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Just Chat! / Is science fiction and fantasy becoming mainstream a good thing or bad thing?
« on: 19/10/2021 11:32:23 »
I remember back in the late 2000s and early 2010s most people preferred reality TV, doctor soaps, and police procedurals.
Most of society saw fantasy as something only "people who live in basements" watched. The success of "Harry Potter" and "LOTR" greatly contributed to ending the stigma against fantasy but "Game of Thrones" blew the door wide open.
What do you think of fantasy and to a lessor extent sci fi becoming mainstream?
Is it a good thing or bad thing for society?
I have just gotten into "The Expanse" and it is one hell of an exciting mystery and action adventure. One part of the story have the bad guys infecting a space station with some sort of bioweapon. The bioweapon is this blue goo that uses humans to grow larger. The bad guys packed innocent people into fallout shelters and injected them with the virus through the guise of a "vaccine".
https://expanse.fandom.com/wiki/Protomolecule
I used to think science fiction could be used to promote interest in science but could that type of "sci-fi" lead to distrust of science and vaccines? I already know one person who compares the COVID vaccine to the vaccine that turned people into zombies in the Will Smith movie "I Am Legend".
On the other hand Apple TV's "For All Mankind" has gotten me interested in space exploration and even space science. I didn't know space had stuff like "solar storms".
Should the TV show producers make an exciting space adventure show that sends the message that humanity will never reach it's full potential unless humanity embraces science?
Most of society saw fantasy as something only "people who live in basements" watched. The success of "Harry Potter" and "LOTR" greatly contributed to ending the stigma against fantasy but "Game of Thrones" blew the door wide open.
What do you think of fantasy and to a lessor extent sci fi becoming mainstream?
Is it a good thing or bad thing for society?
I have just gotten into "The Expanse" and it is one hell of an exciting mystery and action adventure. One part of the story have the bad guys infecting a space station with some sort of bioweapon. The bioweapon is this blue goo that uses humans to grow larger. The bad guys packed innocent people into fallout shelters and injected them with the virus through the guise of a "vaccine".
https://expanse.fandom.com/wiki/Protomolecule
I used to think science fiction could be used to promote interest in science but could that type of "sci-fi" lead to distrust of science and vaccines? I already know one person who compares the COVID vaccine to the vaccine that turned people into zombies in the Will Smith movie "I Am Legend".
On the other hand Apple TV's "For All Mankind" has gotten me interested in space exploration and even space science. I didn't know space had stuff like "solar storms".
Should the TV show producers make an exciting space adventure show that sends the message that humanity will never reach it's full potential unless humanity embraces science?
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