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re: After giving Promet[h]eus a shot on cable
Posted on 4/10/13 at 3:48 pm to DelU249
Posted on 4/10/13 at 3:48 pm to DelU249
This might seem crazy or just plain stupid to you, but I do not consider Star Wars science fiction. It is a fantasy story that happens to take place in space.
This is a fair description of what science fiction should be imo.
In the earlier stages of science fiction(1920's-1940's), the genre was about a hopeful view of what the future would bring in general, with some examples that contained warnings inspired by the two world wars. As time went on, science fiction turned darker predominently with dystopian works such as 1984, Brave New World, etc.
It is still generally about speculation of how humanity or humans would react given some change of circumstance or circumstances. I have never been huge into Star Trek, but the impression that I have is that Star Trek does this mostly through technology.
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Science Fiction is particular in that it has to make OUR world seem familiar and new at the time by allowing for some specific element( or elements) to change it.
This is a fair description of what science fiction should be imo.
In the earlier stages of science fiction(1920's-1940's), the genre was about a hopeful view of what the future would bring in general, with some examples that contained warnings inspired by the two world wars. As time went on, science fiction turned darker predominently with dystopian works such as 1984, Brave New World, etc.
It is still generally about speculation of how humanity or humans would react given some change of circumstance or circumstances. I have never been huge into Star Trek, but the impression that I have is that Star Trek does this mostly through technology.
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Posted on 4/10/13 at 3:50 pm to Peazey
It's not but as far as movie going audiences and studios are concerned it is. At heart it is adventure and fantasy but you do have all of the present elements of sci fi, anyway I was just usin that as an example
Posted on 4/10/13 at 3:58 pm to Peazey
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This might seem crazy or just plain stupid to you, but I do not consider Star Wars science fiction. It is a fantasy story that happens to take place in space.
It isn't crazy, and it probably isn't fantasy either. But it's closer to fantasy than science fiction, that's for sure.
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