Can we though? The situation is grim:
- Star Wars and Star Trek are done for since the people in charge of the IPs are hellbent on ruining it further
- Dune remake was serviceable, but D2 doesn't look very good so far
- Flash Gordon is getting a remake written by David "Taika Waititi" Cohen, so we know for a fact it's going to suck
- Avatar 2 was lame and boring, and there's no hope for the sequels being promising
- There was the Expanse, but it got pozzed and ended in a whimper
- If you want to count Stargate, it's dead and buried
- Finally, according to Casper van Dien (Rico), Starship Troopers TV series was going to happen with decent budget but then Covid happened so it was postponed. Last year discussions restarted, but now the strike is happening, so it's on hold again. I want to believe, but it's likely never going to happen.
On the "bright" side:
- There's that new Barbarella that Sydney Sweeney is starring in and producing. Best we can hope is that it'll at least be tittykino since she's being vocal about "female power" coming from shoving areolas in our face
- Riddick: Furia's script has been done for a while. Best we can hope is that Vin Diesel doesn't kick the bucket before it releases in 20 years
- GotG is over though, they're making more films about it. Nobody watche the Groot solo series, so it's getting buried.
- I already mentioned Dunc.
- Metroid is as much of a space opera title as Alien(s). Also, there's no chance in hell it's going to be good. >Steven Universe
I haven't watched that trash but I'll take your word for it. >Space Opera without unexplainable technology and magic
So Star Trek, Avatar, The Expanse, and Stargate qualify then.
Dragon Ball is more of a space opera than Avatar is
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You clearly haven't watched Avatar and its sequel if you think Star Wars has more similarities with Dragon Ball than Avatar does. With that said, I wouldn't recommend you watch either Avatar movie.
>Space Opera without unexplainable technology and magic is like a Western without cowboy hats
Absolute classic of space opera is Star Kings and its tech is perfectly explanable.
Space Opera is about aesthetics, visual and social not magic.
I wanted to reply with something very similar, but I felt even acknowledging it exists would be a disservice to this thread. But now that someone mentioned Steven Universe, there's no point.
Provided we have a functional society by then, it looks like within the decade we will all be able to make personalized entertainment via AI. So fingers crossed!
Nobody is going to see these movies and the EU ‘lore’ was created by struggling writers who failed to create their own unique projects and therefore it sucks. And the new Disney stuff is just a diluted version of that so imagine how worse it will be. Moreover, ‘lore’ only has legitimacy if it was created by one person’s vision. Otherwise it is arbitrary and the consumer will quickly become disillusioned.
Hollywood can't save anything.
Hollywood is in decay, procrastinating before wokism they can only ride past popularity of old shows, destroying their image on the way.
They cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.
The Commonwealth Saga is excellent space opera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga
These books are fun and they would make great movies in the right hands.
make a good one? if DUNC2 flops it's ogre
Can we though? The situation is grim:
- Star Wars and Star Trek are done for since the people in charge of the IPs are hellbent on ruining it further
- Dune remake was serviceable, but D2 doesn't look very good so far
- Flash Gordon is getting a remake written by David "Taika Waititi" Cohen, so we know for a fact it's going to suck
- Avatar 2 was lame and boring, and there's no hope for the sequels being promising
- There was the Expanse, but it got pozzed and ended in a whimper
- If you want to count Stargate, it's dead and buried
- Finally, according to Casper van Dien (Rico), Starship Troopers TV series was going to happen with decent budget but then Covid happened so it was postponed. Last year discussions restarted, but now the strike is happening, so it's on hold again. I want to believe, but it's likely never going to happen.
On the "bright" side:
- There's that new Barbarella that Sydney Sweeney is starring in and producing. Best we can hope is that it'll at least be tittykino since she's being vocal about "female power" coming from shoving areolas in our face
- Riddick: Furia's script has been done for a while. Best we can hope is that Vin Diesel doesn't kick the bucket before it releases in 20 years
>Trek
>Avatar
>Expanse
>Stargate
>Starship Troopers
These are all sci-fi. Not space opera
Alright, I'll bite. Name 5 space opera films or series released in the last 5 years besides anything in the Star Wars universe.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Dune
The new Metroid
Steven Universe
Space Opera without unexplainable technology and magic is like a Western without cowboy hats
>The new Metroid
If there was a Metroid show I would've heard about it.
My bad I was talking about the game. The lack of new content in the genre is obviously the issue though
This. It's all about the inclusion of magic and deliberate ignoring of how technology works
- GotG is over though, they're making more films about it. Nobody watche the Groot solo series, so it's getting buried.
- I already mentioned Dunc.
- Metroid is as much of a space opera title as Alien(s). Also, there's no chance in hell it's going to be good.
>Steven Universe
I haven't watched that trash but I'll take your word for it.
>Space Opera without unexplainable technology and magic
So Star Trek, Avatar, The Expanse, and Stargate qualify then.
Dragon Ball is more of a space opera than Avatar is
You clearly haven't watched Avatar and its sequel if you think Star Wars has more similarities with Dragon Ball than Avatar does. With that said, I wouldn't recommend you watch either Avatar movie.
>Space Opera without unexplainable technology and magic is like a Western without cowboy hats
Absolute classic of space opera is Star Kings and its tech is perfectly explanable.
Space Opera is about aesthetics, visual and social not magic.
I'd say trek is borderline
Does foundation not fit in here somewhere? I haven’t watched it but it’s a spacey show innit?
We don't talk about Foundation because it's awful and a complete insult to the space opera kino of the books.
I wanted to reply with something very similar, but I felt even acknowledging it exists would be a disservice to this thread. But now that someone mentioned Steven Universe, there's no point.
>Steven Universe
Actually great space opera tropes at play. Really wish it was given the proper shot it deserved
Translation: It was complete garbage.
The books are boring. At least this series has sex scenes
blue breasts
Provided we have a functional society by then, it looks like within the decade we will all be able to make personalized entertainment via AI. So fingers crossed!
Is there anything to save? You can do anything you want with it, it's not even a real thing
Star Wars is still completely salvagable and is headed in a far better direction than it was a decade ago
>Next two movies are based on ancient galactic history and a new era after 9
Going full deep-lore with the franchise is smart as hell
have a nice day troony
How does it still make you so mad
Nobody is going to see these movies and the EU ‘lore’ was created by struggling writers who failed to create their own unique projects and therefore it sucks. And the new Disney stuff is just a diluted version of that so imagine how worse it will be. Moreover, ‘lore’ only has legitimacy if it was created by one person’s vision. Otherwise it is arbitrary and the consumer will quickly become disillusioned.
And?
Give me 200 million dollars.
t. Most hated MOST fan. Intentional Spelling error.
>talks about space opera
>never listened to any opera
I shiggy diggy.
Hollywood can't save anything.
Hollywood is in decay, procrastinating before wokism they can only ride past popularity of old shows, destroying their image on the way.
They cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.
The Commonwealth Saga is excellent space opera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Saga
These books are fun and they would make great movies in the right hands.