Should There Be a Sci-Fi Category At the Oscars?

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday February 23, 2012 @11:21PM from the best-alien-category dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In this chat with the originator of the light-saber in Star Wars and the Nostromo in Alien, director Roger Christian argues that the Academy Awards needs a special category for 'best science-fiction film.' It's a thorny subject, since such a new category would inevitably either get lumped in with fantasy/horror or further 'ghetto-ise' the genre. But with 2001 and Avatar snubbed for best picture, among many others over the years, does ANY sci-fi film ever have a shot at Best Picture?"

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Re:Every time a bell rings by alphatel · 2012-02-23 23:50 · Score: 4, Funny

Which is why scifi is generally accepted and tolerated to have elements of fantasy rather than be chained to actual science.
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Re:Every time a bell rings by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-24 00:35 · Score: 4, Funny

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ok, fine I'll do it
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