Science-fiction or ‘sci-fi’ has been around in science literature since the early 10th century, and always had a large role in the media industry. Sci-fi deals with the implausible, and attempts to make it sound plausible via science
Fantasy and Sci-fi are often confused, as they both look at the impossible; the difference is that sci-fi being Science-fiction often has a believable or scientific explanation as to what is happening and why, such as aliens from other planets, whereas fantasy often contains unbelievable and very imaginative (yet fun) concepts of magic & portals to other worlds full of fluffy animals.
The norm of sci-fi contains ideas of either the future of computer technology (flying cars, artificial intelligence, spaceships etc) or aliens. One of the first sci-fi movies as we see them today, with evil aliens etc., is ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ (released 28th September 1951).
‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ was directed by Robert Wise and starred Michael Rennie as Klaatu, Patricia Neal as Helen Benson and Hugh Marlowe as Tom Stevens. The whole movie was filmed from 9th April 1951 until 23rd May 1951 and had a budget of just over US$1 million. The film was moderately successful when released, accruing US$1,850,000 in distributors' domestic (U.S. and Canada) rentals. The IMDB plot summary of ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ reads: ‘An alien (Klaatu) with his mighty robot (Gort) land their spacecraft on Cold War-era Earth just after the end of World War II. They bring an important message to the planet that Klaatu wishes to tell to representatives of all nations. However, communication turns out to be difficult, so, after learning something about the natives, Klaatu decides on an alternative approach.’ Below is the trailer for 'The Day the Earth Stood Still'.
Most often a Sci-fi movie will be tied in with other genres, Sci-fi is a lot broader than some other genres as any movie can be made a sci-fi, a comedy, or a horror, or a mystery, could just as easily be set in the future or even the modern day and be called a sci-fi, as they can be called a comedy, horror, or mystery.
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