Point Break Goes to Mars. Well said, Ramin. I just walked out of this film after trying to stomach an hour of it. Science fiction blended with creationism (which is what the writers tried to do) is still just creationism. Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the production no thought whatsoever was put into the script. Of course the characters behave stupidly and do nothing but shout at each other, the writers have never even spoken with a real scientist! Is it any surprise that people who are stupid enough to believe in creationism CANNOT write science fiction? Philosophical, Frazier? Anyone who finds this story so, isn’t deep, they’re dumb.

So I don’t think I can forgive any film that puts a creationist in a heroic role, or asks me to sympathize with a creationist character. Creationism has gone out of its way to destroy modern science for the sake of increasing church collection plate revenues at a time when there is a very real, persistent threat from China becoming the most scientifically advanced nation on Earth. If Ridley Scott is not comfortable with the idea of America being #2 in science and technology, he should ridicule creationism rather than risk validating the idea for the sake of making his film seem more philosophical.

However, excellent review, as always, James.