| sapphi_snake said:
Also Wikipedia places Star Wars in the space opera sub-genre of science fiction |
Ahem! Here's what Wilson Tucker, the man who coined the term "space opera", has to say about it: "In these hectic days of phrase-coining, we offer one. Westerns are called "horse operas," the morning housewife tear-jerkers are called "soap operas," For the hacky, grinding, stinking, outworn space-ship yarn, or world-saving for that matter, we offer "space opera.", - it's basically a fantasy in disguise, Reasonable is right as I see it. At the same time I consider the whole issue of defining of genre is irrelevant, hence the term "genre cinema" in some languages which literally means "B-movies" in English-speaking world. And sci-fi cinema is indeed a "genre cinema", or was it until 60s.
