Past vs. future! That is intriguing, although Star Wars deliberately subverts it ("a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away") and I think others have as well (and see also the "super-advanced technology is basically magic" idea/plot twist).
And I like the other comparison too--or you could say that technology becomes religion (and then science fiction explores the consequences of that idea too). (Also one of Quark's and my favorite characters from Mass Effect, a space marine who comes out and says I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT MY DADDY, I KNOW HE'S WITH GOD, BECAUSE HOLY COW LOOK AT SPACE IT IS SO AWESOME HOW COULD THERE NOT BE A GOD. Speaking of subverting tropes.) Although just because fantasy has religion doesn't necessarily make it more "godful" than sci-fi.
They're spoken in the same breath because neither focuses on reality or "practical" things?
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Date: 2012-06-29 12:51 am (UTC)And I like the other comparison too--or you could say that technology becomes religion (and then science fiction explores the consequences of that idea too). (Also one of Quark's and my favorite characters from Mass Effect, a space marine who comes out and says I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT MY DADDY, I KNOW HE'S WITH GOD, BECAUSE HOLY COW LOOK AT SPACE IT IS SO AWESOME HOW COULD THERE NOT BE A GOD. Speaking of subverting tropes.) Although just because fantasy has religion doesn't necessarily make it more "godful" than sci-fi.
They're spoken in the same breath because neither focuses on reality or "practical" things?