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Maybe its just im older now, but back in the day sci fi's were of a generally higher callibre. Storyline wise. Dare I mention the star wars trilogy. I dont think ive met anyone yet that didn't love the originals.
2001, 2010.. Two of the greats in my opinion. Both had a 'vibe' throughout. helped by very accurate technical aspects, no sound in space etc.
But a huge thing, and I believe one of the major differences to later sci fi's, was the depth in the characters. All the characters in the original Alien and Aliens, had a real sense of ' realness' about them. The audience could relate easily to them and their plights. This is IMHO one of the reasons why Avatar was so successful, sure the visuals were mind blowing and certainly changed things forever, but the main characters certainly had depth.
These days and certainly in Prometheus, I can pretty much pick who is going to be alien fodder within the first few minutes. It seems they try to add depth to the characters but dont quite seem to get there, at least with the sacrificial characters.
My 2 cents
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