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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
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Trevor Vos The new Transformers film is a rollercoaster ride. I don't mean that as a metaphor—it literally is an exhausting physical experience. Michael Bay's films assault the senses, stunning the audience with blow after blow to the head. While it's possible to leave the theater without a headache after watching this movie, it's not particularly likely. Now is that a bad thing? People like rollercoasters, right? But this is like one of those wooden rollercoasters where you a jolt gets sent up your spine at each seam of the track. ...read more
Genres
The sub-genre(s) of science fiction that the given work fits best into.
- ActionScience fiction works that are primarily built around stunts, fights, and action set-pieces.
- Alien InvasionA staple of the Cold War era, these works involve alien forces invading Earth.
- AnimeJapanese animated science fiction films or TV series.
- ComedySci-fi isn't always deadly serious. Some of the best comedies have involved science fiction in some way.
- CyberpunkCyberpunk combines advances in technology with the degradation of society.
- DystopiaA society that is the opposite of a utopia, often characterized by oppression and poor living conditions. Examples of this genre often involve overthrowing the dystopian society and transcending it in some way.
- FantasyClosely related to sci-fi, and with some cross-over works, is the genre of fantasy, which involves supernatural rather than technological themes.
- Film NoirThis shadowy detective genre has been applied to science fiction with great success.
- HorrorSpace is scary. Because no one can hear you, you know, through all the screaming.
- MonsterA monster movie involves just that--a monster, in a movie. Thanks, Japan.
- Post-ApocalypticThese works are set during or after an apocalyptic event of some sort.
- Space OperaEpic fantasy set in space.
- SteampunkWorks in this genre take place in a world where steam power is still used, yet other technological advances have taken place beyond our own.
- ThrillerSometimes a sci-fi premise sets the stage for an unfolding plot that provides suspense and thrills.
- WesternScience fiction and Westerns are a great match. Cowboys in spaceships. Time Machines in the old west. Etcetera.
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