Yes, I know the vivid color-thing has a lot to do with film vs digital, but I HAVE seen some pretty colorful sci-fi things so its certainly partly an artistic choice. I think younger people generally view the era as alien to them as opposed to when I was a kid and westerns were the genre that dominated TV, although films were beginning to wind down a bit.

How did LL feel about any of the films from his sources? Were there any he was pleased with?