Elysium

Not considered a great film, but its dirty, ugly opening scared Grant as a plausible future. His model of what science fiction should do.

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  the antidote to madnessEp 2 · with Grant Shipway

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• Real fears make real dramaGrant Shipway · Ep 2 · 1:30:33

  Drama needs stakes the reader actually fears, such as nuclear war, trafficking or environmental collapse; dragons produce no tension. Science fiction should scare you with a plausible…