brent "Space opera" (as like soap opera): Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica etc. "spacecraft" films. Could be also something like"Science- Fantasy". Includes some magical thinking: "May the force be with you" or whatnot, not very science based. Something like that.

      qk4-li3 To me, SciFi is speculative fiction, and may contain any other genre.

        elfprince I haven't watched the new Dune II yet

        I haven't even watched the new Dune I yet, so I second that motion. Are these available only on YouTube?

        Ahh ... I looked. Apparently just the trailers. So, theaters only at this point?

            elfprince Dune I is on Netflix and Prime I believe.

            I'll just be patient for now. I checked Prime, and no joy. And I dumped Netfliix after their last price increase, because I seldom used it. Down to just 7 streaming services now. I've got a feeling that sooner or later, Disney will buy the series, and I've got that covered.

              Dune (1984) is on Amazon Prime as well. The Blue Ray is dirt cheap as well.

              I saw Part 2 on the weekend. Good but diverting too far from canon for me.

              IMHO the best was the miniseries Dune (2000) and Children of Dune (2003). I think it was Sci-fi channel. Fortunately I recorded it at the time and subsequently ripped it to DVD. I've never seen it on a streaming service but I think it is available on DVD &/or Blu Ray.

              edit. Maybe not on US Prime?

              brent 12 Monkey's is one of my favorites as well, but take a look at La Jetee (1962) which inspired it. Pretty cool movie.

                  riffer heard all about it as the original touchstone source and had always been on my 'to find' list. I knew that meant 'the runway' and all the b. willis stuff beginning/end was centered on that moment.

                    @elfprince have you read the books? No spoilers in that video BTW.

                    I'm excited that part 3 appears to be happening, even if it will be a few years before we see it.

                      qk4-li3 to me, Brazil is more of a fantasy film with dystopian themes.

                      Isn't science fiction basically speculative fiction about science, for example "what if faster-than-light travel was possible?" (Star Trek/Star Wars) or "what if artificial intelligence existed?" (I, Robot) or "what if we could clone a dinosaur?" (Jurassic Park) etc?

                          synth-ruiner Brazil - Sure, that's one way to look at it.

                          Sometimes - many times, I find some films look very scientific on the surface, but underneath is pure fantasy or superstitious fairy tale. Well, those are sci-fi for some but to me "proper" SciFi represents more than a fairy tale in technical looking environment. I think Star Wars is good example of this.
                          And let's just state the obvious: Is some piece of cinematography ruined if it doesn't fit some category or definition? No. Of course definitions can be fun and interesting to some degree, but they also quickly become irrelevant and boring. A good film is a good film, good music is good music and all that is very subjective.

                            elfprince Yeah same. As a teen I read the original six, then every sequel/prequel thing put out by the younger Herbert. Later learned that the sequel/prequel stuff is poorly reviewed and I wasn't supposed to like those. ¯\(ツ)/¯

                            When the first movie came out I told people it was my favorite movie of the year, but I'm horribly biased.

                                2 months later

                                Does this count as sci fi?

                                Wife and I saw this last night and laughed As*** Off for an hour or more. Good lord it must have been 25 years since I've seen this beginning to end. still a masterpiece.
                                But is it sci-fi? It's got to be 🙂

                                  brent Does this count as sci fi?

                                  Never considered Ghostbusters as Sci-Fi Movie 😛

                                  I don't remember if I posted about The Matrix 4 (aka Resurrections).
                                  As I predicted it was horrible, avoid.

                                  The Matrix from 1999 is the only one true Matrix!

                                  My most anticipated upcoming movie is FURIOSA