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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 6127515" data-attributes="member: 32740"><p>Thinking just of movies/TV at the moment, some Science Fiction that leaps to mind:</p><p></p><p>Gattaca</p><p>Colossus: The Forbin Project</p><p>The Andromeda Strain\</p><p>Jurassic Park</p><p>Dr. Strangelove</p><p>Brainstorm</p><p>Planet of the Apes (1968)</p><p>Minority Report</p><p>Star Trek (original series)</p><p>Star Trek Next Generation (at least some of it...)</p><p>Forbidden Planet</p><p>20,000 leagues Under the Sea</p><p>Deep Impact</p><p>The Abyss</p><p>The Day the Earth Stood Still (maybe)</p><p>...even cheese like...</p><p>When Worlds Collide</p><p></p><p>SF (to me anyway) doesn't necessarily have to be a direct examination of science or technology extended into the future or some alternate milieu, but it generally should be trying to SAY something using scientific or technological ideas and objects to get its points across. Many (not all!) of the original series ST episodes thus qualify as they are examinations of contemporaneous issues of race, class, politics... the human condition. They do so by framing those issues in science fiction terms enabling open commentary on, say, racial injustice on prime time TV when without such fictional framing it would be exceptionally controversial.</p><p></p><p>Science Fantasy I think tends to be more adventure tales or drama which uses SF trappings:</p><p></p><p>Star Wars (though Episode IV is debatable)</p><p>Star Trek DS9, Voyager, et.al.</p><p>Flash Gordon</p><p>Buck Rogers</p><p>Battlestar Galactica (original series anyway)</p><p>This Island Earth</p><p>Invasion of the Body Snatchers</p><p>Stargate</p><p>The Day After Tomorrow (<em>wanted </em>to be SF - definitely wasn't)</p><p>Journey to the Center of the Earth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 6127515, member: 32740"] Thinking just of movies/TV at the moment, some Science Fiction that leaps to mind: Gattaca Colossus: The Forbin Project The Andromeda Strain\ Jurassic Park Dr. Strangelove Brainstorm Planet of the Apes (1968) Minority Report Star Trek (original series) Star Trek Next Generation (at least some of it...) Forbidden Planet 20,000 leagues Under the Sea Deep Impact The Abyss The Day the Earth Stood Still (maybe) ...even cheese like... When Worlds Collide SF (to me anyway) doesn't necessarily have to be a direct examination of science or technology extended into the future or some alternate milieu, but it generally should be trying to SAY something using scientific or technological ideas and objects to get its points across. Many (not all!) of the original series ST episodes thus qualify as they are examinations of contemporaneous issues of race, class, politics... the human condition. They do so by framing those issues in science fiction terms enabling open commentary on, say, racial injustice on prime time TV when without such fictional framing it would be exceptionally controversial. Science Fantasy I think tends to be more adventure tales or drama which uses SF trappings: Star Wars (though Episode IV is debatable) Star Trek DS9, Voyager, et.al. Flash Gordon Buck Rogers Battlestar Galactica (original series anyway) This Island Earth Invasion of the Body Snatchers Stargate The Day After Tomorrow ([I]wanted [/I]to be SF - definitely wasn't) Journey to the Center of the Earth [/QUOTE]
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