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rthomas6 · 3135 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hulu and latenight classic Anime, the adult way of reliving Saturday morning cartoons. AKA: rd95 gives his first impressions of a bunch of dusty old cartoons
This is a compelling argument for how Star Wars damaged science fiction as a movie genre, but not for how Star Wars killed it. What about all the science fiction movies that have come out since then that are not B-movies or summer blockbusters? Children of Men, Her, Blade Runner, District 9, Moon, Contact, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Minority Report, Super 8, The Iron Giant, etc. Some of those movies are really high quality, and they all ask "what if", in my opinion. So I agree that making a science fiction film is an uphill battle, but clearly there is still interest from both audiences and filmmakers.