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What do you mean by "becoming" more mainstream? To me, it feels like scifi has been mainstream for a good 10~15 years.
by smhost 10y ago
What do you mean by "becoming" more mainstream? To me, it feels like scifi has been mainstream for a good 10~15 years.
- mathewsanders 10y agoI Agree. (and I updated my passive wording)
- radley 10y agocough 40. Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Battlestar Galactica, Space 1999, Buck Rogers in 25th Century, ET, Back to the Future... And I'm going to get massively downvoted if I don't mention Dr. Who....
- wyldfire 10y agoHardcore sci-fi fans like to draw a distinction between the fantasy and science fiction genres. They would probably decompose your list like so -- Fantasy: "Star Wars", "Buck Rogers", "Back to the Future"; Science Fiction: "ET", "Close Encounters", "Battlestar Galactica". I've never seen/read "Space: 1999" so I wouldn't know where it belongs.
- wyldfire 10y agoHardcore sci-fi fans like to draw a distinction between the fantasy and science fiction genres. They would probably decompose your list like so -- Fantasy: "Star Wars", "Buck Rogers", "Back to the Future"; Science Fiction: "ET", "Close Encounters", "Battlestar Galactica". I've never seen/read "Space: 1999" so I wouldn't know where it belongs.
- msh 10y agoStarwars and close encounteres might have been mainstream for adults, but until a bit more recently it was not considered a normal genre for mainstream audiences.