It might have sent a fraction of a generation of younger space opera fans to hell, but the only place it sent sci-fi fans was mild depression at having wasted their money on it.
I was 14. I think I'd discovered Asimov and Moorcock already, and Clark - not sure - but I already knew the difference between real sci-fi, pop sci-fi, and space opera (even though I don't think I knew that term until an Epic with a "Sgt Rock Opera" segment a year or two later).
Anyone old enough to have grokked that difference was hugely disappointed - as we were with most sci-fi films - and probably went back to watching Space 1999 reruns. So there were a few years worth of you scarred, but less than a generation.
A lovely review. It also helps strengthen my understanding of why "The Black Hole" sprang to mind when I watched the Dr. Who episodes 'The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit'
It might have sent a fraction of a generation of younger space opera fans to hell, but the only place it sent sci-fi fans was mild depression at having wasted their money on it.
I was 14. I think I'd discovered Asimov and Moorcock already, and Clark - not sure - but I already knew the difference between real sci-fi, pop sci-fi, and space opera (even though I don't think I knew that term until an Epic with a "Sgt Rock Opera" segment a year or two later).
Anyone old enough to have grokked that difference was hugely disappointed - as we were with most sci-fi films - and probably went back to watching Space 1999 reruns. So there were a few years worth of you scarred, but less than a generation.