# After Earth **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 10, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654 "2012-12-10T23:55:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/21 "2012-12-12T01:16:10Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. > > But **NOT** written by him, a first. > > I’m curious to see how he does directing a movie he did not write, considering how poor his writing/directing skills have gotten. > > Not in theaters, though, only on DVD. > > [Here is the trailer.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaN0HV_N6UA) Video has been removed. [This one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuWboGbDoMQ) seems to work. J. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/22 "2012-12-12T01:17:29Z")
Gotcha. Completely forgot about the Avatar movie. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/23 "2012-12-12T02:14:59Z")
I tried to block The Last Airbender from my brain. That might be the worst film I’ve seen in the past 10 years. “Dude, we’re like, totally going to go to our north pole neighbors and bend some wicked water!” “Totally…but let’s hit the mall for some Orange Julius first!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/24 "2012-12-12T02:38:06Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > I tried to block The Last Airbender from my brain. That might be the worst film I’ve seen in the past 10 years. > > “Dude, we’re like, totally going to go to our north pole neighbors and bend some wicked water!” “Totally…but let’s hit the mall for some Orange Julius first!” Get the Rifftrax. To me, it’s the best single Rifftrax they’ve made. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/25 "2012-12-12T03:49:29Z")
Huh. Watching the trailer… I’m willing to give it a shot, depending on how it reviews. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/26 "2012-12-12T04:56:35Z")
> [@LawMonkey](#): > > Huh. Watching the trailer… I’m willing to give it a shot, depending on how it reviews. Its rare enough at this point to get a sci-fi movie that isn’t either a comic book movie or based on an already existing franchise that I might go see it just on principle. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/27 "2012-12-12T05:26:55Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Its rare enough at this point to get a sci-fi movie that isn’t either a comic book movie or based on an already existing franchise that I might go see it just on principle. Well, this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654/28 "2012-12-12T12:42:34Z")
If you’re interested in this movie, you may like to know that the studio has commissioned a series of six short stories to be written set in the movie universe and backstory. You can read an excerpt from the first one, written by Peter David, [here](http://io9.com/5967572/how-did-humans-colonize-space-in-will-smiths-after-earth-an-exclusive-look-at-peter-davids-prequel-story). There’s also a bit of description of the movie universe there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/after-earth/643654.md?page=1)