...
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Five Famous Science Fiction Films
Science fiction films have mesmerized the audience the world over with their surreal adventures and special effects. These kinds of movies attract young people the most. But films like Star Wars and Superman have a universal appeal. Science fiction films take their audience to a dream world where everything is out of this world...
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1960’s and 1970’s Science Fiction Halloween Costumes
There are a lot of wonderful costume ideas from the 1960’s and 1970’s in television and movie series.A great number of high quality television shows and movies such as The Prisoner, The invaders, Marcus Welby MD, The Six Million Dollar Man, and much more, hailed from the 1960’s and the 1970’s. These series are...
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Top Five Science Fiction Films
Science fiction films have mesmerized the audience world over with its surreal adventures and special effects. These kinds of fiction movies attract young people the most. But films like Star Wars and Superman has a universal appeal. Science fiction films take its audience to a dream world where everything is out of this world...
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The World Of Science Fiction Has Intrigued Us For Years
If you ask any lover of science fiction what the hottest movie release of the moment is, they would most assuredly tell you it is, I Am Legend, staring the very talented, Will Smith. Some people simply are not impressed by science fiction films or television series, but those who do love them are...
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Science Fiction Movies
In recent years, science fiction movies have made a big comeback in Hollywood and I, for one, consider that a very good thing.
I like to be surprised when I go to the movies. I like to see things that I’ve never seen before and I like to be confronted by virtual realities that I...
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