10 Biggest Missed Opportunities in Science Fiction and Fantasy

The biggest question in science fiction and illusion is , “ What if ? ” And sometimes we ca n’t help applying this to the history of the genre itself . What if some of SF and fantasy ’s biggest mistake had n’t happen ?

Here are 10 of the all - prison term big missed opportunity in the history of science fiction and fantasy .

We had our own lean of missed opportunity in the musical genre , and then we decided to see what you guys guess were the biggest lesson . So weasked on io9 ’s Facebook page — thanks to everyone who shared their idea . ( It ’s worth clicking over there to read the whole list . ) Here are our , and your , pick for the 10 most regrettable omit opportunities :

10 ) William Gibson ’s Alien 3

One of the version of the third Alien movie that was rejected in favor of the David Fincher was the screenplay by William ( Neuromancer ) Gibson , whichyou can interpret here . It mostly takes lieu on a space station orbiting Earth , and involves the alien becoming a kind of airborne infection that stimulate people to tear their own skin off and become Xenomorphs . And there ’s a lot of politics , involve the unscrupulous Union of Progressive Peoples ( U.P.P. ) trying to turn the comer of the Sulaco to their reward . One major plus : Ripley , Hicks and Newt seem throughout . ( Thanks John , Michael and Scott ! )

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9 ) Neill Blomkamp ’s Halo

At least the failure of this project meant that we got the amazing District 9 . But originally , Blomkamp was in descent to point a Halo moving picture , until Microsoft , Fox and Universal were unable to concord on some stuff . At Comic - Con promoting District 9 , Peter Jacksonsaidthe loser of the film was n’t Microsoft ’s fault , and they were just as frustrated as he and Blomkamp were . Whoever was at fault , though , one affair ’s for sure — a Halo photographic film from Blomkamp and Jackson would have been something special — just suss out out Blomkamp ’s Halo - inspired myopic film , at left . Too bad it’llnever happennow .

The Star Trek / Doctor Who crossover

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Okay , so this one believably was never mean to be . But when Russell T. Davies brought Doctor Who back to living in 2005 , he had a fate of hazardous idea — and one of them was to create a crossing somehow between Who and the then - current Star Trek show , endeavor . Daviestold the London Times , “ Landing the Tardis on board the Enterprise would have been brilliant . ” deplorably , Enterprise was cancel before anything could materialize . Mostly I desire to see Captain Jack Harkness interact with Starfleet , take up this would have been during his land tenure as a TARDIS rider .

7 ) Joss Whedon ’s Wonder Woman

I still imagine what this could have been like — even if Whedon did stifle my enthusiasm slightly by suggesting that his Wonder Woman would have beenakin to Angelina Jolie . I still ca n’t aid think that Whedon ’s Wonder Woman film would have been something special , and would have prove once and for all that these legacy superheroines can be reach a new lease on life . At the very least , it would have been one of the most memorable superhero films of the retiring decennium .

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6 ) Harlan Ellison ’s I , Robot

Okay , so anything would have been better than the Will Smith detestation . But Harlan Ellison ’s 1977 screenplay might actually have resulted in a great film . Hespent a year fag over an adaptationof Asimov ’s iconic short stories for Warner Bros. , which owned the film right field . And his finished product , which Asimov himself approved of , took a form of Citizen Kane approach to telling the spirit of roboticist Susan Calvin . Sadly , by the clock time Ellison was done , Warners wanted something more like Star Wars , and they demanded a mickle of changes he was n’t unforced to make . Ellison ’s screenplay finally appeared in Asimov ’s Magazine and in book form . ( Thanks Matt ! )

5 ) Guillermo del Toro ’s At the Mountains of Madness

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aside from Tom Cruise asterisk , everything about this moving-picture show projection voice amazing . Del Toro wanted to make a hard roentgen - rat version of H.P. Lovecraft ’s classic , bringing his full lusus naturae - make splendour to bear . James Cameron was on board as a manufacturer , and hesounded jazzedabout this project in a way that he aboveboard never does when he talks about the Avatar sequels . Cameron described it as a “ visual spread ” and call some mind - gasconade effects work . ( Thanks Lauren ! )

4 ) Star Wars Episodes VII , VIII and IX .

Everybody complains about the prequels , but what about the continuation we never got ? Okay , so they might have been just as bad as the prequels — but at least they would have had the vantage of us not knowing how things bend out beforehand . And if George Lucas had felt free to contradict the spread out Universe Holy Writ — and if he ’d brought in some smart collaborators who were able to bestow in fresh ideas — he might have been able to tell some really fascinating story about what happens after you tumble an evil Empire . Not to bring up how Leia and Han tried to settle down . Too risky the window for Harrison Ford to come back as Han Solo is probably closed for good . ( Thanks Nate and Kojak ! )

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3 ) Cancelling ( Insert Name of Show Here ) .

2 ) Captain Kirk ’s Death

I honestly sit and consider about what a waste opportunity Star Trek : Generations represented way too often . If the film - Almighty wanted to launch a series of movies based on Star Trek : The Next Generation without any sort of passing - the - torch element , they should have gone ahead and done that . But once they chose to let in William Shatner and a few other appendage of the Original Series crew , they hold on a responsibility to do them justice . And they failed — not only giving James T. Kirk an mortifying send - off , but also die to seize the opportunity to tell an interesting story about the civilization crash between the two Enterprise captains . Or what they could watch from each other . Or which one would win in a fight . Or , really , anything interesting . ( Thanks , Jonathan ! )

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