Your favorite Sci-Fi Film?

Good literature inspires good cinema! That’s true for many genres but moreso for the sciene fiction. Many great sci-fi movies like The Martian or Arrival could trace their success back to great books. It’s also a safe bet for studios since they are investing in stories that already have a eager fanbase. However, adapting science fiction literature to the big screen can be one of the most dauting tasks a director can take up....

Every Tarantino movie is cherished, revered and deeply analuzed. That’s partly because of his craftsmanship but also because of his self imposed limit - he will only make 10 films. Without question Tarantino is a legendary director but he is a cinephile first and foremost. His indiscriminate and eclectic love for all kinds of films from every genre is exactly what got him into filmmaking. That is probably why his discogrpahy touches almost every genre to varying degree....

Dragon Ball is undeniably the most popular and impactful anime of all time. Created by AKira Toriyama, Dragon ball is often given the credit for making anime as an art form as popular globally as it is today. While by modern standards of anime Dragon Ball may be considered overly simplistic but believe it or not it has everything. For many it is a show about martial arts, for others its fantasy for others its all about unforgettable characters, some just love the power ups but a few of the fans also love the show for its sci-fi aspects....

There is a certain appeal of mind bending stories set in dystopian cities and environments full of futuristic tech that even the most influential people of world can’t deny. From business magnates to scientist to pop culture icons the biggest celebrities of the world have often publicly talked about their favorite sci-fi movies and how it impacted them. For some their favorite sci-fi movie motivated their career choices while for others it inspired their creative choices like David Bowie’s Space Oddity is influenced by Stanley Kubrick’s Space Odyssey....

In 1889 Oscar Wilde famously said ‘Life imitates art more than art imitates life’. Creative people like to paint the canvas of an uncertain future with their imagination. These creative imaginations sometimes inspire real world projects and outcomes. One classic example of this would be the famous animated show The Simpsons which has been notoriously famous at foreshadowing. However there is nothing better than the sci-fi genre at predicting the future....

Sci-fi movies and books and games as an art form can have a deeper impact than most other genres. It forces us to think about various possibilities and uncertainities. It introduces us to numerous fictional ideas, inventions and concepts so much our conscience retains. As a result it’s not surprising that a lot of these ideas end up permeating our common culture. Today we look at some such popular ideas that made their debut in a science fiction media and became so popular that after their breakthrough they became a part of our everyday life and public and/or scientific discourse:...