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Subject: OT Sci Fi Obituary

LBT opened this issue on Aug 30, 2007 · 76 posts


XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 04 September 2007 at 11:23 AM

SciFi?  It's as dead as H.G. Wells is.  And BTW - men from Mars aren't interesting anymore.

I'd postulate that the average SciFi reader / movie watcher / channel surfer / whatever is seeking pure escapism.  Not Deep Thought.  The Real World is such a mundane place: so who wants to live in it?  Space is much nicer.

Which is an example of the very old-fashioned "grass is greener" syndrome.  Things looking glum?  Then escape off to Proxima Centauri.  And if you discover that your problems follow you there: then go further -- to Andromeda and beyond.............

But consider: if you really were in space, then you'd probably end up chasing down a perceived rival for a perceived lover -- while wearing diapers, of course.  And in the aftermath you'd hold a press conference to complain about the discomfort & inconvenience of having to wear an electronic monitoring device around your ankle.  Changing out the batteries is such a pain........

No fiction can be as good as that.  Not even science fiction.

The truly definitive SciFi movie -- as everyone knows -- is Plan 9 From Outer Space.  There have been no others to equal it: nor will there ever be.  P9FOS is THE definitive SciFi movie.  Kubrick never did anything to match it.

Quote - Everyone has communicators now (see cell phones).

That's the greatest danger to the entire SciFi genre.  It's at risk of becoming Mundane: and thus offering no escape.

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