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Old 19-June-2008, 06:43 PM
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It's not a bad list. Yes Star Wars is really "science fantasy", but all the science fiction films that came after it owe it a big debt for popularizing the genre and therefore allowing them to be made in the first place.

Also I feel the first Terminator is slightly superior to Terminator 2, especially when considered from a "which is the better science fiction film."
I agree, I'd also argue Star Wars did at least as much for the genre as many of the other films as far as popularizing it goes, whether one considers it a 'true' SF film or not.
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