‘How ‘Star Wars’ ruined sci-fi”
It certainly increased the % of people who first think of movies or TV shows when they hear the term ‘sci-fi.’ I think of books first for sci-fi, but I think of movies and TV shows when I hear the term ‘western,’ as opposed to Zane Grey or Louis L’amour. I still think of books for the term ‘mystery.’
Freegards
I liked Asimov’s Foundation Series...but there is no way they could ever do a series of movies that could capture the complexities of the books. Ray Bradbury wrote in a way that his books were very adaptable to video and cinema...I loved The Martian Chronicles series they did for TV in the late 70’s and it is still very watchable. “Something Wicked This way Comes”, though more fantasy then sci fi, was very chilling when adapted for the Big Screen.
I wish there could have been some film adaptations of Harry Harrison’s work as well. Some of his Stainless Steel Rat books were insanely funny and satirical...I’ll bet Marvel productions could do work with them even though Marvel had no previous dealings with Harrison’s work or characters.