On Jul 7, 9:45=A0am, Matt Ion  wrote:
> Joseph DeMartino wrote:
> > On Jul 6, 8:35 pm, Matt Ion  wrote:
> >> And I daresay, JMS would have no shortage of A-list directors to choos=
e
> >> from for this one...
>
> > Color me skeptical on this point. =A0Aside from Spielberg, how many
> > genuine "A-List" directors have done genre films? =A0I can't see
> > Eastwood or Tarantino doing a space-based epic, and even Ron Howard
> > hasn't dipped a toe in the genre waters since bombing with
"Willow".
>
> So what was "Apollo 13", a soap opera?
>
> Also, Eastwood directed and produced "Space Cowboys".  Even
"Firefox" is
> along the same lines - action/adventure, somewhat sci-fi with the
> super-advanced plane.
>
> I'm just saying...

Apollo 13 was historical drama based directly on Jim Lovell's "Lost
Moon."  It was not in any way science fiction.  Space Cowboys was
(mediocre) sci-fi, but not really speculative sci-fi.  Firefox was
more of a Cold War cloak and dagger film than it was sci-fi.  Eastwood
plays in the real world.  I doubt he would touch anything with aliens,
no matter how plausible it might be.
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