From: DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@DEADSPAM.COM   
      
   Gnomus  once tried to test me. I ate their liver with   
   some fava beans and a nice chianti   
      
   >>   
   >> I'm not saying that's a bad thing, just that Blade Runner is one   
   >> thing, and Star Wars is something very different.   
   >>   
   >> A lot of "Science Fiction" in movies is like Star Wars -- all pretty   
   >> pictures and very little substance.   
   >   
   > By the definitions that a lot of hardcore SF readers use, Star Wars   
   > doesn't classify as  SF.  The majority of the movies you refer to --   
   > pretty pictures and very little substance -- are not SF.  Since the   
   > science in them is not plausible, they are fantasy.   
   >   
   > When it comes to books, the line is much more clearly drawn.  When you   
   > get into movies and TV shows, and casual SF fans join the queue, then   
   > the definitions get stretched to include a lot of stuff that has no   
   > real science in it.   
   >   
      
   Who is to draw the line?  Who can really say that energy weapons are not   
   plausible? travel at the speed of light? Aliens of all shapes and sizes?   
   An army of clones?  So far I'm not seeing anything that is off the   
   scale.  Even the force...what percentage of our brain do we use?  What   
   is the rest of it capable of?   
      
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