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My Sci-fi unpopular opinion is that 2001: A Space Odyssey is nothing but pretentious, LSD fueled nonsense. I’ve tried watching it multiple times and each time I have absolutely no patience for the pointless little scenes which contain little to no depth or meaningful plot, all coalescing towards that 15 minute “journey” through space and series of hallucinations or whatever that are supposed to be deep, shake you to your foundations, and make you re-think the whole human condition.

But it doesn’t. Because it’s just pretentious, LSD fueled nonsense. Planet of the Apes was released in the same year and is, on every level, a better Sci-fi movie. It offers mystery, a consistent and engaging plot, relatable characters you actually care about, and asks a lot more questions about the world and our place in it.

It insists upon itself, Lois.

  • PabloDiscobar
    9•2 years ago

    Foundation sucks ass.

    The premise was great: restart the human race after a predictable collapse by writing an encyclopedia galactica based on our collective knowledge that would help the survivors to rebuild a civilization. I was all for it and I was thinking about my own encyclopedia…and boom the story was a boring political struggle. What a letdown.

    • comedy
      2•2 years ago

      You didn’t even like the good half of the show? (The Empire) I will say the other half of the show sucked, so I half agree.

      • PabloDiscobar
        1•2 years ago

        The emperor was cool, that’s true. But it’s like those shows that start full SciFi or fantastic and then turn into boring love stories, very cheap to write and film.

        I wanted a humanity that falls into chaos and turns to a book of knowledge for guidance.

    • @JerkyIsSuperior
      1•2 years ago

      I was annoyed by Harry Seldon’s omniscience. I can understand being able to predict a broad outline of an Imperial collapse and subsequent rebuilding, but predicting specific events in the timeline? Magical prophecies are not as accurate as Harry’s psychohistory.

    • Zorque
      1•2 years ago

      5he prequel book was honestly the best part of the series for me. Though I did enjoy the series, it just kind of lost the plot after the Mule showed up and diverted the basic plot of the series.