The new millennium wasn’t initially kind to science fiction. Fantasy came back with a vengeance with two big franchises; The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. The rest of The Matrix trilogy didn’t receive the praise or attention that the first one did. George Lucas brought back Star Wars with a new prequel trilogy… Continue reading The Modern Era: Where we are and Where we going
While Star Wars was redefining the entire medium, Steven Spielberg was making a science fiction movie of his own, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Spielberg wanted to bring films into the heartland of America. According to the book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, written by Peter Biskind, Spielberg had an argument with the screenwriter Paul… Continue reading The 80’s and 90’s: A new golden age
No film in history have had a greater impact on other films than Star Wars. It completely changed the way movies are made, marketed, and viewed. George Lucas completely redefined what it meant to make movies. Star Wars became a pop-cultural behemoth. The characters of Luke, Han, and R2-D2 become burned into the public consciousness.… Continue reading Star Wars: And Nothing Was The Same
For most of the sixties, science fiction films where much the same as the fifties; B-movie fodder. Hollywood itself was going through a lot at this time. The first half of the decade was more or less the same as the fifties in terms of filmmaking, but things began to change. The bottom has finally… Continue reading Sixties and Seventies: A space odyssey and dystopia
The era of sound was not initially kind to the science fiction genre. Two major factors where responsible. The adding of sound to movies redefined the medium. While In many ways it was a step forward, it was a step back in several. Studios brought in stage directors since they were used to handling actors… Continue reading Decline and Rise: Film Series and B-movies
Science Fiction is described by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “fiction dealing principally with the impact of actual or imagined science on society or individuals or having a scientific factor as an essential orienting component.” We all know Science Fiction, right? Spaceships, robots, and time travel. But the truth is, it’s more complicated than that. Some… Continue reading Dawn of films: The Silent Era
Science Fiction Film History 