Blog #1

Science fiction is a genre unlike any other.  The complexity of it makes it incomparable to "western" or "gangster" films.  The genre has many different ideas or objects included within it's films.  Viewers can name several objects that would be seen in a science fiction film.  Science fiction has several different themes from aliens to human men that rule the city.  It is such a diverse genre that one may have an issue putting a film into the category.  

While science fiction films have an array of settings, "western" or "gangster" films seem limited.  In a "western", there is typically a cowboy, a saloon, a sheriff, horses, and guns.  "Gangster" films include bad guys, some form of law enforcement, guns, and crime.  Both of these genres can be easily described because the settings, themes, and objects are repetitive.  I wouldn't say that it is bad for repetitiveness because that is the theme itself.

Audience response is something that I believe to be a focus in the movie making business. Science fiction, in my opinion, has an advantage because it is such a diverse genre that it has a very wide audience.  No matter what science fiction movie is put out, the audience will have a response.  "Western" or "gangster" films target a small group of individuals because the theme or setting options are so narrow.

Regardless of science fiction films having iconographic readings supported by readings of "gangster" or "western" films, it is still a great genre that is open to any kind of idea, theme, or setting.