It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
It seems to realize itself to be some of the most exciting TV and films that are made. Sci-fi just has that ability.
In the culture at large, the war over science fiction's creative validity has been long since won, but guardians at the gates of literature, movies, and TV linger unconvinced, even as other genres fitfully transcend critical perceptions of insubstantiality.
I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way.
Because television doesn't offer the kind of budget that a movie offers, you've got to be a little more careful where you spend the money to put the fiction in science.
I feel like science fiction is so much more mainstream now than it has been. And I feel like that's because technology has caught up with us.
I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.
No opposing quotes found.