if you read the original post, Ridley Scott does not say Sci-Fi is dead, he says Sci-Fi films are dead. So i think we can all agree along with Mr Scott that Sci-Fi, or Skiffy if you like, in literature anyway is alive and well. So whats the last modern Sci-Fi film that you thought was Exceptional? Personally my most recent fav is Ghost in the Shell, which was released in '95. I havent seen anything since that I even remotely liked more.