9
by morgan on Aug.25, 2009, under Lev Grossman
What about a movie like 9?
This is the type of movie that I very much want to see, and it’s something that I’d love to see become more common in fantasy & sf. It doesn’t fit squarely into either genre. It’s a doomsday and steampunk story with robots and scientists, but it also features warriors and “dragons.” It feels like a fairy tale adventure, but maybe that’s because it is a cartoon.
So, I’m in favor of breaking conventions. I’m preaching to the choir here, since the Magicians nicely subverts expectations. Let’s have wizards and robots mingle and dragons commanding starships. Three cheers to Justina Robson for her cyborg elves.
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