Science Fiction Movies History - Film Genres and Hollywood

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[shedjammer]

i'm surprised the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still' wasn't acknowledged.

[brianderee]

Great Job!!! But I would also add The Lost World, King Kong, Buck Rogers, The Beast From 20, 000 Fathoms.

[RSEFX]

First trip to another star-system planet in an interstellar craft was in THIS ISLAND EARTH, which came before FORBIDDEN PLANET. INVADERS FROM MARS was not praised for its visual effects in particular, since there are very few. It was noted for its DESIGN, the work, predominantly, of Wm. Cameron Menzies. Doug Trumbull did not make STAR TREK THE MOTION PICTURE. He contributed effects to it, wonderful ones, yes, but that doesn't make him the creator of the film: That was the work of the director, writers, producers etc.
I'm not sure "science" per se has to be terribly involved in the essence of a "science fiction work". In fact, the term suggests that, but is kind of a misnomer. I believe Harlan Ellison was onto the problem of the term when he suggested this wide-ranging category would better be called "speculative fiction". It is a field that includes everything from starships and time travel to social distopia's, and films of life under unusual conditions (such as post-nuke/post ecological disaster--- PANIC IN YEAR ZERO, NO BLADE OF GRASS, ON THE BEACH, LETTERS FROM A DEAD MAN, etc).

[RobertShaverOfAustin]

SciFi is my favorite genre of entertainment so I was quite interested in what you had to say. You have assembled quite an impressive array of scifi films and I agree with you about including them in your list.

I have to say that I was quite disappointed when I first saw *2001: A Space Odyssey* when it was released. There is much to like in this film but, for me, it failed to tell the story in a way that I (or anyone else I asked about it at the time) could understand. I had read *The Sentinel*, the short story by A. Clarke, on which the film was based before the film was released but did not know that relationship. Later I read the novelized version of *2001: A Space Odyssey*, again by A. Clarke, in which the story was easy to understand.

Still I understand why it is considered a classic. The production design and motion of objects in free-fall followed the laws of physics very closely. The one exception I can think of was the motion of the transport that seemed to fly low over the moon for quite a long distance with no engines to keep it aloft. They should have flown a sub-orbital trajectory for a least-fuel-usage trip or, for a constant altitude trip, kept the engines running to hold that constant altitude. Minor points, but noticeable to scientists, engineers and sf fans.

Thanks for a great video and interesting channel.