Science Fiction or Fantasy

[Maxtro]

I'm bored and I thought of this topic for some reason.

What appeals to you more, spaceships or dragons, roaming the countryside on a quest or battles with robots?

 

[J. Darko]

Life does't let itself catch in a definition. Fantasy and Science Fiction have a lot in common. I suppose you've seen Donnie Darko. It's labelled as fantasy probably because of the the walking dead guy in a bunny suit but at the same time the movie is grounded in theoretical physics.

Both.

 

[PRMoon]

I like mixture the two best. War Hammer 40K is a wild ride of a read because it's both sci-fi and fantasy. At first I was kinda turned off by the idea but the commentary on both in the series is really well done.

 

[Maxtro]

Heh, perhaps I should have added a 3rd option that is a mixture of both: Something like Avatar.

I should check out 40K.

 

[CTApprentice]

Why can't I have both.

 

[AAAgent]

final fantasy 13 final trailer. should be the third one in the videos.

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?sku=200723

 

[horaholic]

When I was young, I was all about fantasy. Now Im more sci-fi oriented with books and movies, but I like fantasy rpg video games. Tough choice, but I'd have to say sci fi.

As for Avatar, I consider that sci-fi meets WESTERN, personally.

 

[Yotsuya-san]

Well, it depends on whether you mean hollywood or written SF/Fantasy. Written Sci-Fi doesn't have much battling robots and the best written fantasy isn't just Lord of The Rings/D&D imitation. By Science Fiction, you could mean Transformers and The Core but you could also mean Stephen Baxter and Robert Heinlein. Fantasy could be orcs and D&D, but it could also be Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman.

 

[semiferger]

I think sci-fi kind of speaks to human society a lot, the things we can built and make, so I like some kind of philosophical or satirical depth when I'm dealing with it.

 

[OzyBoy]

I like both but sci fi a bit more.

 

[Maxtro]

Heh, I made this poll when I was playing Dragon Age and I was wondering why I had not desire to play Mass-Affect.

For me a little sci-fi is fine every now and then but I like fantasy stuff more.

 

[War Against Betaism]

Fantasy, though I still think Star Wars is the best, deepest and most thorough fictional universe out there.

 

[PRMoon]

Fantasy, though I still think Star Wars is the best, deepest and most thorough fictional universe out there.

I use to think that as well. I've read tons of star wars books and always thought their commentary on society was fantastic (to a degree I still do), but Warhammer 40K is Star Wars to the Nth degree. Many times in Star Wars I've felt very dissociated from the problems that the characters in the series deal with. With Warhammer 40K the plot line is still very foreign but they some how make the issues hit much closer to home and much more personally. Even the original Warhammer series, set in ancient times, feels uncomfortably familiar on many levels. The writers in the black library just have a really good handle on translating human issues into scifi/fantasy stories.