James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018

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7.9| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 29 April 2018 Ended
Producted By: AMC Studios
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Official Website: http://www.amc.com/shows/james-camerons-story-of-science-fiction
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Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In each episode, James Cameron introduces one of the “Big Questions” that humankind has contemplated throughout the ages and reaches back into sci-fi’s past to better understand how our favorite films, TV shows, books, and video games were born.

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NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!
Konterr Brilliant and touching
Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
shiftyburn This really is your favourite directors talking about your favourite films with a little insight into the thinking of some of their decisions
Lynne P This should have been called "James Cameron's Story of James Cameron and Friends". This show has less to do with Scicentfic and it's history and more to do with a bunch of old white men patting each other on the back for a job well done on that cool movie they did once. Just because it has Cameron or Spielberg attached to it, it doesn't mean it's good and this show is BORING.
adamwarlock I found some of this interesting, some of it a set up for Cameron's Avatar sequels. They concentrate on movies & TV shows from the last 40 years and very little on the literature that bore science-fiction as a genre. This is the tip of the iceberg and showing older movies with effects that the younger generation can't take cause it "looks bad" are out except for some quick clips. Some nice philosophical discussions with directors, writers and actors.
spmact The trailers for this made it seem like we'd be watching James Cameron chatting with legendary directors of Sci-Fi films. It looked like we'd get to hear the fascinating topics and ideas brought up by these brilliantly creative minds, and the stories they told about their careers and their famous works. I was excited to be a fly on the wall observing these amazing conversations. We do get that, but it's only about 1/6 of the show. The rest is other random people talking about their thoughts on Sci-Fi topics. Sure we get some big names like Will Smith and Sigourney Weaver, but most are people I've never heard of. Some are people in the film industry like VFX artists or illustrators, but the majority are just intellectuals or writers or hosts from web sites, publications or radio shows that I guess deal with Sci-Fi. One guy even has the title "Grand Master of Science Fiction", whatever that means. While I don't want to devalue their thoughts, that's not really what I came for. If you're going to be presenting mostly people I've never heard of, at least tell me that in your marketing. Otherwise, I'm going to feel pretty mislead (as I do now).The show is pretty interesting and worth watching, but it's not nearly as amazing as I was expecting it to be. They had enough good material to make around 2 or 3 good episodes, but they added a bunch of padding to be able to stretch it to 6. I'm guessing it was some TV exec who made that decision.