That's not to say the '80s weren't full of artists with vision ... The mid to late 1970s saw the start of a new sci-fi boom, kicked off by movies like Star Wars, Alien, and Close Encounters ...

As our own world continues to feel increasingly dystopian, it’s no surprise that dark sci-fi stories have proliferated ... media and censors all other art (yeesh, this is really hitting close ...

That's not to say the '80s weren't full of artists with vision ... The mid to late 1970s saw the start of a new sci-fi boom, kicked off by movies like Star Wars, Alien, and Close Encounters ...