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Temporal Reality - Sci Fi Forums :: :: Realm of Fantasy :: What is Fantasy to You? « Page 3 of 3 Jump to page   Go     Author Topic: What is Fantasy to You? (Read 3,404 times) Ramirez Cadet member is offline Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide, you've got to kill to stay alive. Joined: Dec 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 23 Location: The Skies of Arcadia Re: What is Fantasy to You? « Reply #30 on Dec 4, 2006, 8:36am » Quote: Well, the generally accepted definition for fantasy is a story with midieval characteristics, magic, and adventure, with a large dosage of imagination. However, everybody may not agree with this. What do you think a sotry needs to have to be considered a fantasy? And what qualities in a fantasy do you enjoy the most? I tend to think of Fantasy as escapism from the real world but the escapism does tend to lead to a world with medieval settings and magic like the definition you stated. So I guess I pretty much go along with that. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged Dillson Commander member is offline Joined: Oct 2005 Gender: Male Posts: 546 Re: What is Fantasy to You? « Reply #31 on Mar 22, 2007, 11:20pm » Fantasy and science fiction are so closely related it's hard to tell the difference between the two. In my opinion the biggest difference between the two is the time that they are set in. Of course, both tend to exist in an alternative or other universe with their own 'time', but science fiction is usually based on futuristic worlds, whereas fantasy tends to be set in worlds set in retrospect to the modern times. FL mentioned, in his first post, the Medieval theme that seems to run through the majority of classic fantasy. Medieval concepts like castles, the romanticism of battle, royalty, kings and rulers, to mention just a few, are stylised to fit into a fantasy world. In exactly the same way, classic futuristic ideas tend to find a way into science fiction works. Concepts like spaceships, holograms and hyperspace are found in a lot science fiction. So both fantasy and science-fiction have a core set of themes and rules that they adhere to, but those themes and rules come from different 'time zones' as it were, and different settings. Fantasy, in the broadest sense of the word, (including science-fiction, as I see it as a sub-genre of fantasy) is the imagination taking precedence over reality. It's the only place where logic and fact can be overthrown with something better. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged mechmaster1 Ensign member is offline "So what do you want to do with me, stranger? I am yours for the night." Joined: Jan 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 46 Location: Virginia, USA Re: What is Fantasy to You? « Reply #32 on Aug 22, 2009, 4:23pm » A lot of times, different people have a different ways of looking at sci fi, fantasy and horror. For instance, some people refer to the STAR WARS franchise as a SCI FANTASY (?) franchise. Some people refer to the HARRY POTTER Series as a modern fantasy-horror franchise. It depends on who you ask. Also, I wanted to comment on syborg's story line: Quote: The world has been overrun by Aliens. Predators are out to get them. Humanity releases the Skynet computer virus, it was hoped with all out nuclear war all the Aliens and Predators would wiped out. The Aliens and Predators had now a bigger battlefield. Humanity's last line of defence were the Terminators, led by John Connor. The Predators were suffering one setback after another and Aliens were dying like flies. The Predator elders decide use time travel so as to end John Connor. Although the Predators were suffering major losses they had captured some Terminators, re-engiineered and reprogrammed them so that they fight humans. Some of the Terminators are sent back in time. Sending a Predator was too dangerous - send a machine do the job. Terminators could not be relied on initially so a human was sent then Terminators could be trusted, the Predators kept upgrading the Terminators.. When the peace is finally restored, Terminators are junked. The cripple in the war were turned half man half machine entities., they were called Robocops, they killed all the evil Terminators, wiped out the Aliens and the Predators. Then a new city was builty policed by Robocops. It's a nice plotline, I just think you picked the wrong part of this forum to put it in, that's all. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged CHIANA JUST DOESN'T STOP, DOES SHE? SHE IS A NASTY ALIEN CHICK. Visit http://www.misterpoll.com/3743543383.html http://www.misterpoll.com/2888366213.html & http://www.misterpoll.com/4284668985.html . zdnexus Jr Lieutenant member is offline Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 85 Re: What is Fantasy to You? « Reply #33 on Oct 30, 2009, 4:25pm » Comic book characters with unusual and extraordinary abilities. I loved the older version of Superman who changed and became stupid. The previous Superman had a super-brain and he could make anything because his knowledge was great. He the strength to push the Earth aside to avoid an asteroid hitting it that is incredible fantasy. Marvel also has some cool characters like Fantastic Four and the original X-Men not the one shown in the movies. The X-Men movies ruined everything. The last movie very bad - almost everyone died. They will have to redo X-Men so that it can become popular franchise like the James Bond series or Star Trek. Star Trek can never die, it will always re-emerge it is too popular.. Fantasy means let go of reality complete and to absolutely suspend disbelief. Accept the completely impossible as possible and real. Not the slightest bit reality is there. Fantasy is fun, its better than science fiction because some aspects of science including thus ruining fantasy. Fantasy is free of any kind of scientific rules, it defies them. That is all. Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged zdnexus Jr Lieutenant member is offline Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 85 Re: What is Fantasy to You? « Reply #34 on Oct 30, 2009, 4:29pm » Robocop versus, Predator versus Alien versus Terminator versus Species versus Body Snatcher versus Harry Potter Link to Post - Back to Top   Logged « Page 3 of 3 Jump to page   Go     Forum Jump--------------------» Home--------------------» --------------------- Welcome --- Affiliate Requests- Suggestions - Feedback - Support --- Forum Updates--------------------» --------------------- Star Trek- Star Wars - Sci-Fi Television --- Stargate --- Dr. Who --- Battlestar Galactica- Sci-Fi Movies --- The Alien Universe --- The Matrix- Sci-Fi Grab Bag- Fan Fiction and Art--------------------» --------------------- Realm of Fantasy --- Harry Potter --- The Lord of the Rings- Chamber of Horror - Astronomer's Sector--------------------» --------------------- The Neutral Zone --- The Holosuite - Sticks and Stones- Gamers Galore- Fun n Games --- Point and Click Games- Members' Portal