James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

7.9 | TV-14 | en | Documentary

Explore the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today. In each episode, James Cameron introduces one of the “Big Questions” that humankind has contemplated throughout the ages and reaches back into sci-fi’s past to better understand how our favorite films, TV shows, books, and video games were born.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 Time Travel

May. 27,2018

Christopher Nolan, Keanu Reeves, Christopher Lloyd and others take a look at how, in science fiction, time travel offers the chance to correct history's mistakes... while creating entirely new ones.

EP5 Intelligent Machines

May. 27,2018

Technology is at the heart of science fiction. Steven Spielberg, Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Lucas and others attempt to answer the question: Will the smart machines that science fiction predicted save humankind or lead to our demise?

EP4 Dark Futures

May. 20,2018

Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Robert Kirkman and others explore what happens... when the world goes to hell? How does science fiction imagine the end will come about? And could I survive?

EP3 Monsters

May. 13,2018

From Frankenstein to Stranger Things, what terrifies us about monsters in science fiction? Guillermo del Toro, Ridley Scott, Milla Jovovich and others explore why we like being scared so much.

EP2 Outer Space

May. 06,2018

What does science fiction imagine about what waits for us in outer space - and how will those discoveries change who we are? George Lucas, Zoe Saldana, Jeff Goldblum and others share their thoughts and theories.

EP1 Alien Life

Apr. 29,2018

From its earliest days, science fiction has asked whether or not we're alone in the universe. Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver and others ponder the question: What can aliens teach us about ourselves?

7.9 | TV-14 | en | Documentary , Sci-Fi | More Info

Released: 2018-04-29 | Released Producted By: AMC Studios , Earthship Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.amc.com/shows/james-camerons-story-of-science-fiction

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Cast

James Cameron , Keanu Reeves

Director

Chris Ihlenfeldt

Producted By

AMC Studios , Earthship Productions

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Trailers

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James Cameron

as Self - Host

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Keanu Reeves

as Self

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Reviews

Lynne P This should have been called "James Cameron's Story of James Cameron and Friends". This show has less to do with Scicentfic and it's history and more to do with a bunch of old white men patting each other on the back for a job well done on that cool movie they did once. Just because it has Cameron or Spielberg attached to it, it doesn't mean it's good and this show is BORING.

adamwarlock I found some of this interesting, some of it a set up for Cameron's Avatar sequels. They concentrate on movies & TV shows from the last 40 years and very little on the literature that bore science-fiction as a genre. This is the tip of the iceberg and showing older movies with effects that the younger generation can't take cause it "looks bad" are out except for some quick clips. Some nice philosophical discussions with directors, writers and actors.

spmact The trailers for this made it seem like we'd be watching James Cameron chatting with legendary directors of Sci-Fi films. It looked like we'd get to hear the fascinating topics and ideas brought up by these brilliantly creative minds, and the stories they told about their careers and their famous works. I was excited to be a fly on the wall observing these amazing conversations. We do get that, but it's only about 1/6 of the show. The rest is other random people talking about their thoughts on Sci-Fi topics. Sure we get some big names like Will Smith and Sigourney Weaver, but most are people I've never heard of. Some are people in the film industry like VFX artists or illustrators, but the majority are just intellectuals or writers or hosts from web sites, publications or radio shows that I guess deal with Sci-Fi. One guy even has the title "Grand Master of Science Fiction", whatever that means. While I don't want to devalue their thoughts, that's not really what I came for. If you're going to be presenting mostly people I've never heard of, at least tell me that in your marketing. Otherwise, I'm going to feel pretty mislead (as I do now).The show is pretty interesting and worth watching, but it's not nearly as amazing as I was expecting it to be. They had enough good material to make around 2 or 3 good episodes, but they added a bunch of padding to be able to stretch it to 6. I'm guessing it was some TV exec who made that decision.

adonis98-743-186503 An exploration into the science fiction genre, with some of the greatest pioneers of the genre. James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Ridley Scott, Zoe Saldana, Will Smith, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sigourney Weaver and more talk about their experience with Science Fiction in this amazing tv series that made my love for Sci-Fi to go threw the roof even more. Seeing stories about classic films like Alien and E-T and how they were made and how the aliens were created or special effects from classic films like Star Wars and just well known directors and actors talking about things and their experiences on that level. It's beautiful, it's amazing and most of all? It's interesting enough to bring more fans into the genre!!!