Random Thoughts

[synistar]

Star Trek & The Orville - Soft science fiction
Expanse - hard science fiction
Star Wars - Space Opera

Though Voyager is kinda space opera when you consider Janeway can pull photon torpedoes from the ether and launch them indiscriminately despite being "limited"

[BaneTheBrawler]

George Lucas claims Stars Wars is not sci fi fwiw

George Lucas also wrote Anakin and Padme's dialogue with the intention that it be a love for the ages. He's not exactly the best storyteller.

[NynJa]

i don’t feel like writing a lot

sci-fi and fantasy are usually linked together as far as genres go and you can generally debate the two in various ways. the main distinguisher is whether the major elements of the narrative are “probable/explainable/definable” or not

generally science fiction is explainable, even if not probable. so yes, while we currently do not have access to spaceships and laser swords in the way they are depicted in the series, they are at least scientifically possible or explainable, which generally defines it as science fiction. even if it doesn’t seem totally plausible (time travel in the time machine, reanimating the dead in frankenstein), if it seems like there is some probable way to define the existence of the major plot elements, it’s usually fine to describe it as sci-fi

fantasy is when the elements are not readily explainable, possibly more along the lines of supernatural (or religious). generally fantasy work will have its own mythos to explain the “unexplainable” elements of the story, because “science” can’t do this. fantasy generally takes place in its own “universe” as well because of this, as scientific properties wouldn’t necessarily be the same there, which is why dragons can breath fire and not die in the process

anyway you could literally define Star Wars as either. it definitely has elements of science fiction, but all of the force bullshit and lore behind it and its universe could drive it to fantasy also. and no, i don’t think quigon or however you spell that explaining the force as “midiclorians” or whatever makes that much of a difference

anyway thank you for coming to my ted talk

Star Wars is sci-fi slash fiction, and not the other way around.

Unless, youre saying, its fiction slash sci-fi

[Mertron]

look you taunted me

[Mertron]

anyway this is a common nerd argument

is dune sci-fi or fantasy
is avatar sci-fi or fantasy

who cares

[Mertron]

at the end of the day no one cares and we’re all gonna die

[Rhyis.]

whats the difference between dragons spitting fire and ridley scotts aliens having acid for blood except ones in space and the other isnt

[BaneTheBrawler]

Space Opera is a narrative genre. Hard/Soft sci fi are setting genres.

[Xno Kappa]

George Lucas also wrote Anakin and Padme's dialogue with the intention that it be a love for the ages. He's not exactly the best storyteller.

Still better than the sequel trilogy.

[Day]

you may not like it but this is what peak BG looks like

i dont like it

[Mertron]

whats the difference between dragons spitting fire and ridley scotts aliens having acid for blood except ones in space and the other isnt

it was the first dumb thing i could think of, i guess i could have went with magic swords instead

[Mertron]

would the existence of dragons in general been more to your liking

[Mertron]

or are you just going to post a picture of a komodo dragon

[Rhyis.]

here be dragons

[Demosthenes]

I don't think I'd call it sci-fi.

[Mertron]

I don't think I'd call it sci-fi.

look here you little bitch

[Rhyis.]

[Andalusian girls]

George Lucas claims Stars Wars is not sci fi fwiw

he also claimed he knew how to write movie dialogue

[Krandor]

Prequel Memes are one of my favorite things on the internet so clearly he did something right.

[Andalusian girls]

that's like saying Hitler did something right because you like hentai