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re: Another Thread About Star Wars NOT A Science Fiction Movie
Posted on 11/26/14 at 1:40 pm to Peazey
Posted on 11/26/14 at 1:40 pm to Peazey
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Classic science fiction was developed as a genre to speculate on different ways that life and humans would situationally react given certain scientific advancements or situations. All the best science fiction writers tried to use at the very least plausible science*. Some of them were even scientists themselves. It is about dreaming about the future and sometimes our place in the cosmos.
The "science" in Star Wars isn't just fictional. It is fantastic. Star Wars is an action adventure, epic fantasy story that happens to take place in space. The science fiction genre is about more than just the setting.
No one is going to argue that Star Wars is "hard" SciFi. Science fiction is a very broad genre, though, encompassing everything from 50s "alien eats the town" movies to serious speculative fiction. I think SW can be put somewhere in between, even if it spans several genres.
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Posted on 11/26/14 at 1:45 pm to Master of Sinanju
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"alien eats the town" movies to serious speculative fiction.
Those are two entirely separate genres. They get lumped together either because people don't know where to put them or because people just think of it as "that weird stuff."
ETA: The different genres may share some tendencies or elements of the others like all genres, but there are definite departures between fantasy, science fiction, and monster horror movie.
This post was edited on 11/26/14 at 1:48 pm
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