Erik Max Francis <max@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Michael Ash wrote:
>
>> In _Children of Men_, humanity suffers from unexplained infertility
which
>> results in no babies having been born for years, and is expected to
>> eventually result in the extinction of the race. The reason isn't
>> explained. Maybe God just doesn't like people.
>
> In a similar theme, check out "The Locusts" by Niven and Barnes.
> Neither it nor _Children of Men_ made much scientific sense, but they
> were both quite entertaining. _Children of Men_, in particular, left
> _two_ big questions unanswered -- one would have probably been okay, but
> two left you kind of scratching your head. Still, it was worth seeing.
I've read The Locusts, although I hadn't thought of it in this context. It
does pretty much have the same end result, although getting there is
different. It would be interesting to compare Earth of The Locusts with
Children of Men.
As far as head scratching, it didn't affect my enjoyment of the movie at
all. It helped that they never even tried to explain it. Also that the
world was mostly familiar. It was basically not an SF movie at all aside
from the McGuffin and slightly more intelligent cars than we're used to.
--
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software
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