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Originally Posted by Wes  Just wondering out loud here, but did Star Wars dumb down Science Fiction Cinema ? I'm thinking about a lot of great intelligent sci-fi pre-Star Wars, like THX-1138, Andromeda Strain, Man Who Fell To Earth, Phase IV... I'm probably forgetting a lot of equally good thinking man's sci-fi from the 80's and beyond... |
It's more of a space adventure (at least the original trilogy),it actually somewhat resembles the old Flash Gordon serials.
Alien is also more space adventure.
It's a sub-genre that always existed within scifi.
I personally enjoy both more serious and more space adventure type scifi.