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Sunday, 29 November 2009 01:26

Hollywood Biggies

 

"Hollywood" has released over and over the best full length movies in the world. Even when the movie industry has been criticized for some new feature release, the movie is better than most. This is also true for the TV series released by some of these companies. "Hollywood" does in fact entertain the TV and Movie fans throughout the world. Yet, I hate what "Hollywood" has or is doing to "Science Fiction" in our Movies and in our TV shows today. Read the reviews from fans around the world as to what they are saying about SGU and their comparisons of others. Don't they know the definition of sci-fi? Who makes these decisions as to claim that their film or TV series have the stamp as a sci-fi genre? What is science fiction? What makes science fiction "good"? To define this strange genre of fiction, lets define the main ingredients that make a truly "good" fiction science. In a nutshell, science is what scientists do. That is it, simple and pure. What makes the plot science when it comes to what scientists do? Easy - they solve problems through the scientific method. Imagine how the scientific method may be used in a plot. It is the discovery of answers that makes sci-fi entertaining. It is what makes science fiction so "good", the learning process we use to search for truth, a truth that can be tested, a truth we must accept. We as the human race want truth and we disregard the dogma or the results that do not live up to the test. Finally, the reciprocal nature of the scientific method: if "it" cannot be tested, "it" is not science. It is most often forgotten and as a reminder, some communities claim to be scientific but in fact they're dogmatic.

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