The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoA guide to figure out if you're watching scifi or fantasy:startrek.websiteimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down114
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minus-squareNorgur@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI separate by the mechanics at play: do supernatural things exist in places they do not exist in reality (humans doing telekinesis, mind reading for example… Or outright magic like the force)? If yes, it’s likely fantasy.
minus-squareAa!@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhere does subspace fall on this line? Stargates? The TARDIS? Sometimes the science is magical. The line is pretty fuzzy
I separate by the mechanics at play: do supernatural things exist in places they do not exist in reality (humans doing telekinesis, mind reading for example… Or outright magic like the force)? If yes, it’s likely fantasy.
Where does subspace fall on this line? Stargates? The TARDIS?
Sometimes the science is magical. The line is pretty fuzzy