| Quote: Originally Posted by Dorrito the Imp Can someone give me a cool-ass deep explanation of how defining a sci-fi film is more than just a question of setting? Ideally it's a movie that uses scientific developments, real or imagined, to ask questions about humanity. Blade Runner: what is 'human', identity, etc. Solaris: what is 'human', what is God, what is real vs what is imagined in terms of a relationship 2001: what is humanity, where is it going to, etc. Minority Report: what is free will, what is fair/unfair in terms of passing judgment Gattaca: determinism, artificial selection, again what is fair/unfair Artificial Intelligence: what is 'human', what is 'alive', etc. Dark City: what is identity, what makes us human. A good science-fiction film, in my opinion, comes up with some technological conceit and uses that to explore some issues that would be kinda hard to explore without it. I mean yeah, technically Star Wars is "science-fiction", but how? if you remove the spaceships, its just some vague mysticism ... in space. Same with Alien. It's a horror movie. In space. The alien could be an animal, and the movie could be set in a jungle, and it really wouldn't be radically different. |