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D'you think they'll explain how Serenity generates a gravity field?

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D'you think they'll explain how Serenity generates a gravity field?

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Nope. This show is so far removed from the definition of "science fiction" that there would be no point. It's a Fox show, thus...turn off brain, and watch.

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Originally posted by Ringwraith:
... So if Joss Whedon doesn't want to explain how everything works (or why) I'm all for it. As long as the episodes are well-written (and so far they are, IMO) then I'm satisfied. I mean really, is there any TRUE definition of what science fiction actually is?

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...Frankly, it doesn't matter to me whether they explain it or not. I would like to hear the explanation, but I can certainly live without it. I was curious as to what other people thought.

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Originally posted by Thegn:
Science fiction came about because it became apparent that science was advancing fast enough that in future human beings could be capable of amazing things. Good science fictions always attempts to hold to the laws of science when necessary or possible, but good science fiction also fictionally expands the science to show what science could be, not what it is.

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Originally posted by Delvo:
So, Jason ZZZ, you're telling us that, for example, the "positronic brain" qualifies as science in the fiction, because positrons are dealt with only by scientists, despite its inventor admitting that it was named that way because it sounds cool rather than anything that had anything to do with the actual science of positrons? After all, Isaac was "real science fiction" author...

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Gimme a break!

SF = SciFi = Science Fiction

It's Science with a Fiction bend
or Fiction with a Science bend.

SF without Science is ...

Science Fiction - Science = Fiction...

Just pure Fiction which end you up
in the plain Fantasy dept.

Asimov, Heinlein, and Foster are SF.

Do any of y'alls read at all?


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Yes, this is true to a certain extent, but don’t overstep yourself. Science fiction came about because it became apparent that science was advancing fast enough that in future human beings could be capable of amazing things. Good science fictions always attempts to hold to the laws of science when necessary or possible, but good science fiction also fictionally expands the science to show what science could be, not what it is. That is, science fiction is not stories about science in a fictional setting, but rather it’s stories about fictional science.

By your description, a fictional movie about WW2 German rocket would be science fiction, wouldn’t it? It is fictional, and it is about science. That is the only requirements you’ve placed on it. Therefore, such a historical movie becomes sci-fi, but obviously science fiction is not that broad.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
-- Arthur C. Clark

Don't you read at all?



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