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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8290599" data-attributes="member: 177"><p>How about you listen to dissent before you accuse folks of condescension or chilling conversation.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Membership in genres is <em>inclusive</em>, not exclusive. You can be a western <em>and</em> sci-fi. Or sci-fi <em>and</em> a noir mystery. Embrace the power of <em>AND</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, dude, one of the major supports for your thesis is this classification. There's nothing nasty about pointing out that you rather abitrarily drew a line in the sand and said, "This is Out". And there's a word for that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In the genre as a whole? Goodness no. The genre is much, much larger than the TV medium. </p><p></p><p>Hard SF is when the story is about or largely driven by the details of physical laws of the fictional universe. Soft SF is when the story forgoes the technical details, to get at the sociology, psychology, politics, economics, and anthropology speculation that results from the science and engineering.</p><p></p><p>Babylon 5 largely foregoes the technical details to get at the sociology and politics. Ergo, it fits in the soft bucket. </p><p></p><p>But both B5 and Firefly fit n the Sci-fi bucket overall. </p><p></p><p><em>"It's been said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things; science-fiction the improbable made possible, fantasy the impossible made probable."</em></p><p>— <strong>Rod Serling</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Pretty much none of this <em>had relevance to the plot</em>, though. It was window dressing. JMS is many things, but willing to allow technicalities to get in the way of a good story isn't one of them <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Note: I love B5. I am currently rewatching Season 2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8290599, member: 177"] How about you listen to dissent before you accuse folks of condescension or chilling conversation. Membership in genres is [I]inclusive[/I], not exclusive. You can be a western [I]and[/I] sci-fi. Or sci-fi [I]and[/I] a noir mystery. Embrace the power of [I]AND[/I]. Well, dude, one of the major supports for your thesis is this classification. There's nothing nasty about pointing out that you rather abitrarily drew a line in the sand and said, "This is Out". And there's a word for that. In the genre as a whole? Goodness no. The genre is much, much larger than the TV medium. Hard SF is when the story is about or largely driven by the details of physical laws of the fictional universe. Soft SF is when the story forgoes the technical details, to get at the sociology, psychology, politics, economics, and anthropology speculation that results from the science and engineering. Babylon 5 largely foregoes the technical details to get at the sociology and politics. Ergo, it fits in the soft bucket. But both B5 and Firefly fit n the Sci-fi bucket overall. [I]"It's been said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things; science-fiction the improbable made possible, fantasy the impossible made probable."[/I] — [B]Rod Serling[/B] Pretty much none of this [I]had relevance to the plot[/I], though. It was window dressing. JMS is many things, but willing to allow technicalities to get in the way of a good story isn't one of them :) Note: I love B5. I am currently rewatching Season 2. [/QUOTE]
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