Sci-fi or Fantasy?????

Do you prefer science fiction or fantasy or both in entertainment such as movies, books and games?

Personally I like them all as much as each other, but there's two types of sci-fi...Star Trek and Men in Black sci-fi and then there's Star Wars 1-3, Halo, etc, different types of sci-fi...a ****c feel and a new technology one. We get that in games like ME as well...anbd I prefer it over ST sci-fi.

So whaqt do you like OT?

I like both but much prefer Fantasy.

Sci-fi. Fantasy books get boring really fast for me, too much description stuff to read just gets ****in tiresome. Foundation is my favorite sci-fi...series.

Movies also sci-fi. LOTR was cool but all the stupid scenes that showed running across land for like 15 minutes were just monotonous. But the ent fight was amazing.

A lot of Sci-Fi is just fantasy in disguise (Star Wars), but I like stuff like Ghost in the Shell and I, Robot way more than I've ever liked any fantasy stuff.

I'd much rather watch a good sci-fi movie any day.Travo_basic

Sci-fi, I don't really get the point of fantasy (specifically generic medieval fantasy).

With good sci-fi, there's always this thought in the back of your mind, that what you're seeing might actually be possible (no matter how small a chance that is).

I find it easier to get into fantasy. I enjoy the whimsy inherent in fantasy that is lost in sci-fi. bededog

I love them both, and am a big fan of escapist fiction (impossible).

That said I tend to favour fantasy more as it can be full of more surprises and truly anything can happen. A normal character 1 second can be possessed by a demon and power to blow up the world the next. Anything can happen, and I love that. Scifi is slightly limited by plausibility.

What I really love is when they mix. For example look at starwars before episode 1. (**** you metacloriens). They had scifi and with the force fantasy.

One of my own fiction ideas is if aliens invade earth, and with their superior tech almost take over, except when people with magic resist. (scifi vs fantasy)

I like both but I prefer sci fi.

I love them both, and am a big fan of escapist fiction (impossible).

That said I tend to favour fantasy more as it can be full of more surprises and truly anything can happen. A normal character 1 second can be possessed by a demon and power to blow up the world the next. Anything can happen, and I love that. Scifi is slightly limited by plausibility.

What I really love is when they mix. For example look at starwars before episode 1. (**** you metacloriens). They had scifi and with the force fantasy.

One of my own fiction ideas is if aliens invade earth, and with their superior tech almost take over, except when people with magic resist. (scifi vs fantasy)

dercoo

I think that same thing can ruin fantasy though. In LOTR, it led to some stupid deus ex machina bs, like at the part where Liv Tyler is across the river from the ring wraiths, and she says some magic words and the river comes alive and sweeps them away.

It was a cringe-worthy moment, especially since she was evading them before with a natural and intense chase scene, no magic crap. Then all of a sudden she does this, and it begs the question, "if she can do that, then what else can she do?". It ruins all the tension from before if she can do something like that without any hint prior the chase that she's capable of even doing that.

The thing is wity fantasy that it can be a crueler world. Modern sci-fi games/movies are a lot more lighter and better in worlds.IceBlazerX

Sci-Fi. Most fantasy tends to bore me with it's typical nature.

[QUOTE="dercoo"]

I love them both, and am a big fan of escapist fiction (impossible).

That said I tend to favour fantasy more as it can be full of more surprises and truly anything can happen. A normal character 1 second can be possessed by a demon and power to blow up the world the next. Anything can happen, and I love that. Scifi is slightly limited by plausibility.

What I really love is when they mix. For example look at starwars before episode 1. (**** you metacloriens). They had scifi and with the force fantasy.

One of my own fiction ideas is if aliens invade earth, and with their superior tech almost take over, except when people with magic resist. (scifi vs fantasy)

TheGrayEye

I think that same thing can ruin fantasy though. In LOTR, it led to some stupid deus ex machina bs, like at the part where Liv Tyler is across the river from the ring wraiths, and she says some magic words and the river comes alive and sweeps them away.

It was a cringe-worthy moment, especially since she was evading them before with a natural and intense chase scene, no magic crap. Then all of a sudden she does this, and it begs the question, "if she can do that, then what else can she do?". It ruins all the tension from before if she can do something like that without any hint prior the chase that she's capable of even doing that.

As I recall that was because they just crossed into the sacred elven territory, which the river marked. It was not just her power.

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[QUOTE="dercoo"]

I love them both, and am a big fan of escapist fiction (impossible).

That said I tend to favour fantasy more as it can be full of more surprises and truly anything can happen. A normal character 1 second can be possessed by a demon and power to blow up the world the next. Anything can happen, and I love that. Scifi is slightly limited by plausibility.

What I really love is when they mix. For example look at starwars before episode 1. (**** you metacloriens). They had scifi and with the force fantasy.

One of my own fiction ideas is if aliens invade earth, and with their superior tech almost take over, except when people with magic resist. (scifi vs fantasy)

dercoo

I think that same thing can ruin fantasy though. In LOTR, it led to some stupid deus ex machina bs, like at the part where Liv Tyler is across the river from the ring wraiths, and she says some magic words and the river comes alive and sweeps them away.

It was a cringe-worthy moment, especially since she was evading them before with a natural and intense chase scene, no magic crap. Then all of a sudden she does this, and it begs the question, "if she can do that, then what else can she do?". It ruins all the tension from before if she can do something like that without any hint prior the chase that she's capable of even doing that.

As I recall that was because they just crossed into the sacred elven territory, which the river marked. It was not just her power.

It's been awhile since I've seen it, but did the movie make that evident before hand? From what I remember she just rode across, and whispered some magic words, and then bam- deus ex machina. It ruined the very exciting chase scene that we just saw before.

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[QUOTE="TheGrayEye"]

I think that same thing can ruin fantasy though. In LOTR, it led to some stupid deus ex machina bs, like at the part where Liv Tyler is across the river from the ring wraiths, and she says some magic words and the river comes alive and sweeps them away.

It was a cringe-worthy moment, especially since she was evading them before with a natural and intense chase scene, no magic crap. Then all of a sudden she does this, and it begs the question, "if she can do that, then what else can she do?". It ruins all the tension from before if she can do something like that without any hint prior the chase that she's capable of even doing that.

TheGrayEye

As I recall that was because they just crossed into the sacred elven territory, which the river marked. It was not just her power.

It's been awhile since I've seen it, but did the movie make that evident before hand? From what I remember she just rode across, and whispered some magic words, and then bam- deus ex machina. It ruined the very exciting chase scene that we just saw before.

It has more to do with them crossing into the territory as I recall. Remember how their steads did not want to cross the water, and were forced to try.

Kentuckian advice. When your horse says don't go, DON'T GO.

Also to expand on my earlier point, let's take a look at "Jurrasic Park". The movie is rooted in Science fiction, but let's they had decided to go in a fantasy route. Instead of extracting dna out of frozen mosquitoes that are millions of years old, and cloning live dinosaurs from that, they might have stuck in some kind of "portal from another dimension" idea, for the dinos to be in modern-day.

The movie still may have had lots of exciting scenes and moments, but it would lose that "someday, this may actually be possible (no matter how small of chance that is)" feeling it can give off, which would make it less exciting.

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[QUOTE="dercoo"]

As I recall that was because they just crossed into the sacred elven territory, which the river marked. It was not just her power.

dercoo

It's been awhile since I've seen it, but did the movie make that evident before hand? From what I remember she just rode across, and whispered some magic words, and then bam- deus ex machina. It ruined the very exciting chase scene that we just saw before.

It has more to do with them crossing into the territory as I recall. Remember how their steads did not want to cross the water, and were forced to try.

Kentuckian advice. When your horse says don't go, DON'T GO.

That still seems kind of silly, since Frodo can basically chill there with the ring in his hand for a while, and the ringwraiths won't be able to get him? It leads to too many questions about how that mechanic would actually work. Can the ring wraiths even goto to that Elven valley? If not, why not just keep the ring there, etc.

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[QUOTE="TheGrayEye"]

It's been awhile since I've seen it, but did the movie make that evident before hand? From what I remember she just rode across, and whispered some magic words, and then bam- deus ex machina. It ruined the very exciting chase scene that we just saw before.

TheGrayEye

It has more to do with them crossing into the territory as I recall. Remember how their steads did not want to cross the water, and were forced to try.

Kentuckian advice. When your horse says don't go, DON'T GO.

That still seems kind of silly, since Frodo can basically chill there with the ring in his hand for a while, and the ringwraiths won't be able to get him? It leads to too many questions about how that mechanic would actually work. Can the ring wraiths even goto to that Elven valley? If not, why not just keep the ring there, etc.

They can't go in easily is the thing. Given enough time they could (or an ork army).

The big thing was the elves are weak, as most of them have left. It would have not been able to hold out long against morador. That and the rings corrupting power would probable come into play.

Again, I have not read and watched LotRs in awhile.:P

Do you prefer science fiction or fantasy or both in entertainment such as movies, books and games?

Personally I like them all as much as each other, but there's two types of sci-fi...Star Trek and Men in Black sci-fi and then there's Star Wars 1-3, Halo, etc, different types of sci-fi...a ****c feel and a new technology one. We get that in games like ME as well...anbd I prefer it over ST sci-fi.

So whaqt do you like OT?

IceBlazerX

The only writer I can think of off the top of my head, from whom I really dig his mix of SF & Fantasy is Jack Vance. Writes in an amazingly compelling fashion. For movies, I like a good mix of the two, if need be. But only when there's a serious undertone of science involved, or the other way round, when it's complete fantasy. as long as the screenplay is great and the SFX are up to par, I'm a happy popcorn muncher... ditto for games, bar the popcorn munching :)

Oh, wow. That's a tough one. Gotta go with Sci-fi. That new Tron movie looks pretty awesome.

[QUOTE="IceBlazerX"]The thing is wity fantasy that it can be a crueler world. Modern sci-fi games/movies are a lot more lighter and better in worlds.Theokhoth

the funny thing is, my favorite games are usually fantasy type games, but i cant stand the genre when it comes to books and movies. Most of them are just sooo boring. Pans Labyrinth is by far the best (not game related) fantasy story.

I love sci-fi movies and books and games however.

I like both, but I prefer sci-fi by a longshot.

Fantasy. I enjoy Sci-fi, but i enjoy Fantasy more.

I like both if they're done well.

All things equal, I prefer sci-fi though.

Fantasy always. Sometimes mixing ok.

No to ordinary fantasy. Too much is it about kingdoms under siege and monsters and epic quests. I like how sci-fi can be something as expansive as a fantasy universe, or can be based on a single, simple idea. There's a little more variety in sci-fi in my eyes.

Though I do like squishy sci-fi. As long as there's some sort of technological element, bring on the aliens and creatures.

Sci-Fi, mainly the kind that Mass Effect has.

I like both, but I like sci-fi more. Especially if it's the space-faring, alien meeting (sometimes sexing), spaceship warring type.SeraphimGoddess

I prefer fantasy. I never could get into sci-fi.

No to ordinary fantasy. Too much is it about kingdoms under siege and monsters and epic quests. I like how sci-fi can be something as expansive as a fantasy universe, or can be based on a single, simple idea. There's a little more variety in sci-fi in my eyes.

Though I do like squishy sci-fi. As long as there's some sort of technological element, bring on the aliens and creatures.

Sharpie125

Not all fantasy movies need to have epic quests either. Anything with ghosts/monsters/magic counts as a fantasy movie as far as I'm concerned. Heck, stuff like The Sixth Sense and Pan's Labyrinth counts as fantasy as well. Doesn't have to be all knights and fragons and orcs.

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No to ordinary fantasy. Too much is it about kingdoms under siege and monsters and epic quests. I like how sci-fi can be something as expansive as a fantasy universe, or can be based on a single, simple idea. There's a little more variety in sci-fi in my eyes.

Though I do like squishy sci-fi. As long as there's some sort of technological element, bring on the aliens and creatures.

MrGeezer

Not all fantasy movies need to have epic quests either. Anything with ghosts/monsters/magic counts as a fantasy movie as far as I'm concerned. Heck, stuff like The Sixth Sense and Pan's Labyrinth counts as fantasy as well. Doesn't have to be all knights and fragons and orcs.

One of my favorite genres now is modern fantasy, with magic and lore in current timelines.

I'd have to chime in with a separation of the media for the two genres. For movies, I'm lovin' the sci-fi stuff. Mostly because it can be shown more easily, in my opinion. Big technical looking spacecraft, weaponry, scenery, it all just seems more readily rendered in various mediums. But fantasy, I like to read. I haven't seen a movie yet that showed me a dragon like I think it should be. Or magical conjuring. Sword fights have been great, costuming and such too, but too many things just not as I would imagine it.

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Movies - Science Fiction seems to translate better for a myriad of reasons, although I think fantasy is mainly hurt by its not being taken seriously.

Books - Fantasy by far as there have been very few science fiction books that have managed to entertain me over the years.

Gaming - Fantasy by far as it allows me to live out my old D&D fantasies from the '80s.

The thing is wity fantasy that it can be a crueler world. Modern sci-fi games/movies are a lot more lighter and better in worlds.IceBlazerX