> From: Marvin Long, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > Well Star Wars is hardly SF... > > > > No, Star Wars is definitely SF. It's just terribly bad SF on certain > > levels. Under what genre would you classify Star Wars if not under SF? > > Some would make the puritanical distinction between SF (realistic physical > universe with only one or two futurish changes, examined in a > sophisticated manner, while the hero fondles green alien hoochie-mamas) > and Sci Fi (spaceships fly around the galaxy and blow shit up while the > hero fondles green alien hoochie-mamas). In such a scheme, it makes sense > to say that Star Wars is Sci Fi but not SF despite its appallingly low > incidence of green alien hoochie-mamas. > > Was the poll for "SF" heros or "Sci Fi" heros?
Science fiction 'characters' not heros. Dr Who is more of an anti-hero, and Darth is a villian. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2608743.stm _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
