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This site also has made the franchise a trope namer for fifty odd tropes listed here. 110 best sci fi movies of all time. Cue the theremin summon some extraterrestrials and insert that social commentary. 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.
Lucas said he had the idea for a space fantasy film in 1971 after he completed directing his first full length feature thx 1138. This is what led to the fun and adventurous tone of the space opera. Lucas believed that the bleak tone of thx 1138 led to its poor reception and therefore chose to make star wars more optimistic. Sci fi cinema has been notoriously prone to cycles of exploitation and neglect unsatisfactory mergings with horror films thrillers environmental and disaster movies.
Since its inception star wars has grown into one of the most well known franchises in pop culture history. After a fierce battle. Or so weve been told by three of the best space movies ever. Its rotten tomatoes list of the 110 best sci fi movies of all time ranked by adjusted tomatometer from at least 40 reviews.
Galaxy quest is a film about equilibrium between love and parody. Though many tropes did not originate with star wars it has popularized dozens of them to the point numerous modern space opera and sci fi works contain homages to the franchise.