Star wars empire strikes back sci fi futuristic movie film action 6. The original series tos to distinguish the show within the media franchise that it began. This is what led to the fun and adventurous tone of the space opera. In 2074 when the mob wants to get rid of someone the target is sent into the past where a hired gun awaits someone like joe who one day learns the mob wants to close the loop by sending back joes future self for assassination. For proof look no further than the never ending deluge of superhero movies each of which might vary in terms of plot but remain brutally consistent in their delivery of death defying stunts and cgi laden spectacles.
The top 40 sci fi movies of the 21st century from space invader thrillers to interstellar overdrive headscratchers were counting down the best science fiction films since the turn of the century. It later acquired the retronym of star trek. Lucas believed that the bleak tone of thx 1138 led to its poor reception and therefore chose to make star wars more optimistic. Science fiction is quite simply one of the most popular genres of film that we have.
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a ceo. The show is set in the milky way galaxy roughly during the 2260s. Lucas said he had the idea for a space fantasy film in 1971 after he completed directing his first full length feature thx 1138. Of all major movie genres sci fi has perhaps the most passionate devoteesjust look at the feverishly adoring fanbase of the star wars saga and marvel cinematic universe.
If hollywoods most recent output is a testament to one thing and one thing only its that audiences simply cant get enough action.