Official All Things TV Thread
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Sci-Fi can often have good story lines. Both Star Wars and Star Trek are sci-fi.
Actually Star Wars has never been considered SciFi. It's always been called "Space Opera." It has no focus on science at all, which is a requirement for SciFi. It's often confused because the setting is "in space" but SciFi doesn't imply that things are in space nor does space imply SciFi. There is a strong tendency for the two to overlap, of course, but it's a Venn Diagram with just a lot of overlap. Star Wars is solidly part of the Fantasy family, same as SciFi, but is distinct from SciFi.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
This is why I don't like ScFi. There isn't much of a plot.. other than hey, lets us as much special fx as we can.
I love the idea of SciFi as a setting, but you are right, I rarely watch it because they end up leaning on SFX and who cares about that.
That's why I loved Mass Effect so much. It gave the setting of a SciFi but with amazingly deep storyline, writing and character development.
Sci-Fi can often have good story lines. Both Star Wars and Star Trek are sci-fi. The problem is that sci-fi is a less common genre to make a movie in and therefore, when the number of bad ones outweighs the good ones as badly as it does in sci-fi, and the total number of movies is so much lower than other genres, it gets a bad name overall.
SciFi is suppose to be considered possible in the future with advancements in technology. Star Wars is in the same category as Harry Potter.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Sci-Fi can often have good story lines. Both Star Wars and Star Trek are sci-fi.
Actually Star Wars has never been considered SciFi. It's always been called "Space Opera." It has no focus on science at all, which is a requirement for SciFi. It's often confused because the setting is "in space" but SciFi doesn't imply that things are in space nor does space imply SciFi. There is a strong tendency for the two to overlap, of course, but it's a Venn Diagram with just a lot of overlap. Star Wars is solidly part of the Fantasy family, same as SciFi, but is distinct from SciFi.
Ok, I would say you're right and that it's more technically a fantasy than a sci-fi. Star Trek is most definitely a sci-fi though.
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@thecreativeone91 said:
SciFi is suppose to be considered possible in the future with advancements in technology. Star Wars is in the same category as Harry Potter.
Exactly. Or, because it was "long, long ago" one could even argue that it is really far fetched historical fiction
Harry Potter is a good example, though.
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@thanksajdotcom said:
Ok, I would say you're right and that it's more technically a fantasy than a sci-fi. Star Trek is most definitely a sci-fi though.
Oh absolutely, Star Trek is a "by the book" SciFi.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thecreativeone91 said:
SciFi is suppose to be considered possible in the future with advancements in technology. Star Wars is in the same category as Harry Potter.
Exactly. Or, because it was "long, long ago" one could even argue that it is really far fetched historical fiction
Harry Potter is a good example, though.
Yeah, I won't argue that.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@thanksajdotcom said:
Ok, I would say you're right and that it's more technically a fantasy than a sci-fi. Star Trek is most definitely a sci-fi though.
Oh absolutely, Star Trek is a "by the book" SciFi.
Yup.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
Until last year it was illegal in the UK to burn your CDs onto your iPod. My take is that the law is an ass and I'll use my own morals to decide what I do or don't do, not the state's laws which are primarily designed to protect the capitalist rather than the proletariat.
The UK government's ruling has just been overturned in the High Courts, so it turns out it is still illegal in the UK to burn your CDs onto your iPod.
When things like this happen I just think f*** (Moderated) the music industry.
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To those that said they didn't like Lost -- Lost is one of those shows you have to watch from S01E01 to understand what is going on, lol.... Around Season 3 or so, if you miss an episode or two you may be SOL until go you back and watch the one you missed..
We just started Season 6 last night, lol.
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@Carnival-Boy said:
@Carnival-Boy said:
Until last year it was illegal in the UK to burn your CDs onto your iPod. My take is that the law is an ass and I'll use my own morals to decide what I do or don't do, not the state's laws which are primarily designed to protect the capitalist rather than the proletariat.
The UK government's ruling has just been overturned in the High Courts, so it turns out it is still illegal in the UK to burn your CDs onto your iPod.
When things like this happen I just think f*** (Moderated) the music industry.
Complete government fail.
