We come in piece. But SF has something.
Heck yes. And Aliens.Alien, 1979.
Let's not forget this old classic: Space 1999
Star Wars (technically not science fiction), ever since I saw the first in '77. From TV, Battlestar Galactica (the original series) and Buck Rogers (childhood favorites). Another big favorite SF series is Red Dwarf. And lets not forget the 8 part mini TV series; Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Heck yes. And Aliens.
Futurama
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And Terry Pratchett in Fantasy.
I have no much use for fictive matters.
A good Science Fiction reflects the present ("What if we do not change anything")
and not placing (silly) ideas into people's heads seeking (dreaming) for a better future
instead of solving real problems in the real world here and now.
Let's make reverse science fiction:
People tend to say (as an excuse that science fiction produces good ideas [it does, but my point is neither to focus nor rely on that]):
"Leonardo da Vinci invented the helicopter."
No. He didn't.
Leonardo was a genius, no question, but he did not invented the helicopter.
If he did we already had seen battle choppers in Thirty Years' War.
What he had was an idea of how to get into the air by Archimedes' screw.
The (real) inventor(s) did not continue Leonardo's work.
Neither they had dragon flies as a role model (insect wings do not rotate.)
They took the aerodynamical force of lift and gave it another twist.
It's that simple as it may be dry or even boring.
But the one is reality, the other is stories.
Short:
Don't take it (too) seriously!
Star Wars is a huge franchise, spanning a few decades, which rather is difficult to summarily dismiss in a few sentences. The simpler answer is that you probably don't like it, or derive much from it. Lots of people don't, many do - it's all a matter of taste. Fact remains though, it's epic and has stood the test of time - and if you look into the production of the first 3 films and how they had to produce those effects at that time, it was pretty amazing. They also drew on previously unknown talent, took a massive gamble and it paid off. The US based toy manufacturers wouldn't even touch it, as it was expected to flop, so they had to head to the far east to get them made.Star Wars is a lame answer. I think the lore and such make it tolerable, but the characters I would want to see more of usually die off or lack enough depth when the appear cinematically. All that I'm left with is saber sounds, gripping fists, and running through metal corridors somewhere amongst some stars. Pick something more unexpected!