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***Marek*** · 05-03-2005, 10:28 AM

Is sci-fi a real genre at all, or just a theme/setting?

Star Wars = peasant becomes knight, fights evil king yada yada, i.e. a fairytale
Firefly = character-based action series
The new Battlestar Galactica = character drama mostly?
Gattaca = essentially a parable about genetics
H2G2 = a comedy

So basically all these "sci-fi" things are all super different, each using the "sciencey" contrivances for other purposes.

Sci-fi is what we say is sci-fi, really. So in the end, who cares.

05-03-2005, 10:28 AM	#22
*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	Is sci-fi a real genre at all, or just a theme/setting? Star Wars = peasant becomes knight, fights evil king yada yada, i.e. a fairytale Firefly = character-based action series The new Battlestar Galactica = character drama mostly? Gattaca = essentially a parable about genetics H2G2 = a comedy So basically all these "sci-fi" things are all super different, each using the "sciencey" contrivances for other purposes. Sci-fi is what we say is sci-fi, really. So in the end, who cares.