Western (genre) space who use ray guns and ride robotic horses. Examples include the American television series "Brave Starr" (which aired original episodes from September 1987 to February 1988) and "Firefly" (created by Joss Whedon in 2002), and the films "Battle Beyond the Stars" (1980), which is a remake of "The Magnificent Seven"; "Outland" (1981), which is a remake of "High Noon"; and "Serenity" (2005, based on the "Firefly" TV series). The classic western genre has also been a major influence on science fiction films such as the original "" movie of 1977. Famously Gene Roddenberry pitched the concept of the TV
Satellite Science Fiction Satellite Science Fiction Satellite Science Fiction was an American digest-sized science fiction magazine, published from 1956 to 1959 by Renown Publishers. Though "Satellite"’s run was short lived, the magazine is notable for introducing British science fiction novels to the American reading public. In 1936, Leo Margulies hired Mort Weisinger to work with him on Standard Magazines’s newly acquired "Wonder Stories", a title that was soon after changed to "Thrilling Wonder Stories" ("TWS"). Though "TWS" published many canonical works of science fiction, the length of its content was rather limited. In 1939, "Startling Stories" was created as a companion to "TWS",