But I am willing to put up with bad science - sometimes ridiculously bad science - for the sake of beautifully made, beautifully acted films such as Sunshine.
Indeed. I'm even more apt to take this attitude because I often don't catch what may or may not be completely implausible science and because I tend to agree with the SF writer and critic Damon Knight.
He grew up in fandom in the 30s and 40s before becoming a pro, and was thus privy to fannish fights over what did, and did not, constitute "true" science fiction. Perhaps irritated by that kind of pilpul-ish hyperfocus, perhaps irritated by his fannish friends - and perhaps aware that the term "science fiction" had been an arbitrarily coined term for a sub-genre of literature that began with no pretentions towards being scientifically accurate - he stated "Science fiction is what I point to when I say science fiction."
And yes, Firefly is that grandest of western horse-burners-cum-space opera. Heh.
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Date: Wednesday, 6 August 2014 02:13 am (UTC)Indeed. I'm even more apt to take this attitude because I often don't catch what may or may not be completely implausible science and because I tend to agree with the SF writer and critic Damon Knight.
He grew up in fandom in the 30s and 40s before becoming a pro, and was thus privy to fannish fights over what did, and did not, constitute "true" science fiction. Perhaps irritated by that kind of pilpul-ish hyperfocus, perhaps irritated by his fannish friends - and perhaps aware that the term "science fiction" had been an arbitrarily coined term for a sub-genre of literature that began with no pretentions towards being scientifically accurate - he stated "Science fiction is what I point to when I say science fiction."
And yes, Firefly is that grandest of western horse-burners-cum-space opera. Heh.