Science Fiction [For Seriously]

I was watching a cooking program - where the designers had to create a 'science fiction' sugar showpiece - and one thing really bothered me - and that was the fact that the judges deemed science fiction to be robots, aliens and outer space.

If you want to be so narrow minded to believe that 'science fiction' is Buck Rogers, Star Trek and Battlefield Earth - that's great - but there's a whole lot of science fiction that has NOTHING to do with those described elements of monsters and space travel. Here's a few of my favorites...

A Clockwork Orange [1971, directed by Stanley Kubrick]

Miscreants who seem helpless to rehabilitation processes - are treated to "aversion therapy".

The Quiet Earth [1985, directed by Geoff Murphy]

A man awakens to discover he's the last person on earth.

Twelve Monkeys [1995, directed by Terry Gilliam]

In a future decimated by disease a "convict" is sent back in time to determine the cause.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind [2004, directed by Michel Gondry]

A couple undergo a procedure to erase each other from their memory.

Children of Men [2006, directed by Alfonso Cuaron]

In the near future - mankind finds itself sterile.

See, no monsters, robots or spaceships - just solid and actual science fiction. Glad I showed that cooking program who's boss!

(I would put Primer [2004] on the list - but after just watching it for the first time over the weekend - I'm still baffled.)