Science fiction is, in most ways, not a true genre. And that’s because sci-fi often contains so many other genres within it. Instead, science fiction is probably closer to a setting or a set-up, a basic notion that allows a story to happen. The best example of this hidden truth can be found in the most important genre-busting movie trilogy of all time. Started in 1985 and concluded in 1990, one series of sci-fi films dared to be a romantic comedy, a buddy comedy, a mystery, a thriller, a historical drama, a family drama, a commentary on nostalgia, a cautionary tale, and somehow a western all at once.
