The Art of Scifi: We are in a very strange stage of American society where there are filmmakers who say, “there’s no story” or “I can’t make a script that’s just what’s happening” or, even, “I’m a filmmaker and no matter how far down the line I go, I will never make the perfect movie.” As if making something perfect is the point. But it’s not. And to make something perfect has little to do with the art of storytelling or the art of making a movie. When I was a kid, this was an unfortunate notion that was taught...