re: I Want More Hard Sci-Fi - Why are there so few good movies in this genre?

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Star Trek the Motion Picture or Wrath of Khan (of course I'm going to vote Khan)

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Wrath of Khan is one of the best films, regardless of genre. It has something for everyone. Obviously fans of TOS are likely to enjoy it the most, but it is a better film than TMP. TMP only had about an hour of plot (and that makes sense) - so, instead of fluffing that up with a half dozen character development sequences, even catching up with the characters, whatever - they chose to extend the gorgeous special effects space travel scenes - almost like he was trying to make up for how bad TOS looked at times, either in space or with the budget limitations on their effects, generally, in the 1960s.

Regardless, the film is unfairly criticized, when it has a classic Trek story (eerily similar to the plot of the TOS episode, The Changeling, which had a similar, although much smaller Terran probe merged with an alien probe), and for that part of it, was very well done.

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last crusade or temple of doom (temple of doom by a mile)

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I was going to debate you on this - but neither film is particularly "hard" sci-fi. I enjoy Last Crusade better, but, much like TMP, I think Temple of Doom is unfairly criticized.