I can't quite put my finger on it, but it's something to do with a point
George Lucas made about Star Wars - the technology there looks as though
it's used, and is just in the background (it's actually irrelevant to the
plot really, but that's another posting). The air of things just being
there, and not having too much of a "Gosh-wow!" atmosphere around them.
People existing with them, as we do with our "fantastic devices" today.
This, to my mind, is what dates a lot of older sf, the gadgetry frequently
IS the world, which is not how people live. Technology is generally bent
around our lives and not vice versa. Blade Runner and Akira manage to show
this, Fifth Element doesn't - it has too much air of novelty about it.
By the way, hello everybody!
> In my opinion, what is missing from science fiction films is a
>something so basic as conversation. I really liked Contact. One of my
>favorite movies (and stories) of all time is _Enemy Mine_. It had a
>survival story and wonderful conversations.
Stu PC
0-60 in 60 years (always remembering that time/space are two sides of the
same coin, and assuming that you take my point of reference to be a valid
one; which of course it is - to me - but you may perceive it very
differently, particularly if I'm travelling at velocities close to the speed
of light - I'm not, of course, but if I was then you might have trouble with
the relativistic differences between our individual experiences of time)
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