@mai:
For example, whom do you see in Hollywood "Cleopatra" film starring Taylor and Burton? Or for that matter in any Aniquity-inspired Hollywod movie of 50-60s? Ancient time Egyptians? Romans? Greeks? For god's sake, no!
You are aware that Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian right? She was greek.
That's ok, because the purpose of the film wasn't accuarate representation of ancient time morale or characters, but merely make a "genre movie".
I don't think Cleopatra can be considered a genre movie. It's a hystorical epic about Cleopatra. It's terribly stupid to compare it to 300 which is a Action movie set in a hystorical setting.
But I think I gave you a good representation of what public opinion on "space opera" and "sci-fi" could have been if we polled a good amount of people, regardless of each person's understanding of what's "space opera" and "sci-fi" are suppose to mean.
No you didn't. I could give you a similar comment made in the past about movies in general. Sci fi and space opera are no longer viewed so negativelly. Actually some of the most acclaimed sci fi films in the past couple of decades have been space operas (Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica etc.).
The things in public opinion are just the way they are, people will value cultural impact of Pavarotti more than Lady Gaga's just because of his fame, even though they never listened the singing of Pavarotti and they personally like Lady Gaga's songs.
Star Wars (space opera) is both more highly regarded by both public opinion and the critics than say 2001: A Space Odyssey (which you probably consider better 'cause it's hard sci fi).
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