"As a genre that began as popular entertainment, space opera has long been tied to a silly, over-the-top approach to storytelling. Not for nothing did writer Susan Sontag describe the Flash Gordon space-adventure comics as being representative of camp, the aesthetic of sincere, flamboyant spectacle. Emphasising style over substance, space opera, at its best, is at least a little ridiculous.
From comedic films to surprisingly serious ones, this list showcases the subgenre's most colourful and imaginative offerings."
