The always enjoyable Jon Scalzi has a column up at AMC discussing the best Science Fiction of the 00s (although his list seems to creep outside that genre here and there - with Blade 2 and the Incredibles, for example. Depends how you want to define sci-fi, though.)
Thought this was neat for a few reasons.
1) He names Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - and I'm happy whenever anyone agrees with me that that was a great movie.
2) He suggests that The Incredibles does what The Watchmen wanted to do in terms of being the definitive commentary on the superhero genre. (Which begs the question - are we talking about the book or movie? (Note: I haven't seen the movie) And what exactly do you mean by "definitive commentary". Anyway...) Which - I'm not sure I agree with, but is interesting to chew on. I've been kind of burned out on Alan Moore for a few years, so I might not be an objective space to comment on it. Incredibles is certainly more entertaining and accessible. But I don't think either was particularly a goal of Moore and Incredibles didn't have some hurdles that Watchmen had.. Moore's been quoted before as saying he was trying to prove that comics could be taken seriously as literature when he was writing Watchmen . Lets be honest, that was a heavy burden to carry -- particularly in 1985. That he succeeded is a testament to his talent. Incredibles doesn't have that kind of baggage.
It's an interesting column. You should check it out
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