Science fiction is undeniably one of the most successful genres in pop culture, with many sci-fi stories making their way into our collective cultural consciousness. The modern genre is heavily populated by long-standing franchises, many of which have endured for generations to become utterly iconic pieces of pop culture in their own right. The best […]
Doctor Who’s shocking finale has left it in the strangest place in the franchise’s history.
The sci-fi genre is populated with some of the most fantastical (at times horrible) creations from the human imagination, and many of them have become permanent parts of the pop culture zeitgeist. However, there is definitely a hierarchy for which characters are the most popular; those rankings often change as new monsters get introduced, or […]
Although one iconic sci-fi sequel from James Cameron did nothing but add a letter to the title of its predecessor, this ingenious move was still enough to revolutionise the entire horror franchise for the decades that followed. The cult sci-fi flops that litter film history prove it can be hard to sell viewers on a […]
Time travel can be a difficult sci-fi concept to pull off, but these cult TV shows do it without tons of plot holes and problems. The nature of time travel makes it equal parts compelling and challenging. Stories can benefit from throwing their characters into all-new backgrounds, and they can make interesting narrative changes and […]
The sci-fi genre has long been one of the most popular genres in fiction, with its popularity transcending any single form of media. One format that has worked especially well for sci-fi is television, with the small screen delivering numerous great stories within the genre. Many of the best sci-fi TV shows take a look […]
Time travel is a risky concept for sci-fi shows to introduce, and some otherwise great series are dragged down by the plot holes and paradoxes it creates. It’s difficult to get time travel right in a story, as it requires clear rules to work — and writers can’t be lured by the temptation to break […]
Television’s relationship with science fiction changed shape across the 1990s, moving away from the anthology and monster-of-the-week formats that had defined the genre for decades and toward serialized, mythology-driven storytelling built to reward viewers who kept watching week after week. Cable expansion played a direct role in that shift, with the Sci-Fi Channel launching in […]
While one 1984 cult sci-fi movie should have started an entire franchise and given supporting star Jeff Goldblum his first major star vehicle with its spinoff, the movie instead faded from relevance after its disastrous box office failure. If Disney’s dark fantasy flop The Black Cauldron proves anything, it is that a lot of great […]
Sci-fi is a genre that has long been accused of being overly cerebral and complicated, with movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Andromeda Strain, and Stalker often cited as examples of films that are wildly complicated and, therefore, confusing to the masses. And that’s exactly the reason, it seems, that Will Smith initially passed […]