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I couldn't disagree with you more about the state of science fiction films in the 70s. Some of the science fiction films that came out in the 70s which I consider far, far better movies than Star Wars:
Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind
THX 1138
A Boy and His Dog
The Andromeda Strain
A Clockwork Orange
Fantastic Planet
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Silent Running
Sluaghterhouse Five
Soylent Green
"Completely DEAD?" Well, if by completely dead you mean "experiencing a rennaisance by producing science fiction films of a higher quality and greater depth of storyline and width of subject and theme than ever before" you may be right.
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I liked all of those movies a lot (except for A Boy and his Dog, which I have never seen), but I might have used the wrong words. By "completely dead", I guess I mean the kind of sci-fi that Star Wars is...i.e. Space/Fantasy opera. Not necessarily "all science fiction", so my mistake for that.
I, obviously, disagree but I am also a fan of Star Wars. I wasn't even alive when the first movie came out, but I was 4 when Return of the Jedi came out and it was a completely magical experience. Did I "use my brain", of course not...I was fucking 4 years old, hahaha. It was exactly the magical space universe I needed it to be and I've been a fan ever since. Obviously, everyone's tastes are different, but Star wars *for better or worse* has a style to it like no other series of movies and that style and universe deserves what it's earned....in my opinion of course.
But that's Star Wars for ya, right? Lots of people hate it...this is no new argument. :D
The only point I was trying to make was that *most* of the time a "classic" is a classic for a reason. It could be it was doing something different at the time it came out, it could be because it was actually a stellar experience, it could be any number of things, but most of the time they earned being called a classic. I don't mean all classic movies are GOOD, I just mean they deserve it. For example, Casablanca is a classic, but I would never in a million years enjoy that movie. It's just not for me. But I agree it deserves to be called a classic and it's not "overrated", I am sure.