This thread just isn't giving "Firefly" the praise it deserves. I'm hoping everyone at Frontier's watched it, with its corrupt corporations, its tinpot dictators, and its lucrative business dealings.
I guess it's because there's better and worse out there.
I can't say what's the worst sci fi out there. I've seen so much dross much worse than "Star Crash" All those years I could've saved if I only knew where the "off" button on my telly was. But special mention has to go to "Next". To take the most wonderful short story "The Golden Man" and then rip the guts out of it, fill it full of Hollywood tinsel and top it off with a curly wig. Well! I'd like to give each and every person involved a bag of excrement set on fire, and left on their doorstep after ringing their bell.
There are some corkers as well. It's like the movie industry realised that people pay for good stories when "The Sixth Sense" was a success. I'd go back further though; "Forbidden Planet". The special effects are dated and the dialogue now sounds a little cheesy, but the plot is still solid. The guy who thought up the story must be a genius.
Science Fiction movies that should be made? Apart from Elite of course, I've got a soft spot for comedy Sci Fi. The only film to capture Philip K 's sense of humour is "A Scanner Darkly". I'd also like to see something from John Sladek. But I think Slippery Jim diGriz is more likely.