Favorite films not set on Earth
The gist
Writer-director George Lucas called 2001: A Space Odyssey "the ultimate science fiction movie" and decided not to try to top it.
The admission shows how deeply Kubrick's film shaped the Star Wars that followed.
How it unfolded
- 1968Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is released, co-written with Arthur C. Clarke and featuring the malfunctioning supercomputer HAL 9000.
- Aug 1997Event Horizon opens in theatres, a box-office flop that later finds an audience on home video.
- Oct 30, 2026BBC Sky at Night Magazine publishes its pick of the best horror movies set in space, including Alien and Event Horizon.
Key terms
- sci-fi
- A genre of speculative fiction imagining advanced or futuristic changes in technology, science, or biology.
- box-office flop
- A film that loses money or is considered highly unsuccessful during its theatrical release.
Source: Wikipedia