Re: Sci-Fi movie "Impact"

ravenlynne <ravenlynne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> Just once I wish a movie would end this way.  No writer wants all the 
> people dead though..except in that book Dead Rising where every single 
> person died. that was cool.

I think there are two reasons why this doesn't happen. One, happy
endings make people walk out of the theater feeling good while tragic
endings make them walk out feeling down. Two, one aspect of sf in
particular is that it is optimistic - every problem has a solution,
every obstacle can be overcome - and encourages us to move ahead
despite difficulties. 

OTOP, there are several Martian Chronicles that end "everyone dies."
Also, histories like "Custer". And didn't Lucifer's Hammer end with
everyone dead, or did they run to the mountains and survive?