i.e do you prefer:

  • technically grounded and plausible science elements (e.g The Martian)

or

  • stuff so fantastical that it doesn’t even warrant trying to explain it (Dr Who, some Marvel/DC stuff, Star Wars)

Another way to look at this would be Sci-Fi versus Science Fantasy, perhaps.

  • Old-School Sci-Fi like HG Wells centers around a core scientific idea and the consequences arising from that,

whereas

  • Science Fantasy (more prevalent nowadays) only looks to science - or the impression of some science - to serve the fantasy devices it uses.

So which is better?

    • Agent641
      1·
      25 days ago

      Oh absolutely. SG-1 is my favourite tv show of all time.

      Battlestar Galactica is good too.

      • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
        1·
        25 days ago

        the reimangined series is too drama based, more than the original series, its the showrunners inteference into the series, he wanted a messianic arc to the show, as he is allegedly a christian himself.