Sci-fi or science fiction movie is a type of movie that feature a science based plot, which usually include futuristic elements such as robot, space, etc. Furthermore, science fiction sometime talks about other issues like political, social, and philosophical. According to Vivian Sobchack, an American cinema and media theorist and cultural critic said that “Science fiction film is a film genre which emphasizes actual, extrapolative, or speculative science and the empirical method, interacting in a social context with the lesser emphasized, but still present, transcendentalism of magic and religion, in an attempt to reconcile man with the unknown”. Sci-fi movie has been around since the beginning of the 20th century. It was occurred during the
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Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Science fiction, again, is the history of ideas, and they're always ideas that work themselves out and become real and happen in the world. And fantasy comes along and says, 'We're going to break all the laws of physics. Most people don't realize it, but the series of films which have made more money than any other series of films in the history of the universe is the James Bond series. They're all science fiction, too — romantic, adventurous, frivolous, fantastic science fiction.” (Ray Bradbury)
“Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us, the possible consequences, and the possible solutions. That branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance upon human beings.” (Isaac Asimov) Science fiction has an enormous impact on our life and why is that? The best sentence to describe it is the sentence given by sci-fi author Fredrik Pohl, he said that “A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam”. Science fiction authors are known to predict future technologies by combining their imagination with their knowledge of real science. Moreover, sci-fi authors have predicted on the impact such technologies can have on society. Many technologies nowadays come from the idea written in novels. Thus, this is how it has an impact on our
Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Science fiction, again, is the history of ideas, and they're always ideas that work themselves out and become real and happen in the world. And fantasy comes along and says, 'We're going to break all the laws of physics. Most people don't realize it, but the series of films which have made more money than any other series of films in the history of the universe is the James Bond series. They're all science fiction, too — romantic, adventurous, frivolous, fantastic science fiction.” (Ray Bradbury)
“Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us, the possible consequences, and the possible solutions. That branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance upon human beings.” (Isaac Asimov) Science fiction has an enormous impact on our life and why is that? The best sentence to describe it is the sentence given by sci-fi author Fredrik Pohl, he said that “A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam”. Science fiction authors are known to predict future technologies by combining their imagination with their knowledge of real science. Moreover, sci-fi authors have predicted on the impact such technologies can have on society. Many technologies nowadays come from the idea written in novels. Thus, this is how it has an impact on our