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Regarding Sci-fi: Do you prefer it to lean more into the Sci element or the Fi element? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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i.e do you prefer:

  • technically grounded and plausible science elements (e.g The Martian)

or

  • stuff so fantastical that it doesn't even warrant trying to explain it (Dr Who, some Marvel/DC stuff, Star Wars)

Another way to look at this would be Sci-Fi versus Science Fantasy, perhaps.

  • Old-School Sci-Fi like HG Wells centers around a core scientific idea and the consequences arising from that,

whereas

  • Science Fantasy (more prevalent nowadays) only looks to science - or the impression of some science - to serve the fantasy devices it uses.

So which is better?

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[–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

pick a lane

Why? I love both ends, why choose

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    Because it's not with the time and effort.

    For example: Star Trek is fantasy. 100%. People trying to retcon transporters are wasting their time and energy. The easiest evidence is the technical diagrams, a "Heisenberg compensator" pops up to magic away real science problems.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    I think that mean, "Don't vacillate wildly between the two in the middle of a story or try to poorly justify something with half considered hand waving in the guise of science."

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