| In recent years, science fiction movies have | | | | Chronicles of Riddick, and the Star Wars |
| made a big comeback in Hollywood and I, for | | | | series.It's hard to define precisely what |
| one, consider that a very good thing.I like | | | | makes a science fiction film because the |
| to be surprised when I go to the movies. I | | | | genre has no universally accepted definition. |
| like to see things that I've never seen | | | | In fact, science fiction may vary from viewer |
| before and I like to be confronted by virtual | | | | to viewer in that what is sci-fi to me may be |
| realities that I did not even think possible. | | | | fantasy or horror to you.If you've been a |
| That's why science fiction movies are my cup | | | | long-time fan of Hollywood, then you know |
| of tea.They traditionally cover a wide range | | | | that science fiction has come a long way. |
| of subjects and themes, including several | | | | There was a time when special effects meant |
| that are uniquely their own. Today's trend in | | | | putting a toy spaceship at the end of a |
| science fiction puts a premium on special | | | | string and waving it in front of a camera or |
| effects, backed by today's cutting-edge | | | | having someone dress up as an orangutan and |
| technology that can make even the most | | | | terrorizing an entire city. Certainly, the |
| bizarre scenes seem realistic, such as alien | | | | special effects in science fiction movies |
| life forms, spectacular battles in outer | | | | have evolved from the downright laughable to |
| space, time travel or traveling to other | | | | today's breath-taking and awe-inspiring |
| worlds at the speed of light.Often, science | | | | treatments that seem truly realistic. Some of |
| fiction films are purely speculative in | | | | the great milestones in this regard are |
| nature and are peppered with recurring themes | | | | marked by films such as 2001: A Space |
| involving science and technology. Other | | | | Odyssey, the Star Wars films, Star Trek: The |
| prevalent themes in sci-fi movies are | | | | Motion Picture and The Matrix.Of course, |
| mysticism, magic, the occult and the | | | | science fiction films just seem to be getting |
| supernatural, which are also key elements of | | | | better by the year, as evidenced by such |
| fantasy or occult/religious movies. In fact, | | | | recent hits as "Lord of the Rings", "I, |
| quite a number of films blur the line between | | | | Robot" and "Superman Returns. |
| these genre, such as Forbidden Planet, | | | | |