Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Science Fiction Films
- 1950s
- Mainly American
- EXAMPLES
- The Day The Earth Stood Still [1951]
- Invasion Of The Body Snatchers [1956]
- Forbidden Planet [1956]
- Creature From The Black Lagoon [1954]
- The War Of The Worlds [1953]
- The Blob [1958]
- Interest in space travel and new technologies was great
- Consisted mostly of low-budget B-movies, however several with larger budgets and "impressive" special effects
- Development of atomic bomb increased interest in sci-fi
- UFOs and aliens
- Dangers from outer space
- The threat of nuclear technology
- Monsters altered by nuclear radiation
- Beast From 20,000 Fathoms [1953]
- 1960s
- Relatively few films
- EXAMPLES
- 2001: A Space Odyssey
- Transformed sci-fi cinema
- Ground breaking special effects
- Realistic portrayal of space travel
- Planet Of The Apes [1968]
- Social commentary
- Popular franchise
- The Time Machine [1960]
- The Day Of The Triffids [1962]
- Barbarella [1968]
- Sillier, reminiscent of earlier sci-fi
- Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb [1964]
- 1970s
- Resurgence of interest in the genre
- Manned trips to the moon
- EXAMPLES
- Alien [1979]
- A Clockwork Orange [1971]
- Star Wars [1977]
- Death Race 2000 [1975]
- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind [1977]
- Mad Max [1979]
- Australian
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture [1979]
- Much loved TV show on the big screen
- Conspiracy thriller popular
- Capricorn One
- Logan's Run
- 1980s
- EXAMPLES
- Blade Runner [1982]
- The Terminator [1984]
- E.T. [1982]
- Back To The Future [1985]
- Tron [1982]
- One of the first major studio films to use extensive computer graphics
- Mad Max 2 (The Road Warrior) [1981]
- Australian
- Star Wars Episode VI [1983]
- Sci-fi became "affordable"
- Mash-up of genres
- Fantasy
- 1990s
- EXAMPLES
- The Matrix [1999]
- CG used in the development of bullet time effects
- Jurassic Park [1993]
- Terminator 2: Judgement Day [1991]
- Independence Day [1996]
- Men In Black [1997]
- The Fifth Element [1997]
- Starship Troopers [1997]
- First large-scale CG battle scenes
- Genetic science (see Jurassic Park)
- With the emergence of the World Wide Web, this influenced numerous films
- Computers played a big role in the addition of special effects and in the production of films
- Internet provided a space for fans to support/criticise films (fandoms)
- 2000s
- Early 2000s - turned away from space travel
- Political commentary
- EXAMPLES
- Donnie Darko [2001]
- A.I. [2001]
- Avatar [2009]
- Extensively used motion-capture (the Na'vi)
- District 9 [2009]
- Star Trek [2009]
- WALL-E [2008]
- I, Robot [2004]
- Computers play large role in the production of films
- 3D films gained popularity
- Overlaps with other genres
- Often expresses the potential of technology to destroy humankind
- Film genre that uses science fiction - speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science (eg: aliens, time travel, dystopian futures)