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Retro SciFi Movie of the Week...
I, Robot (2004)
This is the only movie so far in the “Retro SciFi Movie of the Week” series that has a black character in it. I had to come all the way up to the 21st century to find it. So this film is not very “retro”, although the original story is from the mid-20th century.
Black people are even more under-represented in science fiction films than they are generally in Hollywood.
@Pat The Matrix, Galaxy Quest, Men In Black... 20th century goodness with important black characters. :)
Yeah, I didn't think of those. They were 1997 and 1999. I don't remember any black characters in Galaxy Quest, must have been a minor role. I think of GQ and MIB as comedies, but if I can say that "The Absent-Minded Professor" is a scifi, then those certainly are.
Will Smith is kind of an exception, having done many great scifi films.
I actually found one that was done back in the mid-20th century that had a black character. Maybe I'll include it in this series.
It's one my favorites, too. It was a funny premise, and as you say, it was well executed.
I vaguely remember the character. I think he was the pilot who scraped the paint off the real spaceship when they were pulling out of spaceport.
@Pat Yes, that one. *Leans to the right to will it into that direction*
Guy: "You gotta move to the right. More to the right."
Tommy: "Would you sit your ass down?"
Guy: "Hit parallel."
Tommy: "Move! You wanna drive this thing?"
*SCRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPE*
Ye gods, that was a painful scene lol.
@Pat In Galaxy Quest it was the 'pedal on the metal' black pilot, who was a tiny kid when the "original Galaxy Quest" (in the movie) aired.
Mind you, Galaxy Quest is one of my favorite scifi movies... it's just so perfectly executed.