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The Fly is absolutely Sci-Fi; can't believe someone claimed it isn't.
The Fly is absolutely Sci-Fi; can't believe someone claimed it isn't.
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I do remember that conversation. Ahh...the good ole days
Sci-fi can be a hard one to nail down as there's no one size description fits all. Just an IMO, if a movie feels like sci fi to me, then it's sci-fi
Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, that would seem like fantasy. In the first Mad Max, I don't remember any talk about a catastrophic event that destroyed the world. To me it seemed to be about one lone cop who lived in the middle of nowhere and was harassed by motorcycle bandits. Has anybody seen that film lately? Do they talk about post apocalyptic stuff?
Road Warrior and Thunderdome do clearly have a post apocalyptic society going on, so yeah they're sci fi. Not hard core sci fi, but still enough to call it sci fi.
Sci-fi can be a hard one to nail down as there's no one size description fits all. Just an IMO, if a movie feels like sci fi to me, then it's sci-fi
Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court, that would seem like fantasy. In the first Mad Max, I don't remember any talk about a catastrophic event that destroyed the world. To me it seemed to be about one lone cop who lived in the middle of nowhere and was harassed by motorcycle bandits. Has anybody seen that film lately? Do they talk about post apocalyptic stuff?Road Warrior and Thunderdome do clearly have a post apocalyptic society going on, so yeah they're sci fi. Not hard core sci fi, but still enough to call it sci fi.
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Areas of grey came up with dystopian futures (or maybe even extremely near futures, like tomorrow). For example, is The Road a science fiction? Is 1984 considered science fiction? Does sci-fi cease to be such once the time in reference is in our past?
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The Fly is absolutely Sci-Fi; can't believe someone claimed it isn't.
The Fly is absolutely Sci-Fi; can't believe someone claimed it isn't.
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I have to disagree, I first read this thread four years ago and it was great then!
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Generally, Frankenstein is considered the first literary work of science fiction.
I didn't read the book until long after I'd seen the movies, but I was expecting long chapters depicting biological experiments, surgical procedures and the use of captured electricity to re-ignite the electrical synapses of a human brain.
But, although the scientific concept is there, the story is very light on science. There's no great detail regarding Dr. Frankenstein's work in his laboratory. (Should this post have a spoiler alert?)
I didn't read the book until long after I'd seen the movies, but I was expecting long chapters depicting biological experiments, surgical procedures and the use of captured electricity to re-ignite the electrical synapses of a human brain.
But, although the scientific concept is there, the story is very light on science. There's no great detail regarding Dr. Frankenstein's work in his laboratory. (Should this post have a spoiler alert?)
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You mean the director?
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You mean the director?
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With a countdown celebrating Sci-Fi, I think that should be the dominant genre of the movies that show up.
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I have no idea what this means haha
.... never mind - I'll get me hat and coat
Ugh, this thread is terrible.
The Fly is absolutely Sci-Fi; can't believe someone claimed it isn't.
The Fly is absolutely Sci-Fi; can't believe someone claimed it isn't.
Who has done this thing?
Point them out to ME!!!
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I don't care what any directors say, that includes Ridley Scott. I do believe in the term death of the author.
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Cronenberg calls it a horror film, which I've always thought, and part romance, which I've always thought. A Sci-Fi element doesn't make it a Sci-Fi film.
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With a countdown celebrating Sci-Fi, I think that should be the dominant genre of the movies that show up.
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With a countdown celebrating Sci-Fi, I think that should be the dominant genre of the movies that show up.
The Fly is about equal. The telepods are in the film throughout and the actual horror part: the transformation (which is also Sci-Fi) is durring the last half an hour or so.
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It's a horror film that uses a Sci-Fi element.
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It's a horror film that uses a Sci-Fi element.
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