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Cover of Sci-Fi magazine, Imagination, April 1958. The following is a list of space opera media.Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer define as "colorful, dramatic, large-scale science fiction adventure, competently and sometimes beautifully written, usually focused on a sympathetic, heroic central character and plot action, and usually set in ...
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Space opera has been defined as "a television or radio drama or motion picture that is a science-fiction adventure story". [9] Some critics distinguish between space opera and planetary romance. [10] Both feature adventures in exotic settings, but space opera emphasizes space travel, while planetary romances focus on alien worlds.
September 4 – The New Price Is Right (1972–present), The Joker's Wild (1972–1975, 1977–1986), and Gambit (1972–1976) all on CBS. Any Number, Bonus Game, and Double Prices were the three games played on the first episode of The New Price Is Right , which loses the "New" by mid-1973, and is currently television's longest running game ...
Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it features technological and social advancements (or lack thereof) in faster-than-light travel, futuristic weapons, and sophisticated technology, on a backdrop of galactic empires and interstellar wars with fictional aliens, often in fictional galaxies.
The year 1972 in film involved several significant events. Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures celebrated their 60th anniversaries and Motion Picture Association of America clebrated their 50th anniversary.
Space Opera is a 1974 anthology of classic science fiction short stories ... Jon Westerley Dead" (1972) (Robert Sheckley) "Honeymoon in Space" (excerpt from A ...
The Astronaut is a 1972 American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Robert Michael Lewis and starring Jackie Cooper and Monte Markham. It follows a man who has been hired to impersonate an astronaut who died during the first crewed mission to Mars. The movie was made for ABC for its movie of the week franchise.