Now, I was under the impression that many poor SF-writers have very good science. Are all those writers former scientists? It just strikes me as odd that Hollywood couldn’t afford a specialist or fifteen when poor SF-writers seem to get hold of them quite easily. But then I am not in the business, and I guess the SF-writers might actually have time to figure it out for themselves. But doesn’t most SF-writers need to have day jobs to survive?

I am willing to wager that as long as the majority of entertainment consumers watch solely to shut off their brain for a while the entertainment industry will make films that let them do just that, or risk loss of revenue. Besides, why teach people to think when it is so much easier to make movies that don’t require you to think? And as added bonus for the industry I bet that people who don’t like to think that much spend more time with escapism and that they thus rather not be part of changing peoples thinking habits for the better. Not to mention that thinking people demand more diversity. They wouldn’t be able to sell movies made from templates anymore.