What with pre-holiday rushing around and travel and festiveness and such I've been pretty much out-of-the-loop and disconnected from most news-like objects. I guess I'll test the waters over the weekend before diving back into the madness next week.
Meanwhile, it's the end o' the year and I feel like I should make some sort of summarizing post or something. But there's just nothing that I'm really moved to say. Instead, here's John Scalzi's top 10 SF movies of the last 10 years. In deference to several of my occasional readers, I will refrain from calling it "best of the decade" altho, really, the ship has sailed on that. It might be factually wrong to say the decade runs (ran? whatever?) from 00 to 09 but, as a supporter of descriptive grammar, I have to acknowledge that the current usage is pretty much that. Anyway, back to Scalzi's list. I've seen only 4 of these. Which surprised me. Most ot the rest are on my ever expanding list of things I need to watch Real Soon Now. Altho I have only limited interest in 28 Days Later (I'm sorry, but fast zombies are just WRONG) and District 9 (looks so depressing). And I'd take active steps to avoid Cloverfield (I get what Scalzi's saying but I'm not convinced).
i think 28 days is better by far than 28 days later. maybe it wasn't released before 2000, i don't know, but i think it was.
yes, the zombies are fast, but it's wonderfully atmospheric and gorgeous. also, music by godspeed you black emperor!, which gives it a special place in my heart.