The Science fiction genre is always developing. Looking at District 9 and Avatar (both released in 2009) we can say that some elements of each are more evolved than others but as a whole they are equally evolved, and very similar in many ways.
Science fiction has certain key teachers or themes. Such as improbable settings, aliens, futuristic scenarios or an alternate history, space, travel, advanced technology as well as they way it is filmed including special effects. These are what is typical and for science fiction to be considered evolved it would have to push these boundaries and challenge the norm.
It is for this reason that it can be said District 9 and Avatar are equally evolved. Both are set in improbable settings. District 9 being …show more content…
Avatar looks to a possible future where mantas made a mess of the earth and has come to a new planet for resources. Again this is not an evolved concept as we see many movies show earth as being a dystopia as well as humans leaving earth, and example of this is the 2008 movie Wall-E. This concept is a norm is the genera. Space travel is another norm. In District 9 we don’t see any space travel, what we do see is the aliens have traveled to earth. In Avatar the humans are seen traveling to Pandora, this trip takes several years. It can therefor be said that Avatar has more evolved space travel, however we can credit that to the fact that it is set in the future. We can say it is more advanced as we humans travel to a new planet which it takes roughly five years and ten months during this times humans are entered into a Cryogenic sleep. Although the space travel is more advanced in Avatar than in District 9, it can not be said it has evolved the science fiction genera as Star wars has even more advanced space travel with the hipper jump, and the idea of Cryogenic sleep used in Avatar can be see in the 1986 movie 2001: a space …show more content…
In District 9 the aliens are more advanced, they can travel in space and have highly advanced weapons. In Avatar the humans come with the superior technology, including space travel and weapons. In these films we can actually find very similar types of weaponry such as the body suits. However, again it has not evolved science fiction as similar or even more advanced technology can be seen in other movies of this genera, such as the artificial intelligence found in 2001: a space odyssey. There is however an area in Avatar that is superior to District 9 and that is the SGI special effects, animation and filming of Avatar. The over all spectacular of Avatar or Mise-en-scene was extremely evolved and super to anything done before. Avatar took several years to make and won several awards including Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. District 9 had got the old school type style with a documentary style that used hand held cameras and a dystopian setting.
This can also be attributed to the budget for these movies. Avatar had a significantly bigger budget than District 9. That is why they could make the spectacular they did. Faking this to consideration we could argue that it evolved film as a whole, regardless of genera. It is for this reason it couldn’t be conceded to have evolved science fiction in particular.
Based of the balance of evidence provided it can be considered that District 9 is not more evolved than Avatar as
Science fiction has certain key teachers or themes. Such as improbable settings, aliens, futuristic scenarios or an alternate history, space, travel, advanced technology as well as they way it is filmed including special effects. These are what is typical and for science fiction to be considered evolved it would have to push these boundaries and challenge the norm.
It is for this reason that it can be said District 9 and Avatar are equally evolved. Both are set in improbable settings. District 9 being …show more content…
Avatar looks to a possible future where mantas made a mess of the earth and has come to a new planet for resources. Again this is not an evolved concept as we see many movies show earth as being a dystopia as well as humans leaving earth, and example of this is the 2008 movie Wall-E. This concept is a norm is the genera. Space travel is another norm. In District 9 we don’t see any space travel, what we do see is the aliens have traveled to earth. In Avatar the humans are seen traveling to Pandora, this trip takes several years. It can therefor be said that Avatar has more evolved space travel, however we can credit that to the fact that it is set in the future. We can say it is more advanced as we humans travel to a new planet which it takes roughly five years and ten months during this times humans are entered into a Cryogenic sleep. Although the space travel is more advanced in Avatar than in District 9, it can not be said it has evolved the science fiction genera as Star wars has even more advanced space travel with the hipper jump, and the idea of Cryogenic sleep used in Avatar can be see in the 1986 movie 2001: a space …show more content…
In District 9 the aliens are more advanced, they can travel in space and have highly advanced weapons. In Avatar the humans come with the superior technology, including space travel and weapons. In these films we can actually find very similar types of weaponry such as the body suits. However, again it has not evolved science fiction as similar or even more advanced technology can be seen in other movies of this genera, such as the artificial intelligence found in 2001: a space odyssey. There is however an area in Avatar that is superior to District 9 and that is the SGI special effects, animation and filming of Avatar. The over all spectacular of Avatar or Mise-en-scene was extremely evolved and super to anything done before. Avatar took several years to make and won several awards including Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. District 9 had got the old school type style with a documentary style that used hand held cameras and a dystopian setting.
This can also be attributed to the budget for these movies. Avatar had a significantly bigger budget than District 9. That is why they could make the spectacular they did. Faking this to consideration we could argue that it evolved film as a whole, regardless of genera. It is for this reason it couldn’t be conceded to have evolved science fiction in particular.
Based of the balance of evidence provided it can be considered that District 9 is not more evolved than Avatar as