When I was young I read a lot. Including pretty much every bit of science fiction I could get my hands on.
There were precious few science fiction movies that were any good back in those days. Bad special effects were part of it, since serious filmmakers didn’t want to do movies that looked hokey.
Also good actors would try to stay out of those movies, because being typecast as a science fiction actor could be the kiss of death to an acting career. Obviously it isn’t like that any more, since the Terminator could become the governor of California.
Every now and then there would be something good. Metropolis. Things to Come. Silent Running.
And then there was Star Wars. Star wars wasn’t really science fiction, it was space opera, but it proved that it was possible to create good special effects. Not looking hokey improved the tone. Suddenly it was cool to make or be in a science fiction movie.
Now that I am less young I read very little science fiction but I’m more likely to watch science fiction movies. And I wouldn’t mind talking about them.
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