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